Pierre Rouleau <[email protected]> writes:
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM Jean Louis <[email protected]> wrote:
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> * Pierre Rouleau <[email protected]> [2026-03-16 15:35]:
> > - Editing must be done with macOS Number, a non-free application
> > that is (AFAIK) only available on macOS.
>
> Oops.
>
> If anyone knows an open tool that can produce the same as what I have done, please let me know.
> I searched and found nothing.
> The only way I found is what I used (macOS Number).
> The alternative would be to write my own tool.
1. It is unclear to me what exactly you are referring to, but
if you are asking how to generate a PDF file from a text
file, then you could consider using Texinfo (see (info
"(texinfo) Top")). That is what is used to generate the
many .info manuals that are included with Emacs and with
other GNU software packages. In addition to generating .pdf
files, it can be used to create HTML and .info files from
the same, single source file.
Try locating the files "refcard.pdf", "orgcard.pdf", and
"dired-ref.pdf" using M-x locate. These files should be
included with your Emacs distribution. They provide
examples of what you could create using Texinfo.
2. Another alternative that you could consider is to create
a .org file -- a text file in org-mode. See (info "(org) Top")
Using this, you could create a hierarchical file that
organizes what you want to document. This file can include
several types of links, including links to Info pages and
HTML (See (info "(org) Hyperlinks")). You could then create
a keybinding that opened your file in the manner that C-h n
opens Emacs’s NEWS file.
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