Questions tagged [texinfo]
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Texinfo produces "see" for @ref commands in Info-mode
I'm trying to produce a manual in Info format and I'm getting a little confused about @ref and the *note/see markers.
I thought that for HTML output, @ref would behave like @xref and produce the 'see'...
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Texinfo: Contents and Index not showing at HTML
I’m trying to learn Texinfo to write a book.
I started from the sample file here.
As far as I understand from this page Contents is created automatically. And it works for the PDF output.
But I don’t ...
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TexInfo blocks Octave mode
My Octave scripts start with descriptions, like
## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {} @var{planesource}
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## This class implements an abstract planar structure
## that functions as a source of ...
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Texinfo-mode invalid function
On a fresh install of Emacs 27, I'm getting an Invalid function: dbus-ignore-errors error when trying to run M-x texinfo-mode.
I've tried using alternate extensions for the file (like ".texi"...
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How can I go back to Texinfo native mode
I have a early-init.el file with:
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/el-get/el-get")
(unless (require 'el-get nil 'noerror)
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
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How to get scrolling without jumps (by one line) in info mode?
I'm new to Emacs and trying to learn it using the built-in manuals (tutorial, manual and lisp intro).
I used (setq scroll-step 1) to avoid jumps in the normal mode, yet when viewing info - the scroll ...
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Issue building Emacs's docs with texi2dvi - '-recorder' and '\openout' not supported
I'm trying to build the latest version of Emacs from source, but I seem to be running into an issue. The binary itself works fine, but when it comes to building the docs, the make process runs into ...
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Git Texinfo indices missing
I have installed the official Git documentation in Texinfo format on my computer and for Emacs. But when I try to search for something with I in the info buffer (C-h-i d m git) it reports no indices. ...
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Export Org-mode Headers Level 4 or Above as Headers in Texinfo
I am writing software documentation using Org-mode, but I also want to export the result as a Texinfo file. The process works well, however, Texinfo transforms level 4 headings into numbered lists ...
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What is "override advice"?
When I execute describe-mode from within a .texi file, I see:
Texinfo/P mode defined in `texinfo.el' (`texinfo-mode'):
:override advice: ‘TeX-texinfo-mode’
What happens is that AUCTeX takes over the ...
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