%% TeX macros to handle Texinfo files.
-%% $Id: texinfo.tex,v 2.187 1996/11/05 19:52:23 karl Exp karl $
+%% $Id: texinfo.tex,v 2.188 1996/11/09 18:44:09 karl Exp karl $
% Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93,
% 94, 95, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
% didn't need it. Make sure the catcode of space is correct to avoid
% losing inside @example, for instance.
%
-\def\set{\begingroup\catcode` =10 \parsearg\setxxx}
+\def\set{\begingroup\catcode` =10
+ \catcode`\-=12 \catcode`\_=12 % Allow - and _ in VAR.
+ \parsearg\setxxx}
\def\setxxx#1{\setyyy#1 \endsetyyy}
\def\setyyy#1 #2\endsetyyy{%
\def\temp{#2}%
% @value{foo} gets the text saved in variable foo.
%
-\def\value#1{\expandafter
- \ifx\csname SET#1\endcsname\relax
- {\{No value for ``#1''\}}
- \else \csname SET#1\endcsname \fi}
+\def\value{\begingroup
+ \catcode`\-=12 \catcode`\_=12 % Allow - and _ in VAR.
+ \parsearg\valuexxx}
+\def\valuexxx#1{%
+ \expandafter\ifx\csname SET#1\endcsname\relax
+ {\{No value for ``#1''\}}%
+ \else
+ \csname SET#1\endcsname
+ \fi
+\endgroup}
% @ifset VAR ... @end ifset reads the `...' iff VAR has been defined
% with @set.