On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 10:05:15PM +0000, Karl Berry wrote:
> > <lineannotation>
>
> I agree. It is something I blindly took from makeinfo 4, but I agree
> that it doesn't make much sense.
>
> It was done because of the original use for @r, inside @example.
>
> @example
> x = 1; @r{some comment}
> @end example
But there is no reason why @r{} would only be used like that, even in a
@example and similar environments. If we really want something like
that I think that we should add a command similar with lineannotation
(that could be called anything) that would be rendered like @r, except
in DocBook.
--
Pat
