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Texinfo

Texinfo is a typesetting syntax used for generating documentation in both on-line and printed form (creating filetypes as .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}dvi, html, pdf, etc., and a specific hypertext format, Info) with a single source file. It is implemented by a computer program released as free software of the same name…

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Developers
Brian Fox Karl Berry Gavin Smith
License
GPL-3.0-or-later
Operating system
Linux, BSD
Original authors
Richard Stallman Robert Chassell
Release
February 1986
Repository
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git

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Texinfo source file

History and status

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Texinfo

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples51
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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Texinfo

Top relations

related to history · 19
Texinfo → Bolio, BoTeX, Brian Reid's Scribe, David, Emacs, Emacs Lisp, GNU General Public License, GNU Project, Info, Lisp Machine, MIT, Moon, Richard, Robert Chassell, Stallman, TECO, TeX, The GNU Texinfo, The Texinfo
related to Man output · 7
Texinfo → GNU, Info, Linux, Moreover, Notably, Unix-like, While Texinfo
related to Output formats · 3
Texinfo → GNU Texinfo, In, Most
Developers · 1
Texinfo → Brian Fox Karl Berry Gavin Smith
License · 1
Texinfo → GPL-3.0-or-later
Operating system · 1
Texinfo → Linux, BSD
Original authors · 1
Texinfo → Richard Stallman Robert Chassell
Release · 1
Texinfo → February 1986
Repository · 1
Texinfo → git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git
Stable release · 1
Texinfo → 7.3 / 2 March 2026

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Important terminology

documentation gnu output source available file tex software system info used official man printed format created syntax references chapters use

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TexinfoDevelopersBrian Fox Karl Berry Gavin Smith1.00infobox
TexinfoLicenseGPL-3.0-or-later1.00infobox
TexinfoOperating systemLinux, BSD1.00infobox
TexinfoOriginal authorsRichard Stallman Robert Chassell1.00infobox
TexinfoReleaseFebruary 19861.00infobox
TexinfoRepositorygit.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git1.00infobox
TexinfoStable release7.3 / 2 March 20261.00infobox
TexinfoTypeDocumentation1.00infobox
TexinfoWebsitewww.gnu.org/s/texinfo1.00infobox
TexinfoWritten inC, Perl1.00infobox
Texinfois atypesetting syntax used for generating documentation in both on-line and printed form0.90text
Linuxinstance ofwhich typically is used in Unix-like environments0.80text

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