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193139SruCopyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 02 2100513SruFree Software Foundation, Inc. 393139Sru 493139SruPermission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document 593139Sruunder the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or 693139Sruany later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no 793139SruInvariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. 893139Sru 921495SjmacdThis file records noteworthy changes. 1021495Sjmacd 11100513Sru 12100513Sru*** IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ALL AUTHORS OF TEXINFO MANUALS *** 13100513Sru 14100513SruAs of version 4.2, Texinfo has a new command @copying to define the 15100513Srucopyright and copying permissions for a manual. It's important to 16100513Sruswitch to using it as soon as possible (as in your next release), 17100513Srubecause the historical method of doing copyright permissions using 18100513Sru@ifinfo failed to output copyright information in the HTML (or XML) 19100513Sruformats. The manual has detailed explanations and examples. For 20100513Sruconvenience, here's a url to one of the relevant sections: 21100513Sru http://texinfo.org/manual/Document-Permissions.html 22100513Sru 23100513Sru 24100513Sru 25100513Sru4.2 (1 April 2002) 26100513Sru* Language: 27100513Sru . new command @copying to define copying permissions. See above. 28100513Sru . new conditionals @ifplaintext, @ifnotplaintext for the plain text 29100513Sru (--no-headers) output format. 30100513Sru . new command @\ to produce literal \ inside @math, since \ by itself 31100513Sru no longer works. 32100513Sru* makeinfo: 33100513Sru . emit accesskey attributes for keyboard shortcuts to menu items. 34100513Sru . @{even,every,odd}{footing,header} are ignored by makeinfo now, so 35100513Sru they no longer need to be enclosed in @iftex. 36100513Sru* texinfo.tex: 37100513Sru . bug fix for pdf-format table of contents. 38100513Sru* info: 39100513Sru . bug fixes for -R (--raw-escapes). 40100513Sru . --help shows short option names. 41100513Sru* Distribution: 42100513Sru . the doc.c, funs.h, and key.c files in info/ are no longer generated 43100513Sru at make time, to appease Automake's make distcheck. 44100513Sru . gettext 0.11.1, autoconf 2.53, automake 1.6 (with install-info kludge). 45100513Sru 46100513Sru 47100513Sru 4893139Sru4.1 (4 March 2002) 4993139Sru* Language: 5093139Sru . new commands @verbatim and @verb for printing verbatim inserts. 5193139Sru . new command @verbatiminclude for verbatim include of files. 5293139Sru . new environment @documentdescription for defining the HTML description. 5393139Sru . new command @afivepaper for the A5 paper size. 5493139Sru* makeinfo: 5593139Sru . supports xml and docbook output. 5693139Sru . supports HTML splitting by node, which is now the default. 5793139Sru . new option --split-size to control maximum size of split info files. 5893139Sru* info: 5993139Sru . user-specified key bindings supported. 6093139Sru . ANSI escape sequences (as produced by groff) removed from man output 6193139Sru by default; use --raw-escapes to let them through if your terminal 6293139Sru supports them. 6393139Sru* texinfo.tex: 6493139Sru . @math implies @tex, so all the usual plain TeX math is supported. 6593139Sru . smaller fonts for @smallexample, in all page sizes. 6693139Sru . improvements in the PDF support. 6793139Sru* texi2dvi: 6893139Sru . new option -o to explicitly specify output filename. 6993139Sru* Distribution: 7093139Sru . switch to GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/). 7193139Sru . update to GNU gettext 0.11, autoconf 2.52, and automake 1.5. 7293139Sru . Danish, Swedish, and Hebrew message translations. 7393139Sru 74100513Sru 7556160Sru4.0 (28 September 1999) 7656160Sru* Language: 7756160Sru . New command @anchor for cross references to arbitrary points. 