makeinfo

 

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 MAKEINFO(1)                    FSF                    MAKEINFO(1)
 
 
 
NAME
        makeinfo - translate Texinfo documents
 
SYNOPSIS
        makeinfo [OPTION]... TEXINFO-FILE...
 
DESCRIPTION
        Translate  Texinfo  source  documentation to various other
        formats: Info files suitable for reading online with Emacs
        or  standalone  GNU  Info  (by  default); plain text (with
        --no-headers); or HTML (with --html).
 
OPTIONS
        --commands-in-node-names
               allow @ commands in node names.
 
        -D VAR define a variable, as with @set.
 
        --docbook                  output DocBook rather than Info
        format.
 
        -E, --macro-expand FILE
               output macro-expanded source to FILE.
 
        --error-limit=NUM
               quit after NUM errors (default 100).
 
        --fill-column=NUM
               break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72).
 
        --footnote-style=STYLE
               output  footnotes according to STYLE: `separate' to
               place footnotes in their own node, `end'  to  place
               the footnotes at the end of the
 
               node in which they are defined (the default).
 
        --force
               preserve output even if errors.
 
        --help display this help and exit.
 
        --html output HTML rather than Info format.
 
        -I DIR append DIR to the @include search path.
 
        --ifhtml
               process @ifhtml and @html text even when not gener­
               ating HTML.
 
        --ifinfo
               process @ifinfo text even when generating HTML.
 
        --iftex
               process @iftex and @tex text.  implies  --no-split.
 
        --no-headers
               suppress  Info  node  separators  and  Node: lines;
               write to standard output without --output.
 
        --no-ifhtml
               do not process @ifhtml and @html text.
 
        --no-ifinfo
               do not process @ifinfo text.
 
        --no-iftex
               do not process @iftex and @tex text.
 
        --no-split
               suppress splitting of Info or HTML output, generate
               only one output file.
 
        --no-validate
               suppress node cross-reference validation.
 
        --no-warn
               suppress warnings (but not errors).
 
        --number-sections
               include chapter, section, etc. numbers in output.
 
        -o, --output=FILE
               output  to FILE (directory if split HTML), ignoring
               any @setfilename.
 
        -P DIR prepend DIR to the @include search path.
 
        --paragraph-indent=VAL
               indent Info paragraphs by VAL spaces  (default  3).
               if  VAL is `none', do not indent; if VAL is `asis',
               preserve existing indentation.
 
        --reference-limit=NUM
               warn about at most NUM references (default 1000).
 
        --split-size=NUM
               split into files at NUM size. (default 50000).
 
        -U VAR undefine a variable, as with @clear.
 
        -v, --verbose
               explain what is being done.
 
        --version
               display version information and exit.
 
        --xml  output XML (TexinfoML) rather than Info format.
 
        The defaults for the @if...  conditionals  depend  on  the
        output  format: if generating HTML, --ifhtml is on and the
        others are off; if generating Info or plain text, --ifinfo
        is on and the others are off.
 
 EXAMPLES
        makeinfo foo.texi
               write Info to foo's @setfilename
 
        makeinfo --html foo.texi
               write HTML to foo's @setfilename
 
        makeinfo --no-headers -o - foo.texi
               write plain text to standard output
 
        makeinfo --number-sections foo.texi
               write Info with numbered sections
 
        makeinfo --no-split foo.texi
               write one Info file however big
 
 REPORTING BUGS
        Email  bug  reports  to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general ques­
        tions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
 
 COPYRIGHT
        Copyright © 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  There  is
        NO warranty.  You may redistribute this software under the
        terms of the GNU General Public License.  For more  infor­
        mation about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
 
SEE ALSO
        The  full  documentation  for  makeinfo is maintained as a
        Texinfo manual.  If the info  and  makeinfo  programs  are
        properly installed at your site, the command
 
               info makeinfo
 
        should give you access to the complete manual.
 
 
 
 GNU texinfo 4.0b             May 2001                 MAKEINFO(1)

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