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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/HowItWorks.txt b/doc/doc-docbook/HowItWorks.txt
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--- a/doc/doc-docbook/HowItWorks.txt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/HowItWorks.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/HowItWorks.txt,v 1.3 2006/02/01 11:01:01 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/HowItWorks.txt,v 1.4 2006/04/04 14:03:49 ph10 Exp $

 
 CREATING THE EXIM DOCUMENTATION
 
 
 CREATING THE EXIM DOCUMENTATION
 


@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ of </td> it inserts &nbsp; so that the table's cell is a little bit wider than
 the text itself.
 
 The TidyHTML-spec script also takes the opportunity to postprocess the
 the text itself.
 
 The TidyHTML-spec script also takes the opportunity to postprocess the

-spec.html/ix01.html file, which contains the document index. Again, the index
+spec_html/ix01.html file, which contains the document index. Again, the index

 is generated as one single line, so it splits it up. Then it creates a list of
 letters at the top of the index and hyperlinks them both ways from the
 different letter portions of the index.
 is generated as one single line, so it splits it up. Then it creates a list of
 letters at the top of the index and hyperlinks them both ways from the
 different letter portions of the index.


@@ -448,16 +448,18 @@ characters in the source are transliterated, and the <index> elements are
 removed. The docbook2texi script is then called to convert the XML file into a
 Texinfo file. However, this is not quite enough. The converted file ends up
 with "conceptindex" and "optionindex" items, which are not recognized by the
 removed. The docbook2texi script is then called to convert the XML file into a
 Texinfo file. However, this is not quite enough. The converted file ends up
 with "conceptindex" and "optionindex" items, which are not recognized by the

-makeinfo command. An in-line call to Perl in the Makefile changes these to
-"cindex" and "findex" respectively in the final .texinfo file. Finally, a call
-of makeinfo creates a set of .info files.
+makeinfo command. These have to be changed to "cindex" and "findex"
+respectively in the final .texinfo file. Furthermore, the main menu lacks a
+pointer to the index, and indeed the index node itself is missing. These
+problems are fixed by running the file through a script called TidyInfo.
+Finally, a call of makeinfo creates a set of .info files.

 
 There is one apparently unconfigurable feature of docbook2texi: it does not
 seem possible to give it a file name for its output. It chooses a name based on
 the title of the document. Thus, the main specification ends up in a file
 called the_exim_mta.texi and the filter document in exim_filtering.texi. These
 files are removed after their contents have been copied and modified by the
 
 There is one apparently unconfigurable feature of docbook2texi: it does not
 seem possible to give it a file name for its output. It chooses a name based on
 the title of the document. Thus, the main specification ends up in a file
 called the_exim_mta.texi and the filter document in exim_filtering.texi. These
 files are removed after their contents have been copied and modified by the

-inline Perl call, which makes a .texinfo file.
+TidyInfo script, which writes to a .texinfo file.

 
 
 CREATING THE MAN PAGE
 
 
 CREATING THE MAN PAGE


@@ -575,6 +577,7 @@ PageLabelPDF                   Script to postprocess PDF
 Pre-xml                        Script to preprocess XML
 TidyHTML-filter                Script to tidy up the filter HTML output
 TidyHTML-spec                  Script to tidy up the spec HTML output
 Pre-xml                        Script to preprocess XML
 TidyHTML-filter                Script to tidy up the filter HTML output
 TidyHTML-spec                  Script to tidy up the spec HTML output

+TidyInfo                       Script to sort index problems in Texinfo output

 Tidytxt                        Script to compact multiple blank lines
 filter.xfpt                    xfpt source of the filter document
 spec.xfpt                      xfpt source of the specification document
 Tidytxt                        Script to compact multiple blank lines
 filter.xfpt                    xfpt source of the filter document
 spec.xfpt                      xfpt source of the specification document


@@ -582,4 +585,4 @@ x2man                          Script to make the Exim man page from the XML
 
 
 Philip Hazel
 
 
 Philip Hazel

-Last updated: 31 January 2006
+Last updated: 30 March 2006