Follow-up Comment #18, bug #67838 (group groff): Hi Alexis,
At 2026-01-18T07:15:13-0500, Alexis wrote: > Does this mean you are open to the idea of bumping groff's minimum > required version of texinfo from 5 to 6.7? I hadn't planned to--it doesn't seem necessary to achieve the objective stated in this ticket: fixing the node link topology. > 1. apologies for using -U0 when producing the patches, at the time I > did not think it would matter, yet I should've known better. > > 2. The encoding change was unintentional. ... I'm not sure how to > resolve the auto-change fileencoding issue, until I do I kindly ask > for your patience should I forget to set the fileencoding when making > changes; just send a quick comment and I'll happily correct that > mistake. I'm not upset, and in this instance these problems were no barrier to incorporating the proposed change. I was recording facts for the benefit of other developers (and myself once I inevitably forget things). > Please find attached an updated patch > (`updated-remove-next-prev-up-from-node.patch`) that removes the prev, > next, and up arguments from the `@node` commands and corrects any > warning regarding inconsistencies in between defined `@menu`s and the > document's `@node` tree. Not necessary--I already have the change in my working copy. > While I consider my English to be quite well, humor and sarcasm are > the hardest to master in a foreign language, Yes, and for better or worse, I have a tendency to ladle my prose thickly with both of these gravies. > so I'm uncertain whether I've truly understood the joke regarding > Texinfo eradicating man pages. Not really a joke as much as a sardonic observation. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38730528 The GNU Emacs manual has long said: "On Unix, the main form of on-line documentation was the manual page or man page. In the GNU operating system, we aim to replace man pages with better-organized manuals that you can browse with Info (see Other Help Commands). This process is not finished, so it is still useful to read manual pages." https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Man-Page.html _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67838> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/
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