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NAME

texi2any - 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.

This program is commonly installed as both `makeinfo’ and `texi2any’; the behavior is identical, and does not depend on the installed name.

General options:

  • *–document-language*=/STR/ locale to use in translating Texinfo keywords :: for the output document (default C).
  • quit after NUM errors (default 100).
  • preserve output even if errors.
  • display this help and exit.
  • suppress node cross-reference validation.
  • suppress warnings (but not errors).
  • search also for initialization files in DIR.
  • load FILE to modify the default behavior.
  • set customization variable VAR to value VAL.
  • explain what is being done.
  • 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.
–plaintext
output plain text rather than Info.
–xml
output Texinfo XML rather than Info.
–dvi, –dvipdf, –ps, –pdf
call texi2dvi to generate given output, after checking validity of TEXINFO-FILE.

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, if producing Info, write to standard output by default.
–no-split
suppress any splitting of the output; generate only one output file.
–[no-]number-sections
output chapter and sectioning numbers; default is on.
-o, *–output*=/DEST/
output to DEST. With split output, create DEST as a directory
and put the output files there.
With non-split output, if DEST is already
a directory or ends with a /,

put the output file there.

Otherwise, DEST names the output file.

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 CSS reference to URL.
*–internal-links*=/FILE/
produce list of internal links in FILE.
*–split*=/SPLIT/
split at SPLIT, where SPLIT may be `chapter’, `section’ or `node’.
–transliterate-file-names
use file names in ASCII transliteration.
–node-files
produce redirection files for nodes and anchors; default is set only if split.

Options for XML and Docbook:

*–output-indent*=/VAL/
does nothing, retained for compatibility.

Options for DVI/PS/PDF:

*–Xopt*=/OPT/
pass OPT to texi2dvi; can be repeated.

Input file options:

–commands-in-node-names
does nothing, retained for compatibility.
-D VAR
define the variable VAR, as with @set.
-D ’VAR VAL’
define VAR to VAL (one shell argument).
-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.
–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 Docbook, –ifdocbook is on and the others are off; 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 –plaintext foo.texi
write plain text to standard output
makeinfo –pdf foo.texi
write PDF using texi2dvi
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 © 2021 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 texi2any is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and texi2any programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info texi2any

should give you access to the complete manual.

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-22 Tue 16:25