Re: [AUCTeX-devel] A patch to fix auctex.texi

[Arash Esbati]

Hi Mosè,

Mosè Giordano <address@hidden> writes:

> 2016-06-28 18:08 GMT+02:00 安宅 正之 <address@hidden>:
>> Hi, Tassilo
>>
>> I failed to makeinfo around L2600 in doc/auctex.texi
>> because @AUCTeX missed braces `{}',
>> which was introduced by you on 2016-05-27.
>>
>> I would like to fix this issue if you don't mind it.
>> A patch is attached.
>
> Patch installed, thank you!

I tried to build the documentation with

  pdftex auctex.texi

with texinfo.tex version 2016-06-18.21 and pdftex says:

  ./macros.texi
  ! Undefined control sequence.
  l.67 \toks0\expandafter{\commondummies

This is due to change 7189 in texinfo.texi

  http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=7189

which renames commondummies to definedummies.  pdftex chokes on AUCTeX's
macros.texi:

  \toks0\expandafter{\commondummies
    \def\TeX#1{TeX#1}%
    \def\LaTeX#1{LaTeX#1}\def\previewlatex#1{preview-latex#1}}

This patch cures the issue:

diff --git a/doc/macros.texi b/doc/macros.texi
index fdf37a0..e8feed3 100644
--- a/doc/macros.texi
+++ b/doc/macros.texi
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ font-latex
   \def\TeX#1{TeX#1}%
   \def\LaTeX#1{LaTeX#1}\def\previewlatex#1{preview-latex#1}}
 \xdef\indexnofonts{\the\toks0}
-\toks0\expandafter{\commondummies
+\toks0\expandafter{\definedummies
   \def\TeX#1{TeX#1}%
   \def\LaTeX#1{LaTeX#1}\def\previewlatex#1{preview-latex#1}}
-\xdef\commondummies{\the\toks0}
+\xdef\definedummies{\the\toks0}
 \ifx\acronym\undefined \gdef\acronym#1{{\smallcaps \lowercase{#1}}} \fi
 \ifx\env\undefined \global\let\env=\code \fi
 \ifx\option\undefined \global\let\option=\samp \fi

Should I apply it?  It will probably break for older texinfo.tex
versions.

Best, Arash