On Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 05:21:06PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 12:32:22PM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > > I think the meaning of the quoted node names in Info format is clear > enough, even if it is difficult to support them in Info browsers. > I don't think we should make the output more complicated to support > such node names, by adding the manual name as you suggest as a possibility.
I did not suggest to add the manual name in the Info file, my suggestion was for the Info reader to prepend the manual name "internally" when it is helpful, when it reads a quoted node name starting with an opening brace. > We just have to accept that node names such as "(foo)bar" are unlikely to > work absolutely correctly in readers. It seems that they would be > inaccessible > with the g command in standalone Info. There may be ameleriorations that can > be made over time in the Info readers if people do want to use such node names > (for example allowing typing DEL in the g prompt somehow, or providing > alternative commands to load nodes in the same manual only). Ok. -- Pat
