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From: sac@conrad.UUCP (Steven A. Conrad)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs,comp.emacs,comp.text
Subject: Re: texi2roff for elisp manual
Summary: Program under development
Keywords: texi2roff emacs lisp texinfo
Message-ID: <165@conrad.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jul 89 19:38:46 GMT
References: <23@octel.UUCP>
Reply-To: sac@conrad.UUCP (Steven A. Conrad)
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Organization: Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport
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In article <23@octel.UUCP> mike@octel.UUCP (Michael D. Crawford) writes:

>If I can get it working right I will post diff's to the net.  I should
>be able to fix the -me table as well.  I do not have the -ms macros.
>The new macros needed are:
>
>@Arrow, @arrow, @defcmd, @defconst, @defmac, @defopt, and @defun

I too have have been unable to get texi2roff to format the elisp manual
as you describe.  While  Beverly Erlebacher has done a commendable job,
my first attempts at correction failed, and I didn't have the time to
really analyze her code to get the changes to work.

I don't like to make announcements too early, but I am working on a
texinfo -> troff converter using lex and yacc.  It might be a little
bulkier, but I think the advantages of working with these tools might
allow easier understanding and maintainability of the code.  (Another
reason I am doing it is to advance my familiarity with lex/yacc).  The
lexical analyzer is written (and includes the above macros), and the
grammar is under construction.  I also plan to have the program use
native troff or a specially constructed macro package, distributed
with the program, to avoid the problems of having to support several
macro packages.

My schedule is hectic, so no projections on a completion date.  If
it performs well, it will be posted to the net.  Since I've worked
little with texinfo (but a lot with troff),  I would like to get
a couple of names of those intererested in testing an alpha version
in their environment.  I am working strictly from the Texinfo manual.

	-Steve
-- 
Steven A. Conrad,  Department of Medicine (Critical Care)
Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
UUCP: sac@conrad.UUCP,   Internet: conrad@manta.pha.pa.us