makeinfo

translate Texinfo documents

Synopsis

makeinfo [OPTION]... TEXINFO-FILE...

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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

source

            
  :


  autoconf


  makeinfo --no-headers --no-validate doc/readme.texi
  >README


  makeinfo --no-headers --no-validate doc/install.texi
  >INSTALL


  makeinfo --no-headers --no-validate doc/install.texi >INSTALL


  makeinfo --no-headers --no-validate doc/problems.texi
  >PROBLEMS

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 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 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.

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 redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

reporting bugs

Email bug reports to bug-texinfo[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org, general questions and discussion to help-texinfo[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org. Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

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.