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.

This program is commonly installed as both `makeinfo' and `texi2any'; the behavior is identical, and does not depend on the installed name.

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 value 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, after checking validity of TEXINFO-FILE.

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.

-D 'VAR VAL'

define VAR to VAL (one shell argument).

-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 [email protected], general questions and discussion to [email protected].
Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2016 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.