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MAN Solaris - MAKEINFO (1)

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makeinfo - translate Texinfo documents

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Synopsis
Description
Examples
Copyright
Attributes
Notes

makeinfo [OPTION]... TEXINFO-FILE...

Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats, by default Info files suitable for reading online with Emacs or standalone GNU Info.

--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.

--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.

-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 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),

--enable-encoding
	output accented and special characters in Info output based on @documentencoding.
--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 (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).

--css-include=FILE
	include FILE in HTML <style> output; read stdin if FILE is -.

--output-indent=VAL
	indent XML elements by VAL spaces (default 2). If VAL is 0, ignorable whitespace is dropped.

--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.

--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.
	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.

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

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 © 2004 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 COPYING.

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.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWtexi
Interface Stability	Volatile

Source for texinfo is available on http://opensolaris.org.

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