GNU bug report logs - #78921
31.0.50; missing word

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 23:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 31.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 31.0.50; missing word
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:31:32 -0500

in info/elisp.info
change *Note Accessing Mouse::.
to *Note Accessing Mouse Events::.
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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 78921 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78921: 31.0.50; missing word
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 08:18:01 +0300

tags 78921 notabug
thanks

> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:31:32 -0500
> From: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>
> 
> in info/elisp.info
> change *Note Accessing Mouse::.
> to *Note Accessing Mouse Events::.

Cross-references in Info state the name of the _node_, not the name of
the _section_.  The node is called "Accessing Mouse", the
corresponding section's name is "Accessing Mouse Events".

So I think the reference is correct, and this is not a bug.  Am I
missing something?
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 29 Jun 2025 05:19:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 78921-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78921: 31.0.50; missing word
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:19:32 +0300

> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 05:04:45 -0500
> From: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>
> 
> On 2025-06-29 00:18, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > tags 78921 notabug
> > thanks
> > 
> >> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:31:32 -0500
> >> From: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>
> >> 
> >> in info/elisp.info
> >> change *Note Accessing Mouse::.
> >> to *Note Accessing Mouse Events::.
> > 
> > Cross-references in Info state the name of the _node_, not the name of
> > the _section_.  The node is called "Accessing Mouse", the
> > corresponding section's name is "Accessing Mouse Events".
> > 
> > So I think the reference is correct, and this is not a bug.  Am I
> > missing something?
> 
> Sure, clicking gets you there, but being ungrammatical, it stands out 
> like a sore thumb, breaking the reader's flow.
> 
> 		Peace
> 			--Devon
> 
> P.S.  Perhaps "Accessing Mouse Input" or "Accessing Mice" or "Mouse 
> access" or anything that does not look so weird you have the click it to 
> make sure all is well.

Thanks, but I'm not convinced, so I'm closing this bug.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 09 Aug 2025 11:24:09 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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