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$Id: NEWS,v 1.103 2004/12/24 16:43:58 karl Exp $
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This file records noteworthy changes, very tersely.
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See the manual for detailed information.
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Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
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2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 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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*** IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ALL AUTHORS OF TEXINFO MANUALS ***
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As of version 4.2, Texinfo has a new command @copying to define the
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copyright and copying permissions for a manual. It's important to
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switch to using it as soon as possible (as in your next release),
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because the historical method of doing copyright permissions using
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@ifinfo failed to output copyright information in the HTML (or XML)
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formats. The manual has detailed explanations and examples. For
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convenience, here's a url to one of the relevant sections:
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http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Document-Permissions.html
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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4.8 (31 December 2004)
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* Language:
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. new command @euro for the Euro currency symbol, and
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@documentencoding has some support for ISO-8859-15.
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. new command @abbr for general abbreviations.
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. new command @slanted to typeset text in a slanted font,
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and @sansserif to typeset in a sans serif font.
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* makeinfo:
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. An empty first argument to cross-reference commands, such as @xref,
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causes an error. This change was made in 4.1, but not mentioned in NEWS.
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. HTML output:
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- <a name="..."> constructs are added for the old-style
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conversion of node names to HTML names, so that external references
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to them can continue to work.
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- "g_t" prefixed to targets for node names beginning with a
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nonletter, for XHTML compatibility.
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. Docbook output: recognize more image formats.
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* texi2dvi:
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. new option --recode, to call recode for input character translation.
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* Distribution:
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. new convenience script texi2pdf, equivalent to texi2dvi --pdf (from tetex).
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. some cross-compiling support in configure && make.
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. new configure option --disable-install-warnings, for TeX.
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distributions which do have the files installed.
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. automake 1.9.4.
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4.7 (9 April 2004)
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* Language:
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. new commands @float, @caption, @shortcaption, @listoffloats for
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initial implementation of floating material (figures, tables, etc).
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Ironically, they do not yet actually float anywhere.
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. new commands @docbook, @ifdocbook, @ifnotdocbook for conditional Docbook.
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. new commands @ordf{} and @ordm{} for Spanish feminine/masculine ordinals.
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. new commands @deftypecv[x] for class variables in typed OO languages.
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. new command @registeredsymbol for the r-in-a-circle symbol.
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. new command @headitem to make a heading row in @multitable.
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. new command @LaTeX{} for the LaTeX logo.
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. new command @comma{} to avoid comma-parsing problems.
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. @url is now a synonym for @uref; new command @indicateurl has the
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old meaning of just displaying a url as text.
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. @quotation now accepts an optional argument for labelling the text
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as a `Note', `Tip', etc.
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. @defun (et al.) heading lines can now be continued with a lone @.
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. @acronym accepts an optional argument for the meaning of the acronym.
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* makeinfo:
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. New environment variable TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT determines the output
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format at runtime, if no options are specified.
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. New option --plaintext, equivalent to --no-headers with Info output.
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. All outputs:
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- sections are numbered by default.
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. Info output:
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- punctuation is inserted after @pxref and @ref, if needed to make
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cross-references valid.
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- line numbers included in index menus, so Info readers can go to
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the exact line of an entry, not just a node. Also in plaintext output.
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- ^@^H[index^@^H] cookie included in index menus, so Info readers
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can handle the ] etc. commands better.
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. HTML output:
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- new algorithm for cross-references to other manuals, for maximum
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portability and stability.
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- include node name in <title> with split output.
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- @multicolumn fractions become percentages.
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- entities used for bullets, quotes, dashes, and others.
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- index entries are links to the exact locations.
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- <h4> and <h5> used for @sub and @subsubsections again.
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- accented dotless i supported.
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. XML output: many new tags and structure to preserve more source features.
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. Docbook output:
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- upgraded DTD to Docbook XML 4.2, no longer using Docbook SGML.
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- improved translation in general, for instance:
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- line annotations and marked quotations.
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* texi2dvi:
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. if available, use etex (pdfetex if --pdf) by default.
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. if the input file includes thumbpdf.sty (for LaTeX), then run thumbpdf.
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. more output if --debug.
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* texinfo.tex:
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. @defun names are now printed in typewriter (instead of bold), and
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within the arguments, @var text is printed in slanted typewriter.
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. @tex code is executed inside a TeX group, so that any changes must
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be prefixed with \global (or the equivalent) to be effective. (This
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change was actually made years ago, but never made it into the NEWS.)
