GNU TexInfo Reference

Texinfo is the official documentation format of the GNU project. It was invented by Richard Stallman and Bob Chassell many years ago, loosely based on Brian Reid's Scribe and other formatting languages of the time. It is used by many non-GNU projects as well.

Texinfo uses a single source file to produce output in a number of formats, both online and printed (dvi, html, info, pdf, xml, etc.). This means that instead of writing different documents for online information and another for a printed manual, you need write only one document. And when the work is revised, you need revise only that one document. The Texinfo system is well-integrated with GNU Emacs

The TexInfo Refernce provides beginners with a simple introduction to the basics, and experts will find advanced details they need.

In this you will see the following things below.

1 Overview of Texinfo

2 Writing a Texinfo File

3 Beginning and Ending a Texinfo File

4 Nodes

5 Chapter Structuring

6 Cross-references

7 Marking Text, Words and Phrases

8 Quotations and Examples

9 Lists and Tables

10 Special Displays

11 Indices

12 Special Insertions

13 Forcing and Preventing Breaks

14 Definition Commands

15 Internationalization

16 Conditionally Visible Text

17 Defining New Texinfo Commands

18 Include Files

19 Formatting and Printing Hardcopy

20 texi2any: The Generic Translator for Texinfo

21 Creating and Installing Info Files

22 Generating HTML

Appendix A @-Command Details

Appendix B Tips and Hints

Appendix C Sample Texinfo Files

Appendix D Using Texinfo Mode

Appendix E Page Headings

Appendix F Catching Mistakes

Appendix G Info Format Specification

Appendix H GNU Free Documentation License

You will find all this section offline without any internet connection and learn TexInfo easily anywhere and anytime.