On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 07:53:52PM -0500, Glenn Morris wrote: > Gavin Smith wrote: > > > This is what is implemented in the standalone info browser (since > > change on 2017-04-08). > > "Defining the Entries of an Index" in the Texinfo manual continues to > say (through Texinfo 6.5.90) "Caution: Do not use a colon in an index entry".
Even if Info mode and the standalone Info browser are changed to support colons in index entries, people running older versions of these won't be able to read them. However, texi2any does output the colon in the index entry without complaint. See attached Texinfo input and Info output. Newer versions of 'info' can deal with the colons in the index entries that are output here.
This is colon-index.info, produced by texi2any version 6.5.90 from colon-index.texi. File: colon-index.info, Node: Top, Next: One, Up: (dir) * Menu: * One:: * Concept Index:: File: colon-index.info, Node: One, Next: Concept Index, Prev: Top, Up: Top node one File: colon-index.info, Node: Concept Index, Prev: One, Up: Top [index ] * Menu: * :: One. (line 3) * :a: One. (line 3) * b:c: One. (line 3) * d::e: One. (line 3) * f :d: One. (line 3) * g: h: One. (line 3) Tag Table: Node: Top86 Node: One184 Node: Concept Index276 End Tag Table
colon-index.texi
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