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Texinfo

If the current directory contains Texinfo source, you must declare it with the `TEXINFOS' primary. Generally Texinfo files are converted into info, and thus the info_TEXINFOS macro is most commonly used here. Note that any Texinfo source file must end in the `.texi' or `.texinfo' extension.

If the `.texi' file @includes `version.texi', then that file will be automatically generated. The file `version.texi' defines three Texinfo macros you can reference: EDITION, VERSION, and UPDATED. The first two hold the version number of your package (but are kept separate for clarity); the last is the date the primary file was last modified. The `version.texi' support requires the mdate-sh program; this program is supplied with Automake and automatically included when automake is invoked with the --add-missing option.

Sometimes an info file actually depends on more than one `.texi' file. For instance, in GNU Hello, `hello.texi' includes the file `gpl.texi'. You can tell Automake about these dependencies using the texi_TEXINFOS variable. Here is how GNU Hello does it:

info_TEXINFOS = hello.texi
hello_TEXINFOS = gpl.texi

By default, Automake requires the file `texinfo.tex' to appear in the same directory as the Texinfo source. However, if you used AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR in `configure.in' (see section `Finding `configure' Input' in The Autoconf Manual), then `texinfo.tex' is looked for there. Automake supplies `texinfo.tex' if `--add-missing' is given.

If your package has Texinfo files in many directories, you can use the variable TEXINFO_TEX to tell Automake where to find the canonical `texinfo.tex' for your package. The value of this variable should be the relative path from the current `Makefile.am' to `texinfo.tex':

TEXINFO_TEX = ../doc/texinfo.tex

The option `no-texinfo.tex' can be used to eliminate the requirement for `texinfo.tex'. Use of the variable TEXINFO_TEX is preferable, however, because that allows the dvi target to still work.

Automake generates an install-info target; some people apparently use this. By default, info pages are installed by `make install'. This can be prevented via the no-installinfo option.


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