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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  output (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 gen-
              erating 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  @ifnot-
       FORMAT 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  generating  plain  text,
       --ifplaintext  is on and the others are off; if generat-
       ing 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  ques-
       tions  and  discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.  Texinfo
       home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  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 redis-
       tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permit-
       ted by law.

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 4.13                   September 2008                     MAKEINFO(1)