7856160Sru . New commands @documentlanguage sets the main document language, 7956160Sru and @documentencoding sets the document input encoding (although not 8056160Sru much is done yet with either). 8156160Sru . New command @pagesizes allows limited control of text area for typesetting. 8256160Sru . New command @acronym for abbreviations in all caps, such as `NASA'. 8356160Sru . New command @alias for simple command aliases. 8456160Sru . New command @definfoenclose for better control of info output. 8556160Sru . New commands @deftypeivar for typed instance variables of a class 8656160Sru and @deftypeop for typed operations of a class. 8756160Sru . New command @novalidate suppresses cross-reference checking and (in 8856160Sru TeX) auxiliary file creation. 8956160Sru . New commands @setcontentsaftertitlepage and 9056160Sru @setshortcontentsaftertitlepage to force printing the table of 9156160Sru contents after @end titlepage. Also, @contents and @shortcontents 9256160Sru themselves can now appear at the beginning of the document as 9356160Sru well as the end. 9456160Sru . New markup commands: @env (for environment variables), @command (for 9556160Sru command names), @option (for command-line options). 9656160Sru . New commands @smallformat and @smalldisplay, a la @smallexample. 9756160Sru . New command @exampleindent to set indentation of example-like 9856160Sru environments a la @paragraphindent. 9956160Sru . @uref takes an optional third argument of text to show instead of 10056160Sru (rather than in addition to) the url for info and dvi output. 10156160Sru . @footnote works in an @item for a @table. 10256160Sru* texinfo.tex: 10356160Sru . latest version always at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo.tex (and mirrors). 10456160Sru . implements @macro. 10556160Sru . implements @paragraphindent (except asis). 10656160Sru . @emph and @i use true italic type (cmti) instead of slanted (cmsl). 10756160Sru . implements pdf output when run with pdftex. 10856160Sru . better support for internationalization via txi-??.tex files. 10993139Sru . footnotes now set in a smaller point size. 11056160Sru* makeinfo: 11156160Sru . supports HTML output with the --html option. 11256160Sru . implication of --html: @top nodes should be wrapped in @ifnottex 11356160Sru rather than @ifinfo. @ifinfo conditionals are not expanded with --html. 11456160Sru . new option --number-sections to output chapter/section numbers. 11556160Sru . dashes and quotes are not treated specially in node names. 11656160Sru . new option --commands-in-node-names to allow @-commands in node names. 11756160Sru (Not implemented in TeX, and most likely never will be.) 11856160Sru . @emph output uses _underscores_. 11956160Sru . @image looks for .png files before .jpg. 12056160Sru . only output `Making ... file' line when verbose. 12156160Sru . allow -v as synonym for --verbose. 12256160Sru . new command line options to specify which conditionals to process 12356160Sru (but --iftex is not fully implemented). 12456160Sru . warns if @var contains any of ,[](). 12556160Sru . @quote-arg implicitly done for all one-argument macros, so commas in 12656160Sru the argument text are allowed. 12756160Sru . \\ required in macro body to get single \, no other `escapes' defined. 12856160Sru* info: 12956160Sru . ISO Latin 1 characters are displayed and input as-is by default. 13056160Sru . new option --vi-keys to enable vi-like and less-like key bindings. 13156160Sru . new command S does case-sensitive searching. 13256160Sru . new commands C-x n and C-x N repeat last search, respectively, in the 13356160Sru same and in reverse direction, without prompting for the string. These 13456160Sru commands are bound to n and N under --vi-keys, like in Less. 13556160Sru . new command G menu1 menu2 ... searches for menu items from (dir), 13656160Sru as allowed on the command line. 13756160Sru . new command O (capital o, not zero) goes directly to the node that 13856160Sru describes command-line options. 