This file records noteworthy changes.
+3.12 (3 March 1998)
+* Elisp files removed, since they are only usefully distributed with Emacs.
+* Restore inclusion of compile-time $(infodir) to INFOPATH.
+* install-info creates a proper dir file.
+* Various portability fixes.
+
+3.11 (31 July 1997)
+* New commands:
+ - @uref to make a reference to a url; @url now only indicates such.
+ - @image to include graphics (epsf for TeX).
+ - @deftypemethod and @deftypemethodx to document methods in strongly
+ typed object-oriented languages, such as C++.
+ - @html for raw HTML.
+ - @ifnothtml @ifnotinfo @ifnottex for more precise conditionals.
+ - @kbdinputstyle to control when @kbd uses the slanted typewriter font.
+ - @email takes second optional argument.
+* texinfo.tex reads texinfo.cnf (if present) for site-wide TeX
+ configuration; for example, A4 paper sizes.
+* info:
+ - arrow keys supported.
+ - trailing : in INFOPATH appends default path.
+ - new option --index-search for online help support.
+* makeinfo:
+ - output files removed if errors unless (new option) --force.
+ - new option -P to prepend to search path.
+ - macro expansion file can be standard output.
+* install-info creates a new dir file if necessary.
+* update-info script to create a dir file from all info files.
+* Elisp: texnfo-tex.el and detexinfo.el removed from the distribution;
+ - texnfo-tex features are now part of standard TeX & Texinfo packages;
+ - makeinfo --no-headers does a better job than detexinfo.el.
+* Documentation:
+ - Updates, revisions, corrections in the manual.
+ - makeinfo.texi removed, as it was a copy of what was in texinfo.texi.
+* gettext support in sources, French and German translations included.
+* info man page removed; use the Texinfo manual.
+* Automake used, other portability fixes.
+
+3.10 (nonexistent)
+
3.9 (4 October 1996)
* makeinfo:
- Give a suppressible (with --no-validate) error for references
Just bug fixes, see ChangeLog for full details.
texinfo-3.0: first release of Texinfo version 2, with many new commands.
+
+
+Here is the separate NEWS for old releases of Info:
+
+Version 2.11, Sat Apr 1 09:15:21 1995
+
+Changes since 2.7 beta:
+
+Although the basic code remains the same, there are numerous nits
+fixed, including some display bugs, and a memory leak. Some changes
+that have taken place with larger impact include the way in which the
+(dir) node is built; I have added in support for "localdir"
+directories among other things. Info files may be stored in
+compressed formats, and in their own subdirectories; menu items which
+do not explicitly name the node to which they are attached have the
+menu item name looked up as an Info file if it is not found within the
+current document. This means that the menu item:
+
+* Info:: The Info documentation reader.
+
+in (dir) refers to the info node "(info)Top".
+
+Please see the ChangeLog and documentation for details on other
+changes.
+
+Version 2.7 beta, Wed Dec 30 02:02:38 1992
+Version 2.6 beta, Tue Dec 22 03:58:07 1992
+Version 2.5 beta, Tue Dec 8 14:50:35 1992
+Version 2.4 beta, Sat Nov 28 14:34:02 1992
+Version 2.3 beta, Fri Nov 27 01:04:13 1992
+Version 2.2 beta, Tue Nov 24 09:36:08 1992
+Version 2.1 beta, Tue Nov 17 23:29:36 1992
+
+Changes since 2.5 beta:
+
+Note that versions 2.6 and 2.7 Beta were only released to a select group.
+
+* "info-" removed from the front of M-x commands.
+
+* Automatic footnote display. When you enter a node which contains
+ footnotes, and the variable "automatic-footnotes" is "On", Info pops
+ up a window containing the footnotes. Likewise, when you leave that
+ node, the window containing the footnotes goes away.
+
+* Cleaner built in documentation, and documentation functions.
+
+ Use:
+ o `M-x describe-variable' to read a variable's documenation
+ o `M-x describe-key' to find out what a particular keystroke does.
+ o `M-x describe-function' to read a function's documentation.
+ o `M-x where-is' to find out what keys invoke a particular function.
+
+* Info can "tile" the displayed windows (via "M-x tile-windows"). If
+ the variable "automatic-tiling" is "On", then splitting a window or
+ deleting a window causes the remaining windows to be retiled.
+
+* You can save every keystroke you type in a "dribble file" by using the
+ `--dribble FILENAME' option. You can initially read keystrokes from an
+ alternate input stream with `--restore FILENAME', or by redirecting
+ input on the command line `info < old-dribble'.
+
+* New behaviour of menu items. If the label is the same as the
+ target node name, and the node couldn't be found in the current file,
+ treat the label as a file name. For example, a menu entry in "DIR"
+ might contain:
+
+ * Emacs:: Cool text-editor.
+
+ Info would not find the node "(dir)Emacs", so just plain "(emacs)"
+ would be tried.
+
+* New variable "ISO-Latin" allows you to use European machines with
+ 8-bit character sets.
