Re: @{ and @} in @deffn

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

> > Did you try "@deffn{Escape \@@@{}"?
> 
> Yes.  I get something like
> 
>   stdin:6278: Missing `}' in @def arg.
>   stdin:6279: Unmatched }.
> 
> while using texi2dvi.  So it fails.

Do you have problems in texi2dvi or in makeinfo (or both)?

I thought it was the latter.

> BTW, the line numbers in error messages are incorrect (I'm using the
> `-e' switch of texi2dvi which is the reason I think).

Can you throw together a short .texi file which shows incorrect line 
numbers, and then post it?  I don't think I've seen this problem since 
Texinfo 4.0 was released (I assume you are using v4.0).

> What about replacing the macro lines with comment lines instead of
> removing them completely?

What for?  What's wrong with the current modus operandi?

> PS: Has someone worked on fixing the expansion of texinfo macros in
>     texinfo.tex?

Not that I know of.  Karl?