Log message:
Update to 6.1
Changelog:
6.1 (06 February 2016)
* Language:
. You can now omit the @menu from nodes with other nodes below them in
the document structure. If you use "@validatemenus off" near the
start of a Texinfo file, makeinfo will, where needed, create a menu
for nodes lacking one given explicitly.
. An @setfilename line is no longer required at the start of a
Texinfo file. (Be aware, though, that some other tools may require
it, for example Automake.)
. For processing with TeX, a comma is automatically provided following
a cross-reference command (such as @xref) when needed to separate
the page number from following text, so you don't need to add one
yourself. See the `Parts of a Cross Reference' node in the manual
for details. Behavior when followed by punctuation, as always
recommended previously, is unchanged.
* texi2any:
. Some Perl modules have been rewritten in C to increase speed.
If Perl extensions can be created, they are used by default;
otherwise the pure Perl implementations are still used.
Disable at build time with "configure --disable-perl-xs". The
environment variable TEXINFO_XS controls how they are used by
texi2any.
. Quotation marks are left out for node names and index entries in
Info output where they would have been produced by commands such
as @file or @option.
. New customization variable INFO_SPECIAL_CHARS_QUOTE to allow use of
a quoting mechanism for problematic constructs in Info output, for
example node names containing colons or commas.
. Commands like @heading are affected by @lowersections and @raisesections
again, as was the case before Texinfo 5.0.
* texinfo.tex:
. You may explicitly specify a sort key for an index entry by preceding
the text of the entry with the @sortas commmand with the sort key
desired as a braced argument. Additionally, you may choose to
ignore all occurences of the characters \, @, <, and - using new
flags you can specify with @set: `txiindexbackslashignore',
`txiindexatsignignore', `txiindexlessthanignore', and
`txiindexhyphenignore' respectively.
. Changes to macro handling to more closely match makeinfo. Ends of
lines are preserved in an argument to a macro taking a single
argument.
. By default, suppress heading line on a page with a chapter on it, to
avoid having the chapter title repeated.
. Use a larger font for arguments in a @deffn line and similar.
. The default indices (cp, ky and so on) now don't get a file opened
for them unless they are actually used. This reduces the number of
files that a run of TeX produces, and also allows for a greater
number of user-defined indices, because you will not bump into TeX's
limit of 16 open files at once so soon.
. For initials in indices that are non-alphanumeric characters (for
example, backslash, or braces), avoid use of a typewriter font.
This gives a more consistent appearance.
. Have a stronger preference for breaking a column in an index before
a letter heading.
. Formatting improvements in tables of contents and indices. Entries
can extend slightly into the margin instead of being broken across
two lines, and text is split more evenly across lines. Reduce
chance of an orphaned index entry appearing at the top of a column.
. Support character encodings beyond ASCII for XeTeX and LuaTeX by
reading file input byte-by-byte.
* texi2dvi:
. Support for determining the output files using the `-recorder'
option to TeX, to help to support more TeX engines.
* info:
. New user variables `link-style', `active-link-style', and
`match-style' enable customization of how cross-references and search
matches are highlighted.
. By default only the node pointers are displayed at the top of a node.
Customize this with the `nodeline' variable.
. New command M-x tree-search to search all subnodes of a node.
. Now tries to find referenced manuals in the same directory as the
current file first, before looking in search path. Customize this
with new variable `follow-strategy'.
. The `mouse' variable is now off by default, in order not to
interfere with the selection of text in a terminal emulator window.
. `q' closes a window instead of quitting altogether if there's more
than one, for example if a help window is open.
. Several bug fixes, including:
. one causing the wrong position in a node to be shown when
following an "anchor" cross-reference
. one causing a test failure in the t/c-u-m-x-scroll-forward.sh
test on some platforms
. Internal changes to reduce memory use and increase speed of
searches, relative to last release
. The meaning of the `key-time' variable has changed when its value
is 0. This value meant to wait forever in the last release, but now
it means that the next byte must be available immediately.
* Documentation:
. The `info.info' file (and `info.texi' source) is no longer
distributed with Texinfo. Now this manual is only in Emacs.
* Distribution:
. automake-1.15, gettext-0.19.6.
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Log message:
Update to 6.0
Changelog:
6.0 (26 June 2015)
* Language:
. new commands @sub and @sup, for textual subscripts and superscripts.
. new command @U to insert a Unicode character by code point.
* texinfo.tex:
. @url/@uref output in PDF now the same as in DVI, showing the url
even if the second argument is given, not just as a link target.
TeX option \urefurlonlylinktrue gives previous behavior, of invisible urls.
PDF-only \linkcolor and \urlcolor specify colors (default black).
* texi2any:
. customization variable TOP_NODE_UP_URL now replaces all (dir) references;
recommended setting for GNU packages is /manual/.
. new customization variable INDEX_SPECIAL_CHARS_WARNING to complain
when index entries contain a colon.
. Docbook output no longer uses <lineannotation> for @r.
. -D'var val' on the command line works as intended again.
. --plaintext output can be split.
. a bit faster.
* info:
. invoking as `info foo bar' looks for bar as an index entry in manual
foo, if not found as a top-level menu item.
. invoking info with an absolute or explicitly relative file name
(./foo.info, /tmp/foo.info, etc.) just visits that file.
. separate `infokey' program has been removed - the .infokey file is
now read directly by Info.
. new option --init-file allows overriding ~/.infokey.
. new variable `highlight-searches' allows highlighting results from a
search
. support for mouse scrollwheel, controlled by `mouse' variable.
. new variable `key_time' to control how long to wait for byte
sequences sent by special keys.
. new variable `hide-note-references' alters appearance of displayed nodes
. new variable `infopath-no-defaults' allows omitting the compile-time
Info directory from the Info search path.
. support input of multibyte characters for searches in a UTF-8 locale.
. if reading an Info file that is known to be in a different character
encoding to that of the user's environment, convert its contents
when displayed and substitute missing characters
. new command M-x info-version.
. the M-x kill-node command has been removed.
. test suite at build time.
* texindex:
. completely new implementation as a literate program using Texinfo
and (portable) awk (called TexiWeb Jr.), thanks to Arnold Robbins.
(Requires gawk 4.0+ if .twjr source is modified.)
. the -o (--output) is not supported, unless we hear of someone using it.
. duplicated sort keys with different display texts result in one
merged index entry, using the first display text.
. better sorting and parsing in unusual cases; most notably, { and }
characters can appear as initials.
* install-info:
. handle compressed input file names containing spaces.
. exit successfully if --remove is given and the dir file does not exist.
. new option --defsection, to be used instead of "Miscellaneous" when
a section is not present in the Info file.
* texi2dvi:
. look for the environment variable THUMBPDF_CMD instead of THUMBPDF,
since thumbpdf itself has used THUMBPDF for options since 2000.
. remove --recode and --recode-from options, since they haven't
worked as intended for years, so evidently no one needs them.
* Distribution:
. new translation ca (catalan).
. automake-1.15, gettext-0.19.4.
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