Hi there,
i'm writing documentation which uses macros which have At
Signs in to make them unique, like autoconf/automake
macros did.
Now I have created the documentation and found out, the
behaviour of the atsign is different, based on the context
it is used.
I have reduced my problem to the following test file.
------------- START OF FILE ----------------------------
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename test.info
@settitle test
@defmac {@@@@TESTMACRO@@@@} {Paras}
@end defmac
This is a chapter about macros like @@@@TESTMACRO@@@@,
which should be represented the same way.
@bye
------------- END OF FILE ----------------------------
BTW: I'm using Texinfo 4.0
Now I have created a HTML-File out of the Texinfo file:
makeinfo --html --ifinfo test.texi
with the following result (I have cutted out the header,
which is not relevant for my problem:
------------- START OF FILE ----------------------------
1
2 <<p>p>
3 <table width="100%">
4 <tr>
5 <td align="left"><b>@@@@TESTMACRO@@@@</b><i> Paras
6 </i></td>
7 <td align="right">Macro</td>
8 </tr>
9 </table>
10 <table width="95%" align="center">
11 <tr><td>
12 </TD></TR>
13 </TABLE>
14 This is a chapter about macros like @@TESTMACRO@@,
15 which should be represented the same way.
16
17
18 </body></html>
------------- END OF FILE ----------------------------
Like you can see, the At-Sign's whithin the Macro definition
are handled different then they are handled in normal text.
The line 14 is what I expected, but not line 5.
The line 2 shows a little problem, which is not so urgent.
Now my question is: Is this right behaviour or did I miss
something?
Next step is, if I don't use the braces around
{@@@@TESTMACRO@@@@} I get something unexpected for me.
------------- START OF FILE ----------------------------
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename test.info
@settitle test
@defmac @@@@TESTMACRO@@@@ {Paras}
@end defmac
This is a chapter about macros like @@@@TESTMACRO@@@@,
which should be represented the same way.
@bye
------------- END OF FILE ----------------------------
BTW: I have removed the header which is not relevant to
this problem:
------------- START OF FILE ----------------------------
<<p>p>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left"><b>@@@@</b><i>TESTMACRO@@ Paras
</i></td>
<td align="right">Macro</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="95%" align="center">
<tr><td>
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
This is a chapter about macros like @@TESTMACRO@@,
which should be represented the same way.
</body></html>
------------- END OF FILE ----------------------------
Now the At-Signs are handled like the macro name and not
replaced like above (@@ => @, @@@@ => @@)
May be I'm wrong, could someone explain this a little
more in deep?
Thanks in advance.
BTW: happy christmas (better late than never)
and a happy new year.
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