texinfo update (Sat Jan 12 12:23:01 EST 2008)

[Karl Berry]

Index: ChangeLog
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RCS file: /sources/texinfo/texinfo/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.796
retrieving revision 1.797
diff -u -r1.796 -r1.797
--- ChangeLog   2 Jan 2008 22:57:55 -0000       1.796
+++ ChangeLog   12 Jan 2008 17:04:28 -0000      1.797
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-01-12  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>
+
+       * doc/texinfo.txi (Cross Reference Parts): better description of arg2.
+       bug-texinfo mail of 12 Jan 2008 15:52:23 +0100.
+
 2008-01-02  Karl Berry  <address@hidden>
 
        * info/info.c (info_short_help) [__MSDOS__]: puts -b string directly.
Index: doc/texinfo.txi
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RCS file: /sources/texinfo/texinfo/doc/texinfo.txi,v
retrieving revision 1.211
retrieving revision 1.212
diff -u -r1.211 -r1.212
--- doc/texinfo.txi     2 Jan 2008 01:41:50 -0000       1.211
+++ doc/texinfo.txi     12 Jan 2008 17:04:28 -0000      1.212
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 \input texinfo.tex    @c -*-texinfo-*-
address@hidden $Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.211 2008/01/02 01:41:50 karl Exp $
address@hidden $Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.212 2008/01/12 17:04:28 karl Exp $
 @c Ordinarily, Texinfo files have the extension .texi.  But texinfo.texi
 @c clashes with texinfo.tex on 8.3 filesystems, so we use texinfo.txi.
 
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 printed manual from a single source.
 
 Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997,
-1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software
-Foundation, Inc.
+1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
+Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -5742,9 +5742,12 @@
 address@hidden
 
 @item
-The cross reference name for the Info reference, if it is to be different
-from the node name.  If you include this argument, it becomes
-the first part of the cross reference.  It is usually address@hidden
+The cross reference name for the Info reference, if it is to be
+different from the node name or the topic description.  If you
+include this argument, it becomes the first part of the cross reference.
+It is usually omitted; then the topic description (third argument) is
+used if it was specified; if that was omitted as well, the node name
+is used.
 
 @item
 A topic description or section name.  Often, this is the title of the
@@ -18987,7 +18990,7 @@
 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs}) version control systems, which
 expand it into a string such as:
 @example
-$Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.211 2008/01/02 01:41:50 karl Exp $
+$Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.212 2008/01/12 17:04:28 karl Exp $
 @end example
 (This is useful in all sources that use version control, not just manuals.)
 You may wish to include the @samp{$Id:} comment in the @code{@@copying}
@@ -19061,7 +19064,7 @@
 
 @verbatim
 \input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
address@hidden $Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.211 2008/01/02 01:41:50 karl Exp $
address@hidden $Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.212 2008/01/12 17:04:28 karl Exp $
 @comment %**start of header
 @setfilename sample.info
 @include version.texi
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