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makeinfo - translate Texinfo documents
makeinfo [OPTION]... TEXINFO-FILE...
Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other for-
mats, by default Info files suitable for reading online with
Emacs or standalone GNU Info.
General options:
--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).
--reference-limit=NUM
warn about at most NUM references (default 1000).
-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.
--xml
output Texinfo XML rather than Info.
--plaintext
output plain text rather than Info.
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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, write to stan-
dard output by default.
--no-split
suppress splitting of Info or HTML output, generate
only one output file.
--number-sections
output chapter and sectioning numbers.
-o, --output=FILE
output to FILE (directory if split HTML),
Options for Info and plain text:
--enable-encoding
output accented and special characters in Info output
based on @documentencoding.
--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 (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 -.
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Options for XML and Docbook:
--output-indent=VAL
indent XML elements by VAL spaces (default 2). If VAL
is 0, ignorable whitespace is dropped.
Input file options:
--commands-in-node-names
allow @ commands in node names.
-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; implies --no-split.
--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.
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--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 @ifnot-
FORMAT text.
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, --ifinfo is on
and the others are off; if generating plain text,
--ifplaintext is on and the others are off; if generat-
ing XML, --ifxml is on and the others are off.
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 --no-headers foo.texi
write plain text to standard output
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 how-
ever big
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/
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. There is
NO warranty. You may redistribute this software under the
terms of the GNU General Public License. For more informa-
tion about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
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The full documentation for makeinfo is maintained as a Tex-
info 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.
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