MAKEINFO(1) User Commands MAKEINFO(1) #

MAKEINFO(1) User Commands MAKEINFO(1)

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 makeinfo - translate Texinfo documents

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 Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats, by
 default Info files suitable for reading online with Emacs or standalone
 GNU Info.

GGeenneerraall ooppttiioonnss:: -–-eerrrroorr--lliimmiitt=_N_U_M quit after NUM errors (default 100).

 ----ffoorrccee
        preserve output even if errors.

 ----hheellpp display this help and exit.

 ----nnoo--vvaalliiddaattee
        suppress node cross-reference validation.

 ----nnoo--wwaarrnn
        suppress warnings (but not errors).

 ----rreeffeerreennccee--lliimmiitt=_N_U_M
        warn about at most NUM references (default 1000).

 --vv, ----vveerrbboossee
        explain what is being done.

 ----vveerrssiioonn
        display version information and exit.

OOuuttppuutt ffoorrmmaatt sseelleeccttiioonn ((ddeeffaauulltt iiss ttoo pprroodduuccee IInnffoo)):: -–-ddooccbbooookk output Docbook XML rather than Info.

 ----hhttmmll output HTML rather than Info.

 ----xxmmll  output Texinfo XML rather than Info.

 ----ppllaaiinntteexxtt
        output plain text rather than Info.

GGeenneerraall oouuttppuutt ooppttiioonnss:: --EE, -–-mmaaccrroo--eexxppaanndd FILE output macro-expanded source to FILE. ignoring any @setfilename.

 ----nnoo--hheeaaddeerrss
        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.

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

 ----nnuummbbeerr--sseeccttiioonnss
        output chapter and sectioning numbers.

 --oo, ----oouuttppuutt=_F_I_L_E
        output to FILE (directory if split HTML),

OOppttiioonnss ffoorr IInnffoo aanndd ppllaaiinn tteexxtt:: -–-eennaabbllee--eennccooddiinngg output accented and special characters in Info output based on @documentencoding.

 ----ffiillll--ccoolluummnn=_N_U_M
        break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72).

 ----ffoooottnnoottee--ssttyyllee=_S_T_Y_L_E
        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).

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

 ----sspplliitt--ssiizzee=_N_U_M
        split Info files at size NUM (default 300000).

OOppttiioonnss ffoorr HHTTMMLL:: -–-ccssss--iinncclluuddee=_F_I_L_E include FILE in HTML