If you create a new manual and are thinking about using ox-texinfo+ in addition to ox-texinfo, then you should instead use the development version of Org.

Org's main branch (which will be released as Org-9.6 eventually) contains an improved implementation of the main feature (1) of this package. It works basically the same as described below, but you now have to use a "description list", which essentially means that the first line of all its items have to end with ::. For more information see the Plain lists in Texinfo export section in Org's info manual.

I have also added support for automatic use the @itemx command where appropriate, which is described in the same section.

The other features described below have not made it into the new, merged implementation.

1. The merged feature.
2. I now recommend using Org macros to add version strings and such.
3. This does not appear to be necessary anymore; if it ever was.
4. I would still like this behavior but think it should be implemented by patching org-cycle. I have heard rumors that that command is being rewritten, so I will wait until that is done, before teaching that function about my preferences.

This package provides some extensions for Org's texinfo exporter defined in ox-texinfo.

1. Create @deffn and similar definition items by writing list items in Org that look similar to what they will look like in Info. To enable this, add:

   #+TEXINFO_DEFFN: t
   

   to your Org file. After doing that, you can create definition items like so:

   - Command: magit-section-show
   
     Show the body of the current section.
   
   - Function: magit-git-exit-code &rest args
   - Macro: magit-insert-section &rest args
   - Variable: magit-display-buffer-noselect
   - User Option: magit-display-buffer-function
   - Key: q, magit-mode-bury-buffer
   

2. Optionally modify the Org file before exporting it. This is implemented using a hook that can be set using the BIND property:

   #+BIND: ox-texinfo+-before-export-hook some-function
   #+BIND: ox-texinfo+-before-export-hook another-function
   

   The function ox-texinfo+-update-version-strings is provided as an example. It makes some assumptions that might not be appropriate for your manuals, so you might have to define your own variant.

3. Fully respect the local value of indent-tabs-mode from the Org file when editing source blocks and exporting. This affects all source blocks and all exporters.

   I recommend you add this at the end of Org files to avoid strange indentation, at least with the texinfo exporter:

   # Local Variables:
   # indent-tabs-mode: nil
   # End:
   

4. Optionally dissolve certain headlines tilted "_" when using the texinfo exporter. This is useful when you want a headline's section to be collapsed when org-cycle reaches the CONTENTS state, just like the sections of sub-headlines are collapsed in that state, while in the export you do not want that sub-heading, which would be redundant outside of Org where similar visibility folding is not available.

   If the first child of a headline is a sub-headline titled "_", then the sub-headline is removed and its section is used as the section of the parent headline.

   I recommend that you enable this in individual Org files:

   # Local Variables:
   # eval: (require 'ox-texinfo+ nil t)
   # org-texinfo+-dissolve-noexport-headlines: t
   # End: