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This is the README file for the GNU Texinfo distribution.
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The primary distribution point is ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu.
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Please email bugs or suggestions to bug-texinfo@gnu.org. (If you wish,
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you can join this list by sending a subscribe message to
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bug-texinfo-request@gnu.org.) Patches are welcome; if possible, please
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make them with diff -c and include ChangeLog entries.
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Programs within this distribution have their own version numbers. When
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you refer to a file, please mention its own version, as well as the
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version number of the Texinfo distribution.
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For generic installation instructions on compiling and installing this
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Automake-based distribution, please read the file `INSTALL'.
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Installation notes specific to Texinfo:
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* The Info tree uses a file `dir' as its root node; the `dir-example'
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file in this distribution is included for informative purposes.
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Use it, modify it, or ignore it just as you like.
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* You can create a file texinfo.cnf to be read by TeX when
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processing Texinfo manuals. For example, it might contain the
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command @afourpaper. See the `Preparing for TeX' node in
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texinfo.texi for more details.
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* If your info files are not in $prefix/info, you may wish to add a line
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#define DEFAULT_INFOPATH "/mydir1:/mydir2:/etc"
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to config.h after running configure.
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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 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 source files (in ./doc):
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texinfo.texi This manual describes the Texinfo language
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and many of the associated tools. 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, TeX, makeinfo, and the
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Emacs Lisp Texinfo 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 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. Must be used if the
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source document uses Texinfo @macros.
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Source files for standalone C programs (./lib, ./makeinfo, ./info):
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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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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 Autoconf.
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Makefile.in This is a template for `configure'
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to use to make a Makefile. Created by
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Automake.
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Makefile.am This is a template for Automake
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to use to make a Makefile.in.
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Other files (util):
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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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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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