* lisp/ox-texinfo.el (org-texinfo-item): Do not consider :sep value as a regexp.
@@ -933,7 +933,8 @@ contextual information."
:sep)))
(items (and tag
(let ((tag (org-export-data tag info)))
- (if split (split-string tag split t "[ \t\n]+")
+ (if split
+ (split-string tag (regexp-quote split) t "[ \t\n]+")
(list tag))))))
(format "%s\n%s"
(pcase items