Found a small issue and I'm not sure of the cause. I can easily workaround
this since @subentry works for all output formats that I care about (pdf,
html, info).
Before @subentry was available I used this macro:
@macro cpsubindex {topic,subtopic}
@iftex
@cindex \topic\!\subtopic\
@end iftex
@ifnottex
@cindex \topic\, \subtopic\
@end ifnottex
@end macro
With my old hack. With the new texinfo, I changed the macro to say
@cindex \topic\ @subentry \subtopic\
makeinfo --pdf foo.texi
has errors like:
Unde
fined control sequence.
\temp ->\xeatspaces {unix} \subentry
\xeatspaces { pathnames}
\dosubindwrite ...mpty \xdef \indexsortkey {\temp
}\ifx \indexsortkey
\empty...
\safewhatsit ... \else \vskip -\whatsitskip \fi #1
\ifx \lastskipmacro
\zeros...
\dosubind ...dcsname }\safewhatsit \dosubindwrite
}\fi
l.2 ...s {unix} @subentry @xeatspaces { pathnames}
\scanmacro ...\\=\active \scantokens {#1@texinfoc}
\aftermacro \catcode
`\@=\...
l.1657 @cpsubindex{unix, pathnames}
I'm assuming the macro call @cpsubindex{unix, pathnames} expands into
@cindex {unix} @subentry @xeatspaces { pathnames}
and that @xeatspaces is causing problems.
It's easy enough for me to work around this by just globally replacing
@cpsubindex{foo, bar} with @cindex foo @subentry bar
On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 12:41 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> You're welcome. Gavin did most of the work.
>
> I've revised (but not yet merged) the index for the gawk manual to take
> advantage of the new features, and it too looks wonderful. I'm pleased
> with the new features and am glad other people are using them too.
>
> Regards,
>
> Arnold
>
> Raymond Toy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks so much for implementing this! I can get rid of the hacks I had
> and
> > make use of it in other docs.
> >
> > I did use this new version to generate Maxima's manual in pdf. The index
> > entries and subentries look fine for the most part, but there are a few
> > oddities. I don't know if I messed up or if it's a bug in texinfo.
> When I
> > isolate the problem, I'll let you know.
> >
> > But in general it looks fantastic! And much better than the hack I was
> > using!
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 2:20 AM Gavin Smith <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 02:33:25AM -0600, [email protected] wrote:
> > > > Gavin Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 04:33:30PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > > > > > Implemented as @subentry in git commit 372cfab.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A test file is attached. Please feel free to experiment.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It still needs to be implemented in texi2any, once the syntax is
> > > > > > finalised. Volunteers are welcome.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've added some support for @seeentry and @seealso in index
> entries in
> > > > > texi2any. They are ignored except for DocBook output.
> > > >
> > > > Truly awesome!!!
> > > >
> > > > How do mean "ignored"? Do you simply remove the @subentry and use
> > > > the rest of the line as the index text, in Info, for example?
> > >
> > > I mean entries with @seeentry and @seealso do not add any index entries
> > > for HTML and Info output. @subentry isn't ignored.
> > >
> > > > I'd suggest something like s/ *@subentry +/, /g in sed syntax
> > > > for Info, if that makes sense to you.
> > >
> > > In HTML and Info output, this is what is done already - the parts are
> > > separated by commas.
> > >
> > > > And once again, a huge THANK YOU for working with me to add this
> feature
> > > > to Texinfo. I have been working on the gawk manual's index to take
> > > > advantage of this and it makes for an incredible improvement.
> > >
> > > That is very good to hear. Thank you for suggesting the new features
> > > and working to implement them in texindex. I'm sure others will find
> > > them useful too.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Ray
>
--
Ray
