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Re: Info enhancements


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Info enhancements
Date: 08 Dec 2003 12:35:12 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:12:22 +0200
> >
> > I think that, under Info-hide-note-references=t, a reference inside
> > parens should have a "see " before the reference name.
> 
> I still think that replacing a "note" with "see" has no sense because
> if the user prefers to set the Info-hide-note-references to t this
> means that he don't want to see any tags before the reference name.

"See" is not a tag, it's a word that, if added, makes the text in
parens be comprehensible by humans.

> Since references are fontified in a different color the user can
> already recognize a reference without an additional hint that
> encourages him to follow this reference.

Let's imagine that this text is in some HTML page: would you argue
even then that it is a well-written reference?  I think you'd expect
"see" or some such; at least I would.





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