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22.2 Invoking texi2any
/makeinfo
from a Shell
To process a Texinfo file, invoke texi2any
or
makeinfo
(the two names are synonyms for the same program;
we’ll use the names interchangeably) followed by the name of the
Texinfo file. Also select the format you want to output with the
appropriate command line option (default is Info). Thus, to create
the Info file for Bison, type the following to the shell:
texi2any --info bison.texinfo
You can specify more than one input file name; each is processed in turn. If an input file name is ‘-’, standard input is read.
The texi2any
program accept many options. Perhaps the
most basic are those that change the output format. By default,
texi2any
outputs Info.
Each command line option is either a long name preceded by ‘--’ or a single letter preceded by ‘-’. You can use abbreviations for the long option names as long as they are unique.
For example, you could use the following shell command to create an Info file for ‘bison.texinfo’ in which lines are filled to only 68 columns:
texi2any --fill-column=68 bison.texinfo
You can write two or more options in sequence, like this:
texi2any --no-split --fill-column=70 …
(This would keep the Info file together as one possibly very long file and would also set the fill column to 70.)
The options are (approximately in alphabetical order):
--commands-in-node-names
-
This option now does nothing, but remains for compatibility. (It used to ensure that @-commands in node names were expanded throughout the document, especially
@value
. This is now done by default.) --conf-dir=path
-
Prepend path to the directory search list for finding customization files that may be loaded with ‘--init-file’ (see below). The path value can be a single directory, or a list of several directories separated by the usual path separator character (‘:’ on Unix-like systems, ‘;’ on Windows).
--css-include=file
-
When producing HTML, literally include the contents of file, which should contain W3C cascading style sheets specifications, in the ‘<style>’ block of the HTML output. If file is ‘-’, read standard input. See section HTML CSS.
--css-ref=url
-
When producing HTML, add a ‘<link>’ tag to the output which references a cascading style sheet at url. This allows using standalone style sheets.
-D var
-
Cause the Texinfo variable var to be defined. This is equivalent to
@set var
in the Texinfo file (see section Flags:@set
,@clear
, conditionals, and@value
). --disable-encoding
--enable-encoding
-
By default, or with ‘--enable-encoding’, output accented and special characters in Info and plain text output based on ‘@documentencoding’. With ‘--disable-encoding’, 7-bit ASCII transliterations are output. See section
@documentencoding enc
: Set Input Encoding, and Inserting Accents. --docbook
-
Generate Docbook output (rather than Info).
--document-language=lang
-
Use lang to translate Texinfo keywords which end up in the output document. The default is the locale specified by the
@documentlanguage
command if there is one, otherwise English (see section@documentlanguage ll[_cc]
: Set the Document Language). --dvi
-
Generate a TeX DVI file using
texi2dvi
, rather than Info (see sectiontexi2any
Printed Output). --dvipdf
-
Generate a PDF file using
texi2dvi --dvipdf
, rather than Info (see sectiontexi2any
Printed Output). --error-limit=limit
-e limit
-
Report LIMIT errors before aborting (on the assumption that continuing would be useless); default 100.
--fill-column=width
-f width
-
Specify the maximum number of columns in a line; this is the right-hand edge of a line. Paragraphs that are filled will be filled to this width. (Filling is the process of breaking up and connecting lines so that lines are the same length as or shorter than the number specified as the fill column. Lines are broken between words.) The default value is 72.
--footnote-style=style
-s style
-
Set the footnote style to style: either ‘end’ for the end node style (the default) or ‘separate’ for the separate node style. The value set by this option overrides the value set in a Texinfo file by an
@footnotestyle
command (see section Footnote Styles).When the footnote style is ‘separate’,
makeinfo
makes a new node containing the footnotes found in the current node. When the footnote style is ‘end’,makeinfo
places the footnote references at the end of the current node.In HTML, when the footnote style is ‘end’, or if the output is not split, footnotes are put at the end of the output. If set to ‘separate’, and the output is split, they are placed in a separate file.
--force
-F
-
Ordinarily, if the input file has errors, the output files are not created. With this option, they are preserved.
--help
-h
-
Print a message with available options and basic usage, then exit successfully.
