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<span id="makeinfo-Advantages-1"></span><h4 class="subsection">21.1.1 <code>makeinfo</code> Advantages</h4>
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<p>The <code>makeinfo</code> utility creates an Info file from a Texinfo source
providing better error messages than either of the Emacs formatting
commands. We recommend it. The <code>makeinfo</code> program is
independent of Emacs. You can run <code>makeinfo</code> in any of three
ways: from an operating system shell, from a shell inside Emacs, or by
typing the <kbd>C-c C-m C-r</kbd> or the <kbd>C-c C-m C-b</kbd> command in
Texinfo mode in Emacs.
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<p>The <code>texinfo-format-region</code> and the <code>texinfo-format-buffer</code>
commands may be useful if you cannot run <code>makeinfo</code>.
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