Re: @xref punctuation bug

[Karl Berry]

    In the attached Texinfo example, the @xref and @pxref is typeset like
    this in dvi output:

Thanks for the report.  Here's a patch.  I also updated texinfo.tex on
prep etc.

k


*** texinfo.tex.~1.69.~ Mon Apr 21 17:34:18 2003
--- texinfo.tex Sun Apr 27 15:46:40 2003
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*** 1484,1490 ****
  
  % \smartitalic{ARG} outputs arg in italics, followed by an italic correction
  % unless the following character is such as not to need one.
! \def\smartitalicx{\ifx\next,\else\ifx\next-\else\ifx\next.\else\/\fi\fi\fi}
  \def\smartslanted#1{{\ifusingtt\ttsl\sl #1}\futurelet\next\smartitalicx}
  \def\smartitalic#1{{\ifusingtt\ttsl\it #1}\futurelet\next\smartitalicx}
  
--- 1484,1491 ----
  
  % \smartitalic{ARG} outputs arg in italics, followed by an italic correction
  % unless the following character is such as not to need one.
! \def\smartitalicx{\ifx\next,\else\ifx\next-\else\ifx\next.\else
!                     \ptexslash\fi\fi\fi}
  \def\smartslanted#1{{\ifusingtt\ttsl\sl #1}\futurelet\next\smartitalicx}
  \def\smartitalic#1{{\ifusingtt\ttsl\it #1}\futurelet\next\smartitalicx}
  
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*** 6206,6212 ****
    % In case the footnote comes at the end of a sentence, preserve the
    % extra spacing after we do the footnote number.
    address@hidden
!   address@hidden/\fi
    %
    % Remove inadvertent blank space before typesetting the footnote number.
    \unskip
--- 6207,6213 ----
    % In case the footnote comes at the end of a sentence, preserve the
    % extra spacing after we do the footnote number.
    address@hidden
!   address@hidden
    %
    % Remove inadvertent blank space before typesetting the footnote number.
    \unskip