On Sun, Oct 04, 2026 at 06:49:06PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> By trial-and-error I discovered that the Texinfo manual only discusses
> "invalid characters" and their escaping in relation to node names.
> But in fact, the reference (a.k.a. "label") part of a cross-reference
> or menu item can also be quoted if it uses "invalid characters"; this
> is not covered in the manual, except in the technical chapter that
> describes the Info format in a formal manner.
>
> I think this should be covered in "Cross Reference Parts".
OK, I'll look at it.
> Btw, I understand that a comma is also a character that must be
> quoted, but it isn't clear to me how can one use a comma in a node
> name or in the label of a cross reference in a Texinfo source file,
> since a comma delimits arguments of @xref and other cross-referencing
> commands. Am I missing something?
With @comma{}. @asis{,} may work as well.
