printing issues

[Werner LEMBERG]

I have a question regarding printing a texinfo file.

There is an obvious difference between an electronic book and a
printed version of it.  My personal opinion is that it is good to have
a single large electronic version which becomes multiple volumes if
printed.  Another reason for a single large electronic version is the
inability of the stand-alone info program to look up a keyword (be it
with the `i' or `C-s' command) in more than a single info file -- at
least I don't know how to do that.

How can I achieve this with texinfo in a smart way?  I would like to
have something like the following:

  electronic: Part 1
              Part 2
              Appendix A
              Appendix B
              Index

  printed: vol 1: Part 1
                  Appendix A
                  Index of vol 1
           vol 2: Part 2
                  Appendix B
                  Index of vol 2

Note that I know the solution of putting the data into different
files, building up various master documents including the data files,
i.e., having an `electronic.info' including all files, a `vol1.info'
file including only part 1 and appendix A, etc.  But it makes the
creation of indices a non-trivial task...


    Werner