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+This file records noteworthy changes.
+
+3.9 (4 October 1996)
+* makeinfo:
+  - Give a suppressible (with --no-validate) error for references
+    outside of any node.
+  - Keep track of multitable output correctly for split files; this
+    caused nodes after the first multitable to be ``undefined''.
+* install-info:
+  - Rename --infodir option to --info-dir.
+  - More robust error checking to avoid various crashes.
+* configure: Include replacements for memcpy and memmove functions in
+  the distribution, in case they are missing.
+
+3.8 (30 September 1996)
+* Define and/or document new and/or previously existing commands:
+  Accents: @" @' @, @" @= @^ @` @~ @H @d @dotaccent @dotless @ringaccent
+    @tieaccent @u @ubaraccent @v
+  Special characters: @AA @AE @L @O @OE @aa @ae @exclamdown @l @o @oe
+    @pounds @questiondown @ss
+  Special punctuation: @! @? @enddots
+  dir file maintenance: @dircategory @direntry; also new program, install-info
+  HTML support: @email @url @ifhtml...@end ifhtml
+  Macros: @macro @unmacro
+  Tables: @multitable @tab
+  Hyphenation: @- @hyphenation
+  Spacing: @  @<TAB> @<NEWLINE>
+  Sectioning:
+    @headings singleafter/doubleafter (change heading style after current page)
+    @centerchap
+    @setchapterstyle
+  Other:
+    @shorttitlepage (simple title pages)
+    @detailmenu...@end detailmenu (help makeinfo parse master menus)
+* Makeinfo prefers an input file named `foo.texinfo' or `foo.texi' or
+  `foo.txinfo' to just `foo' (the latter most likely being an executable).
+* Makeinfo implements @. @! @? correctly, as end-of-sentence punctuation.
+* @key marks its argument with a lozenge in TeX and <...> in Info.
+* TeX output has substantially decreased interline spacing and other
+  formatting changes.
+* Remove these obsolete and never-documented commands:
+    @infotop
+    @infoappendix @infoappendixsec @infoappendixsubsec @infoappendixsubsubsec
+    @infochapter @infosection @infosubsection @infosubsubsection
+    @infounnumbered @infounnumberedsec @infounnumberedsubsec
+      @infounnumberedsubsubsec
+    @input
+    @smallbreak @medbreak
+    @overfullrule
+    @br
+* Deprecate these obsolete commands, to be removed in the next release:
+    @ctrl
+    @infoinclude
+    @iappendix @iappendixsection @iappendixsec @iappendixsubsec
+      @iappendixsubsubsec
+    @ichapter @isection @isubsection @isubsubsection 
+    @iunnumbered @iunnumberedsec @iunnumberedsubsec @iunnumberedsubsubsec
+    @setchapterstyle
+    @titlespec
+
+3.7 (24 December 1995)
+* Have --version print texinfo release number as well as the individual
+  program version.
+* Better man page cleaning.
+* Update Elisp files from current Emacs release.
+
+3.6 (21 June 1995)
+* Unmatched brace error reporting improved.
+* Missing comment terminator prevented compilation.
+
+3.5 (20 June 1995)
+* Autoconf update.
+* Support for parallel makes.
+* make install does not install Elisp files.
+
+3.4 (19 June 1995)
+* Handle @ifhtml in Elisp.
+* Update FSF address.
+
+3.3 (15 June 1995)
+* Portability changes.
+* Compile Elisp files.
+* Don't distribute .info* files.
+
+3.2 (9 June 1995)
+* Standalone Info can read Unix man pages.
+* New commands: @! @? @^ @" @enddots.
+* makeinfo -E does macro expansion (and nothing else).
+
+3.1 (23 May 1993)
+Just bug fixes, see ChangeLog for full details. 
+
+texinfo-3.0: first release of Texinfo version 2, with many new commands.