[AUCTeX-devel] Re: [AUCTeX-diffs] Changes to auctex/doc/todo.texi

[David Kastrup]

Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:

> Index: auctex/doc/todo.texi

> @@ -12,16 +12,22 @@
>  improve the documentation.  It might be a good idea to discuss proposed
>  changes on the mailing list of @AUCTeX{} first.
>  
> address@hidden rawfile
>  @menu
>  * Mid-term Goals::
>  * Wishlist::
>  * Bugs::
>  @end menu
> address@hidden ifclear
>  
> address@hidden rawfile
> address@hidden Mid-term Goals
> address@hidden Mid-term Goals
> address@hidden
> address@hidden ifset
> +
> address@hidden rawfile
>  @node Mid-term Goals
>  @section Mid-term Goals
> address@hidden ifclear

Actually, I just wanted to complain that you should not remove the
raisesections nonsense _after_ the chapter which is totally braindead
and obfuscate, and now that I am writing this complaint, I find that
you actually left it in.

Just in case it gives anybody else the willies: for some completely
obscure reason, makeinfo needs at least one "real" chapter in order to
generate chapter numbers for the raised sections.  This was
particularly annoying for the FAQ since an unnumbered FAQ file is not
really something good to refer to.

I have reported this bug to Karl Berry, but it will probably take
quite a long time till we can expect to have only makeinfo versions
around that can deal with it.

Did I mention this already on the list?  Because if I didn't, it shows
remarkable confidence in me to preserve this incredibly ugly code,
which really looks like somebody lost his brain.  Unfortunately, I
have not found a better solution yet, and we have enough other stuff
to worry about.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum