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@@ -73,41 +73,70 @@ done</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="contents-texinfo"><title>Contents of Texinfo</title>
+<sect2 id="contents-texinfo" role="content"><title>Contents of Texinfo</title>
-<para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: info, infokey, install-info,
-makeinfo, texi2dvi and texindex</para>
-
-</sect2>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>info, infokey, install-info,
+makeinfo, texi2dvi and texindex</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
-<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
+<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="info"><command>info</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info"><primary sortas="b-info">info</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="info"><command>info</command> is used to read Info documents. Info
+<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 man tar and info tar.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="infokey"><command>infokey</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo infokey"><primary sortas="b-infokey">infokey</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="infokey"><command>infokey</command> compiles a source file containing Info
+<para>compiles a source file containing Info
customizations into a binary format.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="install-info"><command>install-info</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo install-info"><primary sortas="b-install-info">install-info</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="install-info"><command>install-info</command> is used to install Info files. It
-updates entries in the Info index file.</para>
+<para>is used to install Info files. It updates entries in the Info index file.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="makeinfo"><command>makeinfo</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"><primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="makeinfo"><command>makeinfo</command> translates the given Texinfo source
+<para>translates the given Texinfo source
documents into various other formats: Info files, plain text, or HTML.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="texi2dvi"><command>texi2dvi</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2dvi"><primary sortas="b-texi2dvi">texi2dvi</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="texi2dvi"><command>texi2dvi</command> is used to format the given Texinfo
+<para>is used to format the given Texinfo
document into a device-independent file that can be printed.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term id="texindex"><command>texindex</command></term>
+<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texindex"><primary sortas="b-texindex">texindex</primary></indexterm>
-<para id="texindex"><command>texindex</command> is used to sort Texinfo index files.</para>
+<para>is used to sort Texinfo index files.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
</sect2>
-
-
</sect1>