On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 01:36:00PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > I found that SILENT was reported as missing in one of the check scripts > under doc/refcard: > > make vcheck: > > man only 1: SILENT > > txivarcheck was changed to ignore this variable in texi2any on > 2024-04-06 (fdc9653fa8adf13a): > > * doc/refcard/txivarcheck (read_tp): filter out the 'SILENT' > customization variable that is not interesting to document as it does > nothing, and the customization variables starting with XS_ that are > not documented on purpose. > > SILENT is still documented in the manual as equivalent to --silent. However, > it does not work. For example,
Customization variables are ignored in general for texi2any calls of texi2dvi/texi2pdf (except for TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT, I guess). So, the fact that the second call with -c SILENT=1 prints all the output from pdftex is not really a bug. For example: ../tp/texi2any.pl --pdf -c DEBUG=1 will only print debugging output for texi2any, but will not transmit --debug to texi2pdf. It is said explicitely in the manual for "Customization Variables for @-Commands": Note that if ‘texi2any’ is invoked to process the file with TeX (e.g., with the ‘--pdf’ option), then these customization variables may not be passed on to TeX. > ../tp/texi2any.pl --pdf --silent ../doc/info-stnd.texi > > prints nothing. But > > ../tp/texi2any.pl --pdf -c SILENT=1 ../doc/info-stnd.texi > > prints all the output from pdftex that you would expect. > > I am going to try to remove this variable and any mention in the > documentation. Since the --silent command line option is ignored in texi2any no problem for me to remove the SILENT variable. I do not remember if it was Karl or my decision to have this variable as customization variable for consistency. -- Pat
