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Implement Info-number-index-items

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Implement Info-number-index-items
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2017 02:12:49 +0800

Don't you think it is weird for an Info page to say

  5.17 Android shell setup hints
  ==============================

but then in its parent index, one only sees

  Configuring TRAMP for use

  * Remote shell setup::          Remote shell setup hints.
  * Android shell setup::         Android shell setup hints.
  * Auto-save and Backup::        Auto-save and Backup.

Therefore I hereby propose there be created

  (defcustom Info-number-index-items 'full
    "'basic means to put the subsection number in front of index items.
    'full means to put the full index number in front of index items...

Thus one could see

  5 Configuring TRAMP for use

  * 16 Remote shell setup::          Remote shell setup hints.
  * 17 Android shell setup::         Android shell setup hints.
  * 18 Auto-save and Backup::        Auto-save and Backup.

Or

  5 Configuring TRAMP for use

  * 5.16 Remote shell setup::          Remote shell setup hints.
  * 5.17 Android shell setup::         Android shell setup hints.
  * 5.18 Auto-save and Backup::        Auto-save and Backup.

In fact, I can't think of any book or online document that doesn't
number their chapters or indexes.

Message #8 received at 27624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 27624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27624: Implement Info-number-index-items
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2017 22:05:19 +0300

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> 	<jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2017 02:12:49 +0800
> 
> Don't you think it is weird for an Info page to say
> 
>   5.17 Android shell setup hints
>   ==============================
> 
> but then in its parent index, one only sees
> 
>   Configuring TRAMP for use
> 
>   * Remote shell setup::          Remote shell setup hints.
>   * Android shell setup::         Android shell setup hints.
>   * Auto-save and Backup::        Auto-save and Backup.

The former is the section name, the latter the node names.

> Therefore I hereby propose there be created
> 
>   (defcustom Info-number-index-items 'full
>     "'basic means to put the subsection number in front of index items.
>     'full means to put the full index number in front of index items...

These are not index items, these are menus which are part of the
manual.

And I don't think this report has anything to do with Emacs, you
should report this to the Texinfo mailing list.

Message #11 received at 27624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-texinfo <at> gnu.org
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 27624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27624: Implement Info-number-index-items
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2017 03:33:10 +0800

>>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
>> <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
>> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2017 02:12:49 +0800
>> 
>> Don't you think it is weird for an Info page to say
>> 
>> 5.17 Android shell setup hints
>> ==============================
>> 
>> but then in its parent index, one only sees
>> 
>> Configuring TRAMP for use
>> 
>> * Remote shell setup::          Remote shell setup hints.
>> * Android shell setup::         Android shell setup hints.
>> * Auto-save and Backup::        Auto-save and Backup.

EZ> The former is the section name, the latter the node names.

>> Therefore I hereby propose there be created
>> 
>> (defcustom Info-number-index-items 'full
>> "'basic means to put the subsection number in front of index items.
>> 'full means to put the full index number in front of index items...

EZ> These are not index items, these are menus which are part of the
EZ> manual.

EZ> And I don't think this report has anything to do with Emacs, you
EZ> should report this to the Texinfo mailing list.

OK I'll CC them.

Message #16 received at 27624-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 27624-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: Re: bug#27624: Implement Info-number-index-items
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 04:09:39 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> And I don't think this report has anything to do with Emacs, you
> should report this to the Texinfo mailing list.

Since this is unrelated to Emacs, I'm now closing this bug.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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