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TEXI2ANY(1) User Commands TEXI2ANY(1) NAME texi2any - 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. This program is commonly installed as both `makeinfo' and `texi2any'; the behavior is identical, and does not depend on the installed name. General options: --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 --trace-includes print names of included files -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 --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 General output options: -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 de- fault. --no-split suppress any splitting of the output; generate only one output file --[no-]number-sections output chapter and sectioning numbers; default is on --[no-]number-footnotes number footnotes sequentially; 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 al- ready a directory or ends with a /, put the output file there. Oth- erwise, 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) Options for Info and plain text: --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) Options for HTML: --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 Options for DVI/PS/PDF: --Xopt=OPT pass OPT to texi2dvi; can be repeated Input file options: -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 Conditional processing in input: --ifdocbook process @ifdocbook and @docbook --ifhtml process @ifhtml and @html --ifinfo process @ifinfo --iflatex process @iflatex and @latex --ifplaintext process @ifplaintext --iftex process @iftex and @tex --ifxml process @ifxml and @xml By default, an --ifFORMAT setting is on only when the output format is FORMAT; for example, --ifhtml is on when outputting HTML. Also, when --ifFORMAT is on, @ifnotFORMAT text is not processed. Each --ifFORMAT option may be prefixed with `--no-' to negate it; for example, --no-ifhtml means not to process @ifhtml or @html text, and to process @ifnothtml text. EXAMPLES makeinfo foo.texi write Info makeinfo --html foo.texi write HTML makeinfo --xml foo.texi write Texinfo XML makeinfo --docbook foo.texi write Docbook XML makeinfo --plaintext foo.texi write plain text to standard output makeinfo --pdf foo.texi write PDF using texi2dvi 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 discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org. Texinfo home page: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO The full documentation for texi2any is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and texi2any programs are properly installed at your site, the command info texi2any should give you access to the complete manual. GNU texinfo 7.3 March 2026 TEXI2ANY(1)
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