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* info:
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. new option --where (aka --location, -w) to report where an Info file
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would be found, instead of reading it.
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. by default, output ANSI terminal escape sequences as-is; new option
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--no-raw-escapes overrides this.
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. use the newly-generated index line numbers.
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* Distribution:
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. new script gendocs.sh (not installed), for use by GNU maintainers in
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getting their manuals on the GNU web site. Documented in
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maintain.texi (http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/).
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. Most code uses ANSI C prototypes, to some extent.
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. New translation: nb.
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. automake 1.8.3, autoconf 2.59, gettext 0.14.1.
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4.6 (10 June 2003)
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* Language:
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. new command @/ specifies an allowable breakpoint within a line.
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. new command @dofirstparagraphindent to control whether the first
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paragraph following a section heading is indented. Default is to
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omit this indentation, unlike the output up to now.
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. new command @indent for explicitly indenting a paragraph.
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. makeinfo writes a new construct for @image in Info output, so that
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graphical Info browsers (such as Emacs Info under X) can display an
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actual image. (Standalone Info ignores this, since it runs in a tty.)
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* makeinfo:
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. Common:
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- search for image files in the include file search path.
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- warns if @value is used on an undefined variable.
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. Info output:
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- default --split-size now 300,000 bytes, up from 50,000.
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- with --enable-encoding and a given @documentencoding,
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output a Local Variables section specifying that encoding, for use
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with Emacs.
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. HTML output:
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- uses <h3> at the smallest.
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- a few css <style> definitions are included to better
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implement @format, @display, @small..., etc.
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- new option --css-include=FILE includes FILE in the <style>.
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- @cartouche now outputs a <table> with a border.
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* texinfo.tex:
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. new Polish translation txi-pl.tex.
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* texi2dvi:
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. --command=CMD replaces --texinfo=CMD; it inserts CMD at the first
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line of LaTeX files now, or after the @setfilename for Texinfo files.
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* info:
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. RET now goes to the nearest xref (rather like Emacs Info),
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instead of the next xref starting on the current line.
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* Distribution:
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. new Romanian (ro) translation.
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. variables now declared const where appropriate.
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. gettext 0.12.1, automake 1.7.5.
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4.5 (4 February 2003)
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* info:
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. a bug in 4.4 prevented compressed info files from being found.
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* Distribution:
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. detect sys/ptem.h on Solaris.
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4.4 (31 January 2003)
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* Language:
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. The ' (ASCII apostrophe/right quote) character is finally allowed in
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node and anchor names. Thus, after installing this texinfo.tex,
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existing .aux files will cause errors! Remove them and rerun TeX to
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generate good ones.
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. @value constructs are now expanded in the filename arguments to
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@include and @verbatiminclude.
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* makeinfo:
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. @macro names may no longer include ^ or _, for the sake of math mode.
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. bug fix: @copying text is now reflected in tag table positions;
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before, nodes may not have been found with a long-enough @copying.
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. bug fix: html @verb arg is quoted properly, and does not imply
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a paragraph break.
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* texinfo.tex:
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. @smallexample and the like now output in a smaller font (9pt) in all
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paper formats, not just @smallbook and @afourpaper.
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. new translation txi-tr.tex.
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. bug fix: <>| and other characters do not disappear when they are
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first on a line in @verbatim.
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* install-info:
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. bug fix: don't translate the `* Menu' info keyword.
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* info:
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. CTRL-H is treated like DEL in incremental search.
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. arrow keys once again work in isearch contexts under Solaris.
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* infokey:
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. use .info key bindings before defaults.
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. allow prefix keys to be disabled.
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* Distribution:
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. update to GNU FDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html).
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. getopt and other common library files updated from gnulib
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(http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib/).
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. autoconf 2.57, automake 1.7.2.
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4.3 (14 November 2002)
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* Language:
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. new command @tie{} to do a real tie (unbreakable interword space).
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* makeinfo:
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. html output for @defun and friends now has font changes.
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. html output has some class attributes.
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. xml and docbook output improved in many details.
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* texinfo.tex:
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. new Italian translations, txi-it.tex.
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. pdf bookmarks for unnumbered sections work.
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. type name for @defun and friends no longer extends into margin.
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* info:
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. automatic-footnotes now off by default, for emacs compatibility.
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. crash when MALLOC_CHECK_=2 fixed.
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* install-info:
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. new option --infodir synonym for --info-dir, for compatibility with
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the Debian install-info.
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. support for bzip2-compressed files.
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* texindex:
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. omit initial if the entire index is under one character.
