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diff --git a/contrib/texinfo/NEWS b/contrib/texinfo/NEWS index e5bd234..7d73e14 100644 --- a/contrib/texinfo/NEWS +++ b/contrib/texinfo/NEWS @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ -$Id: NEWS,v 1.57 2003/06/10 20:50:03 karl Exp $ -This file records noteworthy changes. +$Id: NEWS,v 1.103 2004/12/24 16:43:58 karl Exp $ +This file records noteworthy changes, very tersely. +See the manual for detailed information. - Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, - 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, + 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright @@ -18,10 +19,107 @@ because the historical method of doing copyright permissions using @ifinfo failed to output copyright information in the HTML (or XML) formats. The manual has detailed explanations and examples. For convenience, here's a url to one of the relevant sections: - http://texinfo.org/manual/Document-Permissions.html + http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Document-Permissions.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +4.8 (31 December 2004) +* Language: + . new command @euro for the Euro currency symbol, and + @documentencoding has some support for ISO-8859-15. + . new command @abbr for general abbreviations. + . new command @slanted to typeset text in a slanted font, + and @sansserif to typeset in a sans serif font. +* makeinfo: + . An empty first argument to cross-reference commands, such as @xref, + causes an error. This change was made in 4.1, but not mentioned in NEWS. + . HTML output: + - <a name="..."> constructs are added for the old-style + conversion of node names to HTML names, so that external references + to them can continue to work. + - "g_t" prefixed to targets for node names beginning with a + nonletter, for XHTML compatibility. + . Docbook output: recognize more image formats. +* texi2dvi: + . new option --recode, to call recode for input character translation. +* Distribution: + . new convenience script texi2pdf, equivalent to texi2dvi --pdf (from tetex). + . some cross-compiling support in configure && make. + . new configure option --disable-install-warnings, for TeX. + distributions which do have the files installed. + . automake 1.9.4. + +4.7 (9 April 2004) +* Language: + . new commands @float, @caption, @shortcaption, @listoffloats for + initial implementation of floating material (figures, tables, etc). + Ironically, they do not yet actually float anywhere. + . new commands @docbook, @ifdocbook, @ifnotdocbook for conditional Docbook. + . new commands @ordf{} and @ordm{} for Spanish feminine/masculine ordinals. + . new commands @deftypecv[x] for class variables in typed OO languages. + . new command @registeredsymbol for the r-in-a-circle symbol. + . new command @headitem to make a heading row in @multitable. + . new command @LaTeX{} for the LaTeX logo. + . new command @comma{} to avoid comma-parsing problems. + . @url is now a synonym for @uref; new command @indicateurl has the + old meaning of just displaying a url as text. + . @quotation now accepts an optional argument for labelling the text + as a `Note', `Tip', etc. + . @defun (et al.) heading lines can now be continued with a lone @. + . @acronym accepts an optional argument for the meaning of the acronym. +* makeinfo: + . New environment variable TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT determines the output + format at runtime, if no options are specified. + . New option --plaintext, equivalent to --no-headers with Info output. + . All outputs: + - sections are numbered by default. + . Info output: + - punctuation is inserted after @pxref and @ref, if needed to make + cross-references valid. + - line numbers included in index menus, so Info readers can go to + the exact line of an entry, not just a node. Also in plaintext output. + - ^@^H[index^@^H] cookie included in index menus, so Info readers + can handle the ] etc. commands better. + . HTML output: + - new algorithm for cross-references to other manuals, for maximum + portability and stability. + - include node name in <title> with split output. + - @multicolumn fractions become percentages. + - entities used for bullets, quotes, dashes, and others. + - index entries are links to the exact locations. + - <h4> and <h5> used for @sub and @subsubsections again. + - accented dotless i supported. + . XML output: many new tags and structure to preserve more source features. + . Docbook output: + - upgraded DTD to Docbook XML 4.2, no longer using Docbook SGML. + - improved translation in general, for instance: + - line annotations and marked quotations. +* texi2dvi: + . if available, use etex (pdfetex if --pdf) by default. + . if the input file includes thumbpdf.sty (for LaTeX), then run thumbpdf. + . more output if --debug. +* texinfo.tex: + . @defun names are now printed in typewriter (instead of bold), and + within the arguments, @var text is printed in slanted typewriter. + . @tex code is executed inside a TeX group, so that any changes must + be prefixed with \global (or the equivalent) to be effective. (This + change was actually made years ago, but never made it into the NEWS.) +* info: + . new option --where (aka --location, -w) to report where an Info file + would be found, instead of reading it. + . by default, output ANSI terminal escape sequences as-is; new option + --no-raw-escapes overrides this. + . use the newly-generated index line numbers. +* Distribution: + . new script gendocs.sh (not installed), for use by GNU maintainers in + getting their manuals on the GNU web site. Documented in + maintain.texi (http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/). + . Most code uses ANSI C prototypes, to some extent. + . New translation: nb. + . automake 1.8.3, autoconf 2.59, gettext 0.14.1. + + 4.6 (10 June 2003) * Language: . new command @/ specifies an allowable breakpoint within a line. |
