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Changes since 4.6:
4.7 (9 April 2004)
* Language:
. new commands @float, @caption, @shortcaption, @listoffloats for
initial implementation of floating material (figures, tables, etc).
Ironically, they do not yet actually float anywhere.
. new commands @docbook, @ifdocbook, @ifnotdocbook for conditional Docbook.
. new commands @ordf{} and @ordm{} for Spanish feminine/masculine ordinals.
. new commands @deftypecv[x] for class variables in typed OO languages.
. new command @registeredsymbol for the r-in-a-circle symbol.
. new command @headitem to make a heading row in @multitable.
. new command @LaTeX{} for the LaTeX logo.
. new command @comma{} to avoid comma-parsing problems.
. @url is now a synonym for @uref; new command @indicateurl has the
old meaning of just displaying a url as text.
. @quotation now accepts an optional argument for labelling the text
as a `Note', `Tip', etc.
. @defun (et al.) heading lines can now be continued with a lone @.
. @acronym accepts an optional argument for the meaning of the acronym.
* makeinfo:
. New environment variable TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT determines the output
format at runtime, if no options are specified.
. New option --plaintext, equivalent to --no-headers with Info output.
. All outputs:
- sections are numbered by default.
. Info output:
- punctuation is inserted after @pxref and @ref, if needed to make
cross-references valid.
- line numbers included in index menus, so Info readers can go to
the exact line of an entry, not just a node. Also in plaintext output.
- ^@^H[index^@^H] cookie included in index menus, so Info readers
can handle the ] etc. commands better.
. HTML output:
- new algorithm for cross-references to other manuals, for maximum
portability and stability.
- include node name in <title> with split output.
- @multicolumn fractions become percentages.
- entities used for bullets, quotes, dashes, and others.
- index entries are links to the exact locations.
- <h4> and <h5> used for @sub and @subsubsections again.
- accented dotless i supported.
. XML output: many new tags and structure to preserve more source features.
. Docbook output:
- upgraded DTD to Docbook XML 4.2, no longer using Docbook SGML.
- improved translation in general, for instance:
- line annotations and marked quotations.
* texi2dvi:
. if available, use etex (pdfetex if --pdf) by default.
. if the input file includes thumbpdf.sty (for LaTeX), then run thumbpdf.
. more output if --debug.
* texinfo.tex:
. @defun names are now printed in typewriter (instead of bold), and
within the arguments, @var text is printed in slanted typewriter.
. @tex code is executed inside a TeX group, so that any changes must
be prefixed with \global (or the equivalent) to be effective. (This
change was actually made years ago, but never made it into the NEWS.)
* info:
. new option --where (aka --location, -w) to report where an Info file
would be found, instead of reading it.
. by default, output ANSI terminal escape sequences as-is; new option
--no-raw-escapes overrides this.
. use the newly-generated index line numbers.
* Distribution:
. new script gendocs.sh (not installed), for use by GNU maintainers in
getting their manuals on the GNU web site. Documented in
maintain.texi (http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_toc.html).
. Most code uses ANSI C prototypes, to some extent.
. New translation: nb.
. automake 1.8.3, autoconf 2.59, gettext 0.14.1.
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Id: README,v 1.1.1.1 2003/12/06 01:30:35 karl Exp
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This is the README file for the GNU Texinfo distribution.
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Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
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2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
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notice and this notice are preserved.
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See ./INSTALL* for installation instructions.
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Primary distribution point: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/
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(list of mirrors at: http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html)
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Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
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(list of mirrors at: http://www.gnu.org/server/list-mirrors.html)
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This page includes links to other Texinfo-related programs.
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Mailing lists and archives:
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- bug-texinfo@gnu.org for bug reports or enhancement suggestions,
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archive: http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-texinfo
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- help-texinfo@gnu.org for authoring questions and general discussion,
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archive: http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/help-texinfo
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- texinfo-pretest@texinfo.org for pretests of new releases,
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archive: http://texinfo.org/ftp/texinfo-pretest-archive
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There are no corresponding newsgroups.
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Bug reports:
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please include enough information for the maintainers to reproduce the
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problem. Generally speaking, that means:
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- the contents of any input files necessary to reproduce the bug (crucial!).
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- a description of the problem and any samples of the erroneous output.
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- the version number of Texinfo and the program(s) involved (use --version).
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- hardware, operating system, and compiler versions (uname -a).
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- unusual options you gave to configure, if any (see config.status).
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- anything else that you think would be helpful.
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Patches are most welcome; if possible, please make them with diff -c and
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include ChangeLog entries.
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When sending email, please do not encode or split the messages in any
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way if at all possible; it's easier to deal with one large message than
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many small ones. GNU shar (http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/) is a
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convenient way of packaging multiple and/or binary files for email.
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See README.dev for information on the Texinfo development environment --
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any interested parties are welcome. If you're a programmer and wish to
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contribute, this should get you started. And if you're not a
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programmer, you can still make significant contributions by writing test
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cases, checking the documentation against the implementation, etc.
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This distribution includes the following files, among others:
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README This file.
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README.dev Texinfo developer information.
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INSTALL Texinfo-specific installation notes.
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NEWS Summary of new features by release.
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INTRODUCTION Brief introduction to the system, and
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how to create readable files from the
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Texinfo source files in this distribution.
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Texinfo documentation files (in ./doc):
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texinfo.txi Describes the Texinfo language and many
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of the associated tools. It tells how
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to use Texinfo to write documentation,
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how to use Texinfo mode in GNU Emacs,
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TeX, makeinfo, and the Emacs Lisp
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Texinfo formatting commands.
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info.texi This manual tells you how to use
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Info. This document also comes as part of
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GNU Emacs. If you do not have Emacs,
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you can format this Texinfo source
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file with makeinfo or TeX and then
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read the resulting Info file with the
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standalone Info reader that is part of
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this distribution.
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info-stnd.texi This manual tells you how to use
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the standalone GNU Info reader that is
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included in this distribution as C
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source (./info).
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Printing related files:
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doc/texinfo.tex This TeX definitions file tells
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the TeX program how to typeset a
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Texinfo file into a DVI file ready for
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printing.
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util/texindex.c This file contains the source for
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the `texindex' program that generates
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sorted indices used by TeX when
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typesetting a file for printing.
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util/texi2dvi This is a shell script for
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producing an indexed DVI file using
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TeX and texindex.
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Source files for standalone C programs:
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./lib
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./makeinfo
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./info
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Installation files:
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Makefile.am What Automake uses to make a Makefile.in.
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Makefile.in What `configure' uses to make a Makefile,
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created by Automake.
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configure.ac What Autoconf uses to create `configure'.
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configure Configuration script for local conditions,
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created by Autoconf.
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