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Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to
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produce both on-line information and printed output. This means that
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instead of writing two different documents, one for the on-line help
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or other on-line information and the other for a typeset manual or
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other printed work, you need write only one document. When the work
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is revised, you need revise only one document. You can read the
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on-line information, known as an "Info file", with an Info
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documentation-reading program. By convention, Texinfo source file
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names end with a `.texi' or `.texinfo' extension. Texinfo is
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described in the Texinfo Manual.
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You can write and format Texinfo files into Info files within GNU
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Emacs, and read them using the Emacs Info reader. If you do not have
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Emacs, you can format Texinfo files into Info files using `makeinfo'
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and read them using `info'. Use TeX, which is not included in this
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package, to typeset Texinfo files for printing.
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