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\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
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@comment %**start of header
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@setfilename makeinfo.info
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@set VERSION 1.61
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@paragraphindent none
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@comment %**start of header
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@comment $Id: makeinfo.texi,v 1.2 1996/09/28 21:49:18 karl Exp $
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@dircategory Texinfo documentation system
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@direntry
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* makeinfo: (makeinfo). Convert Texinfo source to Info or plain ASCII.
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@end direntry
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@ifinfo
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This file is an extract from the @cite{Texinfo} manual.@*
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It documents Makeinfo, a program that converts Texinfo
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files into Info files.
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Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
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this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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are preserved on all copies.
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@ignore
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Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the
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results, provided the printed document carries copying permission
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notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
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(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
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@end ignore
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
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manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
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resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
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notice identical to this one.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
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into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
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except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
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by the Free Software Foundation.
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@end ifinfo
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@titlepage
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@title GNU Makeinfo
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@author Brian J. Fox and Robert J. Chassell
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@page
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@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
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this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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are preserved on all copies.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
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manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
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resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
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notice identical to this one.
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
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into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
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except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
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by the Free Software Foundation.
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@end titlepage
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@node Top
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@chapter What is @code{makeinfo}?
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@iftex
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This file documents the use of the @code{makeinfo} program, versions
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@value{VERSION} and later. It is an extract from the @cite{Texinfo} manual.
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@end iftex
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@code{makeinfo} is a program for converting @dfn{Texinfo} files into @dfn{Info}
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files. Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to
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produce both on-line information and printed output.
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You can read the on-line information using Info; type @code{info} to
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learn about Info.
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@ifinfo
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@xref{Top, Texinfo, Overview of Texinfo, Texinfo, Texinfo},
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@end ifinfo
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@iftex
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See the @cite{Texinfo} manual,
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@end iftex
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to learn about the Texinfo documentation system.
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@menu
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* Formatting Control:: Controlling the width of lines, paragraph
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indentation, and other similar formatting.
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* Options:: Command line options which control the
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behaviour of Makeinfo.
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* Pointer Validation:: How Makeinfo can help you to track node
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references through complex Texinfo files.
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* Index:: Index of Concepts.
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@end menu
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@c Removed this for 3.8 until it's time to rewrite it.
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@c * The Macro Facility:: Makeinfo allows the use of @dfn{macros}.
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@node Formatting Control
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@section Controlling Paragraph Formats
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Without any special options, @code{makeinfo} @dfn{fills} the paragraphs that
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it outputs to an Info file. Filling is the process of breaking and connecting
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lines so that lines are the same length as or shorter than the number
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specified as the fill column. Lines are broken between words. With
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@code{makeinfo}, you can control:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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The width of each paragraph (the @dfn{fill-column}).
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@item
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The amount of indentation that the first line of
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each paragraph receives (the @dfn{paragraph-indentation}).
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@end itemize
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@node Options
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@section Command Line Options
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The following command line options are available for @code{makeinfo}.
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@need 100
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@table @code
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@item -D @var{var}
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Cause @var{var} to be defined. This is equivalent to
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@code{@@set @var{var}} in the Texinfo file.
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@need 150
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@item --error-limit @var{limit}
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Set the maximum number of errors that @code{makeinfo} will report
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before exiting (on the assumption that continuing would be useless).
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The default number of errors that can be reported before
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@code{makeinfo} gives up is 100.@refill
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@need 150
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@item --fill-column @var{width}
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Specify the maximum number of columns in a line; this is the right-hand
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edge of a line. Paragraphs that are filled will be filled to this
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width. The default value for @code{fill-column} is 72.
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@refill
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@item --footnote-style @var{style}
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Set the footnote style to @var{style}, either @samp{end} for the end
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node style or @samp{separate} for the separate node style. The value
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set by this option overrides the value set in a Texinfo file by an
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@code{@@footnotestyle} command. When the footnote style is
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@samp{separate}, @code{makeinfo} makes a new node containing the
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footnotes found in the current node. When the footnote style is
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@samp{end}, @code{makeinfo} places the footnote references at the end
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of the current node.@refill
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@need 150
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@item -I @var{dir}
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Add @code{dir} to the directory search list for finding files that are
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included using the @code{@@include} command. By default,
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@code{makeinfo} searches only the current directory.
