> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:31:27 +0000 (UTC) > Cc: bug-texinfo@gnu.org > From: Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> > > > > Here is a proposal: [...] > > ... I consider this a bad idea. Whatever you are going to change, it > will be backward incompatible, causing a lot of grief. For example, > the adjustments to document troff commands (in the groff info manual) > are quite tricky, trying very hard to overcome the various limitations > and formatting issues of `@def` and friends. > > I thus strongly suggest that you implement *new* commands, say, > `@define`, `@define*`, etc., that have better semantics.
I tend to agree, FWIW. We could then slowly migrate to the new commands and encourage others to do so.
