Info file: How do I get an itemized list without blank lines?

Info file: How do I get an itemized list without blank lines?

[Alan Mackenzie]

Emacs 21.1, Texinfo 4.5.

I'm writing an info page.  My file.texi contains the following itemized
list:

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
@itemize -
@item
@code{delete-other-windows} (@kbd{C-x 1}) @xref{Change Window}.
@item
@code{balance-windows} (@kbd{C-x +}) @xref{Change Window}.
@item
@code{split-window-vertically} (@kbd{C-x 2}) @xref{Split Window}.
@item
@code{enlarge-window} (@kbd{C-x ^}) @xref{Change Window}.
@end itemize
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

After being compiled into an info page by C-c C-m C-b
(texinfo-format-buffer), then loaded with C-h i, etc., it looks like
this:

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

   - `delete-other-windows' (`C-x 1') *Note Change Window::.

   - `balance-windows' (`C-x +') *Note Change Window::.

   - `split-window-vertically' (`C-x 2') *Note Split Window::.

   - `enlarge-window' (`C-x ^') *Note Change Window::.

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

I would like this list NOT to have the blank lines between the items.  

The Texinfo info page "itemize" says this:

#   Usually, you should put a blank line before an `@item'.  This puts a
#   blank line in the Info file. (TeX inserts the proper interline
#   whitespace in either case.)  Except when the entries are very brief,
#   these blank lines make the list look better.

This kind of implies that if you DON'T put a blank line before the
`@item', blank lines will not be inserted between the items in the final
info file.  It doesn't actually quite say this, though.

Can I indeed write such a list, without blank lines being inserted as
separators?

Thanks in advance for the help.

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Re: Info file: How do I get an itemized list without blank lines?

[Kai Großjohann]

Maybe it works to use a table?  I have no idea, really.
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Re: Info file: How do I get an itemized list without blank lines?

[Reiner Steib]

On Sat, Apr 12 2003, Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> Can I indeed write such a list, without blank lines being inserted as
> separators?

Maybe (Info-goto-node "(texinfo)itemx")?

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Re: Info file: How do I get an itemized list without blank lines?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Can I indeed write such a list, without blank lines being inserted as
>> separators?
> Maybe (Info-goto-node "(texinfo)itemx")?

Info-goto-node is not autoloaded, so the above doesn't quite work.
The recommended way is (info "(texinfo)itemx").


        Stefan

Info-goto-node vs. info (was: Info file: How do I get an itemized list without blank lines?)

[Reiner Steib]

On Sun, Apr 13 2003, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> Maybe (Info-goto-node "(texinfo)itemx")?
>
> Info-goto-node is not autoloaded, so the above doesn't quite work.
> The recommended way is (info "(texinfo)itemx").

Is there any compatible solution?  (info "(texinfo)itemx") doesn't
work at all in XEmacs (21.4.12).  (Info-goto-node "(texinfo)itemx")
works in XEmacs and in Emacs after info has been loaded.  Gnus 5.9
already adds an autoload for `Info-goto-node'.

,----[ Gnus 5.9 ]
| ;; Define some autoload functions Gnus might use.
| [...]
|   ;; This little mapcar goes through the list below and marks the
|   ;; symbols in question as autoloaded functions.
| [...]
|    '(("info" :interactive t Info-goto-node)
`----

Maybe it would be better to add an autoload for `Info-goto-node' in
Emacs?

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Re: Info-goto-node vs. info (was: Info file: How do I get an itemized list without blank lines?)

[Stefan Monnier]

> Maybe it would be better to add an autoload for `Info-goto-node' in
> Emacs?

Honestly, which one seems right to you:

	(Info-goto-node "(texinfo)itemx")
or
	(info "(texinfo)itemx")

I think the second one is clearly preferable.  Fixing XEmacs's code
to handle the second option is not significantly more difficult than
adding an autoload, so the ease of implementation should not be
part of the reason for the final choice.


        Stefan

Re: Info-goto-node vs. info

[Reiner Steib]

On Mon, Apr 14 2003, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> Honestly, which one seems right to you:
>
> 	(Info-goto-node "(texinfo)itemx")
> or
> 	(info "(texinfo)itemx")
>
> I think the second one is clearly preferable.  

Convinced.

> Fixing XEmacs's code to handle the second option is not
> significantly more difficult than adding an autoload, [...]

[X] `M-x report-xemacs-bug RET'...done.

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