Re: @setfilename: for info only?

[Patrice Dumas]

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 07:05:48PM -0500, Karl Berry wrote:
> 
> All.  In short (and from memory -- let me know if you observe discrepancies):
> 
> @setfilename foo[.info]
> -> foo.info[-*]
> -> foo.html/  (subdir if split HTML)

Looking at (texinfo)HTML Splitting, it is said that first the directory
name without extension is tried, that is foo/, and If that directory 
cannot be created for any reason, foo.html/ will be used.

> -> foo.html   (file if unsplit HTML)
>               (I don't know what we're going do with chapter-split HTML)

It goes in a subdir like split by node html.

> -> foo.txt
> -> foo.dvi
> -> foo.pdf
> -> foo.xml    (Texinfo XML)
> -> foo.dbk    (Docbook)

It is also foo.xml (unless I missed something).

> As for your remark about the undesirability of determining the output
> filename by looking at the contents of the input file, well, I agree
> with you in principle.  I don't think there was any overriding need for
> @setfilename in the first place (instead of just using the input
> filename) and don't know why rms needed it.  But it's too late now.

When there is no @setfilename, the texinfo input file basename is used
by makeinfo for the output file basename. So, if it is possible to so this
in TeX too, maybe then @setfilename could become optional?

--
Pat