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| 20 | .TH TEXINFO 5 "GNU Texinfo" "FSF" | 
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| 21 | .SH NAME | 
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| 22 | texinfo \- software documentation system | 
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| 23 | .SH DESCRIPTION | 
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| 24 | Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to | 
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| 25 | produce both online information and printed output.  It is primarily | 
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| 26 | designed for writing software manuals. | 
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| 27 | .PP | 
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| 28 | For a full description of the Texinfo language and associated tools, | 
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| 29 | please see the Texinfo manual (written in Texinfo itself).  Most likely, | 
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| 30 | running this command from your shell: | 
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| 31 | .RS | 
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| 32 | .I info texinfo | 
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| 33 | .RE | 
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| 34 | or this key sequence from inside Emacs: | 
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| 35 | .RS | 
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| 36 | .I M-x info RET m texinfo RET | 
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| 37 | .RE | 
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| 38 | will get you there. | 
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| 39 | .SH AVAILABILITY | 
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| 40 | ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/ | 
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| 41 | .br | 
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| 42 | or any GNU mirror site. | 
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| 43 | .SH "REPORTING BUGS" | 
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| 44 | Please send bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, | 
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| 45 | general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org. | 
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| 46 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | 
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| 47 | info(1), install-info(1), makeinfo(1), texi2dvi(1), texindex(1). | 
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| 48 | .br | 
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| 49 | emacs(1), tex(1). | 
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| 50 | .br | 
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| 51 | info(5). | 
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