GNU bug report logs - #57107
texinfo-format-buffer does not work in calc.texi

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: texinfo-format-buffer does not work in calc.texi
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 03:18:33 -0700

Running `texinfo-format-buffer' in "doc/misc/calc.texi" leads to:

    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Texinfo file needs an
‘@setfilename FILENAME’ line")
      error("Texinfo file needs an `@setfilename FILENAME' line")
      texinfo-format-buffer-1()
      texinfo-format-buffer(nil)
      funcall-interactively(texinfo-format-buffer nil)
      command-execute(texinfo-format-buffer)

Of course, that file does have:

    @setfilename ../../info/calc.info

Message #8 received at 57107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 57107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57107: texinfo-format-buffer does not work in calc.texi
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:54:39 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 03:18:33 -0700
> 
> Running `texinfo-format-buffer' in "doc/misc/calc.texi" leads to:
> 
>     Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Texinfo file needs an
> ‘@setfilename FILENAME’ line")
>       error("Texinfo file needs an `@setfilename FILENAME' line")
>       texinfo-format-buffer-1()
>       texinfo-format-buffer(nil)
>       funcall-interactively(texinfo-format-buffer nil)
>       command-execute(texinfo-format-buffer)
> 
> Of course, that file does have:
> 
>     @setfilename ../../info/calc.info

It's a bug in calc.texi: it violates the following requirement of
Texinfo:

  The '@setfilename' line specifies the name of the output file to be
  generated.  When present, it should be the first Texinfo command (that
  is, after '\input texinfo'). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Message #11 received at 57107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 57107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57107: texinfo-format-buffer does not work in calc.texi
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:40:33 -0700

close 57107 28.2
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> It's a bug in calc.texi: it violates the following requirement of
> Texinfo:
>
>   The '@setfilename' line specifies the name of the output file to be
>   generated.  When present, it should be the first Texinfo command (that
>   is, after '\input texinfo'). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Thanks, I'm now getting a different backtrace in calc.texi:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-missing "Opening input file" "No
such file or directory"
"/home/skangas/wip/emacs-release/doc/misc/docstyle....")
  insert-file-contents("/home/skangas/wip/emacs-release/doc/misc/docstyle...."
nil nil nil nil)
  apply(insert-file-contents
("/home/skangas/wip/emacs-release/doc/misc/docstyle...." nil nil nil
nil))
  openwith-file-handler(insert-file-contents
"/home/skangas/wip/emacs-release/doc/misc/docstyle...." nil nil nil
nil)
  texinfo-format-buffer-1()
  texinfo-format-buffer(nil)
  funcall-interactively(texinfo-format-buffer nil)
  command-execute(texinfo-format-buffer)

I've opened Bug#57114 for that.

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