[6013] texindex prematurely in NEWS, dev doc tweaks, new generated gnulib math.h

[karl]

Revision: 6013
          http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=6013
Author:   karl
Date:     2015-01-01 19:19:44 +0000 (Thu, 01 Jan 2015)
Log Message:
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texindex prematurely in NEWS, dev doc tweaks, new generated gnulib math.h

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/NEWS
    trunk/README-hacking

Property Changed:
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    trunk/gnulib/lib/

Modified: trunk/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/NEWS  2015-01-01 18:30:23 UTC (rev 6012)
+++ trunk/NEWS  2015-01-01 19:19:44 UTC (rev 6013)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
   2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
-  2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+  2013, 2014, 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
   are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 * texinfo.tex:
   . @url/@uref output now the same in PDF as in DVI, showing the url
     even if the second argument is given, not just as link target.
-    Option \urefurlonlylinktrue gives previous behavior of invisible urls.
-    PDF-only \linkcolor and \urlcolor to specify colors (default black).
+    TeX option \urefurlonlylinktrue gives previous behavior, of invisible urls.
+    PDF-only \linkcolor and \urlcolor specify colors (default black).
 
 * texi2any:
   . new customization variable INDEX_SPECIAL_CHARS_WARNING to complain
@@ -53,12 +53,21 @@
   . separate `infokey' program has been removed - the .infokey file is now
     read directly by info.
   . new variable `highlight-searches' allows highlighting results from a search
-  . support for mouse scrollwheel, controlled by 'mouse' variable
+  . support for mouse scrollwheel, controlled by 'mouse' variable.
   . new variable 'key_time' to control how long to wait for byte
-    sequences sent by special keys
+    sequences sent by special keys.
   . new variable 'hide-note-references' alters appearance of displayed nodes
-  . support input of multibyte characters for searches in a UTF-8 locale
+  . support input of multibyte characters for searches in a UTF-8 locale.
 
+* texindex:
+  . completely new implementation as a literate program using Texinfo
+    and (portable) awk (called TexiWeb Jr.), thanks to Arnold Robbins.
+  . the -o (--output) is not supported, unless we hear of someone using it.
+  . duplicated sort keys with different display texts result in one
+    merged index entry, using the first display text.
+  . better sorting and parsing in unusual cases; most notably, { and }
+    characters can appear as initials.
+
 * install-info:
   . handle compressed input file names containing spaces.
   . exit successfully if --remove is given and the dir file does not exist.
@@ -69,7 +78,7 @@
   . look for the environment variable THUMBPDF_CMD instead of THUMBPDF,
     since thumbpdf itself has used THUMBPDF for options since 2000.
   . remove --recode and --recode-from options, since they haven't
-    worked as intended for years.
+    worked as intended for years, so evidently no one needs them.
 
 5.2 (26 September 2013)
 * Language:

Modified: trunk/README-hacking
===================================================================
--- trunk/README-hacking        2015-01-01 18:30:23 UTC (rev 6012)
+++ trunk/README-hacking        2015-01-01 19:19:44 UTC (rev 6013)
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 $Id$
 This file describes the development environment for Texinfo.
 
-  Copyright 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
-  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+  Copyright 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
+  2014, 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
   are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@
 recorded in gnulib/m4/gnulib-cache.m4.  Given a source checkout of
 gnulib, you can update the files with gnulib-tool --add-import.
 
-And, when running gnulib-tool --add-import, remember to check what files
-were added (e.g., run "svn status build-aux gnulib") and add them to the
-repository with "svn add"; likewise for removals.
+And, when running gnulib-tool --add-import or otherwise adding modules,
+remember to check what files were added (e.g., run "svn status build-aux
+gnulib") and add them to the repository with "svn add"; likewise for
+removals.  Likewise for adding new generated files (typically
+gnulib/lib/foo.h from foo.h.in) to the ignore list.
 
 
 


Property changes on: trunk/gnulib/lib
___________________________________________________________________
Modified: svn:ignore
   - *.o
Makefile
Makefile.in
.deps
libgnu.a
alloca.h
argz.h
configmake.h
errno.h
fcntl.h
getopt.h
stdbool.h
stdint.h
stdio.h
stdlib.h
string.h
sys_stat.h
sys_time.h
time.h
unistd.h
unitypes.h
uniwidth.h
wchar.h
wctype.h

   + *.o
Makefile
Makefile.in
.deps
libgnu.a
alloca.h
argz.h
configmake.h
errno.h
fcntl.h
getopt.h
stdbool.h
stdint.h
stdio.h
stdlib.h
string.h
sys_stat.h
sys_time.h
time.h
unistd.h
unitypes.h
uniwidth.h
wchar.h
wctype.h
math.h