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diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/texinfo.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/texinfo.mdwn index 46aa7acf9..d2d088a76 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/texinfo.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/texinfo.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,27 @@ -[[I|tschwinge]] started writing a plugin to render [Texinfo](http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo) +[[I|tschwinge]] started writing a plugin to render [Texinfo](http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/) inside the ikiwiki environment. The plugin is available at <http://www.schwinge.homeip.net/~thomas/tmp/texinfo.pm>. It's very basic at the moment, but will be improved over time. + + +# Issues + +Conventional ikiwiki [[*htmlize*ing|plugins/write#index6h3]] +have a one-to-one mapping of input file and output file. +This can also be achieved for Texinfo files, but is somewhat +unusual there, when rendering them to HTML. In general, there +is a N-to-M mapping: + +* N Texinfo input files (a main `.texi` file, + several helper files (`fdl.texi`, `version.texi`, ...), and + additional text files which are included from the main `.texi` + file, e.g. `history.texi`, `libfoo.texi`, `libbar.texi`. +* M Texinfo output files: the main `.texi` file (which `include`s + the other input files) is usually rendered into a (flat) hierarchy + of HTML files, one file per node, see the table on + <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/#Top> + for an example. + +How to teach this to ikiwiki? |