Allows makeinfo to render lists (itemize & enumerate) without empty
line between items. Useful for text & info output.

diff -u texinfo-4.8.orig/makeinfo/insertion.c texinfo-4.8/makeinfo/insertion.c
--- texinfo-4.8.orig/makeinfo/insertion.c	Thu Nov 11 20:34:28 2004
+++ texinfo-4.8/makeinfo/insertion.c	Sun Nov  6 21:24:22 2005
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@
                 xml_begin_item ();
               else
                 {
-                  start_paragraph ();
+                  start_itemize_paragraph();
                   kill_self_indent (-1);
                   filling_enabled = indented_fill = 1;
 
diff -u texinfo-4.8.orig/makeinfo/makeinfo.c texinfo-4.8/makeinfo/makeinfo.c
--- texinfo-4.8.orig/makeinfo/makeinfo.c	Sun Dec 19 19:15:42 2004
+++ texinfo-4.8/makeinfo/makeinfo.c	Sun Nov  6 21:23:40 2005
@@ -3160,6 +3160,56 @@
     must_start_paragraph = 0;
 }
 
+/* Begin a new paragraph for itemize.
+   This is identical to start_paragraph() except for
+   leaving no blank lines between itemize paragraphs. */
+ void
+start_itemize_paragraph (void)
+{
+  /* First close existing one. */
+  if (paragraph_is_open)
+    close_single_paragraph ();
+
+  /* In either case, the insertion paragraph is no longer closed. */
+  insertion_paragraph_closed = 0;
+
+  /* However, the paragraph is open! */
+  paragraph_is_open = 1;
+
+  /* If we MUST_START_PARAGRAPH, that simply means that
+     start_itemize_paragraph ()
+     had to be called before we would allow any other paragraph operations
+     to have an effect. */
+  if (!must_start_paragraph)
+    {
+      int amount_to_indent = 0;
+
+      /* If doing indentation, then insert the appropriate amount. */
+      if (!no_indent)
+        {
+          if (inhibit_paragraph_indentation)
+            {
+              amount_to_indent = current_indent;
+              if (inhibit_paragraph_indentation < 0)
+                inhibit_paragraph_indentation++;
+            }
+          else if (paragraph_start_indent < 0)
+            amount_to_indent = current_indent;
+          else
+            amount_to_indent = current_indent + paragraph_start_indent;
+
+          if (amount_to_indent >= output_column)
+            {
+              amount_to_indent -= output_column;
+              indent (amount_to_indent);
+              output_column += amount_to_indent;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    must_start_paragraph = 0;
+}
+
 /* Insert the indentation specified by AMOUNT. */
 void
 indent (int amount)
Common subdirectories: texinfo-4.8.orig/makeinfo/tests and texinfo-4.8/makeinfo/tests