Re: texi2dvi bug or limitation ? @image {christmas, @sizemacro}

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Marc Herbert <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 11:45:04 +0100 (CET)
> 
> @macro pagewidth
> 15cm
> @end macro
> 
> @image{christmas, @pagewidth}

Try invoking texi2dvi with -e option.  Did it work?

The implementation of @macro in texinfo.tex is limited (because the
design of Texinfo macros doesn't fit well with TeX capabilities).  The
"-e" option causes texi2dvi to expand macros using makeinfo's -E
option; makeinfo supports more sophisticated use of @macro.

For such simple text substitutions, you could use @set/@value or
@alias.  They work better in TeX.