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wiz ccaa2ac97b Import of texinfo-4.7, as prepared by texinfo2netbsd. 
Changes since 4.6:

4.7 (9 April 2004)
* Language:
  . new commands @float, @caption, @shortcaption, @listoffloats for
    initial implementation of floating material (figures, tables, etc).
    Ironically, they do not yet actually float anywhere.
  . new commands @docbook, @ifdocbook, @ifnotdocbook for conditional Docbook.
  . new commands @ordf{} and @ordm{} for Spanish feminine/masculine ordinals.
  . new commands @deftypecv[x] for class variables in typed OO languages.
  . new command @registeredsymbol for the r-in-a-circle symbol.
  . new command @headitem to make a heading row in @multitable.
  . new command @LaTeX{} for the LaTeX logo.
  . new command @comma{} to avoid comma-parsing problems.
  . @url is now a synonym for @uref; new command @indicateurl has the
    old meaning of just displaying a url as text.
  . @quotation now accepts an optional argument for labelling the text
      as a `Note', `Tip', etc.
  . @defun (et al.) heading lines can now be continued with a lone @.
  . @acronym accepts an optional argument for the meaning of the acronym.
* makeinfo:
  . New environment variable TEXINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT determines the output
    format at runtime, if no options are specified.
  . New option --plaintext, equivalent to --no-headers with Info output.
  . All outputs:
    - sections are numbered by default.
  . Info output:
    - punctuation is inserted after @pxref and @ref, if needed to make
      cross-references valid.
    - line numbers included in index menus, so Info readers can go to
      the exact line of an entry, not just a node.  Also in plaintext output.
    - ^@^H[index^@^H] cookie included in index menus, so Info readers
      can handle the ] etc. commands better.
  . HTML output:
    - new algorithm for cross-references to other manuals, for maximum
      portability and stability.
    - include node name in <title> with split output.
    - @multicolumn fractions become percentages.
    - entities used for bullets, quotes, dashes, and others.
    - index entries are links to the exact locations.
    - <h4> and <h5> used for @sub and @subsubsections again.
    - accented dotless i supported.
  . XML output: many new tags and structure to preserve more source features.
  . Docbook output:
    - upgraded DTD to Docbook XML 4.2, no longer using Docbook SGML.
    - improved translation in general, for instance:
    - line annotations and marked quotations.
* texi2dvi:
  . if available, use etex (pdfetex if --pdf) by default.
  . if the input file includes thumbpdf.sty (for LaTeX), then run thumbpdf.
  . more output if --debug.
* texinfo.tex:
  . @defun names are now printed in typewriter (instead of bold), and
    within the arguments, @var text is printed in slanted typewriter.
  . @tex code is executed inside a TeX group, so that any changes must
    be prefixed with \global (or the equivalent) to be effective.  (This
    change was actually made years ago, but never made it into the NEWS.)
* info:
  . new option --where (aka --location, -w) to report where an Info file
    would be found, instead of reading it.
  . by default, output ANSI terminal escape sequences as-is; new option
    --no-raw-escapes overrides this.
  . use the newly-generated index line numbers.
* Distribution:
  . new script gendocs.sh (not installed), for use by GNU maintainers in
    getting their manuals on the GNU web site.  Documented in
    maintain.texi (http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_toc.html).
  . Most code uses ANSI C prototypes, to some extent.
  . New translation: nb.
  . automake 1.8.3, autoconf 2.59, gettext 0.14.1.
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.\" $NetBSD: makeinfo.1,v 1.1.1.5 2004/07/12 23:26:39 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.33.
.TH MAKEINFO "1" "April 2004" "makeinfo 4.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
makeinfo \- translate Texinfo documents
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B makeinfo
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fITEXINFO-FILE\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats, by default
Info files suitable for reading online with Emacs or standalone GNU Info.
.SS "General options:"
.TP
\fB\-\-error\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
quit after NUM errors (default 100).
.TP
\fB\-\-force\fR
preserve output even if errors.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-validate\fR
suppress node cross-reference validation.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-warn\fR
suppress warnings (but not errors).
.TP
\fB\-\-reference\-limit\fR=\fINUM\fR
warn about at most NUM references (default 1000).
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
explain what is being done.
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
display version information and exit.
.SS "Output format selection (default is to produce Info):"
.TP
\fB\-\-docbook\fR
output Docbook XML rather than Info.
