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Re: @{ and @} in @deffn
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: @{ and @} in @deffn |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:48:05 +0200 (IST) |
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Using makeinfo 4.0, I get an error message if I say
>
> @deffn{Escape address@hidden
>
> Is this a bug?
IMHO the entire @def... feature is a bug. It violates some of the rules
of Texinfo's syntax (e.g., this is the only place where a lone { is
allowed), and makeinfo has a few extra-special hacks in its code, just to
make that work.
> Is there a known workaround?
Did you try "@deffn{Escape \@@@{}"?