Re: imbrications and ---

[Akim Demaille]

 >> This is up to the user; Texinfo is not a logical markup type checker,
 >> it should just accumulate and render.

 > The problem is it is not really clear how to do that: makeinfo needs
 > to produce an output that will do what you want in the various
 > supported formats, and each format has its own weird rules about
 > mixing typefaces.  In addition, at least with HTML, browsers don't
 > agree about how to render som of the combinations, and IIRC the
 > standard says some or all of them produce undefined results.

I still see no reason to fall down to just the smallest possible set
of features.  If some outputs have less flexibility than others, then
be it.  But why should we throw away small caps in titles in TeX?
I use Texinfo because the type setting is nice, thanks to TeX.  If you
remove that interest, you remove an important feature of Texinfo itself.
Heck, it's even in its name!