makeinfo - Man Page

--document-language=STR locale to use in translating Texinfo keywords

for the output document (default C).

--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).

--conf-dir=DIR

search also for initialization files in DIR.

--init-file=FILE

load FILE to modify the default behavior.

-c,  --set-customization-variable VAR=VAL

set customization variable VAR to value VAL.

-v,  --verbose

explain what is being done.

--version

display version information and exit.

--docbook

output Docbook XML.

--html

output HTML.

--epub3

output EPUB 3.

--latex

output LaTeX.

--plaintext

output plain text rather than Info.

--xml

output Texinfo XML.

--dvi,  --dvipdf,  --ps,  --pdf

call texi2dvi to generate given output, after checking validity of TEXINFO-FILE.

-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, if producing Info, write to standard output by default.

--no-split

suppress any splitting of the output; generate only one output file.

--[no-]number-sections

output chapter and sectioning numbers; default is on.

-o,  --output=DEST

output to DEST. With split output, create DEST as a directory and put the output files there. With non-split output, if DEST is already a directory or ends with a /, put the output file there. Otherwise, DEST names the output file.

--disable-encoding

do not output accented and special characters in Info and plain text output based on document encoding.

--enable-encoding

override --disable-encoding (default).

--fill-column=NUM

break Info lines at NUM columns (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 (this is the 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 -.

--css-ref=URL

generate CSS reference to URL.

--internal-links=FILE

produce list of internal links in FILE.

--split=SPLIT

split at SPLIT, where SPLIT may be `chapter', `section' or `node'.

--transliterate-file-names

use file names in ASCII transliteration.

--node-files

produce redirection files for nodes and anchors; default is set only if split.

--Xopt=OPT

pass OPT to texi2dvi; can be repeated.

-D VAR

define the variable VAR, as with @set.

-D 'VAR VAL'

define VAR to VAL (one shell argument).

-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.

--iflatex

process @iflatex and @latex.

--ifplaintext

process @ifplaintext even if not generating plain text.

--iftex

process @iftex and @tex.

--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-iflatex

do not process @iflatex and @latex 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.

Also, for the --no-ifFORMAT options, do process @ifnotFORMAT text.

The defaults for the @if... conditionals depend on the output format: if generating Docbook, --ifdocbook is on and the others are off; 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 LaTeX, --iflatex is on and the others are off; if generating XML, --ifxml is on and the others are off.