Texinfo
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Texinfo is a typesetting syntax used for generating documentation in both on-line and printed form (creating filetypes as , , , etc., and a specific hypertext format, ) with a single source file. It is implemented by a computer program released as free software of the same name, created and made available by the GNU Project from the Free Software Foundation.
Key facts
- Software.genre
- Documentation
- Software.name
- Texinfo
- Software.screenshot
- Example texinfo.png
- Software.caption
- An example of printed Texinfo output; page 25 of the official GNU Texinfo manual.
- Software.author
- Richard StallmanRobert Chassell
- Software.developer
- Brian FoxKarl Berry
- Software.released
- February 1986
- Software.programming language
- C, Perl
- Software.operating system
- Linux, BSD
- Software.license
- GPL-3.0-or-later
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.gnu.org/software/texinfo
- Image
- Example texinfo.png
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- Commons category
- Texinfo
- software version identifier
- 7.3
- inception
- 1986-02-00
- source code repository URL
- cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/texinfo
- mailing list archive URL
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/texinfo-devel
- user manual URL
- www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/texinfo
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7 sectionsContents
- Output formats
- Man output
- Texinfo source file
- History and status
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
Texinfo is a typesetting syntax used for generating documentation in both on-line and printed form (creating filetypes as , , , etc., and a specific hypertext format, ) with a single source file. It is implemented by a computer program released as free software of the same name, created and made available by the GNU Project from the Free Software Foundation.
The main purpose of Texinfo is to provide a way to easily typeset software manuals. Similar to the LaTeX syntax, all the normal features of a book, such as chapters, sections, cross references, tables and indices are available for use in documents. Using the various output generators that are available for Texinfo, it is possible to keep several documentation types up-to-date (such as on-line documentation provided via a Web site, and printed documentation, as generated using the TeX typesetting system) using only a single source file.