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@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 02
-Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.34 2003/02/05 00:54:07 karl Exp $
+This file records noteworthy changes.
-Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
-Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
+ Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
+ 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-This file records noteworthy changes.
+ Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+ are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+ notice and this notice are preserved.
*** IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ALL AUTHORS OF TEXINFO MANUALS ***
@@ -20,6 +20,74 @@ 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
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+4.5 (4 February 2003)
+* info:
+ . a bug in 4.4 prevented compressed info files from being found.
+* Distribution:
+ . detect sys/ptem.h on Solaris.
+
+
+4.4 (31 January 2003)
+* Language:
+ . The ' (ASCII apostrophe/right quote) character is finally allowed in
+ node and anchor names. Thus, after installing this texinfo.tex,
+ existing .aux files will cause errors! Remove them and rerun TeX to
+ generate good ones.
+ . @value constructs are now expanded in the filename arguments to
+ @include and @verbatiminclude.
+* makeinfo:
+ . bug fix: @copying text is now reflected in tag table positions;
+ before, nodes may not have been found with a long-enough @copying.
+ . bug fix: html @verb arg is quoted properly, and does not imply
+ a paragraph break.
+* texinfo.tex:
+ . @smallexample and the like now output in a smaller font (9pt) in all
+ paper formats, not just @smallbook and @afourpaper.
+ . new translation txi-tr.tex.
+ . bug fix: <>| and other characters do not disappear when they are
+ first on a line in @verbatim.
+* install-info:
+ . bug fix: don't translate the `* Menu' info keyword.
+* info:
+ . CTRL-H is treated like DEL in incremental search.
+ . arrow keys once again work in isearch contexts under Solaris.
+* infokey:
+ . use .info key bindings before defaults.
+ . allow prefix keys to be disabled.
+* Distribution:
+ . update to GNU FDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html).
+ . getopt and other common library files updated from gnulib
+ (http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib/).
+ . autoconf 2.57, automake 1.7.2.
+
+
+4.3 (14 November 2002)
+* Language:
+ . new command @tie{} to do a real tie (unbreakable interword space).
+* makeinfo:
+ . html output for @defun and friends now has font changes.
+ . html output has some class attributes.
+ . xml and docbook output improved in many details.
+* texinfo.tex:
+ . new Italian translations, txi-it.tex.
+ . pdf bookmarks for unnumbered sections work.
+ . type name for @defun and friends no longer extends into margin.
+* info:
+ . automatic-footnotes now off by default, for emacs compatibility.
+ . crash when MALLOC_CHECK_=2 fixed.
+* install-info:
+ . new option --infodir synonym for --info-dir, for compatibility with
+ the Debian install-info.
+ . support for bzip2-compressed files.
+* texindex:
+ . omit initial if the entire index is under one character.
+* Distribution:
+ . development sources now available under CVS, see
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/texinfo/
+ . Turkish message translation.
+ . gettext 0.11.5, autoconf 2.54, automake 1.7.1.
4.2 (1 April 2002)
@@ -43,7 +111,6 @@ convenience, here's a url to one of the relevant sections:
at make time, to appease Automake's make distcheck.
. gettext 0.11.1, autoconf 2.53, automake 1.6 (with install-info kludge).
-
4.1 (4 March 2002)
* Language:
@@ -100,7 +167,8 @@ convenience, here's a url to one of the relevant sections:
(rather than in addition to) the url for info and dvi output.
. @footnote works in an @item for a @table.
* texinfo.tex:
- . latest version always at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo.tex (and mirrors).
+ . latest version always at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo.tex
+ (and mirrors).
. implements @macro.
. implements @paragraphindent (except asis).
. @emph and @i use true italic type (cmti) instead of slanted (cmsl).
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