Re: Running pdftex on auctex.texi with texinfo 2023-01-02.21 fails

[David Kastrup]

Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> writes:

> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> It needs to be written AUC@TeX{} .  Maybe the toc code errouneously
>> strips the braces? ...  Oops.  In doc/macros.texi, we have
>>
>> \global\let\savedTeX\TeX
>> \gdef\TeX#1{\savedTeX#1}
>>
>> This would indeed cause this problem.  Maybe try
>>
>> \gdef\TeX#{\savedTeX}
>
> Thanks for your response.  This is what I get with your suggestion:
>
> [2] [-1] (Executive Summary)
> ! Use of @TeX doesn't match its definition.
> @ConTeXt #1->Con@TeX t
>                       #1
> l.76 ...vironment for editing @LaTeX{}, @ConTeXt{}
>                                                   ,
> ?
>
> Any other idea?

Without too much of a clue and research, this appears to do the trick
for me:

>From 8f354890af4c45753b7c7b620b0d56007a435631 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 17:11:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve braces after @TeX and similar macros.

---
 doc/macros.texi | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/macros.texi b/doc/macros.texi
index 4162d052..5c509572 100644
--- a/doc/macros.texi
+++ b/doc/macros.texi
@@ -50,30 +50,30 @@ font-latex
 @end ifset
 @tex
 \global\let\savedTeX\TeX
-\gdef\TeX#1{\savedTeX#1}
-\gdef\LaTeX{%
+\gdef\TeX#{\savedTeX}
+\gdef\LaTeX#{%
     L\kern-.36em\raise.3ex\hbox{\sc{a}}\kern-.15em\TeX}
-\gdef\previewlatex#1{%
-    {\sf preview-latex}#1}
-\gdef\fontlatex#1{%
-    {\sf font-latex}#1}
-\gdef\AUCTeX{AUC\TeX}
-\gdef\ConTeXt#1{%
-    Con\TeX t#1}
+\gdef\previewlatex#{%
+    {\sf preview-latex}}
+\gdef\fontlatex#{%
+    {\sf font-latex}}
+\gdef\AUCTeX#{AUC\TeX}
+\gdef\ConTeXt#{%
+    Con\TeX{}t}
 \toks0\expandafter{\indexnofonts
-  \def\TeX#1{TeX#1}%
-  \def\LaTeX#1{LaTeX#1}\def\previewlatex#1{preview-latex#1}}
+  \def\TeX#{TeX}%
+  \def\LaTeX#{LaTeX}\def\previewlatex#{preview-latex}}
 \xdef\indexnofonts{\the\toks0}
 \ifx\commondummies\undefined \else
   \toks0\expandafter{\commondummies
-    \def\TeX#1{TeX#1}%
-    \def\LaTeX#1{LaTeX#1}\def\previewlatex#1{preview-latex#1}}
+    \def\TeX#{TeX}%
+    \def\LaTeX#1{LaTeX}\def\previewlatex#1{preview-latex}}
   \xdef\commondummies{\the\toks0}
 \fi
 \ifx\definedummies\undefined \else
   \toks0\expandafter{\definedummies
-    \def\TeX#1{TeX#1}%
-    \def\LaTeX#1{LaTeX#1}\def\previewlatex#1{preview-latex#1}}
+    \def\TeX#{TeX}%
+    \def\LaTeX#{LaTeX}\def\previewlatex#{preview-latex}}
   \xdef\definedummies{\the\toks0}
 \fi
 \ifx\acronym\undefined \gdef\acronym#1{{\smallcaps \lowercase{#1}}} \fi
-- 
2.37.2


-- 
David Kastrup