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* Distribution:
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. development sources now available under CVS, see
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http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/texinfo/
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. Turkish message translation.
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. gettext 0.11.5, autoconf 2.54, automake 1.7.1.
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4.2 (1 April 2002)
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* Language:
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. new command @copying to define copying permissions. See above.
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. new conditionals @ifplaintext, @ifnotplaintext for the plain text
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(--no-headers) output format.
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. new command @\ to produce literal \ inside @math, since \ by itself
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no longer works.
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* makeinfo:
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. emit accesskey attributes for keyboard shortcuts to menu items.
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. @{even,every,odd}{footing,header} are ignored by makeinfo now, so
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they no longer need to be enclosed in @iftex.
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* texinfo.tex:
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. bug fix for pdf-format table of contents.
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* info:
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. bug fixes for -R (--raw-escapes).
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. --help shows short option names.
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* Distribution:
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. the doc.c, funs.h, and key.c files in info/ are no longer generated
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at make time, to appease Automake's make distcheck.
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. gettext 0.11.1, autoconf 2.53, automake 1.6 (with install-info kludge).
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4.1 (4 March 2002)
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* Language:
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. new commands @verbatim and @verb for printing verbatim inserts.
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. new command @verbatiminclude for verbatim include of files.
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. new environment @documentdescription for defining the HTML description.
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. new command @afivepaper for the A5 paper size.
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* makeinfo:
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. supports xml and docbook output.
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. supports HTML splitting by node, which is now the default.
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. new option --split-size to control maximum size of split info files.
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. new option --enable-encoding to enable
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* info:
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. user-specified key bindings supported.
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. ANSI escape sequences (as produced by groff) removed from man output
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by default; use --raw-escapes to let them through if your terminal
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supports them.
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. RET terminates incremental search normally.
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* texinfo.tex:
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. @math implies @tex, so all the usual plain TeX math is supported.
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. smaller fonts for @smallexample, in all page sizes.
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. improvements in the PDF support.
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* texi2dvi:
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. new option -o to explicitly specify output filename.
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* Distribution:
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. switch to GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/).
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. update to GNU gettext 0.11, autoconf 2.52, and automake 1.5.
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. Danish, Swedish, and Hebrew message translations.
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4.0 (28 September 1999)
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* Language:
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. New command @anchor for cross references to arbitrary points.
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. New commands @documentlanguage sets the main document language,
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and @documentencoding sets the document input encoding (although not
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much is done yet with either).
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. New command @pagesizes allows limited control of text area for typesetting.
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. New command @acronym for abbreviations in all caps, such as `NASA'.
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. New command @alias for simple command aliases.
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. New command @definfoenclose for better control of info output.
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. New commands @deftypeivar for typed instance variables of a class
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and @deftypeop for typed operations of a class.
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. New command @novalidate suppresses cross-reference checking and (in
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TeX) auxiliary file creation.
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. New commands @setcontentsaftertitlepage and
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@setshortcontentsaftertitlepage to force printing the table of
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contents after @end titlepage. Also, @contents and @shortcontents
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themselves can now appear at the beginning of the document as
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well as the end.
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. New markup commands: @env (for environment variables), @command (for
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command names), @option (for command-line options).
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. New commands @smallformat and @smalldisplay, a la @smallexample.
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. New command @exampleindent to set indentation of example-like
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environments a la @paragraphindent.
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. @uref takes an optional third argument of text to show instead of
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(rather than in addition to) the url for info and dvi output.
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. @footnote works in an @item for a @table.
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* texinfo.tex:
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. latest version always at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo.tex
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(and mirrors).
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. implements @macro.
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. implements @paragraphindent (except asis).
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. @emph and @i use true italic type (cmti) instead of slanted (cmsl).
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. implements pdf output when run with pdftex.
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. better support for internationalization via txi-??.tex files.
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. footnotes now set in a smaller point size.
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* makeinfo:
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. supports HTML output with the --html option.
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. implication of --html: @top nodes should be wrapped in @ifnottex
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rather than @ifinfo. @ifinfo conditionals are not expanded with --html.
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. new option --number-sections to output chapter/section numbers.
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. dashes and quotes are not treated specially in node names.
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. new option --commands-in-node-names to allow @-commands in node names.
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(Not implemented in TeX, and most likely never will be.)
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. @emph output uses _underscores_.
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. @image looks for .png files before .jpg.
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. only output `Making ... file' line when verbose.
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. allow -v as synonym for --verbose.
