RE: Emacs manual node Specifying File Variables typo

[Drew Adams]

> > This is the typo: "_If `mode' is used to set a major mode" should be
> > "If `mode' is used to set a major mode".
>
> No, this is not a typo, this is how the @emph markup is expressed in
> Info files (which are almost plain ASCII files, and therefore cannot
> use a slant font).  Note that a matching `_' appears at the end of the
> sentence.
>
> The Texinfo source is:
>   @emph{If @code{mode} is used to set a major mode, it should be the
>   first ``variable'' in the list.}

I see. I didn't notice the closing _.

That seems like a bug, to me. The effect in Info is not to emphasize the
text in any way; rather, the _ characters appear there as extraneous
artefacts.

Perhaps the conversion to Info should simply strip (i.e. ignore) @emph.