makeinfo(1)
NAME
makeinfo - translate Texinfo documents
SYNOPSIS
makeinfo [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:
--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.
General output options:
-E, --macro-expand FILE
output macro-expanded source to FILE. ignoring any @setfile-
name.
--no-headers
suppress node separators, Node: lines, and menus from Info out-
put (thus producing plain text) or from HTML (thus producing
shorter output); also, write to standard 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 -.
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.
--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 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 --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 however big
REPORTING BUGS
Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discus-
sion to help-texinfo@gnu.org. Texinfo home page:
http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. There is NO war-
ranty. You may redistribute this software under the terms of the GNU
General Public License. For more information 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.
makeinfo 4.8 December 2004 MAKEINFO(1)
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