--- a/config/texinfo.tex
+++ b/config/texinfo.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 % Load plain if necessary, i.e., if running under initex.
 \expandafter\ifx\csname fmtname\endcsname\relax\input plain\fi
 %
-\def\texinfoversion{2003-01-30.17}
+\def\texinfoversion{2003-01-31.17}
 %
 % Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
 % 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -558,6 +558,16 @@
 % therefore, no glue is inserted, and the space between the headline and
 % the text is small, which looks bad.
 %
+% Another complication is that the group might be very large.  This can
+% cause the glue on the previous page to be unduly stretched, because it
+% does not have much material.  In this case, it's better to add an
+% explicit \vfill so that the extra space is at the bottom.  The
+% threshold for doing this is if the group is more than \vfilllimit
+% percent of a page (\vfilllimit can be changed inside of @tex).
+% 
+\newbox\groupbox
+\def\vfilllimit{0.7}
+%
 \def\group{\begingroup
   \ifnum\catcode13=\active \else
     \errhelp = \groupinvalidhelp
@@ -571,10 +581,22 @@
   % above.  But it's pretty close.
   \def\Egroup{%
     \egroup           % End the \vtop.
+    % \dimen0 is the vertical size of the group's box.
+    \dimen0 = \ht\groupbox  \advance\dimen0 by \dp\groupbox
+    % \dimen2 is how much space is left on the page (more or less).
+    \dimen2 = \pageheight   \advance\dimen2 by -\pagetotal
+    % if the group doesn't fit on the current page, and it's a big big
+    % group, force a page break.
+    \ifdim \dimen0 > \dimen2
+      \ifdim \pagetotal < \vfilllimit\pageheight
+        \page
+      \fi
+    \fi
+    \copy\groupbox
     \endgroup         % End the \group.
   }%
   %
-  \vtop\bgroup
+  \setbox\groupbox = \vtop\bgroup
     % We have to put a strut on the last line in case the @group is in
     % the midst of an example, rather than completely enclosing it.
     % Otherwise, the interline space between the last line of the group
@@ -4089,7 +4111,7 @@
   }%
   % Add extra space after the heading -- either a line space or a
   % paragraph space, whichever is more.  (Some people like to set
-  % \parskip to large values for some reason.)
+  % \parskip to large values for some reason.)  Don't allow stretch, though.
   \nobreak
   \ifdim\parskip>\normalbaselineskip
     \kern\parskip
@@ -4998,8 +5020,11 @@
   % If there are two @def commands in a row, we'll have a \nobreak,
   % which is there to keep the function description together with its
   % header.  But if there's nothing but headers, we want to allow a
-  % break after all.
-  \ifnum\lastpenalty=10000 \penalty0 \fi
+  % break after all.  Check for penalty 10002 (inserted by
+  % \defargscommonending) instead of 10000, since the sectioning
+  % commands insert a \penalty10000, and we don't want to allow a break
+  % between a section heading and a defun.
+  \ifnum\lastpenalty=10002 \penalty0 \fi
   \medbreak
   %
   % Define the \E... end token that this defining construct specifies
@@ -5157,9 +5182,18 @@
 
 % Define @defun.
 
-% First, define the processing that is wanted for arguments of \defun
-% Use this to expand the args and terminate the paragraph they make up
-
+% This is called to end the arguments processing for all the @def... commands.
+%
+\def\defargscommonending{%
+  \interlinepenalty = 10000
+  \advance\rightskip by 0pt plus 1fil
+  \endgraf
+  \nobreak\vskip -\parskip
+  \penalty 10002  % signal to \parsebodycommon.
+}
+
+% This expands the args and terminates the paragraph they comprise.
+% 
 \def\defunargs#1{\functionparens \sl
 % Expand, preventing hyphenation at `-' chars.
 % Note that groups don't affect changes in \hyphenchar.
@@ -5168,9 +5202,7 @@
 #1%
 {\tensl\hyphenchar\font=45}%
 \ifnum\parencount=0 \else \errmessage{Unbalanced parentheses in @def}\fi%
-\interlinepenalty=10000
-\advance\rightskip by 0pt plus 1fil
-\endgraf\nobreak\vskip -\parskip\nobreak
+  \defargscommonending
 }
 
 \def\deftypefunargs #1{%
@@ -5179,9 +5211,7 @@
 % Use \boldbraxnoamp, not \functionparens, so that & is not special.
 \boldbraxnoamp
 \tclose{#1}% avoid \code because of side effects on active chars
-\interlinepenalty=10000
-\advance\rightskip by 0pt plus 1fil
-\endgraf\nobreak\vskip -\parskip\nobreak
+  \defargscommonending
 }
 
 % Do complete processing of one @defun or @defunx line already parsed.
@@ -5361,8 +5391,8 @@
 % This is actually simple: just print them in roman.
 % This must expand the args and terminate the paragraph they make up
 \def\defvarargs #1{\normalparens #1%
-\interlinepenalty=10000
-\endgraf\nobreak\vskip -\parskip\nobreak}
+  \defargscommonending
+}
 
 % @defvr Counter foo-count
 
@@ -5398,8 +5428,7 @@
 \def\deftypevarheader #1#2{%
 \dovarind#2 \relax% Make entry in variables index
 \begingroup\defname {\defheaderxcond#1\relax$.$#2}{\putwordDeftypevar}%
-\interlinepenalty=10000
-\endgraf\nobreak\vskip -\parskip\nobreak
+  \defargscommonending
 \endgroup}
 \def\dovarind#1 #2\relax{\doind{vr}{\code{#1}}}
 
@@ -5409,8 +5438,7 @@
 
 \def\deftypevrheader #1#2#3{\dovarind#3 \relax%
 \begingroup\defname {\defheaderxcond#2\relax$.$#3}{#1}
-\interlinepenalty=10000
-\endgraf\nobreak\vskip -\parskip\nobreak
+  \defargscommonending
 \endgroup}
 
 % Now define @deftp
@@ -5795,9 +5823,9 @@
 % NAME-pg (the page number), and NAME-snt (section number and type).
 % Called from \foonoderef.
 % 
-% We have to set \atdummies so commands such as @code in a section title
-% aren't expanded.  Could we just stuff the args into \toks registers
-% and avoid expansion that way?
+% We have to set \indexdummies so commands such as @code in a section
+% title aren't expanded.  It would be nicer not to expand the titles in
+% the first place, but there's so many layers that that is hard to do.
 %
 % Likewise, use \turnoffactive so that punctuation chars such as underscore
 % and backslash work in node names.