In the following, $INSTALLDIR is $SELFAUTOPARENT in the TeX Live,
that is, the parent directory of "texmf-dist". Actually the
directory $INSTALLDIR is shown by a command:
kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT
(1) Expand the file tl-texinfo.zip in $INSTALLDIR.
Then you can typeset Texinfo files:
[A] DVI MODE (dvi --> dvips --> ps2pdf)
Used engine is etex.
texi2dvi --verbose filename.texi
[B] PDF MODE (create pdf directly)
Used engines are pdftex , xetex, luatex, luahbtex.
1. engin = pdftex
texi2pdf --verbose filename.texi
2. engin = xetex
set PDFTEX=xetex& texi2pdf --verbose filename.texi
3. engin = luatex
set PDFTEX=luatex& texi2pdf --verbose filename.texi
4. engin = luahbtex
set PDFTEX=luahbtex& texi2pdf --verbose filename.texi
Supported encoding is UTF-8 only.
makeinfo etc. in the original Texinfo are not supported.
(2) If you define an environment variable TEXINPUTS as
set TEXINPUTS=$INSTALLDIR/texmf-texinfo/tex/texinfo;
Japanese extension by M. Hosoda becomes available:
set PDFTEX=xetex& texi2pdf --verbose yatex-lx.texi
in cmd.exe command line creates yatex-lx.pdf.
An example file yatex-lx.texi is in texmf-texinfo/doc/texinfo.
Note that, in defining the environment variable TEXINPUTS,
you should input the actual value of $INSTALLDIR, for example,
set TEXINPUTS=C:/texlive/2020/texmf-texinfo/tex/texinfo;
and the trailing semicolon, ";" is absolutely necessary.
(3) How to uninstall Texinfo addin in TeX Live W32.
When tl-texinfo.zip is expanded in $INSTALLDIR, a batch file
uninstalltexinfo.bat is also created in $INSTALLDIR directory.
For safety, examine contents in the file uninstalltexinfo.bat.
Go to $INSTALLDIR, and run the batch file uninstalltexinfo.bat.
Then the Texinfo addin is removed. For example:
cd C:\texlive\2020
uninstalltexinfo.bat
uninstalltexinfo.bat finally removes itself. You will see a
message:
"Batch file is not found"
Ignore this message.
