Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 17:02:11 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Node names with periods in kb.info
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On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) wrote:

> In fact using a period is a nono. This period is the end of the reference so 
> the reader will take only up-to the period. So it will make fail other readers 
> too.

Not in all Info readers.  The stand-alone Info can grok it.  Emacs can't.

>  I don't know why it (and other things) isn't  reported by makeinfo. And 
> worst: I don't know why they use such a silly way to signal a cross reference, 
> but that's outside the scope of this list.

Please feel free to post this question to texinfo-bugs list (there should 
be an exact address in the Texinfo package docs).  We can never change 
such fundamental things in Texinfo without at least the FSF maintainer 
and Richard Stallman's approval.