On Sat, Aug 05, 2023 at 08:07:31AM -0700, Raymond Toy wrote:
I have a set of simple macros:
|@macro kwd {keyword} @code{:\keyword\} @end macro @c Macro to generate a
cross-reference to a keyword. @macro keyref {arg} @xref{\arg\, @kwd{\arg\}}
@end macro |
And I use it like |@keyref{context-declarations}|. In the html doc, I see a
link with text “:context-declarations” in a fixed-width font. That’s what I
was expecting. In the info file, I also see “:context-declarations”, as
desired.
However, in the pdf, I only see “context-declarations” without the colon,
and the text appears to be the default serif font, and not a fixed-width
font.
Is this expected behavior?
The reason is that the second argument of @xref is not used for printed
cross-references, only the third argument. The following uses the fixed-width
font (linebreaks fixed):