Re: html cross refs proposal

Karl Berry:
> Alper, can you add it to your todo list?  It's a big item, I know :).

No, it's a reasonably sized item compared to what we leave for the
next release. ;)

@-command expansion can be a part of the argument parsing oriented
refactoring of command_table in cmds.c.  That will be the one of the
first things I'll start after the release.  We may as well include
information regarding expansions in @node and @xref commands.  Hope
I'm clear. :)

I skimmed the makeinfo sources and as far as I can understand,
changes are needed in:

  - html.c:

      add_link, add_escaped_anchor_name, add_anchor_name,
      add_url_name, fix_filename, nodename_to_filename_1,
      add_nodename_to_filename, nodename_to_filename

  - node.c:

      expand_node_name, cm_node, cm_anchor

  - xref.c:

      all of the cm_*ref (except maybe cm_uref)

Can anybody remember a pitfall I should avoid, regarding these?

Patrice, can you please write a simple texi document that we can
both test against?  (ie. an @xref command, and the expected output.)

Thanks,

-- 
Alper Ersoy
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