1 <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
3 <para><command>info</command> is used to read Info documents. Info
4 documents are a bit like man pages, but often go much deeper than just
5 explaining all the flags. Compare for example man tar and info tar.</para>
7 <para><command>infokey</command> compiles a source file containing Info
8 customizations into a binary format.</para>
10 <para><command>install-info</command> is used to install Info files. It
11 updates entries in the Info index file.</para>
13 <para><command>makeinfo</command> translates the given Texinfo source
14 documents into various other formats: Info files, plain text, or HTML.</para>
16 <para><command>texi2dvi</command> is used to format the given Texinfo
17 document into a device-independent file that can be printed.</para>
19 <para><command>texindex</command> is used to sort Texinfo index files.</para>