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Re: warnings with cvs texinfo version

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From: Eli Zaretskii
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:54
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> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:24:51 +0200
> From: Patrice Dumas <pertusus@free.fr>
> Cc: bug-gdb@gnu.org, karl@freefriends.org
> 
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:17:40PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > > > ./gdb.texinfo:11503: warning: @strong{Note...} produces a spurious cross-reference in Info
> > > > 
> > > > No, it doesn't, not with a colon immediately following the "Note".
> > > 
> > > My testing shows that it indeed does, at least with info (GNU texinfo)
> > > 4.13.
> > > 
> > >      *Note*: a trace experiment and data collection may stop
> > > 
> > > -----Info: (gdb.info)Starting and Stopping Trace Experiments, 123 lines --10%-- 
> > > Cannot find node `a trace experiment and data collection may stop automatically
> > 
> > Then perhaps the stand-alone Info reader should be fixed instead.
> 
> I don't think so.  If I am not wrong, a colon means that there is a label 
> before the node name, but it still leads to a cross reference.

That's true, but an asterisk '*' cannot be a valid label, and there
should be a blank after "*Note" before the label.

FWIW, the Emacs Info reader doesn't have any problems figuring out
that this isn't a cross-reference.  So perhaps the stand-alone reader
should follow suit.
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