imbrications and ---

[Dumas Patrice]

Hi,

I use makeinfo 4.6, but maybe an older texinfo.tex.
I get somehow strange results with the following command imbrications:

@@address@hidden@@address@hidden@address@hidden: @address@hidden

@@address@hidden@@address@hidden@address@hidden: @address@hidden

@@address@hidden@@address@hidden@address@hidden: @address@hidden

@@address@hidden@@address@hidden@address@hidden: @address@hidden

I would have expected that in the resulting text --- are kept as 3 minus,
and that the text is bold and in fixed font for the 2 first lines, and
italic in fixed font for the line 3 and 4.

with makeinfo
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   @address@hidden: `a--b'.

   @address@hidden: `a---b'.

   @address@hidden: ``a---b''.

   @address@hidden: ``a---b''.

In my opinion the first is bad, it should be
   @address@hidden: `a---b'.

with makeinfo --html
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   <p>@address@hidden: <code></code><b>a---b</b><code></code>.

   <p>@address@hidden: <b></b><code>a---b</code><b></b>.

   <p>@address@hidden: <code></code><cite>a---b</cite><code></code>.

   <p>@address@hidden: <cite></cite><code>a---b</code><cite></cite>.

It seems right concerning --- kept, but the html is not nested. 

with texi2dvi
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--- are kept as is, but the style effects are not nested. The font corresponds
with the inner @-command only.

Pat

imbricated_commands_and_em_dash.texi
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