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$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-misc/TexiNotes,v 1.1 2004/10/08 10:38:47 ph10 Exp $
Notes for conversion of sgcal input into Texinfo input
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(Dated 6 August 1996)
The escape character is @. Only @ and curly brackets are sensitive. Get them in
by @@ @{ and @} if required.
@: after a dot that is not a sentence end.
@. instead of . if sentence ends with capital letter
@copyright{} for copyright
@minus{} is a slighly longer minus sign
Input file ends with .texinfo usually.
MUST start the file with
\input texinfo
@c %**start of header
@setfilename INFO-FILE-NAME
@settitle NAME_OF_MANUAL
$c %**end of header
Then, typically
@ifinfo
summary and copyright
@end ifinfo
Followed by
@titlepage
title and copyright
@end titlepage
Then the top node and master menu - for info file only
@node Top, First Chapter, (dir), (dir)
@comment node-name next, previous, up
@top
@menu
* First Chapter:: The first chapter is the
only chapter in the sample
* Concept Index:: An index
@end menu
Then the body
@node First Chapter, Concept Index, Top, Top
@comment node-name next, previous, up
@chapter First Chapter
@cindex Sample index entry
This is the contents of the first chapter
@cindex Another sample index
Then stuff about indexes and tables of contents
@node Concept Index, , First Chapter, Top
@unnumbered Concept Index
@printindex cp
@contents
MUST end the file with
@bye
. NEWLINE AND NO-FILL MODE
@page for new page
@* forces a line break
. LINE CENTERING
@center stuff
. ROMAN, ITALIC, BOLD ITALIC, SMALL CAPS
@code{...} for 'code' => `...' in info
@file{...} for file names => `...' in info
@samp{...} for sample text => `...' in info
@var{...} for variable => caps in info
@dfn{...} defining a term => double quotes in info
@emph{...} produces italic
@strong{...} produces bold
@sc{...} small caps but with letters in lower case.
@i italic )
@b bold ) no effect on info file
@r roman )
. TABBING
. CHAPTERS & SECTIONS
@chapter <title>
@unnumbered <title> is an unnumbered chapter
@section
. SECTION
. FANCY VS PLAIN
@iftex ... @end iftex for printed only; likewise @ifinfo ... @end ifinfo
. LEAVING BLANK SPACE
@sp 10
. EM & NEM
no can no
. DISPLAY ASIS
@example ... @end example
@display ... @end display no change of font => rm
. COMMENTS
@comment or @c introduces comment lines
. NUMBERED LISTS
@enumerate
@item
first item
@item
second
@end enumerate
. BULLETED LISTS
@itemize @bullet
...
. CROSS REFERENCES
@xref start sentence
@ref{name}
@pxref (parenthesized)
5 args: node name (required), cross-ref name, topic description, name of
info file, name of printed manual.
. TABLES
@table for two-column tables
@table @asis
@item first column
second column
@item ...
. INDEX
@cindex concept index
@findex function index
@vindex variable index
@kindex key index
@pindex program index
@tindex data type index
***
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