Re: @ref without page numbers

[Christopher Dimech]

Dear Gavin,

You are quite right, if the manual is printed, one needs the page numbers.

I would be satisfied with an option in which the page number is printed
as a superscript @sup{page-no} (similar to footnote numbers) next to the
closing square bracket.

That is, from this

Section 1.13 [Intactv-Function], page 11,

to this

Section 1.13 [Intactv-Function]@sup{11},

The would solve the problem, yet keep requirements intact.

Regards
Christopher



> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 at 10:05 PM
> From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: @ref without page numbers
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 09:18:12PM +0200, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > I could not follow it very well.
> >
> > My problem occurs in pdf output.  How is the page number important, is 
> > there notion
> > of page number in other formats, not just only on pdf?  How are links and 
> > page numbers
> > related?  Can one do anything for the pdf case only?
>
> If the manual is printed on paper, the page number is needed for the
> reader to look up the cross-reference.
>
> This issue has been discussed in the past:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2016-11/msg00029.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2016-11/msg00036.html
>
> (BTW the discussion containing that message goes into a lot of other
> extraneous matters - please try and keep discussion germane to the
> issue at hand.)
>
>