texi2html - a Texinfo to HTML converter

texi2html [options] file

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 closer to TeX than to Info.

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.

--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.

--no-menu

Don't show the Texinfo menus; by default they are shown.

--no-number

Don't number the sections.

--split chapter|section|node

Split the output into several HTML files (one per main chapter/section or node).

--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.

--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.

Note that latex2html locates (and uses) init-files in the following order (provided they exist): (1) global init file (usually in latex2html source dir) (2) $HOME/.latex2html_init (3) ./.latex2html_init (4) init file given on command line.

--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.

Initialisation options are read first from /etc/texi2html/Config (the exact location being changeable with the --sysconfdir=dir option to the configure script), then from $HOME/.texi2html/Config, then 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

This is texi2html version 1.76, 3 February 2005.

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. Its current maintainer is Olaf Bachmann, obachman@mathematik.uni-kl.de.

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://texi2html.cvshome.org/

Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2003 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 file named COPYING.

GNU Texinfo Documentation Format

http://texinfo.org/

World Wide Web (WWW), HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

http://www.w3.org

LaTeX2HTML

http://www-dsed.llnl.gov/files/programs/unix/latex2html

This man-page is not up-to-date and there exists no up-to-date documentation, yet. Until it exists, see the beginning of the texi2html.init file for remarks about command-line options and configurations.