Hi folks,
On my system, with Texinfo 6.5, there seems to be a problem with the
@ref{} Texinfo macro when generating HTML and PDF output--and it's
different in each case.
The problem arises with the last sentence in the first paragraph of
section 5.6.5, "Built-in Registers".
Info/Text:
A complete listing of all built-in registers can be found in
*note Register Index::.
Apart from info's kinda kooky cross-reference notation, the above seems
fine.
HTML:
A complete listing of all built-in registers can be found in see
Register Index.
Here, the "see" is superfluous. This could be attributed to misuse, but
then we have...
PDF:
A complete listing of all built-in registers can be found in see
tie E [Register Index], page 235.
Nope, no way. Appendix E is the correct reference but the injected
"tie" screams out to me a mal-expanded @tie{} macro.
Can anyone reproduce this with Texinfo 6.6 or 6.7?
If so, I think we have a bug to report to the Texinfo team. If not,
then I guess I'll try to get the fix backported to Debian stable. Or
just patch my local system for it (and see what _other_ differences turn
up).
To get these document forms, you may need to call the "doc" target of
the Makefile; "all" won't do it. Expect a lot of output from TeX,
including many warnings. A while back Werner explained why the output
is benign.
Regards,
Branden
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