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texinfo-6.0.90 pretest
From: |
Gavin Smith |
Subject: |
texinfo-6.0.90 pretest |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Dec 2015 09:59:24 +0000 |
The first pretest for the next Texinfo release has been uploaded to
http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-6.0.90.tar.xz
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-6.0.90.tar.xz
Please send bug reports and general feedback to address@hidden
The main change since the last release that is likely to cause
problems is the use of extension modules for the Perl interpreter in
the implementation of the 'makeinfo' program. These extension modules
are intended to speed the program up by replacing parts of the program
written in Perl with fast, compiled code (written in C), in order to
compensate for the increase in program run time after Texinfo 5.0
featured a rewrite of 'makeinfo' in Perl. If this approach is a
success, it will be possible to obtain further speed-ups in the future
by replacing more of the program with code written in a compiled
language.
Detailed list of changes:
* Language:
. You can now optionally miss out 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 @ref command when needed to separate the page number from
following text, so you don't need to add one yourself. This gives
you the choice of whether to have a comma there in Info or HTML
output. For example "@xref{Another Section} for more information"
produces "See Another Section, page NN, for more information" in the
printed output, and "*Note Another Section:: for more information"
in the Info output.
* texinfo.tex:
. You may explicity 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, as 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.
* texi2dvi
. Support of getting output files using the `-recorder' option to TeX,
to try to support more TeX engines.
* makeinfo
. Some Perl modules have been rewritten in C to increase speed.
Disable at build time with "configure --disable-perl-xs". The
environment variable `TEXINFO_XS' controls how they are used by
makeinfo.
. 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.
* 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.
* Miscellaneous
. The `info.info' file is no longer distributed with Texinfo.
* Distribution:
. automake-1.15, gettext-0.19.6
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