Re: makeinfo bug

[Gavin Smith]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Mahlon Smith ( 马伦 )
 wrote:
> The largest of these is that v:5.1 ignores the '--fill-column' option.
>
> This means that 50+ pages of documentation, carefully-formatted for
> '--fill-column=78' now look really bad.
>
> A smaller matter:
> a) There are visible escape codes at the top of the index page in the .info
> output file.
>
> I have attached a '.texi' example, which is a much-simplified version of the
> document I'm currently working on. It demonstrates the problems mentioned
> above.
>
I confirmed the inability to set the fill column. I cut down the file
and still have the same problem: see attachment. (Run "makeinfo -f 78
--no-split bug_report.texi"). Plaintext output was the same: "makeinfo
-f 78 --no-split --plaintext bug_report.texi".

> At the top of the 'Index' section:
> garbage characters (escape sequences?).

What are you viewing the generated file with? There should be a marker
in the index that looks like "^@^H[index^@^H]", but the Info viewing
program should hide this.


bug_report.texi
Description: TeXInfo document

makeinfo bug

[马伦]

To TexInfo bug catcher:

I have recently updated my system and among the updates is a move from

makeinfo v:4.13 (x86_32) to makeinfo v:5.1 (x86_64)

I have run 'yum update texinfo' and it reports that I am up-to-date.

However, several things which worked in the previous version, are now out
to lunch.

The largest of these is that v:5.1 ignores the '--fill-column' option.

This means that 50+ pages of documentation, carefully-formatted for
'--fill-column=78' now look really bad.

 A smaller matter:
a) There are visible escape codes at the top of the index page in the .info
output file.

I have attached a '.texi' example, which is a much-simplified version of
the
document I'm currently working on. It demonstrates the problems mentioned
above.

See the following:

Ch07_gStringTextTool.texilines 33-41 word wrapping error

bug_report.info  At the top of the 'Index' section: garbage
characters (escape sequences?).

 If I can help in any way, please let me know.

Thanks for your attention,
Mahlon Smith






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Mahlon R. Smith (马伦 )
Associate Professor, Foreign Languages Department
Beijing University of Technology
Email: esl.tutor@gmail.com


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