.TP
\fB\-\-html\fR
output HTML rather than Info.
.TP
\fB\-\-xml\fR
output Texinfo XML rather than Info.
.TP
\fB\-\-plaintext\fR
output plain text rather than Info.
.SS "General output options:"
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-macro\-expand\fR FILE
output macro-expanded source to FILE.
ignoring any @setfilename.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-headers\fR
suppress node separators, Node: lines, and menus
from Info output (thus producing plain text)
or from HTML (thus producing shorter output);
also, write to standard output by default.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-split\fR
suppress splitting of Info or HTML output,
generate only one output file.
.TP
\fB\-\-number\-sections\fR
output chapter and sectioning numbers.
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
output to FILE (directory if split HTML),
.SS "Options for Info and plain text:"
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-encoding\fR
output accented and special characters in
Info output based on @documentencoding.
.TP
\fB\-\-fill\-column\fR=\fINUM\fR
break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72).
.TP
\fB\-\-footnote\-style\fR=\fISTYLE\fR
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
.IP
in which they are defined (default).
.TP
\fB\-\-paragraph\-indent\fR=\fIVAL\fR
indent Info paragraphs by VAL spaces (default 3).
If VAL is `none', do not indent; if VAL is
`asis', preserve existing indentation.
.TP
\fB\-\-split\-size\fR=\fINUM\fR
split Info files at size NUM (default 300000).
.SS "Options for HTML:"
.TP
\fB\-\-css\-include\fR=\fIFILE\fR
include FILE in HTML <style> output;
read stdin if FILE is -.
.SS "Options for XML and Docbook:"
.TP
\fB\-\-output\-indent\fR=\fIVAL\fR
indent XML elements by VAL spaces (default 2).
If VAL is 0, ignorable whitespace is dropped.
.SS "Input file options:"
.TP
\fB\-\-commands\-in\-node\-names\fR
allow @ commands in node names.
.TP
\fB\-D\fR VAR
define the variable VAR, as with @set.
.TP
\fB\-I\fR DIR
append DIR to the @include search path.
.TP
\fB\-P\fR DIR
prepend DIR to the @include search path.
.TP
\fB\-U\fR VAR
undefine the variable VAR, as with @clear.
.SS "Conditional processing in input:"
.TP
\fB\-\-ifdocbook\fR
process @ifdocbook and @docbook even if
not generating Docbook.
.TP
\fB\-\-ifhtml\fR
process @ifhtml and @html even if not generating HTML.
.TP
\fB\-\-ifinfo\fR
process @ifinfo even if not generating Info.
.TP
\fB\-\-ifplaintext\fR
process @ifplaintext even if not generating plain text.
.TP
\fB\-\-iftex\fR
process @iftex and @tex; implies \fB\-\-no\-split\fR.
.TP
\fB\-\-ifxml\fR
process @ifxml and @xml.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-ifdocbook\fR
do not process @ifdocbook and @docbook text.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-ifhtml\fR
do not process @ifhtml and @html text.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-ifinfo\fR
do not process @ifinfo text.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-ifplaintext\fR
do not process @ifplaintext text.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-iftex\fR
do not process @iftex and @tex text.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-ifxml\fR
do not process @ifxml and @xml text.
.IP
The defaults for the @if... conditionals depend on the output format:
if generating HTML, \fB\-\-ifhtml\fR is on and the others are off;
if generating Info, \fB\-\-ifinfo\fR is on and the others are off;
if generating plain text, \fB\-\-ifplaintext\fR is on and the others are off;
if generating XML, \fB\-\-ifxml\fR is on and the others are off.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
makeinfo foo.texi
write Info to foo's @setfilename
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-html\fR foo.texi
write HTML to @setfilename
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-xml\fR foo.texi
write Texinfo XML to @setfilename
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-docbook\fR foo.texi
write DocBook XML to @setfilename
.TP
makeinfo \fB\-\-no\-headers\fR foo.texi
write plain text to standard output
.IP
makeinfo \fB\-\-html\fR \fB\-\-no\-headers\fR foo.texi write html without node lines, menus
makeinfo \fB\-\-number\-sections\fR foo.texi write Info with numbered sections
makeinfo \fB\-\-no\-split\fR foo.texi write one Info file however big
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org,
general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B makeinfo
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
.B info
and
.B makeinfo
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info makeinfo
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
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