texi2dvi
convert Texinfo documents to DVI
Synopsis
texi2dvi
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description
Run each
Texinfo or (La)TeX FILE through TeX in turn until all
cross-references are resolved, building all indices.
The directory containing each FILE is searched for included
files. The suffix of FILE is used to determine its language
((La)TeX or Texinfo). To process (e)plain TeX files, set the
environment variable LATEX=tex.
In order to
make texi2dvi a drop-in replacement of TeX/LaTeX in
AUC-TeX, the FILE may also be composed of the
following simple TeX commands.
’\input{FILE}’
the actual file to compile
’\nonstopmode’
same as
--batch
Makeinfo is
used to perform Texinfo macro expansion before running TeX
when needed.
General
options:
-b, --batch
no interaction
-D,
--debug
turn on shell debugging (set
-x)
-h,
--help
display this help and exit
successfully
-o,
--output=OFILE
leave output in OFILE (implies
--clean); only one input FILE may be
specified in this case
-q,
--quiet
no output unless errors
(implies --batch)
-s,
--silent
same as
--quiet
-v,
--version
display version information and
exit successfully
-V,
--verbose
report on what is done
TeX
tuning:
-@
use @input instead of \input for preloaded Texinfo
--dvi
output a DVI file [default]
--dvipdf
output a PDF file via DVI
(using dvipdf)
-e,
-E, --expand
force macro expansion using
makeinfo
-I DIR
search DIR for Texinfo files
-l,
--language=LANG
specify LANG for FILE, either
latex or texinfo
--no-line-error
do not pass
--file-line-error to TeX
-p,
--pdf
use pdftex or pdflatex for
processing
-r,
--recode
call recode before TeX to
translate input
--recode-from=ENC
recode from ENC to the
@documentencoding
--src-specials
pass
--src-specials to TeX
-t,
--command=CMD
insert CMD in copy of input
file
or
--texinfo=CMD
multiple values accumulate
--translate-file=FILE
use given charset translation
file for TeX
Build modes:
--build=MODE
specify the treatment of
auxiliary files [local]
--tidy
same as --build=tidy
-c,
--clean
same as
--build=clean
--build-dir=DIR
specify where the tidy
compilation is performed; implies --tidy;
defaults to TEXI2DVI_BUILD_DIRECTORY [.]
--mostly-clean
remove the auxiliary files and
directories but not the output
The MODE
specifies where the TeX compilation takes place, and, as a
consequence, how auxiliary files are treated. The build mode
can also be set using the environment variable
TEXI2DVI_BUILD_MODE.
Valid MODEs
are:
’local’
compile in the current
directory, leaving all the auxiliary files around. This is
the traditional TeX use.
’tidy’
compile in a local *.t2d directory, where the auxiliary
files are left. Output files are copied back to the original
file.
’clean’
same as ’tidy’, but
remove the auxiliary directory afterwards. Every compilation
therefore requires the full cycle.
Using the
’tidy’ mode brings several advantages:
-
the current directory is not cluttered with plethora of
temporary files.
-
clutter can be even reduced using
--build-dir=dir: all the
*.t2d directories are stored there.
-
clutter can be reduced to zero using, e.g.,
--build-dir=/tmp/$USER.t2d or
--build-dir=$HOME/.t2d.
-
the output file is updated after every succesful TeX
run, for sake of concurrent visualization of the output. In
a ’local’ build the viewer stops during the
whole TeX run.
-
if the compilation fails, the previous state of the
output file is preserved.
-
PDF and DVI compilation are kept in separate
subdirectories preventing any possibility of auxiliary file
incompatibility.
On the other
hand, because ’tidy’ compilation takes place in
another directory, occasionally TeX won’t be able to
find some files (e.g., when using \graphicspath): in that
case use -I to specify the additional
directories to consider.
The values of
the BIBTEX, LATEX (or PDFLATEX), MAKEINDEX, MAKEINFO, TEX
(or PDFTEX), TEXINDEX, and THUMBPDF environment variables
are used to run those commands, if they are set. Any CMD
strings are added after @setfilename for Texinfo input, in
the first line for LaTeX input.
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 texi2dvi is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the info and texi2dvi programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info
texi2dvi
should give you
access to the complete manual.