Show name of compiler options when linking

[Jonathan Wakely]

On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 10:56, Peter Olsson wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I often want to link to specific compiler options in your online docs
> but the problem is that the named anchors are placed after the name of
> the option so when the link is clicked it will only show the
> description.
>
> Example:
>   https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-Wshadow
>   Will show the description for -Wshadow but not the name -Wshadow itself.
>
> I think it would be very useful to be able to link in such a way that
> the name of the option also becomes visible. If this somehow breaks
> backwards compatibility you could introduce new ones that refers to
> the name and let the old ones refer to the description like it is
> today.

Yes, it's annoying. The HTML is auto-generated by the makeinfo
program, so as far as I know we don't have much control over the
placement of those anchors.