Hello Steven, sb> Adrian Aichner <aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com&gt; writes: sb> Using makeinfo is a feature not a bug. I didn't call it a bug and I don't think it is. Do you have pointers to get makeinfo running under Windows NT? I started with texinfo-3.11, which requires autoconf, automake autoheader, ... Being able to generate the info files with XEmacs would be a nicer alternative to have, I think. sb> The texinfo files are not intended to be formatted by the end user. By `formatted' you mean converted to info format from the texti sources, right? sb> Formatting documents with multibyte characters with XEmacs/Mule was sb> done out of expediency (I still have no capability for dealing with sb> TeX documents with multibyte characters outside of XEmacs/Mule). Oh, so I couldn't use `batch-texinfo-format' for a configuration --without-mule? sb> Formatting with the editor instead of makeinfo is much slower. Yes, but who cares? sb> The info files are provided in a standard tarball so there isn't a sb> need to work around the possible absence of makeinfo. Maybe it's one of those features I'm the only one to appreciate :-) Adrian -- Adrian Aichner Applications Engineer Teradyne GmbH Semiconductor Test Group Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Straße 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 D-81673 MÜNCHEN E-mail aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com