NEWS revision 21495 
1This file records noteworthy changes.
2
33.9 (4 October 1996)
4* makeinfo:
5  - Give a suppressible (with --no-validate) error for references
6    outside of any node.
7  - Keep track of multitable output correctly for split files; this
8    caused nodes after the first multitable to be ``undefined''.
9* install-info:
10  - Rename --infodir option to --info-dir.
11  - More robust error checking to avoid various crashes.
12* configure: Include replacements for memcpy and memmove functions in
13  the distribution, in case they are missing.
14
153.8 (30 September 1996)
16* Define and/or document new and/or previously existing commands:
17  Accents: @" @' @, @" @= @^ @` @~ @H @d @dotaccent @dotless @ringaccent
18    @tieaccent @u @ubaraccent @v
19  Special characters: @AA @AE @L @O @OE @aa @ae @exclamdown @l @o @oe
20    @pounds @questiondown @ss
21  Special punctuation: @! @? @enddots
22  dir file maintenance: @dircategory @direntry; also new program, install-info
23  HTML support: @email @url @ifhtml...@end ifhtml
24  Macros: @macro @unmacro
25  Tables: @multitable @tab
26  Hyphenation: @- @hyphenation
27  Spacing: @  @<TAB> @<NEWLINE>
28  Sectioning:
29    @headings singleafter/doubleafter (change heading style after current page)
30    @centerchap
31    @setchapterstyle
32  Other:
33    @shorttitlepage (simple title pages)
34    @detailmenu...@end detailmenu (help makeinfo parse master menus)
35* Makeinfo prefers an input file named `foo.texinfo' or `foo.texi' or
36  `foo.txinfo' to just `foo' (the latter most likely being an executable).
37* Makeinfo implements @. @! @? correctly, as end-of-sentence punctuation.
38* @key marks its argument with a lozenge in TeX and <...> in Info.
39* TeX output has substantially decreased interline spacing and other
40  formatting changes.
41* Remove these obsolete and never-documented commands:
42    @infotop
43    @infoappendix @infoappendixsec @infoappendixsubsec @infoappendixsubsubsec
44    @infochapter @infosection @infosubsection @infosubsubsection
45    @infounnumbered @infounnumberedsec @infounnumberedsubsec
46      @infounnumberedsubsubsec
47    @input
48    @smallbreak @medbreak
49    @overfullrule
50    @br
51* Deprecate these obsolete commands, to be removed in the next release:
52    @ctrl
53    @infoinclude
54    @iappendix @iappendixsection @iappendixsec @iappendixsubsec
55      @iappendixsubsubsec
56    @ichapter @isection @isubsection @isubsubsection 
57    @iunnumbered @iunnumberedsec @iunnumberedsubsec @iunnumberedsubsubsec
58    @setchapterstyle
59    @titlespec
60
613.7 (24 December 1995)
62* Have --version print texinfo release number as well as the individual
63  program version.
64* Better man page cleaning.
65* Update Elisp files from current Emacs release.
66
673.6 (21 June 1995)
68* Unmatched brace error reporting improved.
69* Missing comment terminator prevented compilation.
70
713.5 (20 June 1995)
72* Autoconf update.
73* Support for parallel makes.
74* make install does not install Elisp files.
75
763.4 (19 June 1995)
77* Handle @ifhtml in Elisp.
78* Update FSF address.
79
803.3 (15 June 1995)
81* Portability changes.
82* Compile Elisp files.
83* Don't distribute .info* files.
84
853.2 (9 June 1995)
86* Standalone Info can read Unix man pages.
87* New commands: @! @? @^ @" @enddots.
88* makeinfo -E does macro expansion (and nothing else).
89
903.1 (23 May 1993)
91Just bug fixes, see ChangeLog for full details. 
92
93texinfo-3.0: first release of Texinfo version 2, with many new commands.
94