Re: [htmlxref.cnf] Please update link to the Groff manual

[Gavin Smith]

On Sun, Oct 01, 2023 at 06:53:30PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> So while changing the name of the directory back to html_node will fix
> some broken link problems, it won't fix them all, and it won't be robust
> in the face of future development.  I'm fairly neutral on the
> "html_node" vs. "groff.html.node" naming issue, but I'm downright
> _opposed_ to limiting my (or future contributors') flexibility in
> updating, expanding, reducing, or otherwise mutating the node names of
> the groff Texinfo manual.  Those shackles are much too tight.
> 
> I don't want to go to the GNU site admins with requests to set up
> unmaintainable-in-CVS symbolic links (or HTTP redirects in the web
> server, whatever they think best) to resurrect some dead links until
> we've decided this issue.  So here's what I propose.

You do not need to ask GNU site admins to set up redirects for you.
You can do it with the @anchor command in Texinfo.  From Info node
"(texinfo)@anchor":

                             ... when you delete or rename a node, it is
  usually a good idea to define an ‘@anchor’ with the old name.  That way,
  any links to the old node, whether from other Texinfo manuals or general
  web pages, keep working.

https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/_0040anchor.html