Re: @anchor around @item

[Gavin Smith]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 08:25:36AM +0000, Vincent Belaïche wrote:
> Just wondering where the best place is for an @anchor in a table or any other
> kind of enumeration (@itemize and suchlikes) where we want a reference to a
> specific @item.
> 
> Would that be before or after the corresponding @item command.
> 
> Node (info "(texinfo) @anchor") does not tell anything about thart AFAIK.
> 
> In the example below, should I place a0 or a1 to get a reference to item
> ``First one''.
> 
> @itemize
> @anchor{a0}
> @item
> @anchor{a1}
> First one
> @end itmize
> 
> PS : Please keep me in the Cc: or To: as I am not subscribed to this list.

Good question.  I haven't checked the output or what texi2any does with
this kind of input internally, but my first thought is that the @anchor
should come AFTER the @item.  The reason for this is that if there is
a previous @item, so:

@itemize
@item
First

@anchor{a0}
@item
Second
@end itemize

- from a parsing point of view the @anchor would very likely be considered
as part of the first @item, not the second.