GNU bug report logs - #8398
24.0.50; info-mode adding spurious "see" to @ref links

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: jearl <at> notengoamigos.org, 8398 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8398: 24.0.50; info-mode adding spurious "see" to @ref links
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:55:30 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:25:43 -0400
> Cc: 8398 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > However, in Emacs' info-mode it looks like this:
> >
> >    For more information on info itself you can read *note Info:
> > (info)Top.
> >
> > Essentially it replaced the *note with the word "see" which makes the
> > sentence read funny.
> 
> I think you mis-typed your second example...

No, he copy/pasted it from Emacs, and therefore the original text
replaced by Emacs display wizardry reappeared...

> Personally I think your "you can read @ref" is not really Texinfo style (?),
> which is why the result looks a bit odd.

Indeed, that's bad Texinfo and should be fixed.

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