> From: Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 11 Nov 2001 13:41:29 +0100
>
> /tmp % cat sample.texi
> @macro ovar{varname}
> @r{[}@var{\varname\}@r{]}
> @end macro
>
> @table @asis
> @item @ovar{toto}
> Description of @ovar{toto}.
> @end table
Is this a real-life example? Because if it is, you will be much
better of with this:
@table @asis
@item [@var{toto}]
or with this:
@macro vitem{line}
@item @r{[}@var{\line\}@r{]}
@end macro
@table @asis
@vitem toto
> /tmp % makeinfo -E - --commands sample.texi
>
> @table @asis
> @item @ovar{toto}
> Description of @r{[}@var{toto}@r{]}.
> @end table
>
> @bye
>
>
> (I tried with --commands to see if it had an influence, but it does
> not).
The --commands-in-node-names switch only makes a difference if @
commands are used in node names (like the full name of the switch
suggests ;-).
> I suspect this is not meant :(
Actually, I'm afraid it is :-( Macros in @item cannot be easily
supported because of the complications of @ftable and @vtable (it's a
long story). Since the work-arounds are usually easy (see above),
I'm not sure it's worth the hassle to support macros in @item.
We probably should document this, though...
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