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diff --git a/contrib/texinfo/makeinfo/makeinfo.texi b/contrib/texinfo/makeinfo/makeinfo.texi deleted file mode 100644 index f379ae07f6c5..000000000000 --- a/contrib/texinfo/makeinfo/makeinfo.texi +++ /dev/null @@ -1,303 +0,0 @@ -\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- -@comment %**start of header -@setfilename makeinfo.info -@set VERSION 1.61 -@paragraphindent none -@comment %**start of header -@comment $Id: makeinfo.texi,v 1.2 1996/09/28 21:49:18 karl Exp $ - -@dircategory Texinfo documentation system -@direntry -* makeinfo: (makeinfo). Convert Texinfo source to Info or plain ASCII. -@end direntry - -@ifinfo -This file is an extract from the @cite{Texinfo} manual.@* -It documents Makeinfo, a program that converts Texinfo -files into Info files. - -Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of -this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice -are preserved on all copies. - -@ignore -Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the -results, provided the printed document carries copying permission -notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph -(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). - -@end ignore -Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this -manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire -resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission -notice identical to this one. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual -into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, -except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved -by the Free Software Foundation. -@end ifinfo - -@titlepage -@title GNU Makeinfo -@author Brian J. Fox and Robert J. Chassell - -@page -@vskip 0pt plus 1filll -Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of -this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice -are preserved on all copies. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this -manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire -resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission -notice identical to this one. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual -into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, -except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved -by the Free Software Foundation. -@end titlepage - -@node Top -@chapter What is @code{makeinfo}? - -@iftex -This file documents the use of the @code{makeinfo} program, versions -@value{VERSION} and later. It is an extract from the @cite{Texinfo} manual. -@end iftex - -@code{makeinfo} is a program for converting @dfn{Texinfo} files into @dfn{Info} -files. Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to -produce both on-line information and printed output. - -You can read the on-line information using Info; type @code{info} to -learn about Info. -@ifinfo -@xref{Top, Texinfo, Overview of Texinfo, Texinfo, Texinfo}, -@end ifinfo -@iftex -See the @cite{Texinfo} manual, -@end iftex -to learn about the Texinfo documentation system. - -@menu -* Formatting Control:: Controlling the width of lines, paragraph - indentation, and other similar formatting. - -* Options:: Command line options which control the - behaviour of Makeinfo. - -* Pointer Validation:: How Makeinfo can help you to track node - references through complex Texinfo files. - -* Index:: Index of Concepts. -@end menu - -@c Removed this for 3.8 until it's time to rewrite it. -@c * The Macro Facility:: Makeinfo allows the use of @dfn{macros}. - -@node Formatting Control -@section Controlling Paragraph Formats - -Without any special options, @code{makeinfo} @dfn{fills} the paragraphs that -it outputs to an Info file. Filling is the process of breaking and connecting -lines so that lines are the same length as or shorter than the number -specified as the fill column. Lines are broken between words. With -@code{makeinfo}, you can control: - -@itemize @bullet -@item -The width of each paragraph (the @dfn{fill-column}). -@item -The amount of indentation that the first line of -each paragraph receives (the @dfn{paragraph-indentation}). -@end itemize - -@node Options -@section Command Line Options - -The following command line options are available for @code{makeinfo}. - -@need 100 -@table @code -@item -D @var{var} -Cause @var{var} to be defined. This is equivalent to -@code{@@set @var{var}} in the Texinfo file. - -@need 150 -@item --error-limit @var{limit} -Set the maximum number of errors that @code{makeinfo} will report -before exiting (on the assumption that continuing would be useless). -The default number of errors that can be reported before -@code{makeinfo} gives up is 100.@refill - -@need 150 -@item --fill-column @var{width} -Specify the maximum number of columns in a line; this is the right-hand -edge of a line. Paragraphs that are filled will be filled to this -width. The default value for @code{fill-column} is 72. -@refill - -@item --footnote-style @var{style} -Set the footnote style to @var{style}, either @samp{end} for the end -node style or @samp{separate} for the separate node style. The value -set by this option overrides the value set in a Texinfo file by an -@code{@@footnotestyle} command. When the footnote style is -@samp{separate}, @code{makeinfo} makes a new node containing the -footnotes found in the current node. When the footnote style is -@samp{end}, @code{makeinfo} places the footnote references at the end -of the current node.