Typesetting Tools

Texinfo – typesetting syntax

Texinfo is a typesetting syntax used for generating documentation in both on-line and printed form (creating filetypes as dvi, html, pdf, etc., and a specific hypertext format, Info) with a single source file.

Using Texinfo, you can create a printed document (via the TeX typesetting system) in PDF format, including chapters, sections, cross-references, and indices. From the same Texinfo source file, you can create HTML output suitable for use with a web browser, you can create an Info file for use in GNU Emacs or other Info-reading programs, and also create DocBook, EPUB 3, or LaTeX files.

A Texinfo source file is a plain text file containing text interspersed with @-commands (words preceded by an ‘@’) that tell the Texinfo processors what to do. Texinfo’s markup commands are almost entirely semantic; that is, they specify the intended meaning of text in the document, rather than physical formatting instructions.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

  • Supported output formats:
    • PDF or DVI document (via the TeX typesetting system) with the normal features of a book, including sectioning, cross references, indices, etc.
    • Info file with analogous features.
    • Plain text (ASCII) file.
    • HTML output suitable for use with a web browser.
    • EPUB 3 e-book.
    • LaTeX file, which can then be used to create a PDF.
    • Docbook file.
    • PostScrript.
    • XML.
  • Texinfo file can be formatted and typeset as a printed book or manual. To do this, you need TeX.

Website: www.gnu.org/software/texinfo
Support:
Developer: Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Texinfo is written in C and Perl. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn Perl with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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