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@need 150
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@item --no-headers
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Do not include menus or node lines in the output. This results in an
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@sc{ascii} file that you cannot read in Info since it does not contain
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the requisite nodes or menus; but you can print such a file in a
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single, typewriter-like font and produce acceptable output.
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@need 150
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@item --no-split
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Suppress the splitting stage of @code{makeinfo}. Normally, large
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output files (where the size is greater than 70k bytes) are split into
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smaller subfiles, each one approximately 50k bytes. If you specify
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@samp{--no-split}, @code{makeinfo} will not split up the output
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file.@refill
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@need 100
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@item --no-pointer-validate
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@item --no-validate
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Suppress the pointer-validation phase of @code{makeinfo}. Normally,
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after a Texinfo file is processed, some consistency checks are made to
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ensure that cross references can be resolved, etc.
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@xref{Pointer Validation}.@refill
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@need 150
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@item --no-warn
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Suppress the output of warning messages. This does @emph{not}
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suppress the output of error messages, only warnings. You might
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want this if the file you are creating has examples of Texinfo cross
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references within it, and the nodes that are referenced do not actually
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exist.@refill
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@item --no-number-footnotes
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Supress automatic footnote numbering. By default, @code{makeinfo}
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numbers each footnote sequentially in a single node, resetting the
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current footnote number to 1 at the start of each node.
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@need 150
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@item --output @var{file}
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@itemx -o @var{file}
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Specify that the output should be directed to @var{file} and not to the
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file name specified in the @code{@@setfilename} command found in the Texinfo
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source. @var{file} can be the special token @samp{-}, which specifies
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standard output.
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@need 150
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@item --paragraph-indent @var{indent}
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Set the paragraph indentation style to @var{indent}. The value set by
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this option overrides the value set in a Texinfo file by an
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@code{@@paragraphindent} command. The value of @var{indent} is
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interpreted as follows:@refill
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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If the value of @var{indent} is @samp{asis}, do not change the
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existing indentation at the starts of paragraphs.@refill
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@item
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If the value of @var{indent} is zero, delete any existing
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indentation.@refill
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@item
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If the value of @var{indent} is greater than zero, indent each
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paragraph by that number of spaces.@refill
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@end itemize
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@need 100
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@item --reference-limit @var{limit}
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Set the value of the number of references to a node that
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@code{makeinfo} will make without reporting a warning. If a node has more
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than this number of references in it, @code{makeinfo} will make the
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references but also report a warning.@refill
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@need 150
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@item -U @var{var}
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Cause @var{var} to be undefined. This is equivalent to
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@code{@@clear @var{var}} in the Texinfo file.
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@need 100
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@item --verbose
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Cause @code{makeinfo} to display messages saying what it is doing.
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Normally, @code{makeinfo} only outputs messages if there are errors or
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warnings.@refill
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@need 100
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@item --version
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Report the version number of this copy of @code{makeinfo}.@refill
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@item --help
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Show a summary of the commend line arguments to @code{makeinfo}.
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@end table
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@node Pointer Validation
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@section Pointer Validation
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@cindex Pointer validation with @code{makeinfo}
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@cindex Validation of pointers
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If you do not suppress pointer-validation (by using the
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@samp{--no-pointer-validation} option), @code{makeinfo}
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will check the validity of the final Info file. Mostly,
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this means ensuring that nodes you have referenced
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really exist. Here is a complete list of what is
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checked:@refill
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@enumerate
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@item
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If a `Next', `Previous', or `Up' node reference is a reference to a
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node in the current file and is not an external reference such as to
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@file{(dir)}, then the referenced node must exist.@refill
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@item
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In every node, if the `Previous' node is different from the `Up' node,
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then the `Previous' node must also be pointed to by a `Next' node.@refill
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@item
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Every node except the `Top' node must have an `Up' pointer.@refill
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@item
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The node referenced by an `Up' pointer must contain a reference to the
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current node in some manner other than through a `Next' reference.
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This includes menu entries and cross references.@refill
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@item
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If the `Next' reference of a node is not the same as the `Next' reference
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of the `Up' reference, then the node referenced by the `Next' pointer
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must have a `Previous' pointer that points back to the current node.
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This rule allows the last node in a section to point to the first node
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of the next chapter.@refill
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@end enumerate
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@c We don't want to advertise redefining commands.
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@c lowersections
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@c include macro.texi
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@c raisesections
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@lowersections
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@node Index
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@appendix Index
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@printindex cp
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@raisesections
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@contents
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@bye
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