Re: info '(latex2e)\indent & \noindent' doesn't work with Msys2

[Gavin Smith]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 11:31:03PM +0200, Arash Esbati wrote:
> Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Sorry, I never included this patch on the release branch.
> 
> Upps, sorry, it was then wrong expectation at my end.

If you are keen for bugs to be fixed in minor releases then keep an
eye on the release/* branches in the git repository as well as any
pretest releases, and complain if fixes are not included.

> > Otherwise, the patch will be included in Texinfo 7.1, which hopefully
> > will come out in a few month's time.
> 
> I think I never mentioned the background of my report: Currently, it is
> almost impossible to use the LaTeX lsp-server digestif[1] with
> Emacs/eglot on Windows because the connection fails every time digestif
> asks the server for a description which is done via info (and digestif
> does that pretty often).

I had never understood the severity of this; I had assumed it was a
problem that affected command line uses for a very small number of Info
nodes (nodes containing a forward slash or a backslash on MS-Windows).

Could one of these programs not be changed to run "info -f file -n node"
rather than "info (file)node"?

>  So with eglot being bundled with Emacs29 and
> digestif being part of current TeXlive, I presume that people will try
> it out once Emacs 29 is released and it will be disappointing if the
> combination doesn't work.  I think it would be good if this change is
> part of 7.1 which is hopefully released before Emacs29.

Why is Emacs relying on the standalone "info" program when it has its
own Info mode?


> 
> Best, Arash
> 
> Footnotes:
> [1]  https://github.com/astoff/digestif