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I'm sure they'll take care of it. Thanks. >>>>> "GS" == Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@HIDDEN> writes: GS> On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 04:51:17AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: >> In (info "(make) Concept Index") some of these are not linked. >> >> * -w, disabling: -w Option. (line 20) >> * ,v (RCS file extension): Catalogue of Rules. (line 162) >> * :: rules (double-colon): Double-Colon. (line 6) >> * :::=: Immediate Assignment.(line 6) >> * :::= <1>: Setting. (line 6) >> * ::=: Simple Assignment. (line 9) >> * ::= <1>: Setting. (line 6) >> * :=: Simple Assignment. (line 9) >> * := <1>: Setting. (line 6) >> GS> They are linked with the standalone info reader, but not as far as I know GS> with Emacs Info mode. This is a possible improvement for Emacs developers GS> to make. I reported this as a bug in 2019: GS> There is a fairly simple solution to this problem that I haven't seen GS> suggested in all the messages posted on this topic in the mailing list GS> archives. In index nodes only (which have a special marker included, GS> ^@^H[index^@^H]), use a colon to terminate the text of the index entry, GS> but instead of looking for the first colon in the line, look for the GS> last. So this entry: GS> * a::b: a colon b. (line 129) GS> would refer to line 129 of the node "a colon b". This is possible GS> because node names cannot contain colons. This restriction is not too GS> important, whereas the inability to index items containing colons is GS> quite important. This is what is implemented in the standalone info GS> browser (since change on 2017-04-08). GS> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2019-01/msg00235.html GS> I suggest chasing the Emacs developers to see if they are interested GS> in implementing this interpretation of such index entries.
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