MAKEINFO(1) User Commands MAKEINFO(1)NAMEmakeinfo - translate Texinfo documents
SYNOPSISmakeinfo [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.
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 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 out-
put based on @documentencoding.
--fill-column=NUM
break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72).
--footnote-style=STYLE
output footnotes in Info according to STYLE: `sepa-
rate' 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 50000).
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:
--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-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.
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 generat-
ing plain text, --ifplaintext is on and the others
are off;
EXAMPLESmakeinfo 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-sec-
tions 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. Texinfo
home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. There
is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software under
the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more
information about these matters, see the files named COPY-
ING.
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 4.4 February 2003 MAKEINFO(1)
