Re: Extending makefile to pdf and html output

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On Sunday, April 26th, 2026 at 1:13 AM, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:03:25 +0000
> > From: Heime <[email protected]>
> > Cc: [email protected]
> >
> > On Saturday, April 25th, 2026 at 7:40 PM, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> =
wrote:
> >
> > > > Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:09:07 +0000
> > > > From: Heime <[email protected]>
> > > >
> > > > I want to add the production of pdf and html.  How would one
> > > > change this makefile?
> > >
> > > You can see how this is done forEmacs by looking into the
> > > subdirectories of the doc/ directory in the Emacs source tree.  For
> > > example, in doc/emacs/.
> >
> > I can see that you specify all the .texi source files.  I am using
> > rule where I do not specify the files.  What is the reason for doing
> > so, and I do the same?
> >
> > $(trgdir)/%.info: $(srcdir)/%.texi
>=20
> This is okay if your manual has a single source file.  The Emacs
> manual is a single Info file built from many source files, so the
> above rule would not work.

My program manual will be split in a number of files - would I=20
have to do the same?  The emacs single source file you mention,
are the many source files you mention separate info manuals.  Or
is it a single manual with chapters or sections split in multiple
files (as I will do)?=20


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> > Also noticed you use texi2pdf.  makeinfo should be the same as
> > texi2any, why is texi2pdf preferred?  I was going to use makeinfo
> > to do everything.
>=20
> Yes, you can use makeinfo for everything.

Have tried your earlier suggestion for emacs and in the scratch buffer
I run=20

(info (emacs))=20

which entered a Lisp error: (void-function emacs)
=20