Package: texinfo
Version: 4.11.dfsg.1-4
Severity: normal
The texinfo manual says:
8.7 [EMAIL PROTECTED]'
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The parenthetical reference command, [EMAIL PROTECTED]', is nearly the same as
[EMAIL PROTECTED]', but it is best used at the end of a sentence or before a
closing parenthesis. The command differs from [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in two ways:
1. TeX typesets the reference for the printed manual with a lower case
`see' rather than an upper case `See'.
2. The Info formatting commands automatically end the reference with a
closing colon or period, if necessary.
However if there's a period after a closing parenthesis, makeinfo adds
a second one before. For instance, gmp.texi from GMP 4.2.2 contains:
Libtool is used to build the library and @samp{-version-info} is set
appropriately, having started from @samp{3:0:0} in GMP 3.0 (@pxref{Versioning,
Library interface versions, Library interface versions, libtool, GNU
Libtool}).
and makeinfo generates:
Libtool is used to build the library and `-version-info' is set
appropriately, having started from `3:0:0' in GMP 3.0 (*note Library
interface versions: (libtool)Versioning.).
makeinfo should be able to handle this case to generate instead:
Libtool is used to build the library and `-version-info' is set
appropriately, having started from `3:0:0' in GMP 3.0 (*note Library
interface versions: (libtool)Versioning).
Note that this is correct typography according to some manuals, such
as the Chicago Manual Of Style, 14th Ed.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.8-20080623 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages texinfo depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
texinfo recommends no packages.
Versions of packages texinfo suggests:
ii texinfo-doc-nonfree 4.11-1 texinfo and info documentation tha
ii texlive-base 2007.dfsg.1-2 TeX Live: Essential programs and f
ii texlive-generic-recommende 2007.dfsg.1-2 TeX Live: Miscellaneous generic ma
ii texlive-latex-base 2007.dfsg.1-2 TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages
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