13956160Sru . new command-line option --show-options causes the node which 14056160Sru describes command-line options to be the first node displayed. 14156160Sru . M-prior and M-DEL do new command info-scroll-other-window-backward. 14256160Sru . / searches like s does. 14356160Sru . If the search string includes upper-case letters, in both incremental 14456160Sru and non-incremental search, the search is case-sensitive. 14556160Sru . S searches case-sensitively even if the search string is all 14656160Sru lower-case. 14756160Sru . - makes the argument negative (so e.g. `- /' searches backward). 14856160Sru . l restores point in the window returned to. 14956160Sru . SPC/DEL do not move outside the current document. 15056160Sru . foo.info is found before foo. 15156160Sru . `info foo --index-search=bar' now searches for bar in foo's index. 15256160Sru . support for files compressed with bzip2. 15356160Sru* install-info: 15456160Sru . handles gzipped dir files. 15556160Sru . sort entries into alphabetical order. 15656160Sru . install direntries only in preceding dircategory, not in all. 15756160Sru . --delete does not require the info file to exist. 15856160Sru . --delete can handle XEmacs-style dir entries. 15956160Sru* texi2dvi: 16056160Sru . bug fixed: now uses only the @iftex and @tex parts of the source. 16156160Sru . process LaTeX source as well as Texinfo source. 16256160Sru . output PDF (using pdftex) with new option --pdf. 16356160Sru . handles --OPTION=ARG style of command line arguments. 16456160Sru . new option --batch for progress reports but no interaction. 16556160Sru . new option --clean to remove all auxiliary files. 16656160Sru . new option --quiet for silence (unless there are errors). 16756160Sru . new option -I for specifying directories for @include to search. 16856160Sru . handles LaTeX files (running BibTeX etc.). 16956160Sru* Fixes to util/gen-dir-node and util/fix-info-dir (formerly util/update-info). 17056160Sru* Distribution: 17156160Sru . Man pages included. 17256160Sru . Czech and Norwegian message translations. 17356160Sru . Various translations for texinfo.tex fixed words included. 17456160Sru . DJGPP support. 17556160Sru 17656160Sru 17742660Smarkm3.12 (3 March 1998) 17842660Smarkm* Elisp files removed, since they are only usefully distributed with Emacs. 17942660Smarkm* Restore inclusion of compile-time $(infodir) to INFOPATH. 18042660Smarkm* install-info creates a proper dir file. 18142660Smarkm* Various portability fixes. 18242660Smarkm 18356160Sru 18442660Smarkm3.11 (31 July 1997) 18542660Smarkm* New commands: 18642660Smarkm - @uref to make a reference to a url; @url now only indicates such. 18742660Smarkm - @image to include graphics (epsf for TeX). 18842660Smarkm - @deftypemethod and @deftypemethodx to document methods in strongly 18942660Smarkm typed object-oriented languages, such as C++. 19042660Smarkm - @html for raw HTML. 19142660Smarkm - @ifnothtml @ifnotinfo @ifnottex for more precise conditionals. 19242660Smarkm - @kbdinputstyle to control when @kbd uses the slanted typewriter font. 19342660Smarkm - @email takes second optional argument. 19442660Smarkm* texinfo.tex reads texinfo.cnf (if present) for site-wide TeX 19542660Smarkm configuration; for example, A4 paper sizes. 19642660Smarkm* info: 19742660Smarkm - arrow keys supported. 19842660Smarkm - trailing : in INFOPATH appends default path. 19942660Smarkm - new option --index-search for online help support. 20042660Smarkm* makeinfo: 20142660Smarkm - output files removed if errors unless (new option) --force. 20242660Smarkm - new option -P to prepend to search path. 20342660Smarkm - macro expansion file can be standard output. 20442660Smarkm* install-info creates a new dir file if necessary. 20542660Smarkm* update-info script to create a dir file from all info files. 