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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.29.
.TH MAKEINFO "1" "February 2003" "makeinfo 4.4" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
makeinfo \- translate Texinfo documents
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B makeinfo
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fITEXINFO-FILE\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\-\-error\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
quit after NUM errors (default 100).
.TP
\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 XML rather than Info.
.TP
\fB\-\-html\fR
output HTML rather than Info.
.TP
\fB\-\-xml\fR
output Texinfo XML 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\-\-no\-headers\fR
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.
.TP
\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 in Info according to STYLE:
`separate' to put them in their own node;
`end' to put them at the end of the node
.IP
in which they are defined (default).
.TP
\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\-\-split\-size\fR=\fINUM\fR
split Info files at size NUM (default 50000).
.SS "Input file options:"
.TP
\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 even if not generating HTML.
.TP
\fB\-\-ifinfo\fR
process @ifinfo even if not generating Info.
.TP
\fB\-\-ifplaintext\fR
process @ifplaintext even if not generating plain text.
.TP
\fB\-\-iftex\fR
process @iftex and @tex; implies \fB\-\-no\-split\fR.
.TP
\fB\-\-ifxml\fR
process @ifxml and @xml.
.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\-ifplaintext\fR
do not process @ifplaintext text.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-iftex\fR
do not process @iftex and @tex text.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-ifxml\fR
do not process @ifxml and @xml text.
.IP
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, \fB\-\-ifinfo\fR is on and the others are off;
if generating plain text, \fB\-\-ifplaintext\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 @setfilename
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-xml\fR foo.texi
write Texinfo XML to @setfilename
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-docbook\fR foo.texi
write DocBook XML to @setfilename
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-no\-headers\fR foo.texi
write plain text to standard output
.IP
makeinfo \fB\-\-html\fR \fB\-\-no\-headers\fR foo.texi write html without node lines, menus
makeinfo \fB\-\-number\-sections\fR foo.texi write Info with numbered sections
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.
Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2003 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
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.
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