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 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
--[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 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)
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.
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