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 XML rather than Info.

    --html output HTML rather than Info.

    --xml output Texinfo XML rather than Info.

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

    --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 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 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 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 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-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;

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) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. There is NO war-
    ranty. 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.

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.