handle texinfo macros consistently in help system and manual * macros.texi: New file. Move macro definitions here from octave.texi. * doc/interpreter/Makefile.am (octetc_DATA): Include it in the list. (doc-cache): Pass macros.texi to mk_doc_cache.m. * octave.texi: Include macros.texi. * mk_doc_cache.m, __makeinfo__.m: Copy macros file to makeinfo input instead of handling macros specially. * configure.ac (texi_macros_file): New variable. * build-aux/common.mk (texi_macros_file, do_subst_default_vals): Substitute it. * run-octave.in (TEXIMACROSFILE): New variable. Pass --texi-macros-file to Octave. * defaults.in.h (OCTAVE_DEFAULT_TEXI_MACROS_FILE): New variable. * default.cc (set_default_texi_macros_file): New function. (install_defaults): Call it. * help.cc (Vtexi_macros_file): New variable. (Ftexi_macros_file): New function. * help.h (Vtexi_macros_file): Provide decl. * octave.cc (TEXI_MACROS_FILE_OPTION): New long option value. (long_opts): Include --texi-macros-file in the list. (octave_main): Handle TEXI_MACROS_FILE_OPTION.

--- a/build-aux/common.mk	Wed May 09 18:44:58 2012 -0400
+++ b/build-aux/common.mk	Thu May 10 12:01:42 2012 -0400
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@
 # The full path to the default doc cache file.
 doc_cache_file = @doc_cache_file@
 
+# The full path to the default texi macros file.
+texi_macros_file_file = @texi_macros_file@
+
 # Where to install and expect the info files describing Octave..
 infodir = @infodir@
 
@@ -632,6 +635,7 @@
   -e "s|%OCTAVE_PREFIX%|\"${prefix}\"|" \
   -e "s|%OCTAVE_API_VERSION%|\"${api_version}\"|" \
   -e "s|%OCTAVE_RELEASE%|\"${OCTAVE_RELEASE}\"|" \
+  -e "s|%OCTAVE_TEXI_MACROS_FILE%|\"${texi_macros_file}\"|" \
   -e "s|%OCTAVE_VERSION%|\"${version}\"|"
 $(simple_move_if_change_rule)
 endef