The problems with `:' in indices are really, well, problematic. I
really need `:' in indices since `:' can be part of a variable name in
groff, and the use of <colon> as a replacement isn't obvious.
Here my suggestion:
Add a new command, say @mapindexkey, which translates an input
character for the `i' command (and probably other commands like
index-apropos also) to an equivalent string, e.g.
@mapindexkey : <colon>
This should affect only makeinfo while producing info files -- I've
just check my groff.pdf file, and all index entries with `:' work
fine.
If I now press `i :', info should handle this as `i <colon>';
similarly, all index entry in the groff info files should be
translated with this mechanism.
Werner
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