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<h2 class="chapter">1 Overview of Texinfo</h2>
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<p><em>Texinfo</em> is a documentation system that uses a single source file
to produce both online information and printed output. This means
that instead of writing two different documents, one for the online
information and the other for a printed work, you need write only one
document. Therefore, when the work is revised, you need revise only
that one document.
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<p>Texinfo’s markup commands are almost entirely <em>semantic</em>; that is,
they specify the intended meaning of text in the document, rather than
physical formatting instructions.
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<p>Texinfo was devised for the purpose of writing software documentation
and manuals. It is not, and was never intended to be, a
general-purpose formatting program. If you need to lay out a
newspaper, devise a glossy magazine ad, or follow the exact formatting
requirements of a publishing house, Texinfo is not the simplest tool.
On the other hand, if you want to write a good manual for your
program, Texinfo has many features that will make your job easier.
Overall, it’s intended to let you concentrate on the content, and thus
provides almost no commands for controlling the final formatting.
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“hex”. This odd pronunciation is derived from, but is not the same
as, the pronunciation of TeX. In the word TeX, the ‘<samp>X</samp>’ is
actually the Greek letter “chi” rather than the English letter
“ex”. Pronounce TeX as if the ‘<samp>X</samp>’ were the last sound in
the name ‘Bach’; but pronounce Texinfo as if the ‘<samp>x</samp>’ were a ‘k’.
Spell “Texinfo” with a capital “T” and the other letters in
lowercase.
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<p>Manuals for most GNU packages are written in Texinfo, and available
online at <a href="http://www.gnu.org/doc">http://www.gnu.org/doc</a>. The Texinfo
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Reporting-Bugs.html#Reporting-Bugs" accesskey="1">Reporting Bugs</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Submitting effective bug reports.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Minimum.html#Minimum">Minimum</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">What a Texinfo file must have.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Six-Parts.html#Six-Parts">Six Parts</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Usually, a Texinfo file has six parts.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="History.html#History">History</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Acknowledgements, contributors and genesis.
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