Re: backslash no longer works in indices

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Patrice, can you check how TP behaves with @funindex \\q?
>
> Currently it leaves \\q.  As I can see in the code, if the macro
> takes te line as argument, no processing of the line is done at
> all. If takes an argument in brace (even if it is only one
> argument), the 2 backslashes lead to one, while one backslash is
> passed as is:
>
>
>  @funindex \\q
>  @funindex{\\r}
>  @funindex \q
>  @funindex{\r}
>
>   =>
>
>  @findex \\q
>  @findex \r
>  @findex \q
>  @findex \r

This is neither the behaviour of the old nor the current
texinfo.tex...  Sigh.


    Werner