Re: backslashes, macros, indexes, texinfo

[David Kastrup]

Gavin Smith <address@hidden> writes:

> On 11 August 2015 at 11:21, Gavin Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
>> When looking at the log file, I noticed a funny order of execution.
>> What was happening, was that the call to the inner macro was being
>> processed inside \eatspaces. This was bad news: the cat codes were
>> fixed when the argument to \eatspaces were read, and the cat code
>> changes for the argument to the inner macro were ineffectual.
>
> Here's the next try. This uses quite a different approach: instead of
> processing the argument by evaluating it, it reads it piece by piece
> using a macro with a delimited argument.

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.15 (TeX Live 2015/dev/Debian) 
(preloaded format=pdfetex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./essay.texi (/usr/local/tmp/lilypond/tex/texinfo.tex
Loading texinfo [version 2015-08-03.11-bsmacro]: pdf, fonts, markup, glyphs,
page headings, tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments,
defuns, macros, cross references, insertions,
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/epsf/epsf.tex
This is `epsf.tex' v2.7.4 <14 February 2011>
) localization, formatting, and turning on texinfo input format.)
(/usr/local/tmp/lilypond/tex/txi-en.tex) (./macros.texi (./version.texi)
(./common-macros.texi{/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}{/usr/l
ocal/tmp/lilypond/tex/./out-www/lilypond.map} (./cyrillic.texi)))
./essay.texi:44: Undefined control sequence.
@passargtomacro address@hidden @add_segment address@hidden 
                                                  \
l.4 @rweb{Manuals}
                  .
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
@docMain .../.lilypond@/.org/address@hidden cartouche}
                                                  @egroup 
l.56 @docMain
             {}
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
...
l.44 ...lePage{Essay on automated music engraving}
                                                  
? 
./essay.texi:44: Emergency stop.
@passargtomacro address@hidden @add_segment address@hidden 
                                                  \
l.4 @rweb{Manuals}
                  .
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
@docMain .../.lilypond@/.org/address@hidden cartouche}
                                                  @egroup 
l.56 @docMain
             {}
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
...
l.44 ...lePage{Essay on automated music engraving}
                                                  
./essay.texi:44:  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on essay.log.
/usr/bin/texi2dvi: pdfetex exited with bad status, quitting.

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.15 (TeX Live 2015/dev/Debian) 
(preloaded format=pdfetex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./music-glossary.texi (/usr/local/tmp/lilypond/tex/texinfo.tex
Loading texinfo [version 2015-08-03.11-bsmacro]: pdf, fonts, markup, glyphs,
page headings, tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments,
defuns, macros, cross references, insertions,
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/epsf/epsf.tex
This is `epsf.tex' v2.7.4 <14 February 2011>
) localization, formatting, and turning on texinfo input format.)
(/usr/local/tmp/lilypond/tex/txi-en.tex) (./macros.texi (./version.texi)
(./common-macros.texi{/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}{/usr/l
ocal/tmp/lilypond/tex/./out-www/lilypond.map} (./cyrillic.texi)))
./music-glossary.texi:39: Undefined control sequence.
@passargtomacro address@hidden @add_segment address@hidden 
                                                  \
l.4 @rweb{Manuals}
                  .
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
@docMain .../.lilypond@/.org/address@hidden cartouche}
                                                  @egroup 
l.56 @docMain
             {}
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
...
l.39 @lilyTitlePage{Music Glossary}
                                   
? 
./music-glossary.texi:39: Emergency stop.
@passargtomacro address@hidden @add_segment address@hidden 
                                                  \
l.4 @rweb{Manuals}
                  .
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
@docMain .../.lilypond@/.org/address@hidden cartouche}
                                                  @egroup 
l.56 @docMain
             {}
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
...
l.39 @lilyTitlePage{Music Glossary}
                                   
./music-glossary.texi:39:  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produce
d!
Transcript written on music-glossary.log.
/usr/bin/texi2dvi: pdfetex exited with bad status, quitting.

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.15 (TeX Live 2015/dev/Debian) 
(preloaded format=pdfetex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./usage.texi (/usr/local/tmp/lilypond/tex/texinfo.tex
Loading texinfo [version 2015-08-03.11-bsmacro]: pdf, fonts, markup, glyphs,
page headings, tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments,
defuns, macros, cross references, insertions,
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/epsf/epsf.tex
This is `epsf.tex' v2.7.4 <14 February 2011>
) localization, formatting, and turning on texinfo input format.)
(/usr/local/tmp/lilypond/tex/txi-en.tex) (./macros.texi (./version.texi)
(./common-macros.texi{/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}{/usr/l
ocal/tmp/lilypond/tex/./out-www/lilypond.map} (./cyrillic.texi)))
./usage.texi:46: Undefined control sequence.
@passargtomacro address@hidden @add_segment address@hidden 
                                                  \
l.3 @qq{best practices}
                        for efficient address@hidden
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
@manualIntro ...t practices} for efficient usage.}
                                                  @egroup 
l.51 @manualIntro
                 {}
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                                                  @endgroup 
...
l.46 @lilyTitlePage{Usage}
                          
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./usage.texi:46: Emergency stop.
@passargtomacro address@hidden @add_segment address@hidden 
                                                  \
l.3 @qq{best practices}
                        for efficient address@hidden
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
@manualIntro ...t practices} for efficient usage.}
                                                  @egroup 
l.51 @manualIntro
                 {}
@scanmacro ...spaceisspace @scantokens address@hidden }
                                                  @endgroup 
...
l.46 @lilyTitlePage{Usage}
                          
./usage.texi:46:  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on usage.log.
/usr/bin/texi2dvi: pdfetex exited with bad status, quitting.


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