-This is Info file ../info/texinfo.info, produced by Makeinfo version
-1.68 from the input file texinfo.texi.
+This is ../info/texinfo.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.0b from
+texinfo.texi.
INFO-DIR-SECTION Texinfo documentation system
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
is standard boilerplate; when you write a manual, simply insert the
names for your own manual in this segment. (*Note Beginning a File::.)
-In the following, the sample text is *indented*; comments on it are
+In the following, the sample text is _indented_; comments on it are
not. The complete file, without any comments, is shown in *Note Sample
Texinfo File::.
Here is what the contents of the first chapter of the sample look
like:
+
This is the contents of the first chapter.
Here is a numbered list.
however, more mnemonic; hence the two keybindings. (Also, you can
move out from between braces by typing `C-f'.)
- To put a command such as `@code{...}' around an *existing* word,
+ To put a command such as `@code{...}' around an _existing_ word,
position the cursor in front of the word and type `C-u 1 C-c C-c c'.
This makes it easy to edit existing plain text. The value of the
prefix argument tells Emacs how many words following point to include
followed by a node with an `@chapter' or equivalent-level command.
Note that the menu updating commands will not create a main or master
menu for a Texinfo file that has only `@chapter'-level nodes! The menu
-updating commands only create menus *within* nodes for lower level
+updating commands only create menus _within_ nodes for lower level
nodes. To create a menu of chapters, you must provide a `Top' node.
The menu updating commands remove menu entries that refer to other
or
M-x makeinfo-buffer
- For TeX or the Info formatting commands to work, the file *must*
+ For TeX or the Info formatting commands to work, the file _must_
include a line that has `@setfilename' in its header.
*Note Create an Info File::, for details about Info formatting.
you must run the `texindex' command after first running the `tex'
typesetting command; and then you must run the `tex' command again. Or
else run the `texi2dvi' command which automatically creates indices as
-needed (*note Format with texi2dvi::.).
+needed (*note Format with texi2dvi::).
Often, when you are writing a document, you want to typeset and print
only part of a file to see what it will look like. You can use the
`texinfo-tex-buffer' or `texinfo-tex-region'.
For `texinfo-tex-region' or `texinfo-tex-buffer' to work, the file
-*must* start with a `\input texinfo' line and must include an
+_must_ start with a `\input texinfo' line and must include an
`@settitle' line. The file must end with `@bye' on a line by itself.
(When you use `texinfo-tex-region', you must surround the `@settitle'
line with start-of-header and end-of-header lines.)
Follow the start-of-header line with `@setfilename' and `@settitle'
lines and, optionally, with other command lines, such as `@smallbook'
or `@footnotestyle'; and then by an end-of-header line (*note End of
-Header::.).
+Header::).
With these lines, you can format part of a Texinfo file for Info or
typeset part for printing.