Re: @macro expansion bug

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > The problem is not texi2dvi, but `makeinfo -E': It doesn't expand a
> > user-defined macro in @deffn.
> 
> This is a known problem, and it is unlikely to be fixed without
> either a complete rewrite of makeinfo or an incompatible change in
> the syntax of @deffn and friends.  The following comment (from the
> function defun_internal in the defun.c file from Texinfo sources)
> explains why:

Dear Eli,


thanks a lot for the explanation.  But why on earth is this important
information not in the texinfo manual?  Even if you don't like @deffn
and friends (which I can understand), it has to be *exactly*
documented!  The same is true for the fact that e.g. after a plain `['
in @deffn you have to use @var{} for variables or you get the wrong
font...

It took some hours to find a workaround.  Not funny.


    Werner