> From: Gavin Smith <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:25:48 +0100 > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2026 at 10:11:11PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2026 at 09:03:47PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > > > So the variety and prevalance of Info readers that support such entries > > > may actually be quite low. Another point in favour of texi2any always > > > surrounding the node name with DEL in such entries. > > > > So, should it be done or not? > > I think we should do it. I wanted to see if anybody else had an opinion on > it.
Whatever you decide to do, please make sure the resulting format conventions and requirements are clearly and accurately described in the relevant sections of "Info Format Specification". What is currently in that part of the manual is evidently incomplete and/or inaccurate, witness the number of times I missed some subtlety, only to discover it by trial and error. In particular, the reference from "Info Format Menu" to "Info Format Cross Reference" is misleading because the formats are subtly different. A formal description of the Info file's format should be free of such inaccuracies. TIA
