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Problems with texinfo documentation in libg++2.3

I ran across the following problems making postscript files using
tex (and texinfo) in the libg++2.3 package.

1) The file gperf.texinfo didn't seem to like texinfo version 2.89.
   I was able to get a good dvi file using texinfo version 2.1.

2) iostream.texi had errors where iostream& was used in a deftypefn.
   I changed it to iostream@& and that seemed to fix the problem.
   I found three places where & needed to be escaped.

   An example:

 @deftypefn Method ostream& ostream::vform(const char *@var{format}, ...)

   became:

 @deftypefn Method ostream@& ostream::vform(const char *@var{format}, ...)

3) The cygnus etc/{intro,relnotes}.texi files used fonts that
   are not common in standard tex.  I was wondering if someone
   could recommend a substitution list for these (since they
   seem sort of generic):

   \texttt=pcrr         \textbf=pncb            \textit=pncri
   \textsl=pcrro        \textsf=slcrst          \ftfnt=phvr
   \indrm=pcnr          \chapit=pncbi           \chapsl=pcrbo

By the way, I appreciate the work that Cygnus has been doing.  It's
a lot easier to bring up new Gnu versions these days!
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	John Campbell               John.Campbell@nau.edu
        jdc@sunset.cse.nau.edu      JDC@NAUVAX.UCC.NAU.EDU