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diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml index 5032f10c2..40bf18ccd 100644 --- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml +++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo"><primary sortas="a-Texinfo">Texinfo</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Texinfo package contains programs for reading, writing, and -converting Info documents.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,19 +17,12 @@ converting Info documents.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>17 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Texinfo installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Texinfo</title> -<para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para> - -<para>The patch listed below fixes a known segfault in texinfo:</para> +<para>Apply a patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../texinfo-&texinfo-version;-segfault-1.patch</userinput></screen> @@ -54,24 +45,8 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>make TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the make parameter:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>The TEXMF -makefile variable holds the location of the root of your TeX tree if, for -example, you plan to install a TeX package later on.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - -<para>The Info documentation system uses a plain text file to hold its list of -menu entries. The file is located at <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename>. -Unfortunately, due to occasional problems in the Makefiles of various packages, -it can sometimes get out of step with the Info manuals actually installed on the -system. If ever you need to recreate the -<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file, the following optional commands -will accomplish the task:</para> +<para>If ever you need to recreate the +<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file, run this:</para> <screen><userinput>cd /usr/share/info rm dir @@ -84,68 +59,7 @@ done</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-texinfo" role="content"><title>Contents of Texinfo</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>info, infokey, install-info, -makeinfo, texi2dvi and texindex</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="info"> -<term><command>info</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info"><primary sortas="b-info">info</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to read Info documents. Info -documents are a bit like man pages, but often go much deeper than just -explaining all the flags. Compare for example <command>man tar</command> -and <command>info tar</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="infokey"> -<term><command>infokey</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo infokey"><primary sortas="b-infokey">infokey</primary></indexterm> -<para>compiles a source file containing Info -customizations into a binary format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="install-info"> -<term><command>install-info</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo install-info"><primary sortas="b-install-info">install-info</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to install Info files. It updates entries in the Info index file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="makeinfo"> -<term><command>makeinfo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"><primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates the given Texinfo source -documents into various other formats: Info files, plain text, or HTML.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="texi2dvi"> -<term><command>texi2dvi</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2dvi"><primary sortas="b-texi2dvi">texi2dvi</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to format the given Texinfo -document into a device-independent file that can be printed.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="texindex"> -<term><command>texindex</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texindex"><primary sortas="b-texindex">texindex</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to sort Texinfo index files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> |