20642660Smarkm* Elisp: texnfo-tex.el and detexinfo.el removed from the distribution; 20742660Smarkm - texnfo-tex features are now part of standard TeX & Texinfo packages; 20842660Smarkm - makeinfo --no-headers does a better job than detexinfo.el. 20942660Smarkm* Documentation: 21042660Smarkm - Updates, revisions, corrections in the manual. 21142660Smarkm - makeinfo.texi removed, as it was a copy of what was in texinfo.texi. 21242660Smarkm* gettext support in sources, French and German translations included. 21342660Smarkm* info man page removed; use the Texinfo manual. 21442660Smarkm* Automake used, other portability fixes. 21542660Smarkm 21642660Smarkm3.10 (nonexistent) 21742660Smarkm 21856160Sru 21921495Sjmacd3.9 (4 October 1996) 22021495Sjmacd* makeinfo: 22121495Sjmacd - Give a suppressible (with --no-validate) error for references 22221495Sjmacd outside of any node. 22321495Sjmacd - Keep track of multitable output correctly for split files; this 22421495Sjmacd caused nodes after the first multitable to be ``undefined''. 22521495Sjmacd* install-info: 22621495Sjmacd - Rename --infodir option to --info-dir. 22721495Sjmacd - More robust error checking to avoid various crashes. 22821495Sjmacd* configure: Include replacements for memcpy and memmove functions in 22921495Sjmacd the distribution, in case they are missing. 23021495Sjmacd 23156160Sru 23221495Sjmacd3.8 (30 September 1996) 23321495Sjmacd* Define and/or document new and/or previously existing commands: 23421495Sjmacd Accents: @" @' @, @" @= @^ @` @~ @H @d @dotaccent @dotless @ringaccent 23521495Sjmacd @tieaccent @u @ubaraccent @v 23621495Sjmacd Special characters: @AA @AE @L @O @OE @aa @ae @exclamdown @l @o @oe 23721495Sjmacd @pounds @questiondown @ss 23821495Sjmacd Special punctuation: @! @? @enddots 23921495Sjmacd dir file maintenance: @dircategory @direntry; also new program, install-info 24021495Sjmacd HTML support: @email @url @ifhtml...@end ifhtml 24121495Sjmacd Macros: @macro @unmacro 24221495Sjmacd Tables: @multitable @tab 24321495Sjmacd Hyphenation: @- @hyphenation 24421495Sjmacd Spacing: @ @<TAB> @<NEWLINE> 24521495Sjmacd Sectioning: 24621495Sjmacd @headings singleafter/doubleafter (change heading style after current page) 24721495Sjmacd @centerchap 24821495Sjmacd @setchapterstyle 24921495Sjmacd Other: 25021495Sjmacd @shorttitlepage (simple title pages) 25121495Sjmacd @detailmenu...@end detailmenu (help makeinfo parse master menus) 25221495Sjmacd* Makeinfo prefers an input file named `foo.texinfo' or `foo.texi' or 25321495Sjmacd `foo.txinfo' to just `foo' (the latter most likely being an executable). 25421495Sjmacd* Makeinfo implements @. @! @? correctly, as end-of-sentence punctuation. 25521495Sjmacd* @key marks its argument with a lozenge in TeX and <...> in Info. 25621495Sjmacd* TeX output has substantially decreased interline spacing and other 25721495Sjmacd formatting changes. 25821495Sjmacd* Remove these obsolete and never-documented commands: 25921495Sjmacd @infotop 26021495Sjmacd @infoappendix @infoappendixsec @infoappendixsubsec @infoappendixsubsubsec 26121495Sjmacd @infochapter @infosection @infosubsection @infosubsubsection 26221495Sjmacd @infounnumbered @infounnumberedsec @infounnumberedsubsec 26321495Sjmacd @infounnumberedsubsubsec 26421495Sjmacd @input 26521495Sjmacd @smallbreak @medbreak 26621495Sjmacd @overfullrule 26721495Sjmacd @br 26821495Sjmacd* Deprecate these obsolete commands, to be removed in the next release: 26921495Sjmacd @ctrl 27021495Sjmacd @infoinclude 27121495Sjmacd @iappendix @iappendixsection @iappendixsec @iappendixsubsec 27221495Sjmacd @iappendixsubsubsec 27356160Sru @ichapter @isection @isubsection @isubsubsection 27421495Sjmacd @iunnumbered @iunnumberedsec @iunnumberedsubsec @iunnumberedsubsubsec 27521495Sjmacd @setchapterstyle 27621495Sjmacd @titlespec 27721495Sjmacd 27856160Sru 27921495Sjmacd3.7 (24 December 1995) 28021495Sjmacd* Have --version print texinfo release number as well as the individual 28121495Sjmacd program version. 28221495Sjmacd* Better man page cleaning. 28321495Sjmacd* Update Elisp files from current Emacs release. 