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- Changes between Texinfo 3.0 and 3.1:
-
- Just bug fixes, see ChangeLog for full details.
-
-
-
-
- Texinfo 2
- *********
-
- The second edition of the Texinfo manual is now released in a package
- with the second version of the various Texinfo support files,
- including `texinfo.el', `texnfo-upd.el', and `makeinfo.c'. The new
- manual is considerably larger than the previous one.
-
- Here is a brief description of the new Texinfo mode commands
- and the newly described @-commands:
-
- New Texinfo Mode Commands
- =========================
-
- Texinfo mode provides commands and features especially designed for
- working with Texinfo files. More than 20 new commands have been
- added, including commands for automatically creating and updating both
- nodes and menus. This is a tedious task when done by hand.
-
- The keybindings are intended to be somewhat mnemonic.
-
- Update everything
- -----------------
-
- The `texinfo-master-menu' command is the primary command:
-
- C-c C-u m Create or update a master menu.
- With an argument, first create or
- update all nodes and regular menus.
-
- Update Pointers
- ---------------
-
- Create or update `Next', `Previous', and `Up' node pointers.
-
- C-c C-u C-n Update a node.
- C-c C-u C-e Update every node in the buffer.
-
- Update Menus
- ------------
-
- Create or update menus.
-
- C-c C-u C-m Make or update a menu.
-
- C-c C-u C-a Make or update all the menus
- in a buffer; with an argument,
- first update all the nodes.
-
- Insert Title as Description
- ---------------------------
-
- Insert a node's chapter or section title in the space for the
- description in a menu entry line; position point so you can edit the
- insert. (This command works somewhat differently than the other
- insertion commands, which insert only a predefined string.)
-
- C-c C-c C-d Insert title.
-
- Format for Info
- ---------------
-
- Provide keybindings both for the Info formatting commands that are
- written in Emacs Lisp and for `makeinfo' which is written in C.
-
- Use the Emacs lisp `texinfo-format...' commands:
-
- C-c C-e C-r Format the region.
- C-c C-e C-b Format the buffer.
-
- Use `makeinfo':
-
- C-c C-m C-r Format the region.
- C-c C-m C-b Format the buffer.
- C-c C-m C-l Recenter the `makeinfo' output buffer.
- C-c C-m C-k Kill the `makeinfo' formatting job.
-
- Typeset and Print
- -----------------
-
- Typeset and print Texinfo documents from within Emacs.
-
- C-c C-t C-r Run TeX on the region.
- C-c C-t C-b Run TeX on the buffer.
- C-c C-t C-i Run `texindex'.
- C-c C-t C-p Print the DVI file.
- C-c C-t C-q Show the print queue.
- C-c C-t C-d Delete a job from the print queue.
- C-c C-t C-k Kill the current TeX formatting job.
- C-c C-t C-x Quit a currently stopped TeX formatting job.
- C-c C-t C-l Recenter the output buffer.
-
- Other Updating Commands
- -----------------------
-
- The `other updating commands' do not have standard keybindings because
- they are less frequently used.
-
- M-x texinfo-insert-node-lines
- Insert missing node lines using
- section titles as node names.
-
- M-x texinfo-multiple-files-update
- Update a multi-file document.
-
- M-x texinfo-indent-menu-description
- Indent descriptions in menus.
-
- M-x texinfo-sequential-update-node
- Insert node pointers in strict sequence.
-
- Newly Described Texinfo @-Commands
- ==================================
-
- The second edition of the Texinfo manual describes more than 50
- commands that were not described in the first edition. A third or so
- of these commands existed in Texinfo but were not documented in the
- manual; the others are new. Here is a listing, with brief
- descriptions of them:
-
-
- Commands for creating your own index and for merging two indices:
-
- `@defindex INDEX-NAME'
- Define a new index and its indexing command. Print entries in a
- roman font. Also, the `@defcodeindex' command, which prints
- entries in an `@code' font.
-
- `@synindex FROM-INDEX INTO-INDEX'
- Merge the index named in the first argument into the index named
- in the second argument. Sets FROM-INDEX in the same (roman) font
- as INTO-INDEX. Also, the `@syncodeindex' command, which prints
- the entries from the first index in `@code' font.
-
-
- Many commands to help you describe functions, variables, macros,
- commands, user options, special forms and other such artifacts in a
- uniform format.
-
- `@deffn CATEGORY NAME ARGUMENTS...'
- Format a description for functions, interactive commands, and
- similar entities that may take arguments. Takes as arguments the
- category of entity being described, the name of this particular
- entity, and its arguments, if any.
-
- `@defvr, @defop, ...'
- 15 other related commands.
-
-
- Special symbols to indicate the results of evaluation or an expansion,
- printed output, an error message, equivalence of expressions, and the
- location of point.
-
- `@equiv{}'
- Indicate the exact equivalence of two forms; special glyph: `=='.
