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TEXI2HTML

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 30 June 2010
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NAME

texi2html - a Texinfo to HTML converter

SYNOPSIS

texi2html [options] file

DESCRIPTION

Texi2html converts the given Texinfo file to a set of HTML files. It tries to handle most of the Texinfo commands. It creates hypertext links for cross-references, footnotes...

Texi2html may furthermore use latex2html to generate HTML (code and/or images) for @math and @iftex tags (see the --l2h option).

Texi2html creates several files depending on the contents of the Texinfo file and on the chosen options (see FILES).

The HTML files created by texi2html are in general closer to TeX than to Info. Using init files (see the --init-file option), other styles or output formats may be selected.

OPTIONS

Options may be abbreviated to th shortests unique prefix. The following is only an incomplete list of the available options:

--help [1|2]: Print usage instructions and list the most important, all relevant, or all recognised (including obsolete) command-line options, and exit.
--split chapter|section|node: Split the output into several HTML files (one per main chapter/section or node).
--ifinfo --iftex --ifxml --ifplaintext --ifhtml: Expand @ifinfo, @iftex and @tex, @ifxml and @xml, @ifplaintext, @ifhtml and @html regions, and don't expand @ifnot corresponding regions (default: ifhtml).
--no-ifinfo --no-iftex --no-ifxml --no-ifplaintext --no-html: Don't expand @ifinfo, @iftex, @ifxml, @ifplaintext regions and expand @ifnot corresponding regions.
-I dir: Append dir to the directory list searched for included files.
-P dir: Prepend dir to the directory list searched for included files.
--l2h: Use latex2html for content of @math and @tex tags. Content must be such that both, latex and tex, can translate it correctly. I.e., no tex-only constructs must be used.
--css-include file: Use css file file.
--init-file file: Load init file file (see also FILES).
--document-language lang: Use lang as document language.
--macro-expand file: output macro expanded source in file.
--no-menu: Don't show the Texinfo menus; by default they are shown.
--no-number: Don't number the sections.
--use-nodes: Use nodes for sectionning.
--prefix: Use as prefix for output files, instead of basename.
--node-files: Produce one file per node for cross references.
--l2h-l2h prog: Use prog as latex2html program (default latex2html). Program must be executable.
--l2h-init file: Use file as latex2html init file. file should be used to specify in which way latex2html handles mathematical expressions and formulas.
--l2h-tmp dir: Use dir as tmp dir for latex2html. This directory (resp. its path) must not contain a dot (i.e., a ".").
--l2h-clean: remove all intermediate files generated by latex2html (prevents caching!)
--l2h-skip: Do not really run latex2html. Use (kept) files of previous runs, instead.
--verbose: Give a verbose output.
--version: Print version and exit.

FILES

Initialisation options are read first from /usr/share/texi2html/Config (the exact location being changeable with the --datadir=dir option to the configure script), then from /etc/texi2html/Config (the exact location being changeable with the --sysconfdir=dir option to the configure script), then from ./Config, from $HOME/.texi2html/Config, and from any command-line options including --init-file options; with later settings overriding earlier ones. By default texi2html my creates the following files (foo being the name of the Texinfo file):

foo_toc.html: The table of contents (if @contents is present).
foo.html: The document's contents or the Top element.
foo_fot.html: The footnotes (if any).
foo_abt.html: An help section.
foo_l2h_img*: Images generated by latex2html (if any).

When used with the --split option, it creates several files (one per chapter or node), named foo_n.html (n being the index of the chapter or node), and the foo.html file contains the Top element.

Otherwise it creates only one file: foo.html

VERSION

This is texi2html version 5.0, 30 June 2010.

AUTHOR

Texi2html was originally written by is Lionel Cons, CERN IT/DIS/OSE, Lionel.Cons@cern.ch. Over time, many other people around the net contributed to this program. It was maintained by Olaf Bachmann, obachman@mathematik.uni-kl.de, and is now maintained by Derek Price.

AVAILABILITY

The latest version of this program, as well as support in the form of mailing lists with archives, bug tracking, documentation, and other tools can be found at: http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999-2005 Patrice Dumas <pertusus@free.fr>,
                        Derek Price <derek@ximbiot.com>,
                        Adrian Aichner <adrian@xemacs.org>,
                      & others.

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 file named COPYING.

BUGS

This man-page is often out-of-date. The info manual should be more up-to-date.