texi in CVS? (was: Target to make PS/PDF documentation?)

[Philipp K. J. <ja...@ie...>]

Since we are talking about documentation,
here is something that has confused me 
before:

Apparently, the file
	gnuplot.texi
is under CVS version control. Shouldn't just
the master (ie gnuplot.doc) be in CVS, since
all other files are built from it?

Best,

		Ph.


On Thursday 04 September 2008 12:01, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
> Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> > As Phillip pointed out, however, not all of the subdirectory
> > targets are recognized from the top level directory.
>
> Ultimately the reason is that docs/Makefile.in is not made from a
> docs/Makefile.am, and that gnuplot.info is not our primary documentation
> source file.  If it were, it would only take a single line in
> docs/Makefile.am:
>
>     info_TEXINFOS = gnuplot.info
>
> and automake would automatically set up rules build the documentation in
> various formats.  The only downside, if any, would be that texinfo's
> "makeinfo" program would become a build prerequisite, since automake
> insists on building and installing at least the info version in such a
> case.
>
> Oh, and FWIW, the options for building the other help document formats
> _are_ pointed at: right there in README it says:
>
> <quote>The new gnuplot user should begin by reading the general information
> available by typing `help` after running gnuplot. Then read about the
> `plot` command (type `help plot`).  The manual for gnuplot (which is a
> nicely formatted version of the on-line help information) can be
> printed either with TeX, troff or nroff.  Look at the docs/Makefile
> for the appropriate option.</quote>
>
> And once you do look into docs/Makefile (or Makefile.in, if you haven't
> configured yet), it does mention ps, pdf and friends quite clearly.
>
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