TexinfoMode is an editing mode that comes with Emacs for editing Texinfo files. It was originally written by Robert J. Chassell.
A useful feature of Texinfo mode is combining the UniversalArgument command with various markup-insertion commands to automatically surround words with markup. According to the TexinfoManual:
‘C-u 1 C-c C-c c’. […] The value of the prefix argument tells Emacs how many words following point to include between braces--‘1’ for one word, ‘2’ for two words, and so on. […] This feature works only for those @-commands that operate on a word or words within one line, such as `@kbd’ and `@var’.” (original emphasis)Here are some things to help when working with Texinfo in Emacs,
‘M-x auto-insert’.makeinfo-buffer previewing using Info mode@:, as a workaround for makeinfo 4.11See also InfoMode.