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Re: Question on using TexInfo texi2dvi

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From: Alain Magloire
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 00:00
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Hon-Chi Ng (honchi_ng@my-deja.com) wrote:


: [ I apologize if this is the wrong newsgroup to ask question on GNU
: TexInfo,
:   and I appreciate any redirection to the right newsgroup. ]

: I want to generate a PostScript format of the GNATS manual from its
: TexInfo source.   When I run "texi2dvi", it returns the following error.
: This is the 1st time I use texi2dvi and I don't know enough about
: texinfo syntax to debug it.  It seems that texi2dvi does not understand
: "@set" command in gnats.texi.

: Is the error due to
: a) the syntax error in TexInfo, or
: b) the wrong way I invoke texi2dvi, or
: c) the improper installation of texi2dvi on my Solaris machine?

: And how can I fix it?

Not sure, just speculating.
You probably need a newer version of texinfo.tex it can be found
in the texinfo distribution on ftp.gnu.org or mirrors.

--
au revoir, alain
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