NAME¶
texi2dvi - convert Texinfo documents to PDF
SYNOPSIS¶
texi2dvi [
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.
In order to make texi2dvi a drop-in replacement of TeX/LaTeX in AUC-TeX, the
FILE may also be composed of the following simple TeX commands.
- `\input{FILE}'
- the actual file to compile
- `\nonstopmode'
- same as --batch
Makeinfo is used to perform Texinfo macro expansion before running TeX when
needed.
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 (implies --clean); only one
input FILE may be specified in this case
- -q, --quiet
- no output unless errors (implies --batch)
- -s, --silent
- same as --quiet
- -v, --version
- display version information and exit successfully
- -V, --verbose
- report on what is done
TeX tuning:¶
- -@
- use @input instead of \input for preloaded Texinfo
- --dvi
- output a DVI file [default]
- --dvipdf
- output a PDF file via DVI (using dvipdf)
- -e, -E, --expand
- force 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
- -p, --pdf
- use pdftex or pdflatex for processing
- -r, --recode
- call recode before TeX to translate input
- --recode-from=ENC
- recode from ENC to the @documentencoding
- --src-specials
- pass --src-specials to TeX
- -t, --command=CMD
- insert CMD in copy of input file
- or --texinfo=CMD
- multiple values accumulate
- --translate-file=FILE
- use given charset translation file for TeX
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 [.]
- --mostly-clean
- remove the auxiliary files and directories but not the
output
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 MODEs 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.
Using the `tidy' mode brings several advantages:¶
- -
- the current directory is not cluttered with plethora of
temporary files.
- -
- clutter can be even reduced using
--build-dir=dir: all the *.t2d directories are stored
there.
- -
- clutter can be reduced to zero using, e.g.,
--build-dir=/tmp/$USER.t2d or --build-dir=$HOME/.t2d.
- -
- the output file is updated after every succesful TeX run,
for sake of concurrent visualization of the output. In a `local' build the
viewer stops during the whole TeX run.
- -
- if the compilation fails, the previous state of the output
file is preserved.
- -
- PDF and DVI compilation are kept in separate subdirectories
preventing any possibility of auxiliary file incompatibility.
On the other hand, because `tidy' compilation takes place in another directory,
occasionally TeX won't be able to find some files (e.g., when using
\graphicspath): in that case use
-I to specify the additional
directories to consider.
The values of the BIBTEX, LATEX (or PDFLATEX), MAKEINDEX, MAKEINFO, TEX (or
PDFTEX), TEXINDEX, and THUMBPDF environment variables are used to run those
commands, if they are set. Any CMD strings are added after @setfilename for
Texinfo input, in the first line for LaTeX input.
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/
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2008 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.
