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diff --git a/contrib/texinfo/TODO b/contrib/texinfo/TODO index a06b40c..dfcc0f3 100644 --- a/contrib/texinfo/TODO +++ b/contrib/texinfo/TODO @@ -1,21 +1,26 @@ +Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01 +Free Software Foundation. + +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. + + If you are interested in working on any of these, email bug-texinfo@gnu.org. * Makeinfo: - - Support output of Docbook format and SGML-Tools format. - - Support output of true 8-bit characters from accent commands, etc. + - Try directory of main source file. + - Support @`{@dotless{i}} et al. in HTML. - A detexinfo program, like detex or delatex. This command would strip all the texinfo commands out, and would be used as a filter on the way to a speller. An option would be to NOT strip comments out. makeinfo --no-headers comes close. - If node name contains an @ command, complain explicitly. - - Better ASCII output: convert menus to single table of contents, - enumerate chapters and sections, convert cross-refs and indices to - chapter/section references. See: - ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2/faq201s.zip - - Call Ghostscript to get ASCII output for the @image command. + - Call Ghostscript to get ASCII/jpg output for the @image command. - Better HTML output: allow settable background color, table colors and spacing, <head> meta tags, back link from footnote marker, etc. - - Could warn if @sc{TEXT} for all-caps TEXT, since it's a no-op. + - Rewrite completely to simplify generation of different formats. * TeX: - Use @ as the escape character, and Texinfo syntax generally, in the @@ -23,16 +28,16 @@ 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). - 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. * General: - - Better i18n support, including support for 8-bit input characters, - and 8-bit output in info. Perhaps have to use the ec fonts. - - Support compressed image files, automatic generation of .txt - or .jpg from .eps by Ghostscript. + - @xindexterm [def] primary [,secondary [,tertiary]] or some such? + - Support compressed image files. - Handle reference card creation, perhaps by only paying attention to sectioning and @def... commands. - - Allow : in node names for info files, for names like `class::method'. - Allow @end (and other?) commands to be indented in the source. - Get Info declared as a MIME Content-Type. @@ -45,29 +50,31 @@ If you are interested in working on any of these, email bug-texinfo@gnu.org. @caption ... @end caption <arbitrary Texinfo commands> @end figure + - multicolumn * width to take up `the rest'. + - another table command to take N succeeding items and split them + into M columns (see eplain). - support bibliographies with BibTeX (see web2c/doc for kludge prototype). - @flushboth to combine @flushleft and @flushright, for RFC's. - @part sectioning command. - Allow subitems and `see' and `see also' in indices. - - @verbatim ... @end verbatim. - @exercise/@answer command for, e.g., gawk. - Allow @hsep/@vsep at @item, instead of just in template. - - The dark corner symbol for the gawk manual. - Support automatic line numbering of examples. + - Better macro syntax. + - Allow : in node names for info files, for names like `class::method'. - Change bars. This is difficult or impossible in TeX, unfortunately. To do it right requires device driver support. - wdiff or ediff may be better in some cases, anyway. + wdiff or ediff may be all we can do. * Doc: - Include a complete functional summary, as in a reference card, in the manual. - - Improve the manuals for makeinfo, standalone info, etc. - - Page 39, need a new section on doing dedication pages. See gawk.texi + - Improve the manuals, especially for makeinfo, standalone info, etc. + - new section on doing dedication pages. See gawk.texi for an example of doing it in both the tex and info versions. * Info: - Regular expression search. - - Allow key rebinding, perhaps through the readline library. - Full-text search across all info files installed on the system. - Support character sets other than ISO Latin 1. - Perhaps comply with LANGUAGE setting on a per-node basis, to allow @@ -75,21 +82,32 @@ If you are interested in working on any of these, email bug-texinfo@gnu.org. - Search all nodes of dir file at startup, then can have INFO-DIR-SEPARATE-GROUPS and other such. - Better dir file merging. - - Steal interface ideas from Lynx: TAB for navigating to next link - within a page, number links, use color, etc. Perhaps code from the pinfo - viewer can be reused: http://zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl/~pborys/. + - Steal interface ideas from Lynx: number links, use color, etc. + Perhaps code from the pinfo viewer can be reused: + http://zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl/~pborys/. + - More sample .infokey files, so people can choose without writing their own. - q within help should quit help like C-x 0. - Incorporate an X-based viewer, perhaps tkinfo http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~boldt/tkinfo/ or saxinfo. - - Perhaps process Texinfo files directly instead of converting to Info: - ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/people/phelps/tcltk/tkman.tar.Z - + ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/people/phelps/tcltk/rman.tar.Z - + Tcl/Tk 8.0 from ftp.smli.com in the /pub/tcl directory. - From: phelps@ecstasy.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Phelps) - (But this has the disadvantage of needing to be updated when the - Texinfo language changes, so don't.) -* Install-info: +* PDF: + - make each letter of the index (A, B, ...) a section in the TOC. + From Carsten Dominik <dominik@astro.uva.nl>. + + +* install-info: - be able to copy the info file to compile-time $(infodir), to simplify by-hand installation. + + +Ideas that will not be implemented: +- Process Texinfo files directly instead of converting to Info: + ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/people/phelps/tcltk/tkman.tar.Z, which + uses Tcl/Tk 8.0 from ftp.smli.com in the /pub/tcl directory. + From: phelps@ecstasy.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Phelps) + [This has the disadvantage of needing to be updated when the + Texinfo language changes, so don't.] + +- Split HTML output by chapter. + [Then cross-references in HTML cannot be generated consistently.] |
