Re: texi2dvi: @cindex @email

[Akim Demaille]

Err, dots in @cindex @samp{} that do not work.

\input texinfo
@setfilename foo

@node Top
@top Foo and Bar

@cindex @samp{foo.bar}

@printindex cp

@bye


/tmp % texi2dvi foo.texi                                         nostromo 15:59
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.7)
(/tmp/foo.texi (./texinfo.tex Loading texinfo [version 2002-03-26.08]: Basics,
pdf, fonts, page headings, tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc,
environments, defuns, macros, cross references,
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/dvips/epsf.tex) localization,
and turning on texinfo input format.) (./foo.aux) (Foo and Bar) (./foo.cps)
Runaway argument?
{\} \entry {\begingroup \catcode ` \active \let = \setbox 0 = \hbox {\ETC.
! File ended while scanning use of \initial.
<inserted text> 
                \par 
\next ...\begindoublecolumns \input \jobname .#1s 
                                                  \enddoublecolumns \fi \fi ...
l.9 @printindex cp
                  
? ! Interruption.
\next ...\begindoublecolumns \input \jobname .#1s 
                                                  \enddoublecolumns \fi \fi ...
l.9 @printindex cp
                  
? [1] )
Output written on foo.dvi (1 page, 140 bytes).
Transcript written on foo.log.
/home/lrde/prof/akim/bin/texi2dvi: tex exited with bad status, quitting.
/home/lrde/prof/akim/bin/texi2dvi: see foo.log for errors.