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Re: backslashes in macro arguments


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: backslashes in macro arguments
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:30:46 -0600
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On 06/14/2010 03:24 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hello bug-texinfo readers,
> 
> with makeinfo 4.13, the following texinfo code snippet from Autoconf:
> 
>   @macro dvar{varname, default}
>   @address@hidden = @address@hidden@c
>   @end macro
> 
>   @defmac m4_split (@var{string}, @dvar{regexp, [\t ]+})

Changing \t to \\t in the source allows makeinfo to complete without
complaint, and fixes the missing \ in the info output, but it results in
a doubled-up \\ in pdf output.

Trying to use @backslash{}t failed, because there is no @backslash
command (should there be?).

Any other ideas for a workaround that works for both info and pdf?  Or
do we make generation of the autoconf depend on an as-yet unreleased
texinfo version?

-- 
Eric Blake   address@hidden    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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