Re: Texinfo from Sgml

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Kreuter <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:54:14 -0500 (EST)
> 
> @footnote{This is the first sentence.  Here is an introductory clause:
> @table @asis @item Object A Some information about Object A. @item
> Object B Some Information about Object B. @end table This is the last
> sentence.}
> 
> This is one continuous line of text.  Anything that isn't an @-command,
> argument to an @-command, or a brace is arbitrary text.
> 
> Neither makeinfo nor tex could process sections like this (makeinfo
> version 4.0b and tex version 3.14159, kpathsea 3.3.1, Debian GNU/Hurd,
> fwiw).
> [...]
> For the purposes of filing a bug, should the first sample be considered
> syntactically valid texinfo?

No, it's invalid Texinfo: @table and @item cannot appear on the same
line.  Also, @table should begin a line, and you cannot have more
than one @item on the same line.  Finally, @end table should be on a
line by itself.