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|Full description=Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to produce both online information and printed output. Instead of writing different documents for online presentation and another for printed work, you need have only one document. Texinfo can produce output in plain ASCII, HTML, its own hypertext format called Info, and (using TeX) DVI format. It includes the makeinfo program.
 
|Full description=Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to produce both online information and printed output. Instead of writing different documents for online presentation and another for printed work, you need have only one document. Texinfo can produce output in plain ASCII, HTML, its own hypertext format called Info, and (using TeX) DVI format. It includes the makeinfo program.
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|GNU package name=texinfo
 
 
|User level=none
 
|User level=none
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|VCS checkout command=svn co svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/texinfo/trunk
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Documentation note=User manual available from http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/.
 
|Documentation note=User manual available from http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/.
 
|Related projects=Help2man,LaTeX
 
|Related projects=Help2man,LaTeX
 
|Keywords=documentation,editing,WWW,online help,texinfo,makeinfo
 
|Keywords=documentation,editing,WWW,online help,texinfo,makeinfo
|Version identifier=4.13
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|Version identifier=6.0
|Version date=2008/11/21
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|Version date=2015/06/26
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.13a.tar.gz
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-6.0.tar.gz
|Last review by=Janet Casey
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|Last review by=Genium
|Last review date=2010-10-23
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|Last review date=2015/07/22
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|Status=
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|Is GNU=Yes
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|GNU package identifier=texinfo
 
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|Real name=Karl Berry
 
|Real name=Karl Berry
 
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|Real name=Bob Chassell
 
|Real name=Bob Chassell
 
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|Resource kind=E-mail
 
|Resource kind=E-mail
 
|Resource URL=mailto:help-texinfo@gnu.org
 
|Resource URL=mailto:help-texinfo@gnu.org
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Bug reports, enhancement requests
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
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|Resource URL=http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-texinfo
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|Resource audience=Help for users
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|Resource URL=http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-texinfo
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|Resource audience=Development discussion
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|Resource URL=http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texinfo-devel
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|Resource audience=Browse Sources Repository
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|Resource URL=http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/?root=texinfo
 
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GNU Texinfo

https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Produces manuals, ASCII text, and on-line documentation.

Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to produce both online information and printed output. Instead of writing different documents for online presentation and another for printed work, you need have only one document. Texinfo can produce output in plain ASCII, HTML, its own hypertext format called Info, and (using TeX) DVI format. It includes the makeinfo program.





This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 26 March 2023.




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"Bug reports" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property."enhancement requests" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"Help for users" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"Development discussion" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"Browse Sources Repository" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.









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