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. new command line options to specify which conditionals to process
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(but --iftex is not fully implemented).
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. warns if @var contains any of ,[]().
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. @quote-arg implicitly done for all one-argument macros, so commas in
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the argument text are allowed.
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. \\ required in macro body to get single \, no other `escapes' defined.
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* info:
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. ISO Latin 1 characters are displayed and input as-is by default.
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. new option --vi-keys to enable vi-like and less-like key bindings.
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. new command S does case-sensitive searching.
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. new commands C-x n and C-x N repeat last search, respectively, in the
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same and in reverse direction, without prompting for the string. These
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commands are bound to n and N under --vi-keys, like in Less.
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. new command G menu1 menu2 ... searches for menu items from (dir),
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as allowed on the command line.
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. new command O (capital o, not zero) goes directly to the node that
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describes command-line options.
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. new command-line option --show-options causes the node which
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describes command-line options to be the first node displayed.
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. M-prior and M-DEL do new command info-scroll-other-window-backward.
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. / searches like s does.
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. If the search string includes upper-case letters, in both incremental
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and non-incremental search, the search is case-sensitive.
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. S searches case-sensitively even if the search string is all
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lower-case.
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. - makes the argument negative (so e.g. `- /' searches backward).
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. l restores point in the window returned to.
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. SPC/DEL do not move outside the current document.
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. foo.info is found before foo.
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. `info foo --index-search=bar' now searches for bar in foo's index.
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. support for files compressed with bzip2.
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* install-info:
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. handles gzipped dir files.
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. sort entries into alphabetical order.
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. install direntries only in preceding dircategory, not in all.
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. --delete does not require the info file to exist.
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. --delete can handle XEmacs-style dir entries.
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* texi2dvi:
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. bug fixed: now uses only the @iftex and @tex parts of the source.
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. process LaTeX source as well as Texinfo source.
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. output PDF (using pdftex) with new option --pdf.
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. handles --OPTION=ARG style of command line arguments.
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. new option --batch for progress reports but no interaction.
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. new option --clean to remove all auxiliary files.
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. new option --quiet for silence (unless there are errors).
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. new option -I for specifying directories for @include to search.
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. handles LaTeX files (running BibTeX etc.).
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* Fixes to util/gen-dir-node and util/fix-info-dir (formerly util/update-info).
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* Distribution:
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. Man pages included.
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. Czech and Norwegian message translations.
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. Various translations for texinfo.tex fixed words included.
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. DJGPP support.
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3.12 (3 March 1998)
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* Elisp files removed, since they are only usefully distributed with Emacs.
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* Restore inclusion of compile-time $(infodir) to INFOPATH.
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* install-info creates a proper dir file.
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* Various portability fixes.
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3.11 (31 July 1997)
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* New commands:
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- @uref to make a reference to a url; @url now only indicates such.
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- @image to include graphics (epsf for TeX).
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- @deftypemethod and @deftypemethodx to document methods in strongly
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typed object-oriented languages, such as C++.
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- @html for raw HTML.
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- @ifnothtml @ifnotinfo @ifnottex for more precise conditionals.
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- @kbdinputstyle to control when @kbd uses the slanted typewriter font.
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- @email takes second optional argument.
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* texinfo.tex reads texinfo.cnf (if present) for site-wide TeX
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configuration; for example, A4 paper sizes.
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* info:
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- arrow keys supported.
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- trailing : in INFOPATH appends default path.
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- new option --index-search for online help support.
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* makeinfo:
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- output files removed if errors unless (new option) --force.
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- new option -P to prepend to search path.
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- macro expansion file can be standard output.
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* install-info creates a new dir file if necessary.
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* update-info script to create a dir file from all info files.
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* Elisp: texnfo-tex.el and detexinfo.el removed from the distribution;
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- texnfo-tex features are now part of standard TeX & Texinfo packages;
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- makeinfo --no-headers does a better job than detexinfo.el.
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* Documentation:
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- Updates, revisions, corrections in the manual.
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- makeinfo.texi removed, as it was a copy of what was in texinfo.texi.
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* gettext support in sources, French and German translations included.
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* info man page removed; use the Texinfo manual.
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* Automake used, other portability fixes.
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3.10 (nonexistent)
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3.9 (4 October 1996)
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* makeinfo:
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- Give a suppressible (with --no-validate) error for references
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outside of any node.
