Re: rethinking @def*

[Gavin Smith]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 12:53:53AM +0200, pertusus@free.fr wrote:
> Another issue. The quotes '' and dashes, such as --- are not as in the
> main document, even with @r.  They are in roman when in @r, but
> formatted as three separate -, not an em dash.  This makes sense, as it
> is code.  However, it is not backward compatible, and there is no way to
> get an em dash as before.
> 
> 
> Anything that should be done differently?

The same thing happens with texinfo.tex, for example @code{@r{---}}.
I don't know why this is; I would have to investigate.