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Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems.
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems. |
Date: |
Thu, 18 May 2006 22:18:30 +0300 |
> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 02:39:35 -0400
> From: Carlos O'Donell <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
>
> > Why can't you run makeinfo directly on the case-insensitive
> > filesystem? What OS is that, btw?
>
> Running makeinfo direclty on the case-insensitive filesystem is slow.
> The OS with the case-insensitive filesystem is Windows.
I find that it runs on Windows as fast as it does on Unix and GNU
systems, unless the Windows machine is slow or lacks memory.
> The @node order does not have to be the ordinal order.
>
> Set ordinal to 1.
> Set spacer to "@"
> Parse @xref or @node?
> If a filename with [ordinal][spacer][item name].html
> exists, then reference that.
> Else create a new file [ordinal][spacer][item name].html,
> reference that, and increment the ordinal number.
>
> You need only keep a list of previously output files and search that.
This will work only for the current manual, but not for
cross-references between manuals.
- [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems., Carlos O'Donell, 2006/05/16
- Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems., Eli Zaretskii, 2006/05/17
- Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems., Carlos O'Donell, 2006/05/17
- Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems., Eli Zaretskii, 2006/05/17
- Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems., Carlos O'Donell, 2006/05/17
- Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems., Eli Zaretskii, 2006/05/17
- Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems., Carlos O'Donell, 2006/05/18
- Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems.,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems., Karl Berry, 2006/05/18
- Re: [RFC] makeinfo --html and case insensitive filesystems., Patrice Dumas, 2006/05/18