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Texinfo is a typesetting syntax used for generating documentation in both on-line and printed form (creating filetypes as dvi, html, pdf, etc., and its own hypertext format, info) with a single source file. It is a creation of the GNU Project, and used to produce documentation for GNU software (e.g. emacs, screen, glibc).

Texinfo is a typesetting syntax used for generating documentation in both on-line and printed form (creating filetypes as dvi, html, pdf, etc., and its own hypertext format, info) with a single source file. It is a creation of the GNU Project, and used to produce documentation for GNU software (e.g. emacs, screen, glibc). Its homepage is located at http://www.gnu.org/s/texinfo/ and its manual at http://www.gnu.org/s/texinfo/manual/texinfo/texinfo.html.

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"texi2dvi" command not found

Whenever I'm installing a software on my machine it is showing /bin/bash: texi2dvi: command not found My Operating system is Ubuntu 12.04. Do I need install any packages on it.?
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How do you get Python documentation in Texinfo Info format?

Since Python 2.6, it seems the documentation is in the new reStructuredText format, and it doesn't seem very easy to build a Texinfo Info file out of the box anymore. I'm an Emacs addict and prefer my documentation installed in Info. Does anyone…
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OS X 10.9.2: checking whether the C compiler works... no

I'm attempting to install texinfo 5.2, and I'm running into some issues during ./configure, which I believe are related to the C compiler. When I upgraded from Snow Leopard, I didn't perform a clean install, so perhaps that's part of the problem. …
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How to upgrade/update makeinfo/texinfo from version 4.8 to 4.13 on macOSX terminal command line?

I have makeinfo 4.8 already installed. Command line typing $ makeinfo --version returns makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.8. I'd like to update the version to the latest 4.13. I've found relevant info here and here. I'm new to command line/bash/git...…
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R cmd check not locating texi2pdf on mac after R 3.1.3 upgrade

Does anyone have a link to clear instructions on how to install and configure the necessary latex packages to build R packages on a mac? I have some scripts for building and checking R packages on a mac server. They seemed to work fine, but after…
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How do you get Ruby documentation in Texinfo format?

I created the documentation for Python in Texinfo format via help from this question: How do you get Python documentation in Texinfo Info format? Now I want the same for Ruby. Is the Ruby documentation available in Texinfo format? or Is there any…
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yum install texinfo on CentOS 6.6 (no package)

To resolve some dependency to one of my programs, I have to install texinfo on my centos 6.6 system yum install texinfo it resulted to Setting up Install Process No package texinfo available Error: Nothing to do I don't know how to resolve this.…
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Set 'texi2dvi' for 'R CMD Rd2pdf'

My texi2dvi is apparently in a place where R CMD Rd2pdf doesn't expect it. Mine is at /usr/local/bin/texi2dvi, and it's being looked for at /usr/local/opt/texinfo/bin/texi2dvi: [KenMacBook:~/git] % \R CMD Rd2pdf missing Hmm ... looks like a…
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Reuse texinfo in doxygen

Are there any tools for converting texinfo files into something Doxygen can process (presumably markdown)? I have a bunch of old texinfo files that I'd like to link in with the doxygen docs we have. I guess I'll generate html from the texinfo and…
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How to display an info page (not installed on system)?

I'm working on documentation for a large eLisp library. I have it in *.info file. I would like to be able to display its contents (also during development) in Emacs somehow, but I can't find a way to display it in info mode (I can only open it as…
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Getting error while executing makeinfo on cygwin

While executing makeinfo on cygwin I am getting the following errors. I am using the perl version 5.32.1 23:16 Harshal:~> makeinfo Can't locate if.pm in @INC (you may need to install the if module) (@INC contains: /usr/lib/texinfo…
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How to access texinfo documentation from emacs?

How does one access Texinfo manuals (commandline example would be: info gdb) from within emacs? This does not appear to be M-x info as I don’t see gdb in the menus) Is there a list, perhaps, which has paths to info manuals that I need to check to…
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How do I determine which GNU Info Manual files are available?

I would like Info manuals on various things, including command line utilities, ruby, git, etc. Does anyone know of a database of them? I would rather not go through Googling each item to try to find a Texinfo or Info file or determine whether there…
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install mpfr: get into multiple errors

I want to install mpfr package as a non root user. I built it using this: ./configure --with-gmp-lib=/data/home/parisa/gmp-6.1.2/lib , but after make I got the following error WARNING: 'makeinfo' is missing on your system. You should only…
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@-names in plain TeX

Texinfo adds macros starting with '@'. I'm curious how to do that in plain TeX because I'm trying to create a simple TeX framework for my friends' needs and it would be more readable for them.
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