--html
-
Generate HTML output (rather than Info). By default, the HTML output is split into one output file per Texinfo source node, and the split output is written into a subdirectory based on the name of the top-level Info file. See section Generating HTML.
-I path
-
Append path to the directory search list for finding files that are included using the
@include
command. By default,texi2any
searches only the current directory. If path is not given, the current directory is appended. The path value can be a single directory or a list of several directories separated by the usual path separator character (‘:’ on Unix-like systems, ‘;’ on Windows). --ifdocbook
--ifhtml
--ifinfo
--ifplaintext
--iftex
--ifxml
-
For the given format, process ‘@ifformat’ and ‘@format’ commands, and do not process ‘@ifnotformat’, regardless of the format being output. For instance, if ‘--iftex’ is given, then ‘@iftex’ and ‘@tex’ blocks will be read, and ‘@ifnottex’ blocks will be ignored.
--info
-
Generate Info output. By default, if the output file contains more than about 300,000 bytes, it is split into shorter subfiles of about that size. The name of the output file and any subfiles is determined by
@setfilename
(see section@setfilename
: Set the Output File Name). See section Tag Files and Split Files. --init-file=file
-
Load file as code to modify the behavior and output of the generated manual. It is customary to use the
.pm
or the.init
extensions for these customization files, but that is not enforced; the file name can be anything. The ‘--conf-dir’ option (see above) can be used to add to the list of directories in which these customization files are searched for. --internal-links=file
-
In HTML mode, output a tab-separated file containing three columns: the internal link to an indexed item or item in the table of contents, the name of the index (or table of contents) in which it occurs, and the term which was indexed or entered. The items are in the natural sorting order for the given element. This dump can be useful for post-processors.
--macro-expand=file
-E file
-
Output the Texinfo source, with all Texinfo macros expanded, to file. Normally, the result of macro expansion is used internally by
makeinfo
and then discarded. --no-headers
-
Do not include menus or node separator lines in the output.
When generating Info, this is the same as using ‘--plaintext’, resulting in a simple plain text file. Furthermore,
@setfilename
is ignored, and output is to standard output unless overridden with ‘-o’. (This behavior is for backward compatibility.)When generating HTML, and output is split, also output navigation links only at the beginning of each file. If output is not split, do not include navigation links at the top of each node at all. See section Generating HTML.
--no-ifdocbook
--no-ifhtml
--no-ifinfo
--no-ifplaintext
--no-iftex
--no-ifxml
-
For the given format, do not process ‘@ifformat’ and ‘@format’ commands, and do process ‘@ifnotformat’, regardless of the format being output. For instance, if ‘--no-ifhtml’ is given, then ‘@ifhtml’ and ‘@html’ blocks will not be read, and ‘@ifnothtml’ blocks will be.
--no-node-files
--node-files
-
When generating HTML, create redirection files for anchors and any nodes not already output with the file name corresponding to the node name (see section HTML Cross Reference Node Name Expansion). This makes it possible for section- and chapter-level cross-manual references to succeed (see section HTML Cross Reference Configuration: ‘htmlxref.cnf’).
If the output is split, this is enabled by default. If the output is not split, ‘--node-files’ enables the creation of the redirection files, in addition to the monolithic main output file. ‘--no-node-files’ suppresses the creation of redirection files in any case. This option has no effect with any output format other than HTML. See section Generating HTML.
--no-number-footnotes
-
Suppress automatic footnote numbering. By default, footnotes are numbered sequentially within a node, i.e., the current footnote number is reset to 1 at the start of each node.
--no-number-sections
--number-sections
-
With ‘--number_sections’ (the default), output chapter, section, and appendix numbers as in printed manuals. This works only with hierarchically-structured manuals. You should specify
--no-number-sections
if your manual is not normally structured. --no-pointer-validate
--no-validate
-
Suppress the pointer-validation phase of
makeinfo
—a dangerous thing to do. This can also be done with the@novalidate
command (see section Use TeX). Normally, consistency checks are made to ensure that cross references can be resolved, etc. See section Pointer Validation. --no-warn
-
Suppress warning messages (but not error messages).