28421495Sjmacd 28556160Sru 28621495Sjmacd3.6 (21 June 1995) 28721495Sjmacd* Unmatched brace error reporting improved. 28821495Sjmacd* Missing comment terminator prevented compilation. 28921495Sjmacd 29056160Sru 29121495Sjmacd3.5 (20 June 1995) 29221495Sjmacd* Autoconf update. 29321495Sjmacd* Support for parallel makes. 29421495Sjmacd* make install does not install Elisp files. 29521495Sjmacd 29656160Sru 29721495Sjmacd3.4 (19 June 1995) 29821495Sjmacd* Handle @ifhtml in Elisp. 29921495Sjmacd* Update FSF address. 30021495Sjmacd 30156160Sru 30221495Sjmacd3.3 (15 June 1995) 30321495Sjmacd* Portability changes. 30421495Sjmacd* Compile Elisp files. 30521495Sjmacd* Don't distribute .info* files. 30621495Sjmacd 30756160Sru 30821495Sjmacd3.2 (9 June 1995) 30921495Sjmacd* Standalone Info can read Unix man pages. 31021495Sjmacd* New commands: @! @? @^ @" @enddots. 31121495Sjmacd* makeinfo -E does macro expansion (and nothing else). 31221495Sjmacd 31356160Sru 31421495Sjmacd3.1 (23 May 1993) 31556160SruJust bug fixes, see ChangeLog for full details. 31621495Sjmacd 31756160Sru 31856160Sru3.0: first release of Texinfo version 2, with many new commands. 31942660Smarkm 32042660Smarkm 32156160Sru 32242660SmarkmHere is the separate NEWS for old releases of Info: 32342660Smarkm 32442660SmarkmVersion 2.11, Sat Apr 1 09:15:21 1995 32542660Smarkm 32642660SmarkmChanges since 2.7 beta: 32742660Smarkm 32842660SmarkmAlthough the basic code remains the same, there are numerous nits 32942660Smarkmfixed, including some display bugs, and a memory leak. Some changes 33042660Smarkmthat have taken place with larger impact include the way in which the 33142660Smarkm(dir) node is built; I have added in support for "localdir" 33242660Smarkmdirectories among other things. Info files may be stored in 33342660Smarkmcompressed formats, and in their own subdirectories; menu items which 33442660Smarkmdo not explicitly name the node to which they are attached have the 33542660Smarkmmenu item name looked up as an Info file if it is not found within the 33642660Smarkmcurrent document. This means that the menu item: 33742660Smarkm 33842660Smarkm* Info:: The Info documentation reader. 33942660Smarkm 34042660Smarkmin (dir) refers to the info node "(info)Top". 34142660Smarkm 34242660SmarkmPlease see the ChangeLog and documentation for details on other 34342660Smarkmchanges. 34442660Smarkm 34542660SmarkmVersion 2.7 beta, Wed Dec 30 02:02:38 1992 34642660SmarkmVersion 2.6 beta, Tue Dec 22 03:58:07 1992 34742660SmarkmVersion 2.5 beta, Tue Dec 8 14:50:35 1992 34842660SmarkmVersion 2.4 beta, Sat Nov 28 14:34:02 1992 34942660SmarkmVersion 2.3 beta, Fri Nov 27 01:04:13 1992 35042660SmarkmVersion 2.2 beta, Tue Nov 24 09:36:08 1992 35142660SmarkmVersion 2.1 beta, Tue Nov 17 23:29:36 1992 35242660Smarkm 35342660SmarkmChanges since 2.5 beta: 35442660Smarkm 35542660SmarkmNote that versions 2.6 and 2.7 Beta were only released to a select group. 35642660Smarkm 35742660Smarkm* "info-" removed from the front of M-x commands. 35842660Smarkm 35942660Smarkm* Automatic footnote display. When you enter a node which contains 36042660Smarkm footnotes, and the variable "automatic-footnotes" is "On", Info pops 36142660Smarkm up a window containing the footnotes. Likewise, when you leave that 36242660Smarkm node, the window containing the footnotes goes away. 36342660Smarkm 36442660Smarkm* Cleaner built in documentation, and documentation functions. 36542660Smarkm 36642660Smarkm Use: 36742660Smarkm o `M-x describe-variable' to read a variable's documenation 36842660Smarkm o `M-x describe-key' to find out what a particular keystroke does. 36942660Smarkm o `M-x describe-function' to read a function's documentation. 37042660Smarkm o `M-x where-is' to find out what keys invoke a particular function. 37142660Smarkm 37242660Smarkm* Info can "tile" the displayed windows (via "M-x tile-windows"). If 37342660Smarkm the variable "automatic-tiling" is "On", then splitting a window or 37442660Smarkm deleting a window causes the remaining windows to be retiled. 