@ref in @multitable broken in Info output if split across lines
If makeinfo produces a cross-reference in a table in the Info output and the text for the cross-reference is split across lines, then it is not possible to follow the cross-reference. For example: Chunk nameFirst definition point -- Check for more than See *note Check-for-more-than-one-initial::. one initial Set up 'fields' arraySee *note with the dataSet-up--code-fields--array-with-the-data::. Store the data for the See *note line in the 'Data' Store-the-data-for-the-line-in-the--code-Data--array::. array Here is a multitable with three lines with cross-references in the second column. The cross-reference in the first line is followable, but in lines 2 and 3 they are not. The cross-reference text for the second row should be *note Set-up--code-fields--array-with-the-data::, but it gets the text from the first column as well, leading the Info viewer to look for a node called with the data Set-up--code-fields--array-with-the-data. This could be fixed if makeinfo always put the text for a cross-reference on a single line in a multitable, although that would break the column widths sometimes. Test files are attached. xref-in-multitable.info Description: Binary data xref-in-multitable.texi Description: TeXInfo document
Re: Effect of newline in macro definition
However, I tried it without the @c and didn't get a paragraph break. A test Texinfo file and the Info output file are attached. Well, that item was in the list of caveats about texinfo.tex, not makeinfo. However, I just tried it again, and the current texinfo.tex does indeed seem to strip the final newline from a macro definition, so there's no paragraph break there any more. Which seems desirable. I don't remember when that happened. I guess I'll adjust the manual. Thanks. k
