On 09/08/2014 08:30 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 09/08/2014 07:12 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote: >> Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> writes: >> >>> For instance, in the touch(1) man page: >>> >>> The full documentation for touch is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If >>> the info and touch programs are properly installed at your site, the >>> command >>> >>> info coreutils 'touch invocation' >>> >>> should give you access to the complete manual. >>> >>> This is now incorrect (as of 8.23?), because it gives the page: >> >> "info touch" still works, which is equivalent to "info '(coreutils)touch >> invocation'". >> >>> Note: Since the coreutils utility doesn't seem to exist in Debian, this >>> section could be removed, but this problem may reappear in the future. >>> So, it's better to use the capital letter C. >> >> Having info dir entries only differing in case seems like a bad idea. > > I agree. > > We could rename the node, but the bracketed form works well > without the need for any extra quoting. I.E. this is unambiguous: > > info '(coreutils) stat invocation' > > The following simple patch implements that.
Another advantage of this more canonical form is that the pinfo curses info viewer can parse it. Pádraig. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