--output=file
-o file
-
Specify that the output should be directed to file. This overrides any file name specified in an
@setfilename
command found in the Texinfo source. If neither@setfilename
nor this option are specified, the input file name is used to determine the output name. See section@setfilename
: Set the Output File Name.If file is ‘-’, output goes to standard output and ‘--no-split’ is implied.
If file is a directory or ends with a ‘/’ the usual rules are used to determine the output file name (namely, use
@setfilename
or the input file name) but the files are written to the file directory. For example, ‘makeinfo -o bar/ foo.texi’, with or without ‘--no-split’, will write ‘bar/foo.info’, and possibly other files, under ‘bar/’.When generating HTML and output is split, file is used as the name for the directory into which all files are written. For example, ‘makeinfo -o bar --html foo.texi’ will write ‘bar/index.html’, among other files.
--output-indent=val
-
This option now does nothing, but remains for compatibility. (It used to alter indentation in XML/Docbook output.)
-P path
-
Prepend path to the directory search list for
@include
. If path is not given, the current directory is prepended. See ‘-I’ above. --paragraph-indent=indent
-p indent
-
Set the paragraph indentation style to indent. The value set by this option overrides the value set in a Texinfo file by an
@paragraphindent
command (see section@paragraphindent
: Controlling Paragraph Indentation). The value of indent is interpreted as follows:- ‘asis’
Preserve any existing indentation (or lack thereof) at the beginnings of paragraphs.
- ‘0’ or ‘none’
Delete any existing indentation.
- num
Indent each paragraph by num spaces.
The default is to indent by two spaces, except for paragraphs following a section heading, which are not indented.
--pdf
-
Generate a PDF file using
texi2dvi --pdf
, rather than Info (see sectiontexi2any
Printed Output). --plaintext
-
Output a plain text file (rather than Info): do not include menus or node separator lines in the output. This results in a straightforward plain text file that you can (for example) send in email without complications, or include in a distribution (for example, an ‘INSTALL’ file).
With this option,
@setfilename
is ignored and the output goes to standard output by default; this can be overridden with ‘-o’. --ps
-
Generate a PostScript file using
texi2dvi --ps
, rather than Info (see sectiontexi2any
Printed Output). --set-customization-variable var=value
-c var=value
-
Set the customization variable var to value. The
=
is optional, but both var and value must be quoted to the shell as necessary so the result is a single word. Many aspects oftexi2any
behavior and output may be controlled by customization variables, beyond what can be set in the document by @-commands and with other command line switches. See section Customization Variables. --split=how
--no-split
-
When generating Info, by default large output files are split into smaller subfiles, of approximately 300k bytes. When generating HTML, by default each output file contains one node (see section Generating HTML). ‘--no-split’ suppresses this splitting of the output.
Alternatively, ‘--split=how’ may be used to specify at which level the HTML output should be split. The possible values for how are:
- ‘chapter’
The output is split at
@chapter
and other sectioning @-commands at this level (@appendix
, etc.).- ‘section’
The output is split at
@section
and similar.- ‘node’
The output is split at every node. This is the default.
--split-size=num
-
Keep Info files to at most num characters if possible; default is 300,000. (However, a single node will never be split across Info files.)
--transliterate-file-names
-
Enable transliteration of 8-bit characters in node names for the purpose of file name creation. See section HTML Cross Reference 8-bit Character Expansion.
-U var
Cause var to be undefined. This is equivalent to
@clear var
in the Texinfo file (see section Flags:@set
,@clear
, conditionals, and@value
).--verbose
-
Cause
makeinfo
to display messages saying what it is doing. Normally,makeinfo
only outputs messages if there are errors or warnings. --version
-V
-
Print the version number, then exit successfully.
--Xopt str
-
Pass str (a single shell word) to
texi2dvi
; may be repeated (see sectiontexi2any
Printed Output). --xml
-
Generate Texinfo XML output (rather than Info).
makeinfo
also reads the environment variable
TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT
to determine the output format, if not
overridden by a command line option. The value should be one of:
docbook dvi dvipdf html info pdf plaintext ps xml
If not set or otherwise specified, Info output is the default.
The customization variable of the same name is also read; if set, that overrides an environment variable setting, but not a command-line option. See section Customization Variables for @-Commands.
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