> From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:43:14 -0500
>
> Many output formats that Texinfo targets now support color. It would be
> nice if output could generate color on those devices (such as Emacs' info
> browser and PDF files).
>
> At the Texinfo level, of course, we'd need various tags that can be used for
> marking up code.
>
> A few possible ideas are:
>
> `@keyword{KEYWORD}' a keyword in a programming language
>
> `@string{STRING}' a literal string in a programming language
>
> `@operator{OPERATION}' an operator in a programming language
>
> `@datatype{TYPE}' a data type in a programming language
>
> `@variable{VAR}' a variable in a programming language (different
> from @var, of course)
How exactly do you suggest to make these stand out in color in the
Info output?
> I think just using @code{} or putting program in @example{} environments is
> useful, but not particularly descriptive. I'd like to be able to mark-up
> code so then PDF formatters and other color-enabled formatters can use
> color.
Why can't you simply use @code etc. to get the markup? How will the
effect of @keyword be different from @code?
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