Re: Q: writing and printing texinfo files

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From: Ko Georges
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 18:24

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>>>>> "Charlie" == Charlie Zender <zender@sage.cgd.ucar.edu> writes:

Charlie> i am really trying to figure out how texinfo files work.
Charlie> as an example, i downloaded the latest latex documentation
Charlie> i could find, latex2e.texi, which is some sort of texinfo
Charlie> file. i thought you could just run
Charlie> this file through latex, generating a .dvi file, and then
Charlie> dvips it for hardcopy. this doesn't work.

	No, it doesn't work this way. The TeXinfo format has it's own
syntax, based on @ commands. To get the TeX file, you have to use a
program called texinfo to generate it and use makeinfo to generate the
on-line version. 

Charlie> if anyone could point me to a good reference on how to write,
Charlie> use, and print texinfo files using emacs, i'd really appreciate
Charlie> it.

	Read Info files for texinfo...

G.
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 Georges KO                                ko@amertume.ufr-info-p7.ibp.fr
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