bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

On 04/04/2012 11:45 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> I'll thus apply to two attached patches to master in a couple of days >> if there is no objection. >> > Pushed now. > And the proposal for using '--tidy' in Automake 1.13 has been (basically) implemented as part of this commit:

bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

On 04/01/2012 10:49 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > References: > > > > On 04/01/2012 03:11 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> On 04/01/2012 02:30 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >

bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

Hi Karl, thanks for the review. On 04/01/2012 11:02 PM, Karl Berry wrote: > Since the '--tidy' option has only been introduced in Texinfo > 4.9 > > More ordinary English syntax would be: > Since the '--tidy' option was introduced in Texinfo 4.9 > > (Though the meaning is clear in the o

bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

[dropping texinfo-devel, as they shouldn't be interested in these details] On 04/01/2012 10:49 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > I'll thus apply to two attached patches to master in a couple of days > if there is no objection. > Ouch, the new test case was borked :-/ And the change broke another

bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

Since the '--tidy' option has only been introduced in Texinfo 4.9 More ordinary English syntax would be: Since the '--tidy' option was introduced in Texinfo 4.9 (Though the meaning is clear in the original.) The users should be warned about the planned behavioural change I have th

bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

References: On 04/01/2012 03:11 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 04/01/2012 02:30 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> >> Most importantly, is the '--tidy' option supported by a

bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

On 04/01/2012 02:30 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > Most importantly, is the '--tidy' option supported by all recently-ish > Texinfo releases, or has it been introduced too recently to mandate its > use in Automake-generated recipes? > I'll answer myself on this, by quoting the Texinfo NEWS file:

bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

Severity: wishlist thanks Hello everybody. Reading the texi2dvi manpage, I've stumbled on this interesting bit of information: --tidy: compile in a local *.t2d directory, where the auxiliary files are left. Output files are copied back to the original file. ... Using the `tid