freebsd-dev/contrib/texinfo/NEWS
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This file records noteworthy changes.
3.9 (4 October 1996)
* makeinfo:
- Give a suppressible (with --no-validate) error for references
outside of any node.
- Keep track of multitable output correctly for split files; this
caused nodes after the first multitable to be ``undefined''.
* install-info:
- Rename --infodir option to --info-dir.
- More robust error checking to avoid various crashes.
* configure: Include replacements for memcpy and memmove functions in
the distribution, in case they are missing.
3.8 (30 September 1996)
* Define and/or document new and/or previously existing commands:
Accents: @" @' @, @" @= @^ @` @~ @H @d @dotaccent @dotless @ringaccent
@tieaccent @u @ubaraccent @v
Special characters: @AA @AE @L @O @OE @aa @ae @exclamdown @l @o @oe
@pounds @questiondown @ss
Special punctuation: @! @? @enddots
dir file maintenance: @dircategory @direntry; also new program, install-info
HTML support: @email @url @ifhtml...@end ifhtml
Macros: @macro @unmacro
Tables: @multitable @tab
Hyphenation: @- @hyphenation
Spacing: @ @<TAB> @<NEWLINE>
Sectioning:
@headings singleafter/doubleafter (change heading style after current page)
@centerchap
@setchapterstyle
Other:
@shorttitlepage (simple title pages)
@detailmenu...@end detailmenu (help makeinfo parse master menus)
* Makeinfo prefers an input file named `foo.texinfo' or `foo.texi' or
`foo.txinfo' to just `foo' (the latter most likely being an executable).
* Makeinfo implements @. @! @? correctly, as end-of-sentence punctuation.
* @key marks its argument with a lozenge in TeX and <...> in Info.
* TeX output has substantially decreased interline spacing and other
formatting changes.
* Remove these obsolete and never-documented commands:
@infotop
@infoappendix @infoappendixsec @infoappendixsubsec @infoappendixsubsubsec
@infochapter @infosection @infosubsection @infosubsubsection
@infounnumbered @infounnumberedsec @infounnumberedsubsec
@infounnumberedsubsubsec
@input
@smallbreak @medbreak
@overfullrule
@br
* Deprecate these obsolete commands, to be removed in the next release:
@ctrl
@infoinclude
@iappendix @iappendixsection @iappendixsec @iappendixsubsec
@iappendixsubsubsec
@ichapter @isection @isubsection @isubsubsection
@iunnumbered @iunnumberedsec @iunnumberedsubsec @iunnumberedsubsubsec
@setchapterstyle
@titlespec
3.7 (24 December 1995)
* Have --version print texinfo release number as well as the individual
program version.
* Better man page cleaning.
* Update Elisp files from current Emacs release.
3.6 (21 June 1995)
* Unmatched brace error reporting improved.
* Missing comment terminator prevented compilation.
3.5 (20 June 1995)
* Autoconf update.
* Support for parallel makes.
* make install does not install Elisp files.
3.4 (19 June 1995)
* Handle @ifhtml in Elisp.
* Update FSF address.
3.3 (15 June 1995)
* Portability changes.
* Compile Elisp files.
* Don't distribute .info* files.
3.2 (9 June 1995)
* Standalone Info can read Unix man pages.
* New commands: @! @? @^ @" @enddots.
* makeinfo -E does macro expansion (and nothing else).
3.1 (23 May 1993)
Just bug fixes, see ChangeLog for full details.
texinfo-3.0: first release of Texinfo version 2, with many new commands.