The Texinfo manual is now kept in sync with the project information
manual pages. The Texinfo manual may be retired at some later date but
for now the two sets of documentation will be kept in sync.
Make working with the texinfo files more manageable by splitting the
large chapters into their own files.
Actually include the texinfo files into the source distribution.
After much consideration, texinfo was chosen for the Hamlib manual.
Initially Docbook had been considered and then abandoned. Doxygen
generated output from the source files has filled that role since but
experience has shown that more explanation would be useful. ASCIIdoc
had been considered and while HTML and PDF outputs are possible, GNU
info style documentation seems not to be. Texinfo provides for all
three and is easily integrated into Automake and enables version and
update variables generated by Autotools to be easily integrated into the
documentation.
The manual is released under the GNU Free Document License with no
invariant sections and no cover texts. This meets the current Debian
Free Software Guidelines.
Nate Bargmann