From: melennec@stna7.stna7.stna.dgac.fr (Ronan Melennec STNA 7S p8240 BD22)
Subject: Undefined macro in bison.texinfo (from bison 1.19)
Organization: GNUs Not Usenet
Distribution: gnu
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:06:40 GMT

Hello,

The following problem doesn't affect bison (1.19) itself,
only its documentation source file, `bison.texinfo'.

At line 4512, this file uses the macro `@noindex', which is
neither defined in supplied `texinfo.tex' nor in `bison.texinfo' itself.
As a result, dvi file generation by TeX aborts (see transcript below).

If this macro reference is deleted (by deleting line 4512),
then the dvi file is generated without any apparent damage to it.

It *looks* as if this macro is a leftover and should be deleted.

--TeX 3.1 transcript--
This is TeX, C Version 3.1 (format=plain 91.9.30)  30 SEP 1992 13:53
**bison.texinfo
(bison.texinfo (texinfo.tex Loading texinfo package [Version 2.85]:  Basics,
\bindingoffset=\dimen16
\normaloffset=\dimen17
\pagewidth=\dimen18
\pageheight=\dimen19
\cornerlong=\dimen20
\cornerthick=\dimen21
\topandbottommargin=\dimen22
\outerhsize=\dimen23
\outervsize=\dimen24
\EMsimple=\toks12
\singlespaceskip=\skip18
\groupinvalidhelp=\toks13
\mil=\dimen25
\exdentamount=\skip19

fonts,
\sffam=\fam8
\fontdepth=\count26
\tclosesave=\dimen26
\tcloserm=\dimen27
 page headings,
\titlepagetopglue=\skip20
\titlepagebottomglue=\skip21
\realeverypar=\toks14
\evenheadline=\toks15
\oddheadline=\toks16
\evenfootline=\toks17
\oddfootline=\toks18
 tables,
\tableindent=\dimen28
\itemindent=\dimen29
\itemmargin=\dimen30
\itemmax=\dimen31
\itemno=\count27
 indexing,
\initialskipamount=\skip22
\secondaryindent=\skip23
\partialpage=\box16
\doublecolumnhsize=\dimen32
\availdimen@=\dimen33
 sectioning,
\chapno=\count28
\secno=\count29
\subsecno=\count30
\subsubsecno=\count31
\appendixno=\count32
\contentsfile=\write0
\chapheadingskip=\skip24
\subsecheadingskip=\skip25
\secheadingskip=\skip26
 toc printing,
\contentsrightmargin=\skip27
\shortappendixwidth=\dimen34
\tocindent=\dimen35

environments,
\dblarrowbox=\box17
\longdblarrowbox=\box18
\pushcharbox=\box19
\bullbox=\box20
\equivbox=\box21
\errorbox=\box22
\lispnarrowing=\skip28
\envskipamount=\skip29
\circthick=\dimen36
\cartouter=\dimen37
\cartinner=\dimen38
\normbskip=\skip30
\normpskip=\skip31
\normlskip=\skip32
\lskip=\skip33
\rskip=\skip34
 defuns,
\defbodyindent=\skip35
\defargsindent=\skip36
\deftypemargin=\skip37
\deflastargmargin=\skip38
\parencount=\count33
 cross reference,
\auxfile=\write1
\footnoteno=\count34
 and turning on texinfo input format.
\defaultparindent=\dimen39
)
@cpindfile=@write2
@fnindfile=@write3
@vrindfile=@write4
@tpindfile=@write5
@kyindfile=@write6
@pgindfile=@write7

[1] [2] (Introduction) (Conditions for Using Bison) [1] [2]
(GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE) [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Chapter 1
[12] Cross reference values unknown; you must run TeX again. [13] [14] [15]
[16] [17] [18] Chapter 2 [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]
[29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] Chapter 3 [38] [39] [40] [41]
[42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56]
Chapter 4 [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] Chapter 5 [65] [66] [67]
[68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] Chapter 6 [78] [79] [80]
Chapter 7 [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] Chapter 8 [86] [87] Chapter 9 [88] [89]
[90]
! Undefined control sequence.
l.4512 @noindex
--end of transcript--

Regards,
-- 
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