Gavin Smith wrote:
> it is not worth changing and making practically every use of
> @itemize in a Texinfo manual being flagged as incorrect, in my opinion.
I agree. Counting the number of existing usages in Debian [1][2]:
- 8753 times '@itemize @bullet' without braces,
- 288 times '@itemize @b
On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 10:45:54PM +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 07:44:33PM +, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > I don't agree with changing the language to require braces. There is
> > not a good reason to change it. Although writing "@itemize @bullet{}"
> > may be more regular
On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 03:05:06PM +0100, pertu...@free.fr wrote:
> > I suggest
> >
> > ```
> > '@asis' needs braces here; say '@itemize @asis{}'.
> > ```
>
> I do not like much that option, because we do not have any idea why the
> user ended up using '@itemize @asis'. Maybe with @asis, it will
>> I suggest
>>
>> ```
>> '@asis' needs braces here; say '@itemize @asis{}'.
>> ```
>
> I do not like much that option, because we do not have any idea why
> the user ended up using '@itemize @asis'. Maybe with @asis, it will
> be in general the case that @asis{} is correct, but with other
> @
On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 01:32:16PM +, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>
> > Here is another proposal, which seems much clearer to me, but is
> > probably too long:
>
> > @itemize command argument with omitted braces should not require an
> > argument, but @asis does. Use braces for @asis
>
> I sugge
> Here is another proposal, which seems much clearer to me, but is
> probably too long:
> @itemize command argument with omitted braces should not require an
> argument, but @asis does. Use braces for @asis
I suggest
```
'@asis' needs braces here; say '@itemize @asis{}'.
```
IMHO it is not
On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 05:37:25PM +0100, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > > The command after @itemize should not require an argument, but @asis
> > > needs an argument. Try @asis{} instead.
> > > The command after @itemize should not require an argument, but @code
> > > needs
