Re: [PATCH, doc]: Rename Index node to prevent file collision

[Michael Hope <michael.hope@linaro.org>]

On 2 July 2012 07:55, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> Ping!  Should I commit this?

It fixes my issue,

-- Michael

>> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:02:46 +0300
>> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>> Cc: brobecker@adacore.com, joseph@codesourcery.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>>
>> > Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:58:19 +0300
>> > From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>> > Cc: brobecker@adacore.com, joseph@codesourcery.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>> >
>> > > >> > The problem with your suggestion is that the GDB index is not a
>> > > >> > concept index, it is all the indices lumped into one.  But I would be
>> > > >> > OK if we separate the concept index from the rest, and then we could
>> > > >> > have "Concept Index" and "Command and Variable Index".
>> > > >>
>> > > >> I'd rather not go there as it's a big change for little gain.
>> > > >
>> > > > ??? It's as simple as modifying the "@syncodeindex" directives at the
>> > > > beginning of gdb.texinfo, and then adding 2 @node lines for the two
>> > > > indices, instead of the current one.  All the rest will be done by
>> > > > makeinfo.  Am I missing something?
>> > >
>> > > Sorry, I assumed that we'd have to check and perhaps update each index
>> > > entry to see that it's in the right category.
>> >
>> > No.  We already have separate index categories: see the @kindex,
>> > @findex, @vindex, etc. directives, in addition to @cindex, that we
>> > have all over the manual.  It's just that these 4 directives at the
>> > beginning of gdb.texinfo:
>> >
>> >   @syncodeindex ky cp
>> >   @syncodeindex tp cp
>> >
>> >   @c readline appendices use @vindex, @findex and @ftable,
>> >   @c annotate.texi and gdbmi use @findex.
>> >   @syncodeindex vr cp
>> >   @syncodeindex fn cp
>> >
>> > arrange for all of them to be lumped into a single index "cp" (which
>> > stands for "Concept Index"), and so this directive in the single
>> > "Index" node we have:
>> >
>> >   @printindex cp
>> >
>> > prints all of the index entries together.
>> >
>> > > Your texinfo foo is better than mine - could you post a patch?
>> >
>> > OK.
>>
>> Here it is.  Does this solve your problem?
>>
>>
>> Index: gdb.texinfo
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
>> retrieving revision 1.978
>> diff -u -p -r1.978 gdb.texinfo
>> --- gdb.texinfo       22 Jun 2012 08:37:49 -0000      1.978
>> +++ gdb.texinfo       22 Jun 2012 10:01:35 -0000
>> @@ -18,13 +18,17 @@
>>  @end iftex
>>
>>  @finalout
>> -@syncodeindex ky cp
>> -@syncodeindex tp cp
>> +@c To avoid file-name clashes between index.html and Index.html, when
>> +@c the manual is produced on a Posix host and then moved to a
>> +@c case-insensitive filesystem (e.g., MS-Windows), we separate the
>> +@c indices into two: Concept Index and all the rest.
>> +@syncodeindex ky fn
>> +@syncodeindex tp fn
>>
>>  @c readline appendices use @vindex, @findex and @ftable,
>>  @c annotate.texi and gdbmi use @findex.
>> -@syncodeindex vr cp
>> -@syncodeindex fn cp
>> +@syncodeindex vr fn
>> +@syncodeindex fn fn
>>
>>  @c !!set GDB manual's edition---not the same as GDB version!
>>  @c This is updated by GNU Press.
>> @@ -182,7 +186,9 @@ software in general.  We will miss him.
>>  * Copying::                  GNU General Public License says
>>                                  how you can copy and share GDB
>>  * GNU Free Documentation License::  The license for this documentation
>> -* Index::                       Index
>> +* Concept Index::               Index of @value{GDBN} concepts
>> +* Command and Variable Index::  Index of @value{GDBN} commands, variables,
>> +                                  functions, and Python data types
>>  @end menu
>>
>>  @end ifnottex
>> @@ -1780,8 +1786,9 @@ In addition to @code{help}, you can use
>>  and @code{show} to inquire about the state of your program, or the state
>>  of @value{GDBN} itself.  Each command supports many topics of inquiry; this
>>  manual introduces each of them in the appropriate context.  The listings
>> -under @code{info} and under @code{show} in the Index point to
>> -all the sub-commands.  @xref{Index}.
>> +under @code{info} and under @code{show} in the Command, Variable, and
>> +Function Index point to all the sub-commands.  @xref{Command and Variable
>> +Index}.
>>
>>  @c @group
>>  @table @code
>> @@ -40415,11 +40422,16 @@ A string in the constant pool is zero-te
>>  @appendix GNU Free Documentation License
>>  @include fdl.texi
>>
>> -@node Index
>> -@unnumbered Index
>> +@node Concept Index
>> +@unnumbered Concept Index
>>
>>  @printindex cp
>>
>> +@node Command and Variable Index
>> +@unnumbered Command, Variable, and Function Index
>> +
>> +@printindex fn
>> +
>>  @tex
>>  % I think something like @@colophon should be in texinfo.  In the
>>  % meantime:
>>