> > (3) the line break gets obeyed. > > I think (3) is debatable, but given that `@verb` is intended to be > > used within a paragraph, I suggest that line breaks are not obeyed, as > > an exception to the verbatimness – similar to the HTML output, which > > doesn't obey the line break either.
It seems to me that if we didn't obey line breaks, then we should also make the contents of @verb wrappable, but this isn't immediately possible as seen in my previous message. Since the contents of @verb would usually be short, it may not matter if it is not wrappable. @verb is a rarely used command AFAIK. I don't believe that using line breaks inside its argument is part of the envisioned usage. Hence, if ignoring line breaks brings compatibility with HTML, this would be a clear win. I am going to try to make a couple of changes to texinfo.tex and will post back.