If you build the current manual and goto:

[[info:org.info#Beamer specific export settings]]

You'll see something that looks like:

*Note 1:...’ keywords do not apply to ‘ltx-talk’

*Note 2:...’ keywords will be ignored if you set

Instead of what is supposed to be there which would be:

Note 1: Theme-related ‘BEAMER_...’ keywords do not apply to ‘ltx-talk’ and will be ignored.

Note 2: Theme-related ‘BEAMER_...’ keywords will be ignored if you set


This is because the syntax for bold and cross-references overlap. So the "See 1" is a broken link. Any bold (texinfo calls it "strong") that starts with the word "Note" is effected.

This is important to us on multiple levels:

1. Our manual is currently broken

2. We have a texinfo exporter that should know of this quirk


There is one pretty big issue though: there is no fix. Texinfo encourages people to "reword it" so you don't have a bold that starts "Note". Adding in other random texinfo constructs like @asis doesn't help. I'm honestly having a hard time believing that there is no way to have *Note* in an Info file but it really looks like that is the case. I'd love to hear otherwise.

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