TEXI2DVI

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: February 2019
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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

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 © 2019 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.