Re: Extending makefile to pdf and html output

On Sunday, April 26th, 2026 at 1:34 AM, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:24:39 +0000
> > From: Heime <[email protected]>
> > Cc: [email protected]
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> > On Sunday, April 26th, 2026 at 1:13 AM, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wr=
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> > > > Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:03:25 +0000
> > > > From: Heime <[email protected]>
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> > > > On Saturday, April 25th, 2026 at 7:40 PM, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]=
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> > > > > > Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:09:07 +0000
> > > > > > From: Heime <[email protected]>
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> > > > > > 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.  F=
or
> > > > > example, in doc/emacs/.
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> > > > 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 doin=
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> > > > so, and I do the same?
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> > > > $(trgdir)/%.info: $(srcdir)/%.texi
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> > > 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.
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> > My program manual will be split in a number of files - would I
> > 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)?
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> The latter.
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> > Have tried your earlier suggestion for emacs and in the scratch buffer
> > I run
> >
> > (info (emacs))
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> > which entered a Lisp error: (void-function emacs)
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> That's not what I suggested to do.

How can one get the emacs manual from an emacs command?