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.TH MAKEINFO "1" "December 2004" "makeinfo 4.8" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
makeinfo \- translate Texinfo documents
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B makeinfo
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fITEXINFO-FILE\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats, by default
Info files suitable for reading online with Emacs or standalone GNU Info.
.SS "General options:"
.TP
\fB\-\-error\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
quit after NUM errors (default 100).
.TP
\fB\-\-force\fR
preserve output even if errors.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-validate\fR
suppress node cross\-reference validation.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-warn\fR
suppress warnings (but not errors).
.TP
\fB\-\-reference\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
warn about at most NUM references (default 1000).
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
explain what is being done.
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
display version information and exit.
.SS "Output format selection (default is to produce Info):"
.TP
\fB\-\-docbook\fR
output Docbook XML rather than Info.
.TP
\fB\-\-html\fR
output HTML rather than Info.
.TP
\fB\-\-xml\fR
output Texinfo XML rather than Info.
.TP
\fB\-\-plaintext\fR
output plain text rather than Info.
.SS "General output options:"
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-macro\-expand\fR FILE
output macro\-expanded source to FILE.
ignoring any @setfilename.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-headers\fR
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.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-split\fR
suppress splitting of Info or HTML output,
generate only one output file.
.TP
\fB\-\-number\-sections\fR
output chapter and sectioning numbers.
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
output to FILE (directory if split HTML),
.SS "Options for Info and plain text:"
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-encoding\fR
output accented and special characters in
Info output based on @documentencoding.
.TP
\fB\-\-fill\-column\fR=\fINUM\fR
break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72).
.TP
\fB\-\-footnote\-style\fR=\fISTYLE\fR
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
.IP
in which they are defined (default).
.TP
\fB\-\-paragraph\-indent\fR=\fIVAL\fR
indent Info paragraphs by VAL spaces (default 3).
If VAL is `none', do not indent; if VAL is
`asis', preserve existing indentation.
.TP
\fB\-\-split\-size\fR=\fINUM\fR
split Info files at size NUM (default 300000).
.SS "Options for HTML:"
.TP
\fB\-\-css\-include\fR=\fIFILE\fR
include FILE in HTML