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 This file records noteworthy changes.
 
+3.11 (31 July 1997)
+* New commands:
+  - @uref to make a reference to a url; @url now only indicates such.
+  - @image to include graphics (epsf for TeX).
+  - @deftypemethod and @deftypemethodx to document methods in strongly
+    typed object-oriented languages, such as C++.
+  - @html for raw HTML.
+  - @ifnothtml @ifnotinfo @ifnottex for more precise conditionals.
+  - @kbdinputstyle to control when @kbd uses the slanted typewriter font.
+  - @email takes second optional argument.
+* texinfo.tex reads texinfo.cnf (if present) for site-wide TeX
+  configuration; for example, A4 paper sizes.
+* info:
+  - arrow keys supported.
+  - trailing : in INFOPATH appends default path.
+  - new option --index-search for online help support.
+* makeinfo:
+  - output files removed if errors unless (new option) --force.
+  - new option -P to prepend to search path.
+  - macro expansion file can be standard output.
+* install-info creates a new dir file if necessary.
+* update-info script to create a dir file from all info files.
+* Elisp: texnfo-tex.el and detexinfo.el removed from the distribution;
+  - texnfo-tex features are now part of standard TeX & Texinfo packages;
+  - makeinfo --no-headers does a better job than detexinfo.el.
+* Documentation:
+  - Updates, revisions, corrections in the manual.
+  - makeinfo.texi removed, as it was a copy of what was in texinfo.texi.
+* gettext support in sources, French and German translations included.
+* info man page removed; use the Texinfo manual.
+* Automake used, other portability fixes.
+
+3.10 (nonexistent)
+
 3.9 (4 October 1996)
 * makeinfo:
   - Give a suppressible (with --no-validate) error for references
@@ -91,3 +125,205 @@ This file records noteworthy changes.
 Just bug fixes, see ChangeLog for full details. 
 
 texinfo-3.0: first release of Texinfo version 2, with many new commands.
+
+
+Here is the separate NEWS for old releases of Info:
+
+Version 2.11,     Sat Apr  1 09:15:21 1995
+
+Changes since 2.7 beta:
+
+Although the basic code remains the same, there are numerous nits
+fixed, including some display bugs, and a memory leak.  Some changes
+that have taken place with larger impact include the way in which the
+(dir) node is built; I have added in support for "localdir"
+directories among other things.  Info files may be stored in
+compressed formats, and in their own subdirectories; menu items which
+do not explicitly name the node to which they are attached have the
+menu item name looked up as an Info file if it is not found within the
+current document.  This means that the menu item:
+
+* Info::		The Info documentation reader.
+
+in (dir) refers to the info node "(info)Top".
+
+Please see the ChangeLog and documentation for details on other
+changes.
+
+Version 2.7 beta, Wed Dec 30 02:02:38 1992
+Version 2.6 beta, Tue Dec 22 03:58:07 1992
+Version 2.5 beta, Tue Dec  8 14:50:35 1992
+Version 2.4 beta, Sat Nov 28 14:34:02 1992
+Version 2.3 beta, Fri Nov 27 01:04:13 1992
+Version 2.2 beta, Tue Nov 24 09:36:08 1992
+Version 2.1 beta, Tue Nov 17 23:29:36 1992
+
+Changes since 2.5 beta:
+
+Note that versions 2.6 and 2.7 Beta were only released to a select group.
+
+* "info-" removed from the front of M-x commands.
+
+* Automatic footnote display.  When you enter a node which contains
+  footnotes, and the variable "automatic-footnotes" is "On", Info pops
+  up a window containing the footnotes.  Likewise, when you leave that
+  node, the window containing the footnotes goes away.
+
+* Cleaner built in documentation, and documentation functions.
+
+  Use:
+    o `M-x describe-variable' to read a variable's documenation
+    o `M-x describe-key' to find out what a particular keystroke does.
+    o `M-x describe-function' to read a function's documentation.
+    o `M-x where-is' to find out what keys invoke a particular function.
+
+* Info can "tile" the displayed windows (via "M-x tile-windows").  If
+  the variable "automatic-tiling" is "On", then splitting a window or
+  deleting a window causes the remaining windows to be retiled.
+
+* You can save every keystroke you type in a "dribble file" by using the
+  `--dribble FILENAME' option.  You can initially read keystrokes from an
+  alternate input stream with `--restore FILENAME', or by redirecting
+  input on the command line `info < old-dribble'.
+
+* New behaviour of menu items.  If the label is the same as the
+  target node name, and the node couldn't be found in the current file,
+  treat the label as a file name.  For example, a menu entry in "DIR"
+  might contain:
+
+    * Emacs::		Cool text-editor.
+
+  Info would not find the node "(dir)Emacs", so just plain "(emacs)"
+  would be tried.
+
+* New variable "ISO-Latin" allows you to use European machines with
+  8-bit character sets.
+
+* Cleanups in echo area reading, and redisplay.  Cleanups in handling the
+  window which shows possible completions.
