1 Notes for conversion of sgcal input into Texinfo input
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6 The escape character is @. Only @ and curly brackets are sensitive. Get them in
7 by @@ @{ and @} if required.
9 @: after a dot that is not a sentence end.
11 @. instead of . if sentence ends with capital letter
13 @copyright{} for copyright
15 @minus{} is a slightly longer minus sign
17 Input file ends with .texinfo usually.
19 MUST start the file with
23 @setfilename INFO-FILE-NAME
24 @settitle NAME_OF_MANUAL
39 Then the top node and master menu - for info file only
41 @node Top, First Chapter, (dir), (dir)
42 @comment node-name next, previous, up
46 * First Chapter:: The first chapter is the
47 only chapter in the sample
48 * Concept Index:: An index
54 @node First Chapter, Concept Index, Top, Top
55 @comment node-name next, previous, up
56 @chapter First Chapter
57 @cindex Sample index entry
59 This is the contents of the first chapter
60 @cindex Another sample index
63 Then stuff about indexes and tables of contents
65 @node Concept Index, , First Chapter, Top
66 @unnumbered Concept Index
72 MUST end the file with
77 . NEWLINE AND NO-FILL MODE
80 @* forces a line break
88 . ROMAN, ITALIC, BOLD ITALIC, SMALL CAPS
90 @code{...} for 'code' => `...' in info
91 @file{...} for file names => `...' in info
92 @samp{...} for sample text => `...' in info
93 @var{...} for variable => caps in info
94 @dfn{...} defining a term => double quotes in info
95 @emph{...} produces italic
96 @strong{...} produces bold
97 @sc{...} small caps but with letters in lower case.
99 @b bold ) no effect on info file
105 . CHAPTERS & SECTIONS
108 @unnumbered <title> is an unnumbered chapter
117 @iftex ... @end iftex for printed only; likewise @ifinfo ... @end ifinfo
120 . LEAVING BLANK SPACE
131 @example ... @end example
132 @display ... @end display no change of font => rm
137 @comment or @c introduces comment lines
163 @pxref (parenthesized)
165 5 args: node name (required), cross-ref name, topic description, name of
166 info file, name of printed manual.
172 @table for two-column tables
184 @cindex concept index
185 @findex function index
186 @vindex variable index
188 @pindex program index
189 @tindex data type index