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In article <kv4mifINNiiv@alhena.usc.edu> ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:

   I just finished uploading the Texinfo manual and it seems to be pretty
   far from TeX in look and feel.  I was surprised to see no mention in
   the manual of how new Texinfo commands may be written in terms of
   existing ones.  

   Is one supposed to say @iftex \def???
   But that would screw up things when you try to use the macro in the
   main text, and the info file would not reflect that definition.

The manual doesn't explain it because, in general, you shouldn't do
it.  Makeinfo isn't a tex processor, so creating new escape sequences
is "asking for it".  In any case, you can do it the normal way,
keeping in mind that the escape character has been changed from \ to
@.  So, you start with

@iftex @def@foo

Make sure that any usages of the macro are also put inside @iftex, and
make sure that you provide an equivalent construction inside @ifinfo.

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