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- Keep track of multitable output correctly for split files; this
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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.
|
||
|
||
|
||
3.0: first release of Texinfo version 2, with many new commands.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Here is the separate NEWS for old releases of Info:
|
||
|
||
Version 2.11, Sat Apr 1 09:15:21 1995
|
||
|
||
Changes since 2.7 beta:
|
||
|
||
Although the basic code remains the same, there are numerous nits
|
||
fixed, including some display bugs, and a memory leak. Some changes
|
||
that have taken place with larger impact include the way in which the
|
||
(dir) node is built; I have added in support for "localdir"
|
||
directories among other things. Info files may be stored in
|
||
compressed formats, and in their own subdirectories; menu items which
|
||
do not explicitly name the node to which they are attached have the
|
||
menu item name looked up as an Info file if it is not found within the
|
||
current document. This means that the menu item:
|
||
|
||
* Info:: The Info documentation reader.
|
||
|
||
in (dir) refers to the info node "(info)Top".
|
||
|
||
Please see the ChangeLog and documentation for details on other
|
||
changes.
|
||
|
||
Version 2.7 beta, Wed Dec 30 02:02:38 1992
|
||
Version 2.6 beta, Tue Dec 22 03:58:07 1992
|
||
Version 2.5 beta, Tue Dec 8 14:50:35 1992
|
||
Version 2.4 beta, Sat Nov 28 14:34:02 1992
|
||
Version 2.3 beta, Fri Nov 27 01:04:13 1992
|
||
Version 2.2 beta, Tue Nov 24 09:36:08 1992
|
||
Version 2.1 beta, Tue Nov 17 23:29:36 1992
|
||
|
||
Changes since 2.5 beta:
|
||
|
||
Note that versions 2.6 and 2.7 Beta were only released to a select group.
|
||
|
||
* "info-" removed from the front of M-x commands.
|
||
|
||
* Automatic footnote display. When you enter a node which contains
|
||
footnotes, and the variable "automatic-footnotes" is "On", Info pops
|
||
up a window containing the footnotes. Likewise, when you leave that
|
||
node, the window containing the footnotes goes away.
|
||
|
||
* Cleaner built in documentation, and documentation functions.
|
||
|
||
Use:
|
||
o `M-x describe-variable' to read a variable's documenation
|
||
o `M-x describe-key' to find out what a particular keystroke does.
|
||
o `M-x describe-function' to read a function's documentation.
|
||
o `M-x where-is' to find out what keys invoke a particular function.
|
||
|
||
* Info can "tile" the displayed windows (via "M-x tile-windows"). If
|
||
the variable "automatic-tiling" is "On", then splitting a window or
|
||
deleting a window causes the remaining windows to be retiled.
|
||
|
||
* You can save every keystroke you type in a "dribble file" by using the
|
||
`--dribble FILENAME' option. You can initially read keystrokes from an
|
||
alternate input stream with `--restore FILENAME', or by redirecting
|
||
input on the command line `info < old-dribble'.
|
||
|
||
* New behaviour of menu items. If the label is the same as the
|
||
target node name, and the node couldn't be found in the current file,
|
||
treat the label as a file name. For example, a menu entry in "DIR"
|
||
might contain:
|
||
|
||
* Emacs:: Cool text-editor.
|
||
|
||
Info would not find the node "(dir)Emacs", so just plain "(emacs)"
|
||
would be tried.
|
||
|
||
* New variable "ISO-Latin" allows you to use European machines with
|
||
8-bit character sets.
|
||
|
||
* Cleanups in echo area reading, and redisplay. Cleanups in handling the
|
||
window which shows possible completions.
|
||
|
||
* Info can now read files that have been compressed. An array in filesys.c
|
||
maps extensions to programs that can decompress stdin, and write the results
|
||
to stdout. Currently, ".Z"/uncompress, ".z"/gunzip, and ".Y"/unyabba are
|
||
supported. The modeline for a compressed file shows "zz" in it.
|
||
|
||
* There is a new variable "gc-compressed-files" which, if non-zero, says
|
||
it is okay to reclaim the file buffer space allocated to a file which
|
||
was compressed, if, and only if, that file's contents do not appear in
|
||
any history node.
|
||
|
||
* New file `nodemenu.c' implements a few functions for manipulating
|
||
previously visited nodes. `C-x C-b' (list-visited-nodes) produces a
|
||
menu of the nodes that could be reached by info-history-node in some
|
||
window. `C-x b' (select-visited-node) is similar, but reads one of
|
||
the node names with completion.
|
||
|
||
* Keystroke `M-r' (move_to_screen_line) allows the user to place the cursor at
|
||
the start of a specific screen line. Without a numeric argument, place the
|
||
cursor on the center line; with an arg, place the cursor on that line.
