Re: raw text and @macro

[Patrice Dumas]

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 06:03:56PM +0000, Karl Berry wrote:
> Patrice,
> 
> @tex
> @macro xtimes
> @math{\times}
> @end macro
> @end tex

I think it would be cleaner to use

@iftex
@macro xtimes
@math{\times}
@end macro
@end iftex


> That works ok for TeX.  But for HTML:
> 
> @html
> @set vtimes ×
> @macro xtimes
> ×
> @end macro
> @end html
> 
> It seems that the raw-ness is lost while handling @set and @macro.
> The HTML output from both @value{vtimes} and @xtimes{} looks like:
>   ×

Having a @set or @macro being defined within @html do not change the
call.  In any case, @set and @macro arguments are taken as is whn being
defined, and the environment of the definition does not change anything.
I think that you want to use @inlineraw.  Maybe (but it will only work
with 5.2, I think) the best is:

@set vtime @inlineifelse{html, @inlineraw{html, ×}, x}

or

@macro xtimes
@inlineifelse{html, @inlineraw{html, ×}, x}
@end macro

-- 
Pat