@refill - -@need 150 -@item -I @var{dir} -Add @code{dir} to the directory search list for finding files that are -included using the @code{@@include} command. By default, -@code{makeinfo} searches only the current directory. - -@need 150 -@item --no-headers -Do not include menus or node lines in the output. This results in an -@sc{ascii} file that you cannot read in Info since it does not contain -the requisite nodes or menus; but you can print such a file in a -single, typewriter-like font and produce acceptable output. - -@need 150 -@item --no-split -Suppress the splitting stage of @code{makeinfo}. Normally, large -output files (where the size is greater than 70k bytes) are split into -smaller subfiles, each one approximately 50k bytes. If you specify -@samp{--no-split}, @code{makeinfo} will not split up the output -file.@refill - -@need 100 -@item --no-pointer-validate -@item --no-validate -Suppress the pointer-validation phase of @code{makeinfo}. Normally, -after a Texinfo file is processed, some consistency checks are made to -ensure that cross references can be resolved, etc. -@xref{Pointer Validation}.@refill - -@need 150 -@item --no-warn -Suppress the output of warning messages. This does @emph{not} -suppress the output of error messages, only warnings. You might -want this if the file you are creating has examples of Texinfo cross -references within it, and the nodes that are referenced do not actually -exist.@refill - -@item --no-number-footnotes -Supress automatic footnote numbering. By default, @code{makeinfo} -numbers each footnote sequentially in a single node, resetting the -current footnote number to 1 at the start of each node. - -@need 150 -@item --output @var{file} -@itemx -o @var{file} -Specify that the output should be directed to @var{file} and not to the -file name specified in the @code{@@setfilename} command found in the Texinfo -source. @var{file} can be the special token @samp{-}, which specifies -standard output. - -@need 150 -@item --paragraph-indent @var{indent} -Set the paragraph indentation style to @var{indent}. The value set by -this option overrides the value set in a Texinfo file by an -@code{@@paragraphindent} command. The value of @var{indent} is -interpreted as follows:@refill - -@itemize @bullet -@item -If the value of @var{indent} is @samp{asis}, do not change the -existing indentation at the starts of paragraphs.@refill - -@item -If the value of @var{indent} is zero, delete any existing -indentation.@refill - -@item -If the value of @var{indent} is greater than zero, indent each -paragraph by that number of spaces.@refill -@end itemize - -@need 100 -@item --reference-limit @var{limit} -Set the value of the number of references to a node that -@code{makeinfo} will make without reporting a warning. If a node has more -than this number of references in it, @code{makeinfo} will make the -references but also report a warning.@refill - -@need 150 -@item -U @var{var} -Cause @var{var} to be undefined. This is equivalent to -@code{@@clear @var{var}} in the Texinfo file. - -@need 100 -@item --verbose -Cause @code{makeinfo} to display messages saying what it is doing. -Normally, @code{makeinfo} only outputs messages if there are errors or -warnings.@refill - -@need 100 -@item --version -Report the version number of this copy of @code{makeinfo}.@refill - -@item --help -Show a summary of the commend line arguments to @code{makeinfo}. -@end table - -@node Pointer Validation -@section Pointer Validation -@cindex Pointer validation with @code{makeinfo} -@cindex Validation of pointers - -If you do not suppress pointer-validation (by using the -@samp{--no-pointer-validation} option), @code{makeinfo} -will check the validity of the final Info file. Mostly, -this means ensuring that nodes you have referenced -really exist. Here is a complete list of what is -checked:@refill - -@enumerate -@item -If a `Next', `Previous', or `Up' node reference is a reference to a -node in the current file and is not an external reference such as to -@file{(dir)}, then the referenced node must exist.@refill - -@item -In every node, if the `Previous' node is different from the `Up' node, -then the `Previous' node must also be pointed to by a `Next' node.@refill - -@item -Every node except the `Top' node must have an `Up' pointer.@refill - -@item -The node referenced by an `Up' pointer must contain a reference to the -current node in some manner other than through a `Next' reference. -This includes menu entries and cross references.@refill - -@item -If the `Next' reference of a node is not the same as the `Next' reference -of the `Up' reference, then the node referenced by the `Next' pointer -must have a `Previous' pointer that points back to the current node. -This rule allows the last node in a section to point to the first node -of the next chapter.@refill -@end enumerate - -@c We don't want to advertise redefining commands. -@c lowersections -@c include macro.texi -@c raisesections - -@lowersections -@node Index -@appendix Index -@printindex cp -@raisesections - -@contents -@bye |