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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.

GNU texinfo 7.3                   March 2026                       TEXI2ANY(1)