Re: texinfo.tex: accents in math mode

[John Mandereau]

Oleg Katsitadze wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 07:14:08PM -0500, Karl Berry wrote:
> >       blablabla @math{\hbox{\it alteracin} > 0} blablabla
> > 
> > Does @address@hidden > 0}} work?  
> > That's the intended usage.  (Or maybe some other similar Texinfo cmd.)
> 
> @var doesn't work -- it _does_ switch to text italic font, so the
> kerning is correct, but text accents are still not allowed (it's still
> math mode).

I hoped it would be possible to make texinfo.tex interpret accents as
math accents in math mode, but maybe this is not feasible.  So, if I
understand well, it's not possible to avoid @iftex/@ifnottext constructs
in this case.

Thanks for the hints
John