-
- `@error{}'
- Indicate that the following text is an error message: `error-->'.
-
- `@expansion{}'
- Indicate the result of a macro expansion; special glyph: `==>'.
-
- `@point{}'
- Indicate the position of point; special glyph: `-!-'.
-
- `@print{}'
- Indicate printed output; special glyph: `-|'.
-
- `@result{}'
- Indicate the result of an expression; special glyph: `=>'.
-
-
- Commands to customize headings:
-
- `@headings ON-OFF-SINGLE-DOUBLE'
- Turn headings on or off, or specify single-sided or double-sided
- headings for printing.
-
- `@evenfooting [LEFT] @| [CENTER] @| [RIGHT]'
- Specify footings for even-numbered (left-hand) pages. Not
- relevant to Info.
-
- `@evenheading, @everyheading, @oddheading, ...'
- Five other related commands.
-
- `@thischapter'
- In a heading or footing, stands for the number and name of the
- current chapter, in the format `Chapter 1: First Chapter'.
-
- `@thischaptername, @thisfile, @thistitle, @thispage'
- Related commands.
-
-
- Commands for formatting text:
-
- `@cartouche'
- Draw rounded box surrounding text (not in Info).
-
- `@enumerate OPTIONAL-ARG'
- Enumerate a list with letters or numbers.
-
- `@exdent LINE-OF-TEXT'
- Remove any indentation a line might have.
-
- `@flushleft'
- Left justify every line but leave the right end ragged. Leave
- font as is.
-
- `@flushright'
- Right justify every line but leave the left end ragged. Leave
- font as is.
-
- `@format'
- Like `@example' or `@display', but do not narrow the margins or
- select the fixed-width font.
-
- `@ftable FORMATTING-COMMAND'
- `@vtable FORMATTING-COMMAND'
- Begin a two-column table, using `@item' for each entry.
- `@ftable' automatically enters each of the items in the
- first column into the index of functions and `@vtable'
- enters them into the index of variables. The commands
- are the same as `@table', except for indexing.
-
- `@lisp'
- Indent text, do not fill, select fixed-width font.
-
- `@smallexample'
- Indent text, do not fill, select fixed-width font. In
- `@smallbook' format, print text in a smaller font than with the
- `@example' environment. Also, the `@smalllisp' command.
-
- Commands for formatting if a flag is set or cleared:
-
- `@set FLAG [STRING]'
- Set FLAG, causing the Texinfo formatting commands to format text
- between subsequent pairs of `@ifset FLAG' and `@end ifset'
- commands. Optionally, set value of FLAG to STRING.
-
- `@value{FLAG}'
- Replace with value to which FLAG is set.
-
- `@ifset FLAG ... @end ifset'
- If FLAG is set, the Texinfo formatting commands format text
- between `@ifset FLAG' and the following `@end ifset' command.
-
- `@clear FLAG'
- Unset FLAG, preventing the Texinfo formatting commands from
- formatting text between subsequent pairs of `@ifset FLAG' and
- `@end ifset' commands.
-
- `@ifclear FLAG ... @end ifclear'
- If FLAG is unset, the Texinfo formatting commands format text
- between `@ifclear FLAG' and the following `@end ifclear' command.
-
- Produce unnumbered headings that do not appear in a table of contents:
-
- `@heading TITLE'
- Print an unnumbered section-like heading in the text, but not in
- the table of contents of a printed manual.
-
- `@chapheading, @majorheading'
- `@subheading, @subsubheading'
- Related commands.
-
-
- Font commands:
-
- `@r{TEXT}'
- Print TEXT in roman font. No effect in Info.
-
- `@sc{TEXT}'
- Set TEXT in the printed output in THE SMALL CAPS FONT and set
- text in the Info file in uppercase letters.
-
-
- Miscellaneous:
-
- `@author AUTHOR'
- Typeset author's name flushleft and underline it.
-
- `@finalout'
- Prevent TeX from printing large black warning rectangles beside
- over-wide lines.
-
- `@footnotestyle STYLE'
- Specify footnote style, end or separate.
-
- `@dmn{DIMENSION}'
- Format a dimension.
-
- `@minus{}'
- Generate a minus sign.
-
- `@paragraphindent INDENT'
- Specify paragraph indentation, asis or a number.
-
- `@ref{NODE-NAME, [ENTRY], [TOPIC], [INFO-FILE], [MANUAL]}'
- Make a reference. In the printed manual, the reference does not
- start with a `See'.
-
- `@title TITLE'
- Alternative format for a title page. In the printed manual, set
- a title flush to the left-hand side of the page in a larger than
- normal font and underline it with a black rule. Also,
- `@subtitle' command.
-
- `@subtitle SUBTITLE'
- Subtitle in the alternative title page format.
-
- `@today{}'
- Insert the current date.
-