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Re: Compatibility with older Info browsers


Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> It turns out that makeinfo from Texinfo 4.0 produces Info files that
> are incompatible with older Info readers, even if the Texinfo sources
> don't use any features introduced with Texinfo 4.0.
> 
> The problem happens because Texinfo 4.0 uses the new Ref: tag for
> footnote nodes, and old Info readers choke when they see Ref:.

> The only way out of this mess is to use makeinfo 3.12 when preparing
> the distribution :-(.

Thanks for the warning.

A quick check shows I'm using makeinfo 3.12f which should be safe.

	Andrew

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