MAKEINFO

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

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).

−−document−language=STR locale to use in translating Texinfo keywords

for the output document (default C).

−−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).

−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 @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 standard output by default.

−−no−split

suppress the splitting of Info or HTML output, generate only one output file.

−−number−sections

output chapter and sectioning numbers.

−o, −−output=FILE

output to FILE (or directory if split HTML).

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 reference to a CSS file.

−−internal−links=FILE

produce list of internal links in FILE.

−−transliterate−file−names

produce file names in ASCII transliteration.

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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.