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[5223] reword "previous implementation"
From: |
karl |
Subject: |
[5223] reword "previous implementation" |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:38:54 +0000 |
Revision: 5223
http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=5223
Author: karl
Date: 2013-03-08 17:38:53 +0000 (Fri, 08 Mar 2013)
Log Message:
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reword "previous implementation"
Modified Paths:
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trunk/NEWS
Modified: trunk/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/NEWS 2013-03-08 17:38:27 UTC (rev 5222)
+++ trunk/NEWS 2013-03-08 17:38:53 UTC (rev 5223)
@@ -85,24 +85,28 @@
the C program was. We hope all the many improvements make the new
version worthwhile for users nevertheless.
-* Intentional incompatibilities:
- . The previous makeinfo implementation accepted a block of text inside
- @itemize, @enumerate, etc., without any @item. This is semantically
+* Intentional incompatibilities with the previous implementation of
+ makeinfo, through version 4.13:
+
+ . The old implementation accepted a lone block of text inside @itemize,
+ @enumerate, etc., without any @item. This is semantically
inconsistent, leading to problems with some backends, and thus now
produces a warning.
- . The previous makeinfo accepted ``irregular'' sectioning trees. Now,
+ . The old implementation accepted ``irregular'' sectioning trees. Now,
when @node pointers are implicitly determined, the consistency of
@menu and the sectioning tree is checked. (If node pointers are
explicitly specified in the document, the tree can still be irregular.)
- . The previous makeinfo always added blank lines between function
+ . The old implementation always added blank lines between function
definitions if they weren't already there. Now blank lines are not
- added.
+ added. (Both old and new implementations preserve blank lines that
+ are present.)
- . The previous makeinfo did not consider ends of lines from expansion
+ . The old implementation did not consider ends of lines from expansion
of an @macro definition to end an @-command line-delimited argument
- (@chapter, @center, etc.). This is no longer the case.
+ (@chapter, @center, etc.). This is no longer the case. (A detailed
+ example is in the manual, node Macro Details.)
* pod2texi is a new (Perl) program that uses the capabilities of
texi2any to translate Perl pod documentation to Texinfo.
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