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User Commands                                         MAKEINFO(1)



NAME
     makeinfo - translate Texinfo documents

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

DESCRIPTION
     Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other for-
     mats, 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.

     --plaintext
          output plain text rather than Info.

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



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User Commands                                         MAKEINFO(1)



          @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  stan-
          dard 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 300000).

  Options for HTML:
     --css-include=FILE
          include FILE in HTML