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documentation system that can produce both online information and a
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Texinfo documentation system
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* Texinfo: (texinfo).           The GNU documentation format.
* install-info: (texinfo)Invoking install-info. Update info/dir entries.
* texi2any: (texinfo)Invoking texi2any.         Translate Texinfo source.
* makeinfo: (texinfo)Invoking texi2any.         Translate Texinfo source.
* pod2texi: (texinfo)Invoking pod2texi.         Translate Perl Pod to Texinfo.
* texi2dvi: (texinfo)Format with texi2dvi.      Print Texinfo documents.
* texi2pdf: (texinfo)PDF Output.                PDF output for Texinfo.
* pdftexi2dvi: (texinfo)PDF Output.             PDF output for Texinfo.
* texindex: (texinfo)Format with tex/texindex.  Sort Texinfo index files.
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