Re: A better @math ?

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, JT Williams wrote:

> For example, why does @math{h^2_a} generate the same output (`h^2_a')
> in the .dvi file as it does in the .info file?

I'd very much like to see @math extended to be more suitable for
documents which include formulae etc.  Unfortunately, I don't know
enough TeX to do it myself.

> I've experimented with @macro to define my own version of address@hidden'
> to DTRT, e.g., `\tex $mathstuff$ \end tex' for non-Info outputs,
> but then
> 
>       Macros containing a command which must be on
>       a line by itself, such as a conditional,
>       cannot be invoked in the middle of a line.
> 
> so that any replacement @math macro I write cannot be used in-line
> as with address@hidden'.

Does the above limitation hold if you expand macros with "makeinfo -E", 
and only submit to TeX the results of that?  If the problem persists
with "makeinfo -E" as well, please post a real-life example.  I'm
guessing that some work-around can be found.