+
+* Cleanups in echo area reading, and redisplay. Cleanups in handling the
+ window which shows possible completions.
+
+* Info can now read files that have been compressed. An array in filesys.c
+ maps extensions to programs that can decompress stdin, and write the results
+ to stdout. Currently, ".Z"/uncompress, ".z"/gunzip, and ".Y"/unyabba are
+ supported. The modeline for a compressed file shows "zz" in it.
+
+* There is a new variable "gc-compressed-files" which, if non-zero, says
+ it is okay to reclaim the file buffer space allocated to a file which
+ was compressed, if, and only if, that file's contents do not appear in
+ any history node.
+
+* New file `nodemenu.c' implements a few functions for manipulating
+ previously visited nodes. `C-x C-b' (list-visited-nodes) produces a
+ menu of the nodes that could be reached by info-history-node in some
+ window. `C-x b' (select-visited-node) is similar, but reads one of
+ the node names with completion.
+
+* Keystroke `M-r' (move_to_screen_line) allows the user to place the cursor at
+ the start of a specific screen line. Without a numeric argument, place the
+ cursor on the center line; with an arg, place the cursor on that line.
+
+* Interruptible display implemented. Basic display speedups and hacks.
+* The message "*** Tags Out of Date ***" now means what it says.
+* Index searching with `,' (info-index-next) has been improved.
+* When scrolling with C-v, C-M-v, or M-v, only "Page Only" scrolling
+ will happen.
+
+* Continous scrolling (along with `]' (info-global-next) and `['
+ (info-global-prev) works better. `]' and `[' accept numeric
+ arguments, moving that many nodes in that case.
+
+* `C-x w' (info-toggle-wrap) controls how lines wider than the width
+ of the screen are displayed. If a line is too long, a `$' is
+ displayed in the rightmost column of the window.
+
+* There are some new variables for controlling the behaviour of Info
+ interactively. The current list of variables is as follows:
+
+ Variable Name Default Value Description
+ ------------- ------------- -----------
+ `automatic-footnotes' On When "On", footnotes appear and
+ disappear automatically.
+
+ `automatic-tiling' Off When "On", creating of deleting a
+ window resizes other windows.
+
+ `visible-bell' Off If non-zero, try to use a visible bell.
+
+ `errors-ring-bell' On If non-zero, errors cause a ring.
+
+ `show-index-match' On If non-zero, the portion of the string
+ matched is highlighted by changing its
+ case.
+
+ `scroll-behaviour' Continuous One of "Continuous", "Next Only", or
+ "Page Only". "Page Only" prevents you from
+ scrolling past the bottom or top of a node.
+ "Next Only" causes the Next or Prev node to
+ be selected when you scroll past the bottom
+ or top of a node. "Continous" moves
+ linearly through the files hierchichal
+ structure.
+
+ `scroll-step' 0 Controls how scrolling is done for you when
+ the cursor moves out of the current window.
+ Non-zero means it is the number of lines
+ you would like the screen to shift. A
+ value of 0 means to center the line
+ containing the cursor in the window.
+
+ `gc-compressed-files' Off If non-zero means it is okay to reclaim the
+ file buffer space allocated to a file which
+ was compressed, if, and only if, that
+ file's contents do not appear in the node
+ list of any window.
+
+ `ISO-Latin' Off Non-zero means that you are using an ISO
+ Latin character set. By default, standard
+ ASCII characters are assumed.
+________________________________________
+This release of Info is version 2.5 beta.
+
+Changes since 2.4 beta:
+
+* Index (i) and (,) commands fully implemented.
+* "configure" script now shipped with Info.
+* New function "set-variable" allows users to set various variables.
+* User-settable behaviour on end or beginning of node scrolling. This
+ supercedes the SPC and DEL changes in 2.3 beta.
+
+________________________________________
+This release of Info is version 2.4 beta.
+
+Changes since 2.3 beta:
+
+* info-last-node now means move to the last node of this info file.
+* info-history-node means move backwards through this window's node history.
+* info-first-node moves to the first node in the Info file. This node is
+ not necessarily "Top"!
+* SPC and DEL can select the Next or Prev node after printing an informative
+ message when pressed at the end/beg of a node.
+
+----------------------------------------
+This release of Info is version 2.3 beta.
+
+Changes since 2.2 beta:
+
+* M-x command lines if NAMED_COMMANDS is #defined. Variable in Makefile.
+* Screen height changes made quite robust.
+* Interactive function "set-screen-height" implements user height changes.
+* Scrolling on some terminals is faster now.
+* C-l with numeric arguement is fixed.
+
+----------------------------------------
+This release of Info is version 2.2 beta.
+
+Changes since 2.0:
+
+* C-g can now interrupt multi-file searches.
+* Incremental search is fully implemented.
+* Loading large tag tables is much faster now.
+* makedoc.c replaces shell script, speeding incremental builds.
+* Scrolling in redisplay is implemented.
+* Recursive uses of the echo area made more robust.
+* Garbage collection of unreferenced nodes.
+
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