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[6981] XS in NEWS
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Gavin D. Smith |
Subject: |
[6981] XS in NEWS |
Date: |
Tue, 02 Feb 2016 19:44:05 +0000 |
Revision: 6981
http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=6981
Author: gavin
Date: 2016-02-02 19:44:04 +0000 (Tue, 02 Feb 2016)
Log Message:
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XS in NEWS
Modified Paths:
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trunk/ChangeLog
trunk/NEWS
Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog 2016-02-02 19:40:09 UTC (rev 6980)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog 2016-02-02 19:44:04 UTC (rev 6981)
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2016-02-02 Gavin Smith <address@hidden>
+ * NEWS: Move NEWS about XS earlier and mention that pure Perl
+ modules can still be used by default. Suggestion from Karl Berry.
+
+2016-02-02 Gavin Smith <address@hidden>
+
* configure.ac: Add "(XS)" after "Perl extension" in message to
make it easier to find in configure output. Repeat message
after output from trying to build and run an extension module so
Modified: trunk/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/NEWS 2016-02-02 19:40:09 UTC (rev 6980)
+++ trunk/NEWS 2016-02-02 19:44:04 UTC (rev 6981)
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
output, and "*Note Another Section:: for more information" in the
Info output.
+* texi2any:
+ . Some Perl modules have been rewritten in C to increase speed.
+ If Perl extensions can be created, they are used by default;
+ otherwise the pure Perl implementations are still used.
+ Disable at build time with "configure --disable-perl-xs". The
+ environment variable TEXINFO_XS controls how they are used by
+ makeinfo.
+ . Quotation marks are left out for node names and index entries in
+ Info output where they would have been produced by commands such
+ as @file or @option.
+ . New customization variable INFO_SPECIAL_CHARS_QUOTE to allow use of
+ a quoting mechanism for problematic constructs in Info output, for
+ example node names containing colons or commas.
+ . Commands like @heading are affected by @lowersections and @raisesections
+ again, as was the case before Texinfo 5.0.
+
* texinfo.tex:
. You may explicitly specify a sort key for an index entry by preceding
the text of the entry with the @sortas commmand with the sort key
@@ -64,20 +80,6 @@
. Support for determining the output files using the `-recorder'
option to TeX, to help to support more TeX engines.
-* texi2any:
- . Some Perl modules have been rewritten in C to increase speed.
- Disable at build time with "configure --disable-perl-xs". The
- environment variable TEXINFO_XS controls how they are used by
- makeinfo.
- . Quotation marks are left out for node names and index entries in
- Info output where they would have been produced by commands such
- as @file or @option.
- . New customization variable INFO_SPECIAL_CHARS_QUOTE to allow use of
- a quoting mechanism for problematic constructs in Info output, for
- example node names containing colons or commas.
- . Commands like @heading are affected by @lowersections and @raisesections
- again, as was the case before Texinfo 5.0.
-
* info:
. New user variables `link-style', `active-link-style', and
`match-style' enable customization of how cross-references and search
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