Re: makeinfo --docbook should include a newline in @docbook
Hi Karl. > 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.) OK. I didn't appreciate the depth of the problem. > It seems that, in practice, newlines are not ignored at the end of > @if... conditionals, but are ignored at the end of raw conditionals. I guess so. But for my uses of @docbook, I need the newline. > 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 OK, I'll try some of these kinds of things and see what I end up with. > peformance, while > > peformance -> performance Thanks! (This may have been a manual typo, I'll check.) Thanks for the feedback. Arnold
Re: makeinfo --docbook should include a newline in @docbook
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 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
