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Texinfo, Version 3
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This is the README file for version 3 of the Texinfo distribution.
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Files within this distribution have their own version and edition
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numbers. When you refer to a file, please mention its own number, as
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well as the version number of the Texinfo distribution.
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PLEASE REPORT BUGS TO: bug-texinfo@prep.ai.mit.edu
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Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to
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produce both on-line information and printed output. This means that
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instead of writing two different documents, one for the on-line help
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or other on-line information and the other for a typeset manual or
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other printed work, you need write only one document. When the work
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is revised, you need revise only one document. You can read the
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on-line information, known as an "Info file", with an Info
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documentation-reading program. By convention, Texinfo source file
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names end with a `.texi' or `.texinfo' extension. Texinfo is
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described in the Texinfo manual (the file ./texinfo.texi).
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You can write and format Texinfo files into Info files within GNU Emacs,
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and read them using the Emacs Info reader. If you do not have Emacs,
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you can format Texinfo files into Info files using `makeinfo' and read
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them using `info'. Use TeX, which is not included in this package (see
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`How to Obtain TeX' in the Texinfo manual for information), to typeset
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Texinfo files for printing.
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For instructions on compiling and installing info, makeinfo, texi2dvi,
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and texindex, please read the file `INSTALL'. The Emacs Lisp files are
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not installed by default; to install them, use `make install' in the
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`emacs' subdirectory. The Info tree uses a file `dir' as its root node;
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a sample `dir' file is included in the distribution, but not installed
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anywhere. Use it or not as you like.
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This distribution includes (but is not limited to) the following files:
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README This file.
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INTRODUCTION This file tells you how to create
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readable files from the Texinfo source
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files in this distribution.
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Texinfo source files:
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texinfo.texi This manual describes Texinfo. It
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tells how to use Texinfo to write
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documentation, how to use Texinfo mode
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in GNU Emacs, how to use TeX,
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makeinfo, and the Emacs Lisp Texinfo
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formatting commands.
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info.texi This manual tells you how to use
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Info. This document 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 a C
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source file, `info.c'.
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makeinfo.texi This manual tells you how to use
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makeinfo. The same information is
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contained in a chapter of the Texinfo
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manual; it has been extracted here for
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your convenience.
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Printing related files:
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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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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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texi2dvi This is a shell script for
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producing an indexed DVI file using
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TeX and texindex. Must be used if the
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source document uses Texinfo @macros.
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GNU Emacs related files:
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texinfmt.el This Emacs Lisp file provides the
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functions that GNU Emacs uses to
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format a Texinfo file into an Info
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file.
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texinfo.el This file provides Texinfo mode
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for GNU Emacs.
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texnfo-upd.el These files provides commands to
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texnfo-tex.el help you write Texinfo files
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makeinfo.el using GNU Emacs Texinfo mode.
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detexinfo.el This extra utility file contains functions
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to remove Texinfo commands from a
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Texinfo source file.
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info.el These are the standard GNU Emacs
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informat.el Info reading and support files,
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included here for your convenience.
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Source files for standalone C programs:
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makeinfo.c This file contains the source for
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the `makeinfo' program that you can
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use to create an Info file from a
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Texinfo file.
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info.c This file contains the source for
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the `info' program that you can use to
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view Info files on an ASCII terminal.
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getopt.c Various support files
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getopt1.c
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getopt.h
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C Installation files:
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configure This file creates creates a Makefile
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which in turn creates an `info' or
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`makeinfo' executable, or a C sources
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distribution.
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configure.in This is a template for creating
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`configure' using m4 macros.
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Makefile.in This is a template for `configure'
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to use to make a Makefile.
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Other files:
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NEWS This contains a summary of new
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features since the first edition
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of Texinfo.
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info.1 This is a `man' page that briefly
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describes the standalone `info'
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program.
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fixfonts This is a shell script to install the
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`lcircle10' TeX fonts as an alias for
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the `circle10' fonts. In some older
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TeX distributions the names are
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different.
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tex3patch This handles a bug for version
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3.0 of TeX that does not occur in
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more recent versions.
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