On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 03:01:44AM -0300, Jamenson Espindula wrote: > Hi all. > > Operating System: Linux From Scratch (LFS) 12.4 - System V Edition > texi2any (GNU texinfo) 7.2 > > I just finished translating the manual for GNU Texinfo into Brazilian > Portuguese. > > However, I need to change some words in the output (I generated the > HTML version, only for inspections).
The HTML version is not generated by TeX using 'texinfo.tex'. It is generated by texi2any, a different program: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Generic-Translator-texi2any.html The TeX 'texinfo.tex' is used when generating PDF, by using texi2pdf. > I found a thread that (almost) discusses the same subject: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-texinfo/2025-12/msg00001.html > > Different from that, I made some tests. I have a 'texinfo.tex' file in > my operating system at '/usr/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex'. > > In my 'texinfo.pt_BR.texi', in the first line, I just deleted the > '\input texinfo.tex @c -*-texinfo-*-' line. > > I did expect an error from texi2any (texi2any --html --no-split > --output=teste-mono.html texinfo.pt_BR.texi). > > However, surprisingly, 'teste-mono.html' was output! texi2any do not need this line, it is needed by TeX, called through texi2pdf. > That made me think '/usr/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex' was not > used. So, which 'texinfo.tex' was used? None when outputing HTML. > Same about 'txi-pt.tex' (/usr/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/txi-pt.tex). I > need some different words from that file ('txi-pt.tex') and I can not > get it. What am I missing? > > Please, in the response, tell me what commands to issue. :) texi2any is the right one for HTML. With texi2any, the translations of words such as See, ... in the HTML output is done by using gettext and translations managed by the translation project. This is explained here: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Internationalization-of-Document-Strings.html The corresponding page in the translation project is here: https://translationproject.org/domain/texinfo_document.html If you want to change the translated strings in HTML output, it is possible, but then you need to use the texi2any Perl customization API. It is explained here: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texi2any_api/html_node/Translated-Strings-Customization.html This is not straightforward, therefore, but should be doable with some knowledge of Perl. -- Pat
