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MAKEINFO

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

General options:

--error-limit=NUM

quit after NUM errors (default 100).

--force

preserve output even if errors.

--help

display this help and exit.

--no-validate

suppress node cross-reference validation.

--no-warn

suppress warnings (but not errors).

--reference-limit=NUM

warn about at most NUM references (default 1000).

-v, --verbose

explain what is being done.

--version

display version information and exit.

Output format selection (default is to produce Info):

--docbook

output DocBook rather than Info.

--html

output HTML rather than Info.

--no-headers

output plain text, suppressing Info node separators and Node: lines; also, write to standard output without --output.

--xml

output XML (TexinfoML) rather than Info.

General output options:

-E, --macro-expand FILE

output macro-expanded source to FILE. ignoring any @setfilename.

--no-split

suppress splitting of Info or HTML output, generate only one output file.

--number-sections

output chapter and sectioning numbers.

-o, --output=FILE

output to FILE (directory if split HTML),

Options for Info and plain text:

--enable-encoding

output accented and special characters in Info output based on @documentencoding.

--fill-column=NUM

break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72).

--footnote-style=STYLE

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

in which they are defined (default).

--paragraph-indent=VAL

indent Info paragraphs by VAL spaces (default 3). If VAL is `none', do not indent; if VAL is `asis', preserve existing indentation.

--split-size=NUM

split Info files at size NUM (default 50000).

Input file options:

--commands-in-node-names

allow @ commands in node names.

-D VAR

define the variable VAR, as with @set.

-I DIR

append DIR to the @include search path.

-P DIR

prepend DIR to the @include search path.

-U VAR

undefine the variable VAR, as with @clear.

Conditional processing in input:

--ifhtml

process @ifhtml and @html even if not generating HTML.

--ifinfo

process @ifinfo text even when generating HTML.

--iftex

process @iftex and @tex text; implies --no-split.

--no-ifhtml

do not process @ifhtml and @html text.

--no-ifinfo

do not process @ifinfo text.

--no-iftex

do not process @iftex and @tex text.

The defaults for the @if... conditionals depend on the output format: if generating HTML, --ifhtml is on and the others are off; if generating Info or plain text, --ifinfo is on and the others are off.

EXAMPLES

makeinfo foo.texi

write Info to foo's @setfilename

makeinfo --html foo.texi

write HTML to foo's @setfilename

makeinfo --no-headers -o - foo.texi

write plain text to standard output

makeinfo --number-sections foo.texi

write Info with numbered sections

makeinfo --no-split foo.texi

write one Info file however big

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

SEE ALSO

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Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

General options:

Output format selection (default is to produce Info):

General output options:

Options for Info and plain text:

Input file options:

Conditional processing in input:

EXAMPLES

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

SEE ALSO