TEXI2DVI
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2017
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NAME
texi2dvi - convert Texinfo documents to DVI or PDF
SYNOPSIS
texi2dvi
[
,OPTION/]...
,FILE/...
texi2pdf
[
,OPTION/]...
,FILE/...
pdftexi2dvi
[
,OPTION/]...
,FILE/...
DESCRIPTION
Run each Texinfo or (La)TeX FILE through TeX in turn until all
cross-references are resolved, building all indices. The directory
containing each FILE is searched for included files. The suffix of FILE
is used to determine its language ((La)TeX or Texinfo). To process
(e)plain TeX files, set the environment variable LATEX=tex.
When invoked as `texi2pdf' or given the option --pdf generate PDF output.
Otherwise, generate DVI.
General options:
- -b, --batch
-
no interaction
- -D, --debug
-
turn on shell debugging (set -x)
- -h, --help
-
display this help and exit successfully
- -o, --output=,OFILE/
-
leave output in OFILE; only one input FILE is allowed
- -q, --quiet
-
no output unless errors (implies --batch)
- -v, --version
-
display version information and exit successfully
- -V, --verbose
-
report on what is done
- --max-iterations=,N/
-
don't process files more than N times [7]
- --mostly-clean
-
remove auxiliary files or directories from
previous runs (but not the output)
Output format:
- --dvi
-
output a DVI file [default]
- --dvipdf
-
output a PDF file via DVI (using a dvi-to-pdf program)
- --html
-
output an HTML file from LaTeX, using HeVeA
- --info
-
output an Info file from LaTeX, using HeVeA
- -p, --pdf
-
use pdftex or pdflatex for processing
- --ps
-
output a PostScript file via DVI (using dvips)
- --text
-
output a plain text file from LaTeX, using HeVeA
TeX tuning:
- -E, --expand
-
macro expansion using makeinfo
- -I DIR
-
search DIR for Texinfo files
- -l, --language=,LANG/
-
specify LANG for FILE, either latex or texinfo
- --no-line-error
-
do not pass --file-line-error to TeX
- --shell-escape
-
pass --shell-escape to TeX
- --src-specials
-
pass --src-specials to TeX
- --translate-file=,FILE/
-
use given charset translation file for TeX
- -t, --command=,CMD/
-
insert CMD in copy of input file
Any CMD strings are added after @setfilename for Texinfo input, or in
the first line for LaTeX input. Multiple values accumulate.
Build modes:
- --build=,MODE/
-
specify the treatment of auxiliary files [local]
- --tidy
-
same as --build=,tidy/
- -c, --clean
-
same as --build=,clean/
- --build-dir=,DIR/
-
specify where the tidy compilation is performed;
implies --tidy;
defaults to TEXI2DVI_BUILD_DIRECTORY [.]
The MODE specifies where the TeX compilation takes place, and, as a
consequence, how auxiliary files are treated. The build mode can also
be set using the environment variable TEXI2DVI_BUILD_MODE.
Valid values of MODE are:
- `local'
-
compile in the current directory, leaving all the auxiliary
files around. This is the traditional TeX use.
- `tidy'
-
compile in a local *.t2d directory, where the auxiliary files
are left. Output files are copied back to the original file.
- `clean'
-
same as `tidy', but remove the auxiliary directory afterwards.
Every compilation therefore requires the full cycle.
The values of these environment variables are used to run the
corresponding commands, if they are set:
-
BIBER BIBTEX DVIPDF DVIPS EGREP HEVEA LATEX MAKEINDEX MAKEINFO
PDFLATEX PDFTEX SED T4HT TEX TEX4HT TEXINDEX TEXINDY THUMBPDF_CMD
Regarding --dvipdf, if DVIPDF is not set in the environment, the
following programs are looked for (in this order): dvipdfmx dvipdfm
dvipdf dvi2pdf dvitopdf.
If Texinfo is installed on your site, then the command
-
info texi2dvi
should give you access to more documentation.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to
bug-texinfo@gnu.org,
general questions and discussion to
help-texinfo@gnu.org.
GNU Texinfo home page: <
http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
General help using GNU software: <
http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <
http://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
texi2dvi
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
texi2dvi
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info texi2dvi
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- General options:
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- Output format:
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- TeX tuning:
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- Build modes:
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- Valid values of MODE are:
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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