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(synopsis "The GNU documentation format")
(description
"Texinfo is the official documentation format of the GNU project. It
-uses a single source file containing TeX-like formatting commands to produce
-a final document in any of several supported output formats, such as HTML or
-PDF. This package includes both the tools necessary to produce info
-documents from their source as well as the command- line info reader.")
+uses a single source file using explicit commands to produce a final document
+in any of several supported output formats, such as HTML or PDF. This
+package includes both the tools necessary to produce Info documents from
+their source and the command-line Info reader. The emphasis of the language
+is on expressing the content semantically, avoiding physical markup commands.")
(license gpl3+)))