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@@ -1,69 +1,117 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.013.
-.TH MAKEINFO "1" "September 1999" "GNU texinfo 4.0" FSF
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.24.
+.TH MAKEINFO "1" "March 2002" "GNU texinfo 4.1" FSF
.SH NAME
makeinfo \- translate Texinfo documents
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B makeinfo
-[\fIOPTION\fR]...\fI TEXINFO-FILE\fR...
+[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fITEXINFO-FILE\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats:
-Info files suitable for reading online with Emacs or standalone GNU Info
-(by default); plain text (with \fB\-\-no\-headers\fR); or HTML (with \fB\-\-html\fR).
-.SH OPTIONS
+Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats, by default
+Info files suitable for reading online with Emacs or standalone GNU Info.
+.SS "General options:"
.TP
-\fB\-\-commands\-in\-node\-names\fR
-allow @ commands in node names.
+\fB\-\-error\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
+quit after NUM errors (default 100).
.TP
-\fB\-D\fR VAR
-define a variable, as with @set.
+\fB\-\-force\fR
+preserve output even if errors.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+display this help and exit.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-no\-validate\fR
+suppress node cross-reference validation.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-no\-warn\fR
+suppress warnings (but not errors).
+.TP
+\fB\-\-reference\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
+warn about at most NUM references (default 1000).
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
+explain what is being done.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+display version information and exit.
+.SS "Output format selection (default is to produce Info):"
+.TP
+\fB\-\-docbook\fR
+output DocBook rather than Info.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-html\fR
+output HTML rather than Info.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-no\-headers\fR
+output plain text, suppressing Info node
+separators and Node: lines; also, write to
+standard output without \fB\-\-output\fR.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-xml\fR
+output XML (TexinfoML) rather than Info.
+.SS "General output options:"
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-macro\-expand\fR FILE
output macro-expanded source to FILE.
+ignoring any @setfilename.
.TP
-\fB\-\-error\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
-quit after NUM errors (default 100).
+\fB\-\-no\-split\fR
+suppress splitting of Info or HTML output,
+generate only one output file.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-number\-sections\fR
+output chapter and sectioning numbers.
+.TP
+\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
+output to FILE (directory if split HTML),
+.SS "Options for Info and plain text:"
+.TP
+\fB\-\-enable\-encoding\fR
+output accented and special characters in
+Info output based on @documentencoding.
.TP
\fB\-\-fill\-column\fR=\fINUM\fR
break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72).
.TP
\fB\-\-footnote\-style\fR=\fISTYLE\fR
-output footnotes according to STYLE:
-.IP
-`separate' to place footnotes in their own node,
-`end' to place the footnotes at the end of the
+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
.IP
-node in which they are defined (the default).
+in which they are defined (default).
.TP
-\fB\-\-force\fR
-preserve output even if errors.
+\fB\-\-paragraph\-indent\fR=\fIVAL\fR
+indent Info paragraphs by VAL spaces (default 3).
+If VAL is `none', do not indent; if VAL is
+`asis', preserve existing indentation.
.TP
-\fB\-\-help\fR
-display this help and exit.
+\fB\-\-split\-size\fR=\fINUM\fR
+split Info files at size NUM (default 50000).
+.SS "Input file options:"
.TP
-\fB\-\-html\fR
-output HTML rather than Info format;
+\fB\-\-commands\-in\-node\-names\fR
+allow @ commands in node names.
+.TP
+\fB\-D\fR VAR
+define the variable VAR, as with @set.
.TP
\fB\-I\fR DIR
append DIR to the @include search path.
.TP
+\fB\-P\fR DIR
+prepend DIR to the @include search path.
+.TP
+\fB\-U\fR VAR
+undefine the variable VAR, as with @clear.
+.SS "Conditional processing in input:"
+.TP
\fB\-\-ifhtml\fR
-process @ifhtml and @html text even when not
-.IP
-generating HTML.
+process @ifhtml and @html even if not generating HTML.
.TP
\fB\-\-ifinfo\fR
process @ifinfo text even when generating HTML.
.TP
\fB\-\-iftex\fR
-process @iftex and @tex text.
-.IP
-implies \fB\-\-no\-split\fR.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-no\-headers\fR
-suppress Info node separators and Node: lines and
-.IP
-write to standard output without \fB\-\-output\fR.
+process @iftex and @tex text; implies \fB\-\-no\-split\fR.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-ifhtml\fR
do not process @ifhtml and @html text.
@@ -73,44 +121,7 @@ do not process @ifinfo text.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-iftex\fR
do not process @iftex and @tex text.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-no\-split\fR
-suppress splitting of large Info output files or
-generation of one HTML file per node.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-no\-validate\fR
-suppress node cross-reference validation.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-no\-warn\fR
-suppress warnings (but not errors).
-.TP
-\fB\-\-number\-sections\fR
-include chapter, section, etc. numbers in output.
-.TP
-\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
-output to FILE, ignoring any @setfilename.
-.TP
-\fB\-P\fR DIR
-prepend DIR to the @include search path.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-paragraph\-indent\fR=\fIVAL\fR
-indent Info paragraphs by VAL spaces (default 3).
.IP
-if VAL is `none', do not indent;
-if VAL is `asis', preserve existing indentation.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-reference\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
-warn about at most NUM references (default 1000).
-.TP
-\fB\-U\fR VAR
-undefine a variable, as with @clear.
-.TP
-\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
-explain what is being done.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-version\fR
-display version information and exit.
-.PP
The defaults for the @if... conditionals depend on the output format:
if generating HTML, \fB\-\-ifhtml\fR is on and the others are off;
if generating Info or plain text, \fB\-\-ifinfo\fR is on and the others are off.
@@ -133,6 +144,11 @@ write one Info file however big
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org,
general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
+For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B makeinfo
@@ -145,8 +161,3 @@ programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.B info makeinfo
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
-.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
-For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
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