Re: [new exporter][texinfo] Macro definition section

[tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)]

Aloha Jon,

I'm working on an Org version of the Org manual that (hopefully) can be
used to generate the required texinfo version.

My goal at this point is to export a document that matches org.texi.

My problem is not with the macro definitions, which can be wrapped as
you point out.  It is with their placement in org.texi between @finalout
and @copying.  IIUC, this should happen around line 670 of
org-e-texinfo.el, but the code seems to expect that there are two blank
lines between these commands and no macro definitions or other material.

In view of my goal, it would be nice to have something like
#+TEXINFO_POST_HEADER that would pass the macro definitions through to
this location in the texinfo document.

All the best,
Tom


Jonathan Leech-Pepin <jonathan.leechpepin@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,  (helps if I hit paste before hitting send)
>
> On 11 November 2012 15:22, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
>
>> Aloha all,
>>
>> The texinfo source for the Org manual has a number of macro definitions
>> for commands and keys between the end of the header (@finalout) and the
>> beginning of the Copying section.
>>
>> The texinfo back-end for the new exporter doesn't have a slot here and
>> I'm wondering if it needs one?
>>
>>
> I believe I accounted for most of the special strings that are
> directly transcoded in texinfo.  There may be some that are missing,
> however they can be added directly in the document using the
> =@@info:<texinfo command>@@= syntax (inline export snippets).
>
> Are there any particular pieces of synxtax that you believe would be
> useful to have added to org-entities that would also be useful in
> other backends?
>
>
>> All the best,
>> Tom
>> --
>> T.S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists
>> 735 Bishop St, Suite 315, Honolulu, HI 96813
>> Tel: 808-529-0866, Fax: 808-529-0884
>> http://www.tsdye.com
>>
>>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Jon
> Hello,  (helps if I hit paste before hitting send)
>
> On 11 November 2012 15:22, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
>
>     Aloha all,
>     
>     The texinfo source for the Org manual has a number of macro
>     definitions
>     for commands and keys between the end of the header (@finalout)
>     and the
>     beginning of the Copying section.
>     
>     The texinfo back-end for the new exporter doesn't have a slot here
>     and
>     I'm wondering if it needs one?
>     
>     
>
> I believe I accounted for most of the special strings that are
> directly transcoded in texinfo.  There may be some that are missing,
> however they can be added directly in the document using the
> =@@info:<texinfo command>@@= syntax (inline export snippets).
>
> Are there any particular pieces of synxtax that you believe would be
> useful to have added to org-entities that would also be useful in
> other backends?
>  
>
>     All the best,
>     Tom
>     --
>     T.S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists
>     735 Bishop St, Suite 315, Honolulu, HI 96813
>     Tel: 808-529-0866, Fax: 808-529-0884
>     http://www.tsdye.com
>     
>     
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Jon

-- 
Thomas S. Dye
http://www.tsdye.com