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bug#32473: Broken menu entry in manual, section 4.1
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#32473: Broken menu entry in manual, section 4.1 |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Aug 2018 23:35:37 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
HiPhish <address@hidden> skribis:
> On Montag, 20. August 2018 12:21:07 CEST you wrote:
>> > The standalone Info reader tolerates it, but not the Info.vim reader,
>> > which
>> > considers the space to be part of the target node name. Neither the
>> > Texinfo
>> > manual (section 4.9) nor the Info manual seem to allow for this extra
>> > space, so it looks like a bug in the manual to me.
>>
>> Would it make sense for Info.vim to be bug-compatible?
>
> I considered that, but I don't think it's a good idea: it's better to fix a
> bug (when feasible of course) than to sweep it under the rug with some hack.
> If the bug is fixed, it's fixed for everyone, if I make Info.vim bug-
> compatible I make my reader harder to maintain and that bug still persists
> and
> will eventually bite someone when they want to implement their own Info
> reader.
Yes, that makes a lot of sense to me. Thanks for your feedback!
Ludo’.