Re: macro expansion in makeinfo

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Vladimir Volovich wrote:

> i.e., the @ovar was expanded when it appeared on its own, but was not
> expanded when used in an argument of @defmac.
> 
> As a result, texi2dvi does not work - it complains that @ovar is not
> defined.
> 
> is this a bug or a feature?

It's a limitation of macros in Texinfo: macros in @def... commands are 
not supported.