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<span id="texi2html_003a-Ancestor-of-texi2any"></span><h3 class="section">20.9 <code>texi2html</code>: Ancestor of <code>texi2any</code></h3>
<span id="index-texi2html"></span>
<span id="index-Cons_002c-Lionel-1"></span>
<p>Conceptually, the <code>texi2html</code> program is the parent of today’s
<code>texi2any</code> program. <code>texi2html</code> was developed
independently, originally by Lionel Cons in 1998; at the time,
<code>makeinfo</code> could not generate HTML. Many other people
contributed to <code>texi2html</code> over the years.
</p>
<p>The present <code>texi2any</code> uses little of the actual code of
<code>texi2html</code>, and has quite a different basic approach to the
implementation (namely, parsing the Texinfo document into a tree), but
still, there is a family resemblance.
</p>
<p>By design, <code>texi2any</code> supports nearly all the features of
<code>texi2html</code> in some way. However, we did not attempt to
maintain strict compatibility, so no <code>texi2html</code> executable is
installed by the Texinfo package. An approximation can be run with an
invocation like this (available as <samp>util/texi2html</samp> in the
Texinfo source):
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">texi2any --set-customization-variable TEXI2HTML=1 ...
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<p>but, to emphasize, this is <em>not</em> a drop-in replacement
for the previous <code>texi2html</code>. Here are the biggest differences:
</p>
<ul>
<li> Most blatantly, the command line options of <code>texi2html</code>
are now customization variables, for the most part. A table of
approximate equivalents is given below.
</li><li> The program-level customization API is very different in
<code>texi2any</code>.
</li><li> Indices cannot be split.
</li><li> Translated strings cannot be customized; we hope to introduce
this feature in <code>texi2any</code> in the future.
</li></ul>
<p>Aside from the last, we do not intend to reimplement these
differences. Therefore, the route forward for authors is alter
manuals and build processes as necessary to use the new features and
methods of <code>texi2any</code>. The <code>texi2html</code> maintainers
(one of whom is the principal author of <code>texi2any</code>) do not
intend to make further releases.
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<span id="index-Options-of-texi2html"></span>
<span id="index-Command_002dline-options-of-texi2html"></span>
<p>Here is the table showing <code>texi2html</code> options and
corresponding <code>texi2any</code> customization variables.
</p>
<table>
<tr><td><samp>--toc-links</samp></td><td><code>TOC_LINKS</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--short-ext</samp></td><td><code>SHORTEXTN</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--prefix</samp></td><td><code>PREFIX</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--short-ref</samp></td><td><code>SHORT_REF</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--idx-sum</samp></td><td><code>IDX_SUMMARY</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--def-table</samp></td><td><code>DEF_TABLE</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--ignore-preamble-text</samp></td><td><code>IGNORE_PREAMBLE_TEXT</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--html-xref-prefix</samp></td><td><code>EXTERNAL_DIR</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--l2h</samp></td><td><code>L2H</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--l2h-l2h</samp></td><td><code>L2H_L2H</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--l2h-skip</samp></td><td><code>L2H_SKIP</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--l2h-tmp</samp></td><td><code>L2H_TMP</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--l2h-file</samp></td><td><code>L2H_FILE</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--l2h-clean</samp></td><td><code>L2H_CLEAN</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--use-nodes</samp></td><td><code>USE_NODES</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--monolithic</samp></td><td><code>MONOLITHIC</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--top-file</samp></td><td><code>TOP_FILE</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--toc-file</samp></td><td><code>TOC_FILE</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--frames</samp></td><td><code>FRAMES</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--menu</samp></td><td><code>SHOW_MENU</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--debug</samp></td><td><code>DEBUG</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--doctype</samp></td><td><code>DOCTYPE</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--frameset-doctype</samp></td><td><code>FRAMESET_DOCTYPE</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><samp>--test</samp></td><td><code>TEST</code></td></tr>
</table>
<span id="index-texi2oldapi_002etexi_002c-for-texi2any"></span>
<p>Finally, any <code>texi2html</code> users seeking more detailed
information can check the draft file <samp>doc/texi2oldapi.texi</samp> in
the Texinfo source repository. It consists mainly of very rough
notes, but may still be useful to some.
</p>
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