Re: texinfo 6.0 texindex problem?

2015-10-09 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:08:11 +0100 > From: Gavin Smith > Cc: Texinfo > > There is a new syntax for specifying an explicit sort key that was > introduced after the Texinfo 6.0 release. It looks like > > @cindex @sortas{\ escape sequence} \

Re: texinfo 6.0 texindex problem?

2015-10-09 Thread Aharon Robbins
Hi. THanks for the mail. I moved to current development code for texindex and braces are working. I note that hyphens and < signs also get removed from the key for the index. Is that on purpose? I can go ahead and add @sortas, but I'm wondering if I need to do that also for the hyphen and the <

Re: texinfo 6.0 texindex problem?

2015-10-09 Thread Karl Berry
> many manuals have indexed items starting with a backslash that are > better indexed under a letter following the backslash (an example from > Texinfo's manual is \mathopsup, better indexed under "M"). I suppose this decision is already made, but I feel compelled to kibitz, sorry:

Re: [bug #46083] DeclareUnicodeCharacter breaks if used twice for same character

2015-10-09 Thread Gavin Smith
On 2 October 2015 at 23:29, Oliver Heimlich wrote: > On 03.10.2015 00:12, Karl Berry wrote: >> \DeclareUnicodeCharacter{00A0}{\ } >> >> FWIW, A0 is supposed to be a no-break space. That's \tie, not "\ ". >> >> \DeclareUnicodeCharacter{03C0}{$\pi$} >> >> Can you please

Re: texinfo 6.0 texindex problem?

2015-10-09 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 16:39:14 +0100 > From: Gavin Smith > Cc: Texinfo > > On 9 October 2015 at 08:06, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > So perhaps we should introduce a facility for such tests, and > > preferably in a way that is itself

Re: texinfo 6.0 texindex problem?

2015-10-09 Thread Gavin Smith
On 9 October 2015 at 08:06, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Btw, my usual problem with such new features is that it's impossible > (AFAIK) to use them in a manual in a backward-compatible way, > i.e. while making sure older versions of makeinfo will process the > manual without errors.

Re: texinfo 6.0 texindex problem?

2015-10-09 Thread Gavin Smith
On 9 October 2015 at 08:00, Aharon Robbins wrote: > Hi. THanks for the mail. I moved to current development code for > texindex and braces are working. I note that hyphens and < signs > also get removed from the key for the index. Is that on purpose? > > I can go ahead and

Re: texinfo 6.0 texindex problem?

2015-10-09 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 11:48:44 +0100 > From: Gavin Smith > Cc: Aharon Robbins , Texinfo > > On 9 October 2015 at 08:06, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Btw, my usual problem with such new features is that it's

[bug #46083] DeclareUnicodeCharacter breaks if used twice for same character

2015-10-09 Thread Gavin D. Smith
Update of bug #46083 (project texinfo): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Status:None => Wont Fix ___ Reply to this item at:

Re: texinfo 6.0 texindex problem?

2015-10-09 Thread Quinn Grier
On 2015-10-09 02:06, Eli Zaretskii wrote: Btw, my usual problem with such new features is that it's impossible (AFAIK) to use them in a manual in a backward-compatible way, i.e. while making sure older versions of makeinfo will process the manual without errors. That's because there's no way