TEXI2DVI(1)

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]

-e, -E, --expand
    force macro expansion using makeinfo

-I DIR
    search DIR for Texinfo files

-l, --language=LANG
    specify the LANG of FILE (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.