Project Summary
Texinfo is the official documentation format of the GNU project. It was invented by Richard Stallman and Bob Chassell many years ago, loosely based on Brian Reid's Scribe and other formatting languages of the time. It is used by many non-GNU projects as well.
Texinfo uses a single source file to produce output in a number of formats, both online and printed (dvi, html, info, pdf, xml, etc.). This means that instead of writing different documents for online information and another for a printed manual, you need write only one document. And when the work is revised, you need revise only that one document. The Texinfo system is well-integrated with GNU Emacs.
In a Nutshell, Texinfo...
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took an estimated 434 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in April, 2001
ending with its most recent commit over 7 years ago
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GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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These details are provided for information only. No information here is legal advice and should not be used as such.
This Project has No vulnerabilities Reported Against it
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