Re: latex in texinfo

[Karl Berry]

Hi Pat,

    There are some LaTeX constructs, especially in maths but not only
    which are very handy. I know that texinfo is plain TeX, however is
    there a trick allowing the use of LaTeX constructs within @iftex ?

No, that's not possible, because texinfo.tex is built on plain TeX, and
plain TeX and LaTeX cannot even come close to coexisting.  There's no
way to use bits and pieces of LaTeX without taking the whole thing.

I've dreamed about adding a latex backend to makeinfo, but I fear my
threatened makeinfo rewrite will never happen, the way things are going,
and the current code is so filled with kludges, it's hard to imagine
adding latex output.

FWIW, in my experience most math things in LaTeX can be accomplished in
plain TeX as well, I think (usually with different syntax).

Best,
karl