MAKEINFO(1)

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).

--document-language=STR locale to use in translating Texinfo keywords
    for the output document (default C).

--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).

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

--number-sections
    output chapter and sectioning numbers.

-o, --output=FILE
    output to FILE (or directory if split HTML).

  Options for Info and plain text:

--disable-encoding
    do not output accented and special characters in Info output based on @documentencoding.

--enable-encoding
    override --disable-encoding (default).

--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 (this is the 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 -.

--css-ref=URL
    generate reference to a CSS file.

--transliterate-file-names
    produce file names in ASCII transliteration.

  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 © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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.