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Article #74953Re: .texinfo/.info files
From: Arnold Robbins
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 1991 18:53
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 1991 18:53
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I said: > Very recent texinfo files may not format correctly with the > texinfo-format-buffer in 18.55. In article <F4k3&114@cs.psu.edu> schwartz@groucho.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes: >Really?? That's a bug in 18.55, then? No; the texinfo "language" has been evolving for some time. Much of the evolution was to accomodate the lisp manual, and started after 18.55 was released. >If the standalone program is going to be the official way to build >info files, then having a separate elisp program to do the same job is >poor engineering. Has anyone though about this, or are we just going >to hack away and see what still works in six months? I expect, but don't actually know it to be a fact, that the next release of emacs will also have an up to date texinfo-format-buffer. Or else texinfo-format-buffer will go away completely. -- Arnold Robbins AudioFAX, Inc. | Laundry increases 2000 Powers Ferry Road, #200 / Marietta, GA. 30067 | exponentially in the INTERNET: arnold@audiofax.com Phone: +1 404 933 7612 | number of children. UUCP: emory!audfax!arnold Fax-box: +1 404 618 4581 | -- Miriam Robbins
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,4ddd7b7966e4f058 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-01-08 08:07:51 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!samsung!emory!audfax!arnold From: arnold@audiofax.com (Arnold Robbins) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: .texinfo/.info files Message-ID: <312@audfax.audiofax.com> Date: 7 Jan 91 18:53:51 GMT References: <1888@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> <311@audfax.audiofax.com> <F4k3&114@cs.psu.edu> Distribution: gnu Organization: AudioFAX, Inc., Atlanta Georgia Lines: 25