1 files changed, 93 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
index 65b0a6d9d..7560a62a0 100644
--- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml
+++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 ]>
-<sect1 id="ch-system-texinfo" xreflabel="Texinfo" role="wrap">
+<sect1 id="ch-system-texinfo" role="wrap">
 <title>Texinfo-&texinfo-version;</title>
 <?dbhtml filename="texinfo.html"?>
 
 <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>
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@
 <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, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 role="installation">
@@ -37,12 +44,29 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Optionally install the components belonging in a TeX installation:</para>
+<para>Optionally, install the components belonging in a TeX installation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>If ever you need to recreate the
-<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file, run this:</para>
+<para>The meaning of the make parameter:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><parameter>TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf</parameter></term>
+<listitem><para>The <envar>TEXMF</envar> makefile variable holds the location of the
+root of the TeX tree if, for example, a TeX package will be installed
+later.</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 installed on the
+system. If the <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file ever
+needs to be recreated, the following optional commands will accomplish
+the task:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cd /usr/share/info
 rm dir
@@ -52,11 +76,74 @@ done</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
 
-
 <sect2 id="contents-texinfo" role="content"><title>Contents of Texinfo</title>
 
-<para>See testing</para>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>info, infokey, install-info,
+makeinfo, texi2dvi, and texindex</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
+
+<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+
+<varlistentry id="info">
+<term><command>info</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Used to read Info documents which are similar to man
+pages, but often go much deeper than just explaining all the command
+line options. For example, compare <command>man bison</command> and
+<command>info bison</command>.</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info"><primary sortas="b-info">info</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="infokey">
+<term><command>infokey</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Compiles a source file containing Info customizations into a
+binary format</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo infokey"><primary sortas="b-infokey">infokey</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="install-info">
+<term><command>install-info</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Used to install Info files; it updates entries in the Info index
+file</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo install-info"><primary sortas="b-install-info">install-info</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="makeinfo">
+<term><command>makeinfo</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Translates the given Texinfo source documents into
+info files, plain text, or HTML</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"><primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="texi2dvi">
+<term><command>texi2dvi</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Used to format the given Texinfo document into a
+device-independent file that can be printed</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2dvi"><primary sortas="b-texi2dvi">texi2dvi</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="texindex">
+<term><command>texindex</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Used to sort Texinfo index files</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texindex"><primary sortas="b-texindex">texindex</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
 
 </sect2>
 
 </sect1>
+