37542660Smarkm 37642660Smarkm* You can save every keystroke you type in a "dribble file" by using the 37742660Smarkm `--dribble FILENAME' option. You can initially read keystrokes from an 37842660Smarkm alternate input stream with `--restore FILENAME', or by redirecting 37942660Smarkm input on the command line `info < old-dribble'. 38042660Smarkm 38142660Smarkm* New behaviour of menu items. If the label is the same as the 38242660Smarkm target node name, and the node couldn't be found in the current file, 38342660Smarkm treat the label as a file name. For example, a menu entry in "DIR" 38442660Smarkm might contain: 38542660Smarkm 38642660Smarkm * Emacs:: Cool text-editor. 38742660Smarkm 38842660Smarkm Info would not find the node "(dir)Emacs", so just plain "(emacs)" 38942660Smarkm would be tried. 39042660Smarkm 39142660Smarkm* New variable "ISO-Latin" allows you to use European machines with 39242660Smarkm 8-bit character sets. 39342660Smarkm 39442660Smarkm* Cleanups in echo area reading, and redisplay. Cleanups in handling the 39542660Smarkm window which shows possible completions. 39642660Smarkm 39742660Smarkm* Info can now read files that have been compressed. An array in filesys.c 39842660Smarkm maps extensions to programs that can decompress stdin, and write the results 39942660Smarkm to stdout. Currently, ".Z"/uncompress, ".z"/gunzip, and ".Y"/unyabba are 40042660Smarkm supported. The modeline for a compressed file shows "zz" in it. 40142660Smarkm 40242660Smarkm* There is a new variable "gc-compressed-files" which, if non-zero, says 40342660Smarkm it is okay to reclaim the file buffer space allocated to a file which 40442660Smarkm was compressed, if, and only if, that file's contents do not appear in 40542660Smarkm any history node. 40642660Smarkm 40742660Smarkm* New file `nodemenu.c' implements a few functions for manipulating 40842660Smarkm previously visited nodes. `C-x C-b' (list-visited-nodes) produces a 40942660Smarkm menu of the nodes that could be reached by info-history-node in some 41042660Smarkm window. `C-x b' (select-visited-node) is similar, but reads one of 41142660Smarkm the node names with completion. 41242660Smarkm 41342660Smarkm* Keystroke `M-r' (move_to_screen_line) allows the user to place the cursor at 41442660Smarkm the start of a specific screen line. Without a numeric argument, place the 41542660Smarkm cursor on the center line; with an arg, place the cursor on that line. 41642660Smarkm 41742660Smarkm* Interruptible display implemented. Basic display speedups and hacks. 41842660Smarkm* The message "*** Tags Out of Date ***" now means what it says. 41942660Smarkm* Index searching with `,' (info-index-next) has been improved. 42042660Smarkm* When scrolling with C-v, C-M-v, or M-v, only "Page Only" scrolling 42142660Smarkm will happen. 42242660Smarkm 42342660Smarkm* Continous scrolling (along with `]' (info-global-next) and `[' 42442660Smarkm (info-global-prev) works better. `]' and `[' accept numeric 42542660Smarkm arguments, moving that many nodes in that case. 42642660Smarkm 42742660Smarkm* `C-x w' (info-toggle-wrap) controls how lines wider than the width 42842660Smarkm of the screen are displayed. If a line is too long, a `$' is 42942660Smarkm displayed in the rightmost column of the window. 43042660Smarkm 43142660Smarkm* There are some new variables for controlling the behaviour of Info 43242660Smarkm interactively. The current list of variables is as follows: 43342660Smarkm 43442660Smarkm Variable Name Default Value Description 43542660Smarkm ------------- ------------- ----------- 43642660Smarkm `automatic-footnotes' On When "On", footnotes appear and 43742660Smarkm disappear automatically. 43842660Smarkm 43942660Smarkm `automatic-tiling' Off When "On", creating of deleting a 44042660Smarkm window resizes other windows. 