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NAME

       makeinfo - translate Texinfo documents

SYNOPSIS

       makeinfo [OPTION]... TEXINFO-FILE...

DESCRIPTION

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

   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 XML rather than Info.

       --html output HTML rather than Info.

       --xml  output Texinfo XML rather than Info.

       --plaintext
	      output plain text rather than Info.

   General output options:
       -E, --macro-expand FILE
	      output macro-expanded source to FILE.  ignoring any @setfilename.

       --no-headers
	      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.

       --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 300000).

   Options for HTML:
       --css-include=FILE
	      include FILE in HTML <style> output; read stdin if FILE is -.

   Options for XML and Docbook:
       --output-indent=VAL
	      indent XML elements by VAL spaces (default 2).  If VAL is 0, ignorable whitespace is dropped.

   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:
       --ifdocbook
	      process @ifdocbook and @docbook even if not generating Docbook.

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

       --ifinfo
	      process @ifinfo even if not generating Info.

       --ifplaintext
	      process @ifplaintext even if not generating plain text.

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

       --ifxml
	      process @ifxml and @xml.

       --no-ifdocbook
	      do not process @ifdocbook and @docbook text.

       --no-ifhtml
	      do not process @ifhtml and @html text.

       --no-ifinfo
	      do not process @ifinfo text.

       --no-ifplaintext
	      do not process @ifplaintext text.

       --no-iftex
	      do not process @iftex and @tex text.

       --no-ifxml
	      do not process @ifxml and @xml text.

	      Also, for the --no-ifFORMAT options, do process @ifnotFORMAT 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, --ifinfo is on and the others are off; if generating plain text, --ifplaintext is on and the  others  are  off;	if
	      generating XML, --ifxml is on and the others are off.

EXAMPLES

       makeinfo foo.texi
	      write Info to foo's @setfilename

       makeinfo --html foo.texi
	      write HTML to @setfilename

       makeinfo --xml foo.texi
	      write Texinfo XML to @setfilename

       makeinfo --docbook foo.texi
	      write DocBook XML to @setfilename

       makeinfo --no-headers foo.texi
	      write plain text to standard output

	      makeinfo	--html	--no-headers  foo.texi	write html without node lines, menus makeinfo --number-sections foo.texi   write Info with
	      numbered sections makeinfo --no-split foo.texi	      write one Info file however big

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/

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (C)  2004  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.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for makeinfo is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and makeinfo programs are properly  installed  at  your
       site, the command

	      info makeinfo

       should give you access to the complete manual.

makeinfo 4.8							   December 2004						       MAKEINFO(1)