Re: Always show source code of examples

On Sun, Dec 05, 2021 at 04:38:35AM -0500, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > A patch is worth more than a thousand words. > > 2021-12-05 Alfred M. Szmidt > >* doc/texinfo.texi (@code{@@format}): Add example input. > > diff --git a/doc/texinfo.texi b/doc/texinfo.texi >

Re: Always show source code of examples

On Sun, Dec 05, 2021 at 04:38:35AM -0500, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > A patch is worth more than a thousand words. > > 2021-12-05 Alfred M. Szmidt > > * doc/texinfo.texi (@code{@@format}): Add example input. > > diff --git a/doc/texinfo.texi b/doc/texinfo.texi > index

Re: makeinfo man page: say columns, not characters

$ man makeinfo --fill-column=NUM break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72). Say columns, not characters. E.g., there will be less characters if they are fullwidth characters. That wouldn't make sense, a column is N characters, saying that it breaks at

Re: makeinfo man page: note --no-* toggles off

You need to read the text to understand what an option does, the text in question clearly explains what the --no-number-footnotes option does. A itemized list does not mean that options are aliases, '--no-ifdocbook', '--no-ifhtml' etc are also listed in one group.

Re: clean up left over html files

GNU makeinfo doesn't know about previously generated files, so it cannot know what to clean out (maybe the user created them). If you wish to do that, use a make target that cleans them out for you.

Re: Weird paragraph breaks in makeinfo man page

This should probobly fix it, untested. 2021-12-05 Alfred M. Szmidt * tp/texi2any.pl (makeinfo_help) <--output>: Fix indentation. diff --git a/tp/texi2any.pl b/tp/texi2any.pl index fa7cc7a42a..391d5f8fe4 100755 --- a/tp/texi2any.pl +++ b/tp/texi2any.pl @@ -663,10 +663,10 @@ the

Re: Mention how to unindent footnotes

On (info "(texinfo) Footnote Styles") (info "(texinfo) @paragraphindent") mention how to unindent footnotes. $ makeinfo --plaintext --set-customization-variable paragraphindent=0 doesn't work. Your invokation of makeinfo is incorrect, so what do you expect? GNU makeinfo takes a

Re: Mention cases when @noindent = @indent

A better approach is if you suggest what wording should be added or improved instead of you being unkind and dicating what people should do.

Re: Always show source code of examples

A patch is worth more than a thousand words. 2021-12-05 Alfred M. Szmidt * doc/texinfo.texi (@code{@@format}): Add example input. diff --git a/doc/texinfo.texi b/doc/texinfo.texi index 2c833da3d8..3298b93d25 100644 --- a/doc/texinfo.texi +++ b/doc/texinfo.texi @@ -6708,14 +6708,32 @@

Re: Mention workaround to change margins

(info "(texinfo) @pagesizes") says: To make more elaborate changes, such as changing any of the page margins, you must define a new command in 'texinfo.tex' or 'texinfo.cnf'. Mention a workaround: Mention a workaround for what exactly? If you need to do extensive