44142660Smarkm 44242660Smarkm `visible-bell' Off If non-zero, try to use a visible bell. 44342660Smarkm 44442660Smarkm `errors-ring-bell' On If non-zero, errors cause a ring. 44542660Smarkm 44642660Smarkm `show-index-match' On If non-zero, the portion of the string 44742660Smarkm matched is highlighted by changing its 44842660Smarkm case. 44942660Smarkm 45042660Smarkm `scroll-behaviour' Continuous One of "Continuous", "Next Only", or 45142660Smarkm "Page Only". "Page Only" prevents you from 45242660Smarkm scrolling past the bottom or top of a node. 45342660Smarkm "Next Only" causes the Next or Prev node to 45442660Smarkm be selected when you scroll past the bottom 45542660Smarkm or top of a node. "Continous" moves 45642660Smarkm linearly through the files hierchichal 45742660Smarkm structure. 45842660Smarkm 45942660Smarkm `scroll-step' 0 Controls how scrolling is done for you when 46042660Smarkm the cursor moves out of the current window. 46142660Smarkm Non-zero means it is the number of lines 46242660Smarkm you would like the screen to shift. A 46342660Smarkm value of 0 means to center the line 46442660Smarkm containing the cursor in the window. 46542660Smarkm 46642660Smarkm `gc-compressed-files' Off If non-zero means it is okay to reclaim the 46742660Smarkm file buffer space allocated to a file which 46842660Smarkm was compressed, if, and only if, that 46942660Smarkm file's contents do not appear in the node 47042660Smarkm list of any window. 47142660Smarkm 47242660Smarkm `ISO-Latin' Off Non-zero means that you are using an ISO 47342660Smarkm Latin character set. By default, standard 47442660Smarkm ASCII characters are assumed. 47542660Smarkm________________________________________ 47642660SmarkmThis release of Info is version 2.5 beta. 47742660Smarkm 47842660SmarkmChanges since 2.4 beta: 47942660Smarkm 48042660Smarkm* Index (i) and (,) commands fully implemented. 48142660Smarkm* "configure" script now shipped with Info. 48242660Smarkm* New function "set-variable" allows users to set various variables. 48342660Smarkm* User-settable behaviour on end or beginning of node scrolling. This 48442660Smarkm supercedes the SPC and DEL changes in 2.3 beta. 48542660Smarkm 48642660Smarkm________________________________________ 48742660SmarkmThis release of Info is version 2.4 beta. 48842660Smarkm 48942660SmarkmChanges since 2.3 beta: 49042660Smarkm 49142660Smarkm* info-last-node now means move to the last node of this info file. 49242660Smarkm* info-history-node means move backwards through this window's node history. 49342660Smarkm* info-first-node moves to the first node in the Info file. This node is 49442660Smarkm not necessarily "Top"! 49542660Smarkm* SPC and DEL can select the Next or Prev node after printing an informative 49642660Smarkm message when pressed at the end/beg of a node. 49742660Smarkm 49842660Smarkm---------------------------------------- 49942660SmarkmThis release of Info is version 2.3 beta. 50042660Smarkm 50142660SmarkmChanges since 2.2 beta: 50242660Smarkm 50342660Smarkm* M-x command lines if NAMED_COMMANDS is #defined. Variable in Makefile. 50442660Smarkm* Screen height changes made quite robust. 50542660Smarkm* Interactive function "set-screen-height" implements user height changes. 50642660Smarkm* Scrolling on some terminals is faster now. 50742660Smarkm* C-l with numeric arguement is fixed. 50842660Smarkm 50942660Smarkm---------------------------------------- 51042660SmarkmThis release of Info is version 2.2 beta. 51142660Smarkm 51242660SmarkmChanges since 2.0: 51342660Smarkm 51442660Smarkm* C-g can now interrupt multi-file searches. 51542660Smarkm* Incremental search is fully implemented. 51642660Smarkm* Loading large tag tables is much faster now. 51742660Smarkm* makedoc.c replaces shell script, speeding incremental builds. 51842660Smarkm* Scrolling in redisplay is implemented. 51942660Smarkm* Recursive uses of the echo area made more robust. 52042660Smarkm* Garbage collection of unreferenced nodes. 521