makeinfo - translate Texinfo documents
makeinfo [OPTION]... TEXINFO-FILE...
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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 out-
put (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 generat-
ing 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) 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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | text/texinfo |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------+
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.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/tex-
info-4.13.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/.
makeinfo 4.13 September 2008 MAKEINFO(1)