Re: wrong-type-argument

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 02:56:06 -0700
> From: Bruce Korb <address@hidden>
> 
> = = = = = = =  RESULT FRAGMENT  = = = = = = =
> <TABLE>
> ....
> </TABLE>
> 
> [1] See the lengthy list of features @xref{Features}.
> 
> 
> [2] There is a user-visible dependency iff the developer does a
> dynamic link to the libopts.so library.  Developers are free
> to either link statically or ship libopts.so with their product.
> A Debian package would need only a dependency on the package
> supplying libopts (libopts9, at present).
> 
> The Guile library is now generally pre-installed on all
> GNU/Linux systems.
> 
> 
>   -- James R. Van Zandt
> = = = = = = =  ANALYSIS  = = = = = = =
> 1.  "@xref{Features}" was not expanded
> 2.  <P>...</P> were not inserted
> = = = = = = =  CONCLUSION  = = = = = = =
> @ifhtml/@end ifhtml behaves exactly as you described
> @html/@end html, i.e., there is no texinfo macro processing.

I cannot reproduce this on my system.  I get what I expect: HTML
output, with resolved @xref, <P>, and other HTML conversions.

What version of Texinfo is that (what does "makeinfo --version"
print)?  And what command line did you use to process that Texinfo
document?  is it possible that you used the -E switch to makeinfo?

> = = = = = = =  SOURCE FRAGMENT  = = = = = = =
>   -- James R. Van Zandt
> @iftex
> @ifhtml

What do you expect @ifhtml inside @iftex to produce?  It cannot
possibly yield anything useful: @iftex is not processed under --html
switch.

> = = = = = = =  ANALYSIS  = = = = = = =
> 1.  Despite the fact I am producing HTML output, the text between
>     @iftex and @end iftex _was_ processed.  This is completely 
>     contrary to the documentation and intuitive behavior.
> 2.  The "@ifnothtml" macro is passed through to the output HTML.
> 3.  The HTML produced for "@multitable" is bogus and should generate
>     a warning until it can be fixed.  Perhaps suppress the HTML
>     output, too.  What is produced is worthless.

Again, I cannot reproduce this (if I remove the bogus @iftex).

> = = = = = = =  CONCLUSION  = = = = = = =
> 1.  The @ifxxx stuff needs work for HTML

It works flawlessly for me.

> 2.  @multitable needs work for HTML

Also works.

Conclusion: I need a complete reproducible example, including the
version of makeinfo you are using and the exact command line used to
invoke makeinfo.