+
+* Info can now read files that have been compressed.  An array in filesys.c
+  maps extensions to programs that can decompress stdin, and write the results
+  to stdout.  Currently, ".Z"/uncompress, ".z"/gunzip, and ".Y"/unyabba are
+  supported.  The modeline for a compressed file shows "zz" in it.
+
+* There is a new variable "gc-compressed-files" which, if non-zero, says
+  it is okay to reclaim the file buffer space allocated to a file which
+  was compressed, if, and only if, that file's contents do not appear in
+  any history node.
+
+* New file `nodemenu.c' implements a few functions for manipulating
+  previously visited nodes.  `C-x C-b' (list-visited-nodes) produces a
+  menu of the nodes that could be reached by info-history-node in some
+  window.  `C-x b' (select-visited-node) is similar, but reads one of
+  the node names with completion.
+
+* Keystroke `M-r' (move_to_screen_line) allows the user to place the cursor at
+  the start of a specific screen line.  Without a numeric argument, place the
+  cursor on the center line; with an arg, place the cursor on that line.
+
+* Interruptible display implemented.  Basic display speedups and hacks.
+* The message "*** Tags Out of Date ***" now means what it says.
+* Index searching with `,' (info-index-next) has been improved.
+* When scrolling with C-v, C-M-v, or M-v, only "Page Only" scrolling
+  will happen.
+
+* Continous scrolling (along with `]' (info-global-next) and `['
+  (info-global-prev) works better.  `]' and `[' accept numeric
+  arguments, moving that many nodes in that case.
+
+* `C-x w' (info-toggle-wrap) controls how lines wider than the width
+  of the screen are displayed.  If a line is too long, a `$' is
+  displayed in the rightmost column of the window.
+
+* There are some new variables for controlling the behaviour of Info
+  interactively.  The current list of variables is as follows:
+
+  Variable Name      Default Value  Description
+  -------------      -------------  -----------
+  `automatic-footnotes' On	    When "On", footnotes appear and
+				    disappear automatically.
+
+  `automatic-tiling'    Off	    When "On", creating of deleting a
+				    window resizes other windows.
+
+  `visible-bell'        Off	    If non-zero, try to use a visible bell.
+
+  `errors-ring-bell'    On	    If non-zero, errors cause a ring.
+
+  `show-index-match'    On	    If non-zero, the portion of the string
+				    matched is highlighted by changing its
+				    case.
+
+  `scroll-behaviour'    Continuous  One of "Continuous", "Next Only", or
+				    "Page Only".  "Page Only" prevents you from
+				    scrolling past the bottom or top of a node.
+				    "Next Only" causes the Next or Prev node to
+				    be selected when you scroll past the bottom
+				    or top of a node.  "Continous" moves
+				    linearly through the files hierchichal
+				    structure.
+
+  `scroll-step'	        0	    Controls how scrolling is done for you when
+				    the cursor moves out of the current window.
+				    Non-zero means it is the number of lines
+				    you would like the screen to shift.  A
+				    value of 0 means to center the line
+				    containing the cursor in the window.
+
+  `gc-compressed-files' Off	    If non-zero means it is okay to reclaim the
+				    file buffer space allocated to a file which
+				    was compressed, if, and only if, that
+				    file's contents do not appear in the node
+				    list of any window.
+
+  `ISO-Latin'	        Off	    Non-zero means that you are using an ISO
+				    Latin character set.  By default, standard
+				    ASCII characters are assumed.
+________________________________________
+This release of Info is version 2.5 beta.
+
+Changes since 2.4 beta:
+
+* Index (i) and (,) commands fully implemented.
+* "configure" script now shipped with Info.
+* New function "set-variable" allows users to set various variables.
+* User-settable behaviour on end or beginning of node scrolling.  This
+  supercedes the SPC and DEL changes in 2.3 beta.
+
+________________________________________
+This release of Info is version 2.4 beta.
+
+Changes since 2.3 beta:
+
+* info-last-node now means move to the last node of this info file.
+* info-history-node means move backwards through this window's node history.
+* info-first-node moves to the first node in the Info file.  This node is
+  not necessarily "Top"!
+* SPC and DEL can select the Next or Prev node after printing an informative
+  message when pressed at the end/beg of a node.
+
+----------------------------------------
+This release of Info is version 2.3 beta.
+
+Changes since 2.2 beta:
+
+* M-x command lines if NAMED_COMMANDS is #defined.  Variable in Makefile.
+* Screen height changes made quite robust.
+* Interactive function "set-screen-height" implements user height changes.
+* Scrolling on some terminals is faster now.
+* C-l with numeric arguement is fixed.
+
+----------------------------------------
+This release of Info is version 2.2 beta.
+
+Changes since 2.0:
+
+* C-g can now interrupt multi-file searches.
+* Incremental search is fully implemented.
+* Loading large tag tables is much faster now.
+* makedoc.c replaces shell script, speeding incremental builds.
+* Scrolling in redisplay is implemented.
+* Recursive uses of the echo area made more robust.
+* Garbage collection of unreferenced nodes.
+