Re: address@hidden: RE: cannot find :enable in Elisp manualindex]

[Juri Linkov]

>> We could use a trick in the Info browser that if an index entry starts with
>> a colon, then interpret it as part of index entry, or if there is two colons
>> in a row then interpret the first one as part of the entry.  For example,
>> 
>> * :action (button property):    Button Properties.   (line  12)
>> 
>> where everything up to the last colon is the info entry.
>
> That might solve some of the problems in the ELisp manual, but the
> gravest problems with colons in languages such as C++ will not be able
> to use this trick.

yep :), e.g.:

* class::method:    Description of Class::Method.   (line  12)

but we could try to use some heuristics like, for example, matching
a colon only when space follows it (":[ \t]+"), and so when it is not inside
an identifier.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/