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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).

       --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 out-
	      put (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.

       --internal-links=FILE
	      produce list of internal links in 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 generat-
       ing 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 discus-
       sion	 to	 help-texinfo@gnu.org.	    Texinfo	home	 page:
       http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 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.

makeinfo 4.13			September 2008			   MAKEINFO(1)