texinfo: texinfo-format commands

Creating an Info File

Batch Formatting

makeinfo in Emacs

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23.1.3 The 'texinfo-format...' Commands
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In GNU Emacs in Texinfo mode, you can format part or all of a Texinfo
file with the 'texinfo-format-region' command.  This formats the current
region and displays the formatted text in a temporary buffer called
'*Info Region*'.

  Similarly, you can format a buffer with the 'texinfo-format-buffer'
command.  This command creates a new buffer and generates the Info file
in it.  Typing 'C-x C-s' will save the Info file under the name
specified by the '@setfilename' line which must be near the beginning of
the Texinfo file.

'C-c C-e C-r'
'texinfo-format-region'
     Format the current region for Info.

'C-c C-e C-b'
'texinfo-format-buffer'
     Format the current buffer for Info.

  The 'texinfo-format-region' and 'texinfo-format-buffer' 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 Note: Catching Mistakes.  However,
the 'makeinfo' program provides better error checking (Note: makeinfo in
Emacs).