|
||
|
||
* Interruptible display implemented. Basic display speedups and hacks.
|
||
* The message "*** Tags Out of Date ***" now means what it says.
|
||
* Index searching with `,' (info-index-next) has been improved.
|
||
* When scrolling with C-v, C-M-v, or M-v, only "Page Only" scrolling
|
||
will happen.
|
||
|
||
* Continous scrolling (along with `]' (info-global-next) and `['
|
||
(info-global-prev) works better. `]' and `[' accept numeric
|
||
arguments, moving that many nodes in that case.
|
||
|
||
* `C-x w' (info-toggle-wrap) controls how lines wider than the width
|
||
of the screen are displayed. If a line is too long, a `$' is
|
||
displayed in the rightmost column of the window.
|
||
|
||
* There are some new variables for controlling the behaviour of Info
|
||
interactively. The current list of variables is as follows:
|
||
|
||
Variable Name Default Value Description
|
||
------------- ------------- -----------
|
||
`automatic-footnotes' On When "On", footnotes appear and
|
||
disappear automatically.
|
||
|
||
`automatic-tiling' Off When "On", creating of deleting a
|
||
window resizes other windows.
|
||
|
||
`visible-bell' Off If non-zero, try to use a visible bell.
|
||
|
||
`errors-ring-bell' On If non-zero, errors cause a ring.
|
||
|
||
`show-index-match' On If non-zero, the portion of the string
|
||
matched is highlighted by changing its
|
||
case.
|
||
|
||
`scroll-behaviour' Continuous One of "Continuous", "Next Only", or
|
||
"Page Only". "Page Only" prevents you from
|
||
scrolling past the bottom or top of a node.
|
||
"Next Only" causes the Next or Prev node to
|
||
be selected when you scroll past the bottom
|
||
or top of a node. "Continous" moves
|
||
linearly through the files hierchichal
|
||
structure.
|
||
|
||
`scroll-step' 0 Controls how scrolling is done for you when
|
||
the cursor moves out of the current window.
|
||
Non-zero means it is the number of lines
|
||
you would like the screen to shift. A
|
||
value of 0 means to center the line
|
||
containing the cursor in the window.
|
||
|
||
`gc-compressed-files' Off If non-zero means it is okay to reclaim the
|
||
file buffer space allocated to a file which
|
||
was compressed, if, and only if, that
|
||
file's contents do not appear in the node
|
||
list of any window.
|
||
|
||
`ISO-Latin' Off Non-zero means that you are using an ISO
|
||
Latin character set. By default, standard
|
||
ASCII characters are assumed.
|
||
________________________________________
|
||
This release of Info is version 2.5 beta.
|
||
|
||
Changes since 2.4 beta:
|
||
|
||
* Index (i) and (,) commands fully implemented.
|
||
* "configure" script now shipped with Info.
|
||
* New function "set-variable" allows users to set various variables.
|
||
* User-settable behaviour on end or beginning of node scrolling. This
|
||
supercedes the SPC and DEL changes in 2.3 beta.
|
||
|
||
________________________________________
|
||
This release of Info is version 2.4 beta.
|
||
|
||
Changes since 2.3 beta:
|
||
|
||
* info-last-node now means move to the last node of this info file.
|
||
* info-history-node means move backwards through this window's node history.
|
||
* info-first-node moves to the first node in the Info file. This node is
|
||
not necessarily "Top"!
|
||
* SPC and DEL can select the Next or Prev node after printing an informative
|
||
message when pressed at the end/beg of a node.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------
|
||
This release of Info is version 2.3 beta.
|
||
|
||
Changes since 2.2 beta:
|
||
|
||
* M-x command lines if NAMED_COMMANDS is #defined. Variable in Makefile.
|
||
* Screen height changes made quite robust.
|
||
* Interactive function "set-screen-height" implements user height changes.
|
||
* Scrolling on some terminals is faster now.
|
||
* C-l with numeric arguement is fixed.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------
|
||
This release of Info is version 2.2 beta.
|
||
|
||
Changes since 2.0:
|
||
|
||
* C-g can now interrupt multi-file searches.
|
||
* Incremental search is fully implemented.
|
||
* Loading large tag tables is much faster now.
|
||
* makedoc.c replaces shell script, speeding incremental builds.
|
||
* Scrolling in redisplay is implemented.
|
||
* Recursive uses of the echo area made more robust.
|
||
* Garbage collection of unreferenced nodes.
|