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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:06:49 -0500
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From: "Peter J. Farley III" <pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org>
Subject: Re: Need help with @xref for dir.txi
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At 08:15 AM 3/13/02 +0200, you wrote:
 >On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Peter J. Farley III wrote:
 >
 >> As Eli suggested, I tried to add cross-references to the package
 >index
 >> section, but no matter how I structure it, the "*Note" entry 
produced
 >at
 >> the @xref site sends you to the "* Menu" entry at the top of the 
DIR
 >> file.
 >>
 >> Obviously, I'm doing something wrong here, so please tell me what 
my
 >> mistake is.
 >
 >On a glance, I don't see anything wrong.  What Info reader and which
 >version of it are you using?  Also, does the produced DIR file has a
 >`Tag Table' at its end, and if so, does that tag table mention the
 >anchors you added?

txi40b.zip from simtel, recently downloaded.  Both info and makeinfo 
report version 4.0:

O:\>info --version
info (GNU texinfo) 4.0

Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
There is NO warranty.  You may redistribute this software
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.

 >Hmm... it might be a bug (or a feature) in the Info reader: all the
 >anchors reference text inside a menu.

Is there a 4.1 port ready yet that I should try out?  Should I try 
building 4.1 from GNU sources?
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Peter J. Farley III (pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org)

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