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.TH MAKEINFO "1" "September 1999" "GNU texinfo 4.0" FSF
.SH NAME
makeinfo \- translate Texinfo documents
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B makeinfo
[\fIOPTION\fR]...\fI TEXINFO-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
.TP
\fB\-\-commands\-in\-node\-names\fR
allow @ commands in node names.
.TP
\fB\-D\fR VAR
define a variable, as with @set.
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-macro\-expand\fR FILE
output macro-expanded source to FILE.
.TP
\fB\-\-error\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
quit after NUM errors (default 100).
.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:
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`separate' to place footnotes in their own node,
`end' to place the footnotes at the end of the
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node in which they are defined (the default).
.TP
\fB\-\-force\fR
preserve output even if errors.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-html\fR
output HTML rather than Info format;
.TP
\fB\-I\fR DIR
append DIR to the @include search path.
.TP
\fB\-\-ifhtml\fR
process @ifhtml and @html text even when not
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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.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-ifhtml\fR
do not process @ifhtml and @html text.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-ifinfo\fR
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).
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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.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
makeinfo foo.texi
write Info to foo's @setfilename
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-html\fR foo.texi
write HTML to foo's @setfilename
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-no\-headers\fR \fB\-o\fR - foo.texi
write plain text to standard output
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-number\-sections\fR foo.texi
write Info with numbered sections
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-no\-split\fR foo.texi
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 "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B makeinfo
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B makeinfo
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.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.