Short Sample

Here is a complete, short sample Texinfo file, without any commentary. You can see this file, with comments, in the first chapter. See Short Sample.

In a nutshell: The makeinfo program transforms a Texinfo source file such as this into an Info file or HTML; and TeX typesets it for a printed manual.

     \input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
     @c %**start of header
     @setfilename sample.info
     @settitle Sample Manual 1.0
     @c %**end of header
     
     @copying
     This is a short example of a complete Texinfo file.
     
     Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     @end copying
     
     @titlepage
     @title Sample Title
     @page
     @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
     @insertcopying
     @end titlepage
     
     @c Output the table of the contents at the beginning.
     @contents
     
     @ifnottex
     @node Top
     @top GNU Sample
     
     @insertcopying
     @end ifnottex
     
     @menu
     * First Chapter::    The first chapter is the
                           only chapter in this sample.
     * Index::            Complete index.
     @end menu
     
     
     @node First Chapter
     @chapter First Chapter
     
     @cindex chapter, first
     
     This is the first chapter.
     @cindex index entry, another
     
     Here is a numbered list.
     
     @enumerate
     @item
     This is the first item.
     
     @item
     This is the second item.
     @end enumerate
     
     
     @node Index
     @unnumbered Index
     
     @printindex cp
     
     @bye