Re: @foo{\} doesn't work

[Werner LEMBERG]

>     There's a problem with backslashes in macros and makeinfo.
>
> I'm not surprised.

:-)

>     (BTW, why are there two slashes in the error message?)
>
> Don't know, I haven't seen that.  Is there a trailing / in some -I
> path or something?

No.  Neither in the calling sequence (I just did `makeinfo') nor in an
environment variable.

>     And a last one: I suggest to introduce a command @backslash to
>     overcome this problem.
>
> Sounds reasonable.  Analogous to @comma{}.
>
> On the list ...

Thanks.


    Werner