[Texi2html-bug] @multitable inside @smallexample

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Hi Patrick!
We ran into another formatting problem: We have some multi-column tables 
inside a @smallexample section, e.g. 

@smallexample
@multitable {Header1} {Length of second col} {third col}
@headitem Language
  @tab Note names
  @tab sharp 
@item nederlands.ly
  @tab c d e f g a bes b
  @tab -is 
@end multitable
@end smallexample

Now, the problem with texi2html is that it creates a table and wraps a 
<pre ...> around the table contents, were it also inserts spaces and 
linebreaks, which then of course show up in the HTML:

<table><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><table>
<thead><tr><th><pre class="smallexample"> Language
  </pre></th><th><pre class="smallexample"> Note names
  </pre></th><th><pre class="smallexample"> sharp
</pre></th></tr></thead>
<tr><td><pre class="smallexample"> nederlands.ly
  </pre></td><td><pre class="smallexample"> c d e f g a bes b
  </pre></td><td><pre class="smallexample"> -is
</pre></td></tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>

makeinfo --html in contrast converts it to one <pre..> around the whole table 
and removes leading/trailing whitespace/linebreaks:

<pre class="smallexample">
     <p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><th valign="top">Language
       </th><th valign="top">Note names
       </th><th valign="top">sharp
     <br></th></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top">nederlands.ly
       </td><td valign="top">c d e f g a bes b
       </td><td valign="top">-is
     <br></td></tr></table>
</pre>

A small example showing this is attached. No .init file is needed.

Is there any way to fix this or is this simply bad texinfo practice and should 
be rewritten in the .texi file (how?)?

Cheers,
Reinhold

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Reinhold Kainhofer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
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