Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/03/23/23:02:37
Thomas Demmer <demmer AT LSTM DOT Ruhr-UNI-Bochum DOT De> writes:
>- The .INF represents a file readable with inf.exe
>- .TEX is a (La)TeX source file, a kind of a word processor like
> Word6.0, just more reliable and usuable on nearly every platform,
> apart from maybe the Sinclair ZX-20 (although, you never know)
A note: sometimes, you'll find files called *.tex, but they're really
*.txi files, i.e. texinfo sources. The reason for this is that the
original filename extension for texinfo sources ist .texinfo, but under
DOS, you have to abbreviate that, and some people chose .tex instead of
the more recognizable .txi.
>- .DVI is DeVice Independent format, produced by (La)TeX, can be
> turned to printable format by dvips or alikes,
>- .TXI is more or less the source file you work on, you can
> convert it to printable output or into a .INF file. So you can
> produce a printed documentation and an on-line help with one source
> file
For more details on that, call 'info texi' or grep the FAQ for
'texinfo'.
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (Aachen, Germany)
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