MAKEINFO(1)                      User Commands                     MAKEINFO(1)



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.

       --plaintext
              output plain text 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 300000).

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