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Re: [PATCH] Implement texinfo @ref dwim
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Implement texinfo @ref dwim |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:31:28 +0200 |
> From: Robert Pluim <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:10:07 +0100
>
> This has been sitting around in my patch queue for a while, and Iʼd
> like to get it in so I can also get the manual update into the texinfo
> project. I think Iʼve addressed all the comments from the last time
> around.
Thanks, I think this command will be useful.
> * etc/NEWS: Describe new texinfo dwim reference functionality.
I understand that the corresponding update to the Texinfo manual will
be submitted to the Texinfo maintainers? If so, the NEWS entry should
be marked with "+++", I think.
> +(define-skeleton address@hidden
> + "Insert appropriate address@hidden', address@hidden', or address@hidden'
> command.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is Emacs smart enough not to highlight these as links?
> + ;; parenthesis
> + ((eq (char-before) ?\()
> + "@pxref{")
@pxref is also good inside parentheses, not just after the opening
paren. Can this command be smarter and support also cases like
(bla-bla yak-yak @pxref{foo})
?
> + ;; beginning of sentence
> + ((looking-back (sentence-end) (point-at-bol 0))
> + "@xref{")
What about BOB? Can we produce @xref there as well?