> For example, in the Texinfo manual, in relatively recent times, even I
> (one of the strongest proponents of node=section) chose to make some
> names different:
>
> Node: HTML Xref Configuration
> 22.4.6 HTML Cross-reference Configuration: 'htmlxref.cnf'
>
> It just seemed too verbose and useless
On 12 November 2016 at 22:17, Karl Berry wrote:
> was invented in around 1976,
>
> It was later than that
I was not referring to Texinfo but the Info subsystem of Emacs.
was invented in around 1976,
It was later than that -- 1984-86, based on "Bolio". (See History
section.) rms developed Texinfo soon after starting to (re)write GNU
Emacs, GDB, and the other initial GNU programs.
mouses didn't exist to click on links
I don't see that it had or has anythi
On 11 November 2016 at 07:43, Wensheng Xie wrote:
> Dear Texinfo:
>
> The following are issues I found when reading the manual -
> https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/index.html#SEC_Contents
>
> [ ] 8.4 @example: Example Text: "(see @noindent." should be "(see
> @noindent
