lfs-book/appendixa/texinfo-desc.xml

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<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>

<para>(Last checked against version &texinfo-contversion;.)</para>

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<para><command>info</command> is used to read Info documents. Info
documents are a bit like man pages, but often go much deeper than just
explaining all the flags. Compare for example man tar and info tar.</para>

<para><command>infokey</command> compiles a source file containing Info
customizations into a binary format.</para>

<para><command>install-info</command> is used to install Info files. It
updates entries in the Info index file.</para>

<para><command>makeinfo</command> translates the given Texinfo source
documents into various other formats: Info files, plain text, or HTML.</para>

<para><command>texi2dvi</command> is used to format the given Texinfo
document into a device-independent file that can be printed.</para>

<para><command>texindex</command> is used to sort Texinfo index files.</para>

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