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.TH MAKEINFO "1" "April 2002" "GNU texinfo 4.2" FSF
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.SH NAME
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makeinfo \- translate Texinfo documents
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B makeinfo
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[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fITEXINFO-FILE\fR...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats, by default
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Info files suitable for reading online with Emacs or standalone GNU Info.
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.SS "General options:"
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.TP
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\fB\-\-error\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
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quit after NUM errors (default 100).
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.TP
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\fB\-\-force\fR
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preserve output even if errors.
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\fB\-\-help\fR
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display this help and exit.
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\fB\-\-no\-validate\fR
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suppress node cross-reference validation.
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\fB\-\-no\-warn\fR
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suppress warnings (but not errors).
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\fB\-\-reference\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
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warn about at most NUM references (default 1000).
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\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
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explain what is being done.
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\fB\-\-version\fR
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display version information and exit.
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.SS "Output format selection (default is to produce Info):"
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\fB\-\-docbook\fR
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output DocBook rather than Info.
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\fB\-\-html\fR
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output HTML rather than Info.
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\fB\-\-xml\fR
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output XML (TexinfoML) rather than Info.
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.SS "General output options:"
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\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-macro\-expand\fR FILE
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output macro-expanded source to FILE.
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ignoring any @setfilename.
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\fB\-\-no\-headers\fR
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suppress node separators, Node: lines, and menus
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from Info output (thus producing plain text)
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or from HTML (thus producing shorter output);
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also, write to standard output by default.
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\fB\-\-no\-split\fR
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suppress splitting of Info or HTML output,
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generate only one output file.
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\fB\-\-number\-sections\fR
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output chapter and sectioning numbers.
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\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
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output to FILE (directory if split HTML),
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.SS "Options for Info and plain text:"
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\fB\-\-enable\-encoding\fR
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output accented and special characters in
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Info output based on @documentencoding.
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\fB\-\-fill\-column\fR=\fINUM\fR
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break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72).
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\fB\-\-footnote\-style\fR=\fISTYLE\fR
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output footnotes in Info according to STYLE:
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`separate' to put them in their own node;
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`end' to put them at the end of the node
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.IP
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in which they are defined (default).
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\fB\-\-paragraph\-indent\fR=\fIVAL\fR
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indent Info paragraphs by VAL spaces (default 3).
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If VAL is `none', do not indent; if VAL is
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`asis', preserve existing indentation.
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\fB\-\-split\-size\fR=\fINUM\fR
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split Info files at size NUM (default 50000).
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.SS "Input file options:"
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\fB\-\-commands\-in\-node\-names\fR
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allow @ commands in node names.
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\fB\-D\fR VAR
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define the variable VAR, as with @set.
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\fB\-I\fR DIR
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append DIR to the @include search path.
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\fB\-P\fR DIR
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prepend DIR to the @include search path.
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\fB\-U\fR VAR
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undefine the variable VAR, as with @clear.
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.SS "Conditional processing in input:"
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\fB\-\-ifhtml\fR
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process @ifhtml and @html even if not generating HTML.
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\fB\-\-ifinfo\fR
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process @ifinfo even if not generating Info.
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\fB\-\-ifplaintext\fR
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process @ifplaintext even if not generating plain text.
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\fB\-\-iftex\fR
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process @iftex and @tex; implies \fB\-\-no\-split\fR.
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\fB\-\-no\-ifhtml\fR
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do not process @ifhtml and @html text.
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\fB\-\-no\-ifinfo\fR
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do not process @ifinfo text.
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\fB\-\-no\-ifplaintext\fR
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do not process @ifplaintext text.
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\fB\-\-no\-iftex\fR
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do not process @iftex and @tex text.
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The defaults for the @if... conditionals depend on the output format:
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if generating HTML, \fB\-\-ifhtml\fR is on and the others are off;
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if generating Info, \fB\-\-ifinfo\fR is on and the others are off;
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if generating plain text, \fB\-\-ifplaintext\fR is on and the others are off;
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.SH EXAMPLES
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makeinfo foo.texi
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write Info to foo's @setfilename
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makeinfo \fB\-\-html\fR foo.texi
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write HTML to @setfilename
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makeinfo \fB\-\-xml\fR foo.texi
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write XML to @setfilename
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makeinfo \fB\-\-docbook\fR foo.texi
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write DocBook XML to @setfilename
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makeinfo \fB\-\-no\-headers\fR foo.texi
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write plain text to standard output
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makeinfo \fB\-\-html\fR \fB\-\-no\-headers\fR foo.texi write html without node lines, menus
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makeinfo \fB\-\-number\-sections\fR foo.texi write Info with numbered sections
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makeinfo \fB\-\-no\-split\fR foo.texi write one Info file however big
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org,
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general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
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Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright \(co 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software
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under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
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For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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The full documentation for
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.B makeinfo
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is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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.B info
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and
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.B makeinfo
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.B info makeinfo
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.PP
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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