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

Basile STARYNKEVITCH <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.help
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, 2026-04-16 at 12:23 +0000, Heime wrote:
> 
> 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.


In some cases, you might consider using some literate programming
approaches, e.g. having something inspired or related to the Noweb
tool.

https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/noweb/

Details heavily depends upon the complexity of the code you are
developing, and the programming languages you are using.

I am not claiming that literate programming is always worth the effort.
It really depends on a big lot of factors

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