Re: @ref displays "see" strings in info files

[Gavin Smith]

You could check the Emacs documentation of Info-hide-note-references.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/info/Emacs-Info-Variables.html

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 8:52 PM Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi, Gavin,
>
> Fine. Still, the problem should not occur.  Is it a problem with Texinfo or 
> Emacs?
> What could fix the problem? Have read the comment but does not provide clear
> details. To me anyway.
>
> Regards
> Christopher
>
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 at 9:35 PM
> From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: @ref displays "see" strings in info files
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 06:06:23PM +0200, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > I am writing a manual using makeinfo
> >
> > I have written the following
> >
> > @macro Gela-Menu
> > @paragraphindent 0
> > @* * @ref{Modifier-Keys}::  Modifier Keys on Lisp Machine Keyboards.
> > @* * @ref{Key-Mnemonics}::  Mnemonics that identify specific keys.
> > @paragraphindent 3
> > @end macro
> >
> > This was to add a Menu at the end of sections, so that users can continue
> > using the manual without having to go to the top of the buffer.
> >
> > But I have noticed that the output is as follows even though @ref is not 
> > supposed
> > so generate the "see" string when loading the info file.
> >
> > * see Modifier-Keys:: Modifier Keys on Lisp Machine Keyboards.
> > * see Key-Mnemonics:: Mnemonics that identify specific keys.
> >
> > This also happens when @ref is not put in a @macro. And same "see" effect 
> > when
> > put in @table as well.
> >
> > Regards
> > C*
>
> This has been asked so many times that I've written a whole new FAQ about
> it, to which I refer you ;-)
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git/commit/?id=35f4537b19697a448d4aa36389e6f1f736905281