Re: [help-texinfo] Using @ref with two arguments

2019-07-22 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> From: "Christopher Dimech" > Cc: "Patrice Dumas" , help-texinfo@gnu.org > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:30:55 +0200 > > In what context do you use the second argument and what does it do > exactly? As Patrice said it does nothing for pdf. My understanding > is that one uses it for display purposes

Re: [help-texinfo] Using @ref with two arguments

2019-07-22 Thread Christopher Dimech
In what context do you use the second argument and what does it do exactly? As Patrice said it does nothing for pdf. My understanding is that one uses it for display purposes and not for directing to a node or an anchor. > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 at 5:25 PM > From: "Eli Zaretskii" > To: "Pa

Re: [help-texinfo] Using @ref with two arguments

2019-07-22 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:49:50 +0200 > From: Patrice Dumas > Cc: help-texinfo gnu > > in general I would suggest not using an @*ref command with a non > empty second argument. I don't understand why. FWIW, I use it quite a lot, and find it very useful.

Re: [help-texinfo] Using @ref with two arguments

2019-07-22 Thread Patrice Dumas
On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 05:06:26AM +0200, Christopher Dimech wrote: > > > I am getting quite confused on why would need @ref with two arguments. > > Could not find an example when using two arguments is useful when using > texi2pdf. It is not surprising, the second argument is only used in othe