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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 rather than Info.

       --html output HTML rather than Info.

       --no-headers
              output plain text, suppressing Info node separators
              and Node: lines; also,  write  to  standard  output
              without --output.

       --xml  output XML (TexinfoML) rather than Info.

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

       --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 out-
              put based on @documentencoding.

       --fill-column=NUM
              break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72).

       --footnote-style=STYLE
              output footnotes in Info according to STYLE: `sepa-
              rate'  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 50000).

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

       --ifinfo
              process @ifinfo text even when generating HTML.

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

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

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

       --no-iftex
              do not process @iftex and @tex 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 or
              plain text, --ifinfo is on and the others are  off.

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

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

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

       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 ques-
       tions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002 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 COPY-
       ING.

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.



GNU texinfo 4.1             March 2002                MAKEINFO(O)