1 <sect2><title>Contents of Texinfo</title>
3 <para>Last checked against version &texinfo-contversion;.</para>
5 <sect3><title>Program Files</title>
6 <para>info, infokey, install-info, makeinfo, texi2dvi and
7 texindex</para></sect3>
9 <sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
11 <sect4><title>info</title>
12 <para>The info program reads Info documents, usually contained in the
13 /usr/share/info directory. Info documents are like man(ual) pages, but
14 they tend to be more in depth than just explaining the options to a
15 program.</para></sect4>
17 <sect4><title>infokey</title>
18 <para>infokey compiles a source file containing Info customizations into
19 a binary format.</para></sect4>
21 <sect4><title>install-info</title>
22 <para>The install-info program updates the info entries. When the info
23 program is run a list with available topics (ie: available info documents) will
24 be presented. The install-info program is used to maintain this list of
25 available topics. If info files are removed manually, it is also necessary
26 to delete the topic in the index file as well. This program is used for
27 that. It also works the other way around when info documents are
30 <sect4><title>makeinfo</title>
31 <para>The makeinfo program translates Texinfo source documents into various
32 formats. Available formats are: info files, plain text and HTML.</para></sect4>
34 <sect4><title>texi2dvi</title>
35 <para>The texi2dvi program prints Texinfo documents.</para></sect4>
37 <sect4><title>texindex</title>
38 <para>The texindex program is used to sort Texinfo index files.</para></sect4>