Re: Texinfo to info command for cross-referencing custom manuals in docstrings

On Saturday, April 18th, 2026 at 5:31 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> Heime <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > As I develop code, I continuously update its accompanying Texinfo
> > manual. I'd like an automated Emacs Lisp command that takes antares.texi,
> > compiles it to an Info file antares.info, installs it properly,
> > and makes the nodes immediately available for cross-referencing
> > in my docstrings - like (antares)Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex linking
> > directly to that node.
> >
> 
> If someone does not provide a solution to your problem, here
> are some things you can try:
> 
> 1. Look for a package/library that does what you want.
> Emacs comes with two archives in the user option
> ‘package-archives’.  You could add to these two archives
> with any Emacs Lisp archives that you might find on the
> internet.  One that many Emacs users commonly add is the
> "Melpa" archive, which comes in a "beta" archive or a
> "stable" archive.  The "beta" archive has many more
> packages, but they are more experimental.
> 
>   M-x customize-option RET package-archives RET
> 
> Add either https://stable.melpa.org/packages/
> or https://melpa.org/packages/
> 
> 2. Look in the Emacs Wiki for an Emacs Lisp source file that
> does what you want, but which has not been turned into a
> package.  See https://www.emacswiki.org/
> 
> 3. Some of what you want done is performed by one of many
> tools that create files when other files are changed.
> Probably the oldest and most-widely available is called
> ‘make’.  GNU make is a GNU version of this tool.  Check to
> see whether it is already on your operating system and, if
> not, see whether you can install it.  If you can install it,
> then try the following expression to read the user manual
> for GNU make: (info "(make) Top")
> 
> 4. Write a solution in Emacs Lisp.  See the following
> section in the Emacs user manual
>    (info "(emacs) Compilation")
> 
> and the following chapter in the Texinfo user manual:
>    (info "(texinfo) Creating and Installing Info Files")

I would like to update the documentation and have it available 
as I code.  I currently am using bash script to produce the info 
file.  Would you suggest using make?

Once the info is generated, how can I make an elisp command to
update the documentation?  Could I put the info generated code 
in the directory tree that I am currently working on?
 
> --
> The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
> - Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parliament of Birds.
> 
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