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Re: Bug#61037: Cross-References point to first page of chapter



Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org> writes:

> Could someone else with a pure potato system check on this and Adam's report?
> Ardo, it is possible that you have something on your system that hasn't 
> made it out, or is only in woody?

I'm running a pure potato system.  Could you run `debiandoc2latex` on
the install docs you've on your system and send the resulting .tex
file to me.  That way I can compare it with my output to see whether
we really talk about the same thing.

> Also, what's the right package to report the wishlist item on 
> cross-references to members of lists?

The right package is debiandoc-sgml.

> Bug 61037 closed more than a month ago, and the bug system says it's no 
> longer around.  So I've removed it from the cc list.
> 
> Adam, I'm not on debian right now, but I do not recall seeing the error 
> messages that you report when I ran the docs.
> 
> At 07:21 AM 4/30/00, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote:
> >Hi!
> >
> >Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org> writes:
> >
> > > I just looked at the install docs, created from boot-floppies as of a
> > > couple days ago, and this is still a problem.
> > >
> > > My potato system is also current as of the same date.  Either the fix
> > > didn't make it in, or something else is the problem...
> >
> >Well, I just generated the install docs from the CVS repository and
> >checked all the cross-references of the complete manual.  I don't know
> >what you saw exactly, but in my version all cross-referencing works ok.
> >
> > > P.S. Unfortunately it seems debiandoc does not allow references to 
> > specific
> > > elements of a numbered list.  The id's that I put in all got 
> > rejected.   It
> > > seems to me this would be a good thing to have..  This is distinct from 
> > the
> > > problem reported above, which refers to elements such as sections which 
> > may
> > > be given id's and referred to.
> >
> >Good point!  Please file an official wishlist to prevent this idea from
> >getting lost.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Ardo
> >--
> >Ardo van Rangelrooij
> >home email: avrangel@flevonet.nl, ardo@debian.org
> >home page:  http://home.flevonet.nl/~avrangel
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> 

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Ardo van Rangelrooij
home email: avrangel@flevonet.nl, ardo@debian.org
home page:  http://home.flevonet.nl/~avrangel
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