On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 09:41:36AM +0100, Cecilio Pardo wrote:
>
> The manual says that the @small... commands are equivalent to their
> non-small companion commands, except for the size of the font on printed
> output.
>
> @example can take arguments, so I expected @smallexample to take them too.
What about the attached diff to the manual?
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Pat
diff --git a/doc/texinfo.texi b/doc/texinfo.texi
index 132d81b365..85c9b30f32 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo.texi
@@ -6636,7 +6636,8 @@ @node small
normal counterparts: @code{@@smallexample} and @code{@@smalllisp} use
a fixed-width font, and everything else uses the regular font.
They also have the same behavior in other respects---whether filling
-is done and whether margins are narrowed.
+is done and whether margins are narrowed. They do not take arguments
+even when their normal counterparts do, however.
@vindex dispenvsize
As a general rule, it's better to just use the regular
