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Re: @{ and @} in @deffn
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: @{ and @} in @deffn |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:06:19 +0200 (IST) |
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > Did you try "@deffn{Escape \@@@{}"?
>
> Yes. I get something like
>
> stdin:6278: Missing `}' in @def arg.
> stdin:6279: Unmatched }.
>
> while using texi2dvi. So it fails.
Do you have problems in texi2dvi or in makeinfo (or both)?
I thought it was the latter.
> BTW, the line numbers in error messages are incorrect (I'm using the
> `-e' switch of texi2dvi which is the reason I think).
Can you throw together a short .texi file which shows incorrect line
numbers, and then post it? I don't think I've seen this problem since
Texinfo 4.0 was released (I assume you are using v4.0).
> What about replacing the macro lines with comment lines instead of
> removing them completely?
What for? What's wrong with the current modus operandi?
> PS: Has someone worked on fixing the expansion of texinfo macros in
> texinfo.tex?
Not that I know of. Karl?