texinfo/NEWS

   1 This file records noteworthy changes.
   2
   3 3.9 (4 October 1996)
   4 * makeinfo:
   5   - Give a suppressible (with --no-validate) error for references
   6     outside of any node.
   7   - Keep track of multitable output correctly for split files; this
   8     caused nodes after the first multitable to be ``undefined''.
   9 * install-info:
  10   - Rename --infodir option to --info-dir.
  11   - More robust error checking to avoid various crashes.
  12 * configure: Include replacements for memcpy and memmove functions in
  13   the distribution, in case they are missing.
  14
  15 3.8 (30 September 1996)
  16 * Define and/or document new and/or previously existing commands:
  17   Accents: @" @' @, @" @= @^ @` @~ @H @d @dotaccent @dotless @ringaccent
  18     @tieaccent @u @ubaraccent @v
  19   Special characters: @AA @AE @L @O @OE @aa @ae @exclamdown @l @o @oe
  20     @pounds @questiondown @ss
  21   Special punctuation: @! @? @enddots
  22   dir file maintenance: @dircategory @direntry; also new program, install-info
  23   HTML support: @email @url @ifhtml...@end ifhtml
  24   Macros: @macro @unmacro
  25   Tables: @multitable @tab
  26   Hyphenation: @- @hyphenation
  27   Spacing: @  @<TAB> @<NEWLINE>
  28   Sectioning:
  29     @headings singleafter/doubleafter (change heading style after current page)
  30     @centerchap
  31     @setchapterstyle
  32   Other:
  33     @shorttitlepage (simple title pages)
  34     @detailmenu...@end detailmenu (help makeinfo parse master menus)
  35 * Makeinfo prefers an input file named `foo.texinfo' or `foo.texi' or
  36   `foo.txinfo' to just `foo' (the latter most likely being an executable).
  37 * Makeinfo implements @. @! @? correctly, as end-of-sentence punctuation.
  38 * @key marks its argument with a lozenge in TeX and <...> in Info.
  39 * TeX output has substantially decreased interline spacing and other
  40   formatting changes.
  41 * Remove these obsolete and never-documented commands:
  42     @infotop
  43     @infoappendix @infoappendixsec @infoappendixsubsec @infoappendixsubsubsec
  44     @infochapter @infosection @infosubsection @infosubsubsection
  45     @infounnumbered @infounnumberedsec @infounnumberedsubsec
  46       @infounnumberedsubsubsec
  47     @input
  48     @smallbreak @medbreak
  49     @overfullrule
  50     @br
  51 * Deprecate these obsolete commands, to be removed in the next release:
  52     @ctrl
  53     @infoinclude
  54     @iappendix @iappendixsection @iappendixsec @iappendixsubsec
  55       @iappendixsubsubsec
  56     @ichapter @isection @isubsection @isubsubsection
  57     @iunnumbered @iunnumberedsec @iunnumberedsubsec @iunnumberedsubsubsec
  58     @setchapterstyle
  59     @titlespec
  60
  61 3.7 (24 December 1995)
  62 * Have --version print texinfo release number as well as the individual
  63   program version.
  64 * Better man page cleaning.
  65 * Update Elisp files from current Emacs release.
  66
  67 3.6 (21 June 1995)
  68 * Unmatched brace error reporting improved.
  69 * Missing comment terminator prevented compilation.
  70
  71 3.5 (20 June 1995)
  72 * Autoconf update.
  73 * Support for parallel makes.
  74 * make install does not install Elisp files.
  75
  76 3.4 (19 June 1995)
  77 * Handle @ifhtml in Elisp.
  78 * Update FSF address.
  79
  80 3.3 (15 June 1995)
  81 * Portability changes.
  82 * Compile Elisp files.
  83 * Don't distribute .info* files.
  84
  85 3.2 (9 June 1995)
  86 * Standalone Info can read Unix man pages.
  87 * New commands: @! @? @^ @" @enddots.
  88 * makeinfo -E does macro expansion (and nothing else).
  89
  90 3.1 (23 May 1993)
  91 Just bug fixes, see ChangeLog for full details.
  92
  93 texinfo-3.0: first release of Texinfo version 2, with many new commands.