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NAME

       makeinfo - translate Texinfo documents

SYNOPSIS

       makeinfo [OPTION]... TEXINFO-FILE...
       texi2any [OPTION]... TEXINFO-FILE...

DESCRIPTION

Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats, by default Info files
suitable for reading online with Emacs or standalone GNU Info.

General options:
--document-language=STR locale to use in translating Texinfo keywords
for the output document (default C).

--error-limit=NUM
quit after NUM errors (default 100).

--force
preserve output even if errors.

--help display this help and exit.

--no-validate
suppress node cross-reference validation.

--no-warn
suppress warnings (but not errors).

--conf-dir=DIR
search also for initialization files in DIR.

--init-file=FILE
load FILE to modify the default behavior.

-c, --set-customization-variable VAR=VAL
set customization variable VAR to VAL.

-v, --verbose
explain what is being done.

--version
display version information and exit.

Output format selection (default is to produce Info):
--docbook
output Docbook XML rather than Info.

--html output HTML rather than Info.

--plaintext
output plain text rather than Info.

--xml output Texinfo XML rather than Info.

--dvi, --dvipdf, --ps, --pdf
call texi2dvi to generate given output.

General output options:
-E, --macro-expand=FILE
output macro-expanded source to FILE, ignoring any @setfilename.

--no-headers
suppress node separators, Node: lines, and menus from Info output (thus producing
plain text) or from HTML (thus producing shorter output). Also, if producing Info,
write to standard output by default

--no-split
suppress any splitting of the output; generate only one output file.

--[no-]number-sections
output chapter and sectioning numbers; default is on.

-o, --output=DEST
output to DEST. With split output, create DEST as a directory

and put the output files there.

With non-split output, if DEST is already

a directory or ends with a /, put the output file there.

Otherwise, DEST names the output file.

Options for Info and plain text:
--disable-encoding
do not output accented and special characters in Info output based on
@documentencoding.

--enable-encoding
override --disable-encoding (default).

--fill-column=NUM
break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72).

--footnote-style=STYLE
output footnotes in Info according to STYLE: `separate' to put them in their own
node; `end' to put them at the end of the node, in which they are defined (this is
the default).

--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.

--split-size=NUM
split Info files at size NUM (default 300000).

Options for HTML:
--css-include=FILE
include FILE in HTML <style> output; read stdin if FILE is -.

--css-ref=URL
generate CSS reference to URL.

--internal-links=FILE
produce list of internal links in FILE.

--split=SPLIT
split at SPLIT, where SPLIT may be `chapter', `section' or `node'.

--transliterate-file-names
use file names in ASCII transliteration.

--node-files
produce redirection files for nodes and anchors; default is set only if split.

Options for XML and Docbook:
--output-indent=VAL
does nothing, retained for compatibility.

Options for DVI/PS/PDF:
--Xopt=OPT
pass OPT to texi2dvi; can be repeated.

Input file options:
--commands-in-node-names
does nothing, retained for compatibility.

-D VAR define the variable VAR, as with @set.

-I DIR append DIR to the @include search path.

-P DIR prepend DIR to the @include search path.

-U VAR undefine the variable VAR, as with @clear.

Conditional processing in input:
--ifdocbook
process @ifdocbook and @docbook even if not generating Docbook.

--ifhtml
process @ifhtml and @html even if not generating HTML.

--ifinfo
process @ifinfo even if not generating Info.

--ifplaintext
process @ifplaintext even if not generating plain text.

--iftex
process @iftex and @tex.

--ifxml
process @ifxml and @xml.

--no-ifdocbook
do not process @ifdocbook and @docbook text.

--no-ifhtml
do not process @ifhtml and @html text.

--no-ifinfo
do not process @ifinfo text.

--no-ifplaintext
do not process @ifplaintext text.

--no-iftex
do not process @iftex and @tex text.

--no-ifxml
do not process @ifxml and @xml text.

Also, for the --no-ifFORMAT options, do process @ifnotFORMAT text.

The defaults for the @if... conditionals depend on the output format: if generating
Docbook, --ifdocbook is on and the others are off; if generating HTML, --ifhtml is on and
the others are off; if generating Info, --ifinfo is on and the others are off; if
generating plain text, --ifplaintext is on and the others are off; if generating XML,
--ifxml is on and the others are off.

EXAMPLES

       makeinfo foo.texi
              write Info to foo's @setfilename

       makeinfo --html foo.texi
              write HTML to @setfilename

       makeinfo --xml foo.texi
              write Texinfo XML to @setfilename

       makeinfo --docbook foo.texi
              write Docbook XML to @setfilename

       makeinfo --plaintext foo.texi
              write plain text to standard output

       makeinfo --pdf foo.texi
              write PDF using texi2dvi

       makeinfo --html --no-headers foo.texi
              write html without node lines, menus

       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   questions   and   discussion   to
       help-texinfo@gnu.org.
       Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

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