Re: remove setref ?

> I found several references that seem to imply that setref is in the 
> texinfo.tex but nobody implements it.  For starters:
> 
> http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:JflfZiHg6FsC:mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-texinfo/1998-June/002711.html+setref+texinfo&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
> http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:DZTqMNHJCj0C:mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-texinfo/2000-February/001197.html+setref+texinfo&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Thanks, I had those hits in google but couldn't get to the pages.

I made some tests and looked at the texinfo.tex. From my 
understanding, this is a macro which shouldn't be used in
texinfo files. I tried to use it, and the following construct 
works with texi2dvi, but I doubt this is good practice.

@iftex
@setref{ref}{Ynothing}
@end iftex

.....

@iftex
ref to setref @ref{ref}.
@end iftex

It breaks texi2html (which wants something like @setref{ref}). It
could be fixed, but I doubt it is worth.

I send a mail about that subject on the bug-texinfo mailing list,
but even though it is a usable construct as a TeX macro, I think we 
should remove it from texi2html, and if people wants to use pure tex 
constructs they should embed them in @iftex and @tex. (chances are
the ref wouldn't be available in the resulting html document, 
though, but I don't think this is a real concern anyway).

Pat