Re: @smallverbatim

[Christopher Dimech]

Yes, I confirm they are good and approve them being set
by dafault.  Do you mean I simply call @quotation
rather than @smallquotation.  It certainly makes things
easier.  Almost always I use @smallbook, and even for
@smallbook, the small versions are also better.  Can
you see if they can be used by default as well for
@smallbook.


> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 2:17 PM
> From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: @smallverbatim
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 01:33:36PM +0200, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > Was not a request for consistency. I find the @small versions more useful
> > because the customary one makes the text too big.  For instance, a quotation
> > is much better when using @smallquotation.
> >
> > I needed to use verbatim as it does not expand commands, but needed the
> > small version.
>
> The latest version works quite well with @bsixpaper, IMHO, because
> small fonts are on by default for @verbatim, @example, etc. and
> the margin is reduced, so most existing uses of it are OK without
> overlong lines.
>
> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo.tex
>