It's never been anything more than pointless complexity
* configure.ac (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): Remove output variables.
* Makefile.in (INFO_EXT): Remove and replace by ".info" throughout.
* doc/emacs/Makefile.in (INFO_EXT): Remove and replace by ".info" throughout.
(INFO_OPTS): Set directly rather than with configure.
* doc/lispintro/Makefile.in (INFO_EXT): Remove and replace by ".info" throughout.
(INFO_OPTS): Set directly rather than with configure.
* doc/lispref/Makefile.in (INFO_EXT): Remove and replace by ".info" throughout.
(INFO_OPTS): Set directly rather than with configure.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (INFO_EXT): Remove and replace by ".info" throughout.
(INFO_OPTS): Set directly rather than with configure.
* doc/emacs/Makefile.in (infoclean):
* doc/lispintro/Makefile.in (infoclean):
* doc/lispref/Makefile.in (infoclean):
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (infoclean):
Do not fail merely because the info directory does not exist,
but do fail if it exists and can't be cleaned.
The manual was written by Kurt Hornik. He agreed to assign the
copyright for it to the FSF. I have updated and modified the manual.
* doc/misc/octave-mode.texi: Imported from GNU Octave
(doc/interpreter/emacs.txi).
* doc/misc/Makefile.in: Add octave-mode.texi.
* lisp/progmodes/octave.el (octave-mode, inferior-octave-mode): Link
to info manual and show keybindings and set `:group' keyword.
* configure.ac (DOCMISC_W32): New var to replace DOCMISC_*_W32.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (DOCMISC_W32): New var to replace DOCMISC_*_W32.
(TARGETS): New intermediate variable.
(DVI_TARGETS, HTML_TARGETS, PDF_TARGETS, PS_TARGETS): Use it.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (HTML_TARGETS, html, emacs-faq.html, emacs-faq):
Remove; not needed now we use a standard html layout for the faq.
(clean): Remove HTML_TARGETS, emacs-faq.text.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (version): New, set by configure.
(clean): Delete dist tar file.
(infoclean): New, split from maintainer-clean.
(maintainer-clean): Run infoclean.
(dist): New rule, to make tarfile for www.gnu.org.
This speeds up building of documentation on multiprocessor
platforms, and is motivated by Texinfo 5.0, which is much slower.
Add a toplevel rule 'make docs' to make all the documentation.
* .bzrignore: Add .dvi, .html, .ps.
* Makefile.in (DVIS, HTMLS, INFOS, PSS, DOCS): New macros.
($(DOCS), docs, vi, html, pdf, ps): New rules.
(info-real): Depend on $(INFOS) rather than doing it sequentially.
(dvi): Depend on $(DVIS) rather than doing it sequentially.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (html): New rule.
* doc/misc/cl.texi: Include emacsver.texi.
Use Emacs version number rather than unchanging cl.el version number.
End all menu descriptions with a period.
Do not use @dfn{CL} for every instance of "CL".
(Overview): Remove no-runtime caveat, and note about foo* names.
(Usage): Use cl-lib rather than cl.
(Organization, Naming Conventions): Update for cl-lib.el.
(Installation): Remove long-irrelevant node.
(Program Structure, Predicates, Control Structure):
Start updating for cl-lib namespace.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in ($(buildinfodir)/cl$(INFO_EXT), cl.dvi, cl.pdf):
Depend on emacsver.texi.
* doc/misc/erc.texi: Include emacsver.texi, and use EMACSVER rather than
ERC version.
(Introduction): ERC is distributed with Emacs.
(Obtaining ERC, Installation): Remove chapters, no longer relevant.
(Getting Started): Simplify.
(Getting Help and Reporting Bugs): Refer to general Emacs lists.
(History): Mention ERC maintained as part of Emacs now.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in ($(buildinfodir)/erc$(INFO_EXT), erc.dvi, erc.pdf):
Add dependency on emacsver.texi.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in ($(buildinfodir)/reftex$(INFO_EXT)), reftex.dvi)
(reftex.pdf): Add dependency on emacsver.texi.
* doc/misc/reftex.texi: Don't include directory part for emacsver.texi;
the Makefile's -I handles it.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in:
Use explicit $srcdir in all dependencies.
Remove cd $srcdir from rules.
(VPATH): Remove.
(infodir): Set to an absolute path.
(INFO_TARGETS): Use short names.
(mkinfodir): infodir is now absolute.
(echo-info, maintainer-clean): Update for new format of INFO_TARGETS.
* configure.in (AC_PROG_MKDIR_P): Call it, to set MKDIR_P.
(MKDEPDIR): Use $MKDIR_P.
* Makefile.in (MKDIR_P): New, set by configure.
(mkdir): Use $MKDIR_P.
* doc/emacs/Makefile.in (MKDIR_P): New, set by configure.
(mkinfodir): Use $MKDIR_P.
* doc/lispintro/Makefile.in (MKDIR_P): New, set by configure.
(mkinfodir): Use $MKDIR_P.
* doc/lispref/Makefile.in (MKDIR_P): New, set by configure.
(mkinfodir): Use $MKDIR_P.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (MKDIR_P): New, set by configure.
(mkinfodir): Use $MKDIR_P.
* src/Makefile.in (MKDIR_P): New, set by configure.
* src/ns.mk (${ns_appdir}, ${ns_appbindir}Emacs): Use $MKDIR_P.
Ref http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-04/msg00354.html
* configure.in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New output variables.
* doc/emacs/Makefile.in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New, set by configure.
(info, infoclean): Use $INFO_EXT.
($(infodir)/emacs$(INFO_EXT)): Use $INFO_EXT and $INFO_OPT.
* doc/emacs/makefile.w32-in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New.
(INFO_TARGETS): Use $INFO_EXT.
($(infodir)/emacs$(INFO_EXT)): Use $INFO_EXT and $INFO_OPT, and -o.
* doc/lispintro/Makefile.in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New, set by configure.
(info, infoclean): Use $INFO_EXT.
(${infodir}/eintr$(INFO_EXT)): Use $INFO_EXT and $INFO_OPT.
* doc/lispintro/makefile.w32-in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New.
(INFO_TARGETS, clean): Use $INFO_EXT.
($(infodir)/eintr$(INFO_EXT)): Use $INFO_EXT and $INFO_OPT.
* doc/lispref/Makefile.in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New, set by configure.
(info, infoclean): Use $INFO_EXT.
($(infodir)/elisp$(INFO_EXT)): Use $INFO_EXT and $INFO_OPT.
* doc/lispref/makefile.w32-in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New.
(info, maintainer-clean): Use $INFO_EXT.
($(infodir)/elisp$(INFO_EXT)): Use $INFO_EXT and $INFO_OPT.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New, set by configure.
(INFO_TARGETS): Use $INFO_EXT.
Make all rules generating info files use $INFO_EXT, $INFO_OPT, and -o.
* doc/misc/makefile.w32-in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New.
(INFO_TARGETS): Use $INFO_EXT.
Make all rules generating info files use $INFO_EXT, $INFO_OPT, and -o.
The sed '/ing directory/d' piece is to remove the annoying
"entering/leaving directory" messages that GNU make insists on
printing when called recursively. --no-print-directory isn't portable.
* Makefile.in (INFO_FILES): Remove variable.
(INFO_NONMISC): New variable.
(install-arch-indep, uninstall): Don't use $INFO_FILES.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (echo-info): New phony target, used by top-level.
