On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 01:58:57PM -0500, Karl Berry wrote:
>
> Indeed, it is one possibility. But there is a variable (and even
> a command line option) that changes the behaviour, I set it in the
> default case.
>
> Options are good, but the default xref output should match what makeinfo
> does. Yes?
Unless I am wrong, it does so (unless called as texi2html).
> In texinfo.tex both are used, unless I am wrong
>
> Suppose we have
>
> @chapter Sectitle
> @node Foo
>
> Then, in texinfo.tex, a simple "@xref{Foo}" outputs "See Foo, page 1",
> where Foo is the node name, not the section name. It is possible to use
> a multi-arg @xref command to change the output. There is also an
> (undocumented) option to use section names instead.
Ok, I thought it was done in the default case.
> In the Info output, the output uses both:
> "*Note Sectitle:: foo".
Unless I am wrong only if it is given as second or third argument.
> In the HTML output, just the node name (like texinfo.tex):
> "<a href="#Top">Top</a>".
>
> (and I think that it is quite ugly).
>
> I agree, but I'm doubtful about changing the default output at this point.
> Wdyt?
I can't see why it couldn't be changed, unless it has some meaning
as a cross ref and isn't only a name (for example like in Info where the
text of the reference is not independent of the reference itself -- while
in html the text can be changed as long as the references in a href= is
kept). Anyway, and unless I missed something the default is the
same than makeinfo --html unless called as texi2html.
--
Pat
