On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 05:38:45PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 04:34:20PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 02:35:00PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > > > I'm happy with using "^HIndex cp" as an anchor name for the "cp" index. > > > > I do not think that it convey that Index is actually a kind of specifier > > and not a true anchor name. I would prefer: > > > > "^HIndex^H cp" > > or, which would actually be my preferred format: > > "^HIndex: cp" > > "^HIndex: cp" is better in my opinion as it looks better if the user sees > it.
Ok. I'll work on generating those. > I think it's fine to use a line like "Ref: ^HIndex: cp^?1234" permanently. > There's nothing particularly wrong with that even if it wasn't how we would > design the Info format if starting from scratch. It is not awful, but it is not good either, the Ref: is used for something conceptually different, this is certainly confusing. > It may be ok to support an "Index:" tag in the Info browser although I don't > see that it would ever be used. Hopefully it will, to replace "Ref: ^HIndex: cp^?1234" someday, when it can be sure that all the Info reader support it. -- Pat
