[about the PDF output of groff.texinfo]
> - I find something interesting somewhere, I try it out and it does
> not work. Yeah, this thing does not belong to groff, it does
> belong to a macro package.
>
> The header says: "The GNU Troff Manual"
> The header on the next page says: "Macro Packages" [The chapter
> title.]
> Closer but not close enough.
> They both should say: "The ms macro package". [The section
> title.]
I agree, this is a problem. While texinfo.tex internally uses
\thissection, it doesn't give the current section's title.
Please add a proper @thissection command which expands to `Section
X.X: ...'!
Then I can say, for example, this:
@headings off
@evenheading @| @| @thischapter
@oddheading @thissection @| @|
@evenfooting @thispage @| @| @thistitle
@oddfooting @thistitle @| @| @thispage
BTW, a footer string as defined with @xxxfooting jumps up and down
within the output -- this is *really* ugly, and I consider it as a
severe typographical bug (I use texinfo 4.8). The vertical position
of a footer line must not be influenced by the page's contents.
[If you need an example for demonstration, just insert the above five
lines into groff.texinfo, after the [EMAIL PROTECTED] titlepage' line. Then
say
`make groff.pdf within the `doc' subdirectory of the groff package.]
Werner
PS: A related thing is the use of `Chapter:' in the header line. I
consider this redundant; a simple number would be sufficient.
Consequently, I would like to see @thissectionname, @thissecnum,
and @thischapnum.
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