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<span id="The-texinfo_002dformat_2026-Commands"></span><h4 class="subsection">21.1.3 The <code>texinfo-format…</code> Commands</h4>
<p>In GNU Emacs in Texinfo mode, you can format part or all of a Texinfo
file with the <code>texinfo-format-region</code> command. This formats the
current region and displays the formatted text in a temporary buffer
called ‘<samp>*Info Region*</samp>’.
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<p>Similarly, you can format a buffer with the
<code>texinfo-format-buffer</code> command. This command creates a new
buffer and generates the Info file in it. Typing <kbd>C-x C-s</kbd> will
save the Info file under the name specified by the
<code>@setfilename</code> line which must be near the beginning of the
Texinfo file.
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<dt><kbd>C-c C-e C-r</kbd></dt>
<dt><kbd><code>texinfo-format-region</code></kbd></dt>
<dd><span id="index-texinfo_002dformat_002dregion"></span>
<p>Format the current region for Info.
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</dd>
<dt><kbd>C-c C-e C-b</kbd></dt>
<dt><kbd><code>texinfo-format-buffer</code></kbd></dt>
<dd><span id="index-texinfo_002dformat_002dbuffer"></span>
<p>Format the current buffer for Info.
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<p>The <code>texinfo-format-region</code> and <code>texinfo-format-buffer</code>
commands provide you with some error checking, and other functions can
provide you with further help in finding formatting errors. These
procedures are described in an appendix; see <a href="Catching-Mistakes.html">Catching Mistakes</a>.
However, the <code>makeinfo</code> program provides better error checking
(see <a href="makeinfo-in-Emacs.html"><code>makeinfo</code> in Emacs</a>).
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<p>A peculiarity of the <code>texinfo-format-buffer</code> and
<code>texinfo-format-region</code> commands is that they do not indent (nor
fill) paragraphs that contain <code>@w</code> or <code>@*</code> commands.
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