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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01
+Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 02
Free Software Foundation.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -28,12 +28,15 @@ If you are interested in working on any of these, email bug-texinfo@gnu.org.
multiple redefinitions of every Texinfo command in different contexts.
- Handle @hsep and @vsep in @multitables.
- Introduce new command to change \bindingoffset.
- - Reasonable way to change fonts from the default (some work has been done).
+ - Reasonable way to change fonts from the default (some work has been
+ done), to allow for PostScript fonts, for example.
- How about using latex2html to produce HTML?
- Support 8-bit input characters, perhaps via the ec fonts.
- Repeat table headings if a @multitable is multiple pages long.
+ - Table of contents gets misaligned if there are 10 or more [sub]sections.
* General:
+ - Rationalize and improve the dir categories in existing manuals.
- @xindexterm [def] primary [,secondary [,tertiary]] or some such?
- Support compressed image files.
- Handle reference card creation, perhaps by only paying attention to
@@ -61,7 +64,10 @@ If you are interested in working on any of these, email bug-texinfo@gnu.org.
- Allow @hsep/@vsep at @item, instead of just in template.
- Support automatic line numbering of examples.
- Better macro syntax.
- - Allow : in node names for info files, for names like `class::method'.
+ - Allow : in node names for info files, for names like
+ `class::method'. Likewise index entries. A quoting mechanism such
+ as surrounding node names with SPACE BACKSPACE is probably the best
+ solution, although this is an incompatible change to Info format, sigh.
- Change bars. This is difficult or impossible in TeX,
unfortunately. To do it right requires device driver support.
wdiff or ediff may be all we can do.
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