• :r !makeinfo --help

    From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Grant Weasner on Sat May 24 06:55:54 2025
    Hej Grant!

    Usage: makeinfo [OPTION]... TEXINFO-FILE...

    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.
    -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 even if
    not generating Docbook.
    --ifhtml process @ifhtml and @html even if not generating HTML.
    --ifinfo process @ifinfo even if not generating Info.
    --iflatex process @iflatex and @latex.
    --ifplaintext process @ifplaintext even if not generating plain text.
    --iftex process @iftex and @tex.
    --ifxml process @ifxml and @xml.
    --no-ifdocbook do not process @ifdocbook and @docbook text.
    --no-ifhtml do not process @ifhtml and @html text.
    --no-ifinfo do not process @ifinfo text.
    --no-iflatex do not process @iflatex and @latex text.
    --no-ifplaintext do not process @ifplaintext text.
    --no-iftex do not process @iftex and @tex text.
    --no-ifxml do not process @ifxml and @xml text.

    Also, for the --no-ifFORMAT options, do process @ifnotFORMAT text.

    The defaults for the @if... conditionals depend on the output format:
    if generating Docbook, --ifdocbook is on and the others are off;
    if generating HTML, --ifhtml is on and the others are off;
    if generating Info, --ifinfo is on and the others are off;
    if generating plain text, --ifplaintext is on and the others are off;
    if generating LaTeX, --iflatex is on and the others are off;
    if generating XML, --ifxml is on and the others are off.

    Examples:
    makeinfo foo.texi write Info to foo's @setfilename
    makeinfo --html foo.texi write HTML to @setfilename
    makeinfo --xml foo.texi write Texinfo XML to @setfilename
    makeinfo --docbook foo.texi write Docbook XML to @setfilename
    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

    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/

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    o- -o o- -o
    /) (\ /) (\
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Sibb æfre ne mæg wiht onwendan, þam ðe wel þenceð.
    Kinship can never in any way be set aside, for one who thinks rightly.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)
  • From Grant Weasner@1:138/397 to Maurice Kinal on Sat May 24 23:10:16 2025
    Re: <Esc>:r !makeinfo --help
    By: Maurice Kinal to Grant Weasner on Sat May 24 2025 06:55:54

    Hej Grant!

    Usage: makeinfo [OPTION]... TEXINFO-FILE...

    Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats, by default Info files suitable for reading online with Emacs or
    standalone GNU Info.

    Hi Maurice,

    Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunatly when I said info file, the files I'm working with aren't truley textinfo files. They are text files that I call info files. Basically files that I've created or collected for how to do variouse things on computers (howto s).

    https://web.mit.edu/gnu/doc/html/texi_2.html
    ---------------------------
    In order to be made into a printed manual and an Info file, a Texinfo file must begin with lines like this:


    \input texinfo
    @setfilename info-file-name
    @settitle name-of-manual



    ---------------------------------------------
    My files are an amalgam of lynx/elinks html doctuments that have been printed to text file (html codes removed). Also all of the edits I've made to them, and or files I've created myself with no node indicators.

    When I ran makeinfo on one of my test text files I recieved the following: makeinfo /tmp/anacron.brief.2.info.txt
    /tmp/anacron.brief.2.info.txt:52: unknown command `monthly' /tmp/anacron.brief.2.info.txt:129: misplaced { /tmp/anacron.brief.2.info.txt:129: misplaced }

    This is how I figured out, my mistake saying what I was working on was "info files".
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: Lunar Outpost - lunarout.synchro.net (1:138/397)
  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Grant Weasner on Sun May 25 06:31:57 2025
    Hej Grant!

    Unfortunatly when I said info file, the files I'm working with aren't
    truley textinfo files.

    Ah! I get it now. I've been doing things like that for decades now, such as converting purely text messages to fidonet MSGs, this message being a prime example of that.

    I respect your tenacity, especially these days given the lack of cooperation and compatibilty. A well formatted text file is worth 100s of overbloated documents that have nothing of importance to say, nevermind teach.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    -o o- o- o-
    (\ /) /) /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Swa fulre fæt, swa hit mann sceal fægror beran.
    The fuller the cup, the more carefully it must be carried.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)