Current makeinfo when processing @docbook ... @end docbook leaves off
the trailing newline.
I can't tell you how much hassle that the trailing newline before @end is.
In some cases it is absolutely neeeded. In other cases it absolutely
needs to be ignored. I see no way to get it right. (It's even worse
with @macro.)
This is one of the main reasons why we invented the
@inline... conditionals, which do not ignore trailing whitespace. See
the Inline Conditionals node.
It seems that, in practice, newlines are not ignored at the end of
@if... conditionals, but are ignored at the end of raw conditionals.
so that the result doesn't run together
<span></span> would be a true no-op, if that's what you want.
Another approach is apparently to use an empty comment:
@docbook
stuff where you want the newline...
@c
@end docbook
I'm sure there are other ways. But I don't think trying to alter
newline-keeping/removing behavior again would be fruitful.
peformance, while
peformance -> performance
:)
sorry,
karl
