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


From: Arash Esbati
Subject: Re: info '(latex2e)\indent & \noindent' doesn't work with Msys2
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:19:38 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)

Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

Thanks, will do so next time.

> 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"?

The only program which needs to be changed is digestif; Emacs and the
eglot library are not involved in this.

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

Emacs isn't affected; it is the lsp-server digestif using info to access
the manual.

For the time being, I think we should just wait for Texinfo 7.1 and then
see how things work.  Again, many thanks for your time.

Best, Arash



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