> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:26:01 -0400
> From: "W. L. Estes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I think it's very difficult to support underscores in this case.
> > OTOH, some people object to introducing limitations into makeinfo just
> > because TeX doesn't support that, since Texinfo documents might be
> > written that are not intended to be processed by TeX. For example,
> > you could write a document that is only supposed to exist as an online
> > version.
>
> The texinfo manual states the following:
>
> Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to
> produce both online information and printed output.
>
> That's the first sentence from the Top node of the texinfo manual.
>
> So, it's wrong if the online processor and the hardcopy processor do
> not accept the same language.
I think it's more like the case with GCC: it accepts ANSI/ISO C, but
also allows extensions.
Perhaps we should have an option to flag all those extensions, like
GCC's "-pedantic". But someone should prepare the list of all the
things TeX doesn't like, sigh...
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