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diff --git a/contrib/texinfo/NEWS b/contrib/texinfo/NEWS index 76d5a7424861..b3039a0495c6 100644 --- a/contrib/texinfo/NEWS +++ b/contrib/texinfo/NEWS @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 02 -Free Software Foundation, Inc. +$Id: NEWS,v 1.34 2003/02/05 00:54:07 karl Exp $ +This file records noteworthy changes. -Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document -under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no -Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. + Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, + 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -This file records noteworthy changes. + Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, + are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright + notice and this notice are preserved. *** IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ALL AUTHORS OF TEXINFO MANUALS *** @@ -20,6 +20,74 @@ formats. The manual has detailed explanations and examples. For convenience, here's a url to one of the relevant sections: http://texinfo.org/manual/Document-Permissions.html +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +4.5 (4 February 2003) +* info: + . a bug in 4.4 prevented compressed info files from being found. +* Distribution: + . detect sys/ptem.h on Solaris. + + +4.4 (31 January 2003) +* Language: + . The ' (ASCII apostrophe/right quote) character is finally allowed in + node and anchor names. Thus, after installing this texinfo.tex, + existing .aux files will cause errors! Remove them and rerun TeX to + generate good ones. + . @value constructs are now expanded in the filename arguments to + @include and @verbatiminclude. +* makeinfo: + . bug fix: @copying text is now reflected in tag table positions; + before, nodes may not have been found with a long-enough @copying. + . bug fix: html @verb arg is quoted properly, and does not imply + a paragraph break. +* texinfo.tex: + . @smallexample and the like now output in a smaller font (9pt) in all + paper formats, not just @smallbook and @afourpaper. + . new translation txi-tr.tex. + . bug fix: <>| and other characters do not disappear when they are + first on a line in @verbatim. +* install-info: + . bug fix: don't translate the `* Menu' info keyword. +* info: + . CTRL-H is treated like DEL in incremental search. + . arrow keys once again work in isearch contexts under Solaris. +* infokey: + . use .info key bindings before defaults. + . allow prefix keys to be disabled. +* Distribution: + . update to GNU FDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html). + . getopt and other common library files updated from gnulib + (http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib/). + . autoconf 2.57, automake 1.7.2. + + +4.3 (14 November 2002) +* Language: + . new command @tie{} to do a real tie (unbreakable interword space). +* makeinfo: + . html output for @defun and friends now has font changes. + . html output has some class attributes. + . xml and docbook output improved in many details. +* texinfo.tex: + . new Italian translations, txi-it.tex. + . pdf bookmarks for unnumbered sections work. + . type name for @defun and friends no longer extends into margin. +* info: + . automatic-footnotes now off by default, for emacs compatibility. + . crash when MALLOC_CHECK_=2 fixed. +* install-info: + . new option --infodir synonym for --info-dir, for compatibility with + the Debian install-info. + . support for bzip2-compressed files. +* texindex: + . omit initial if the entire index is under one character. +* Distribution: + . development sources now available under CVS, see + http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/texinfo/ + . Turkish message translation. + . gettext 0.11.5, autoconf 2.54, automake 1.7.1. 4.2 (1 April 2002) @@ -43,7 +111,6 @@ convenience, here's a url to one of the relevant sections: at make time, to appease Automake's make distcheck. . gettext 0.11.1, autoconf 2.53, automake 1.6 (with install-info kludge). - 4.1 (4 March 2002) * Language: @@ -100,7 +167,8 @@ convenience, here's a url to one of the relevant sections: (rather than in addition to) the url for info and dvi output. . @footnote works in an @item for a @table. * texinfo.tex: - . latest version always at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo.tex (and mirrors). + . latest version always at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo.tex + (and mirrors). . implements @macro. . implements @paragraphindent (except asis). . @emph and @i use true italic type (cmti) instead of slanted (cmsl). |