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`makeinfo' Preferred
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  The `makeinfo' utility creates an Info file from a Texinfo source
file more quickly than either of the Emacs formatting commands and
provides better error messages.  We recommend it.  `makeinfo' is a C
program that is independent of Emacs.  You do not need to run Emacs to
use `makeinfo', which means you can use `makeinfo' on machines that are
too small to run Emacs.  You can run `makeinfo' in any one of three
ways: from an operating system shell, from a shell inside Emacs, or by
typing the `C-c C-m C-r' or the `C-c C-m C-b' command in Texinfo mode
in Emacs.

  The `texinfo-format-region' and the `texinfo-format-buffer' commands
are useful if you cannot run `makeinfo'.  Also, in some circumstances,
they format short regions or buffers more quickly than `makeinfo'.