Re: texinfo macro names don't allow digits

2014-02-03 Thread Karl Berry
use m4 as a preprocessor for the new makeinfo. Were there any attempts to do so? http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/External-Macro-Processors.html

Re: texinfo macro names don't allow digits

2014-02-03 Thread Sergey Poznyakoff
Hi Karl, Arnold, Patrice, Karl Berry ha escrit: > It is. Along with approximately two zillion other caveats about @macro > usage :). Pardon me if that's an off-topic, but that reminds me about an idea to use m4 as a preprocessor for the new makeinfo. Were there any attempts to do so? Regards

Re: texinfo macro names don't allow digits

2014-02-03 Thread Aharon Robbins
Hi Karl. Thanks for the explanations. Arnold > Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:09:28 GMT > From: k...@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) > To: arn...@skeeve.com > Cc: bug-texinfo@gnu.org > Subject: Re: texinfo macro names don't allow digits > > Hi Arnold, > > I ad

Re: texinfo macro names don't allow digits

2014-01-31 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Arnold, I admit to not checking, but if this isn't documented, it should be. It is. Along with approximately two zillion other caveats about @macro usage :). Also, I would suggest that makeinfo be modified to enforce this restriction as well. Historically, makeinfo's @macro has

texinfo macro names don't allow digits

2014-01-31 Thread Aharon Robbins
Hi All. I recently discovered that texinfo macros should not have digits in their names, since texinfo.tex chokes on them. I admit to not checking, but if this isn't documented, it should be. Also, I would suggest that makeinfo be modified to enforce this restriction as well. Much thanks, Arno