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Optionally, you may also create indices. To do this, you must run the <code>texindex</code> command after first running the <code>tex</code> typesetting command; and then you must run the <code>tex</code> command again. Or else run the <code>texi2dvi</code> command which automatically creates indices as needed (see <a href="Format-with-texi2dvi.html">Format with <code>texi2dvi</code></a>). </p> <p>Often, when you are writing a document, you want to typeset and print only part of a file to see what it will look like. You can use the <code>texinfo-tex-region</code> and related commands for this purpose. Use the <code>texinfo-tex-buffer</code> command to format all of a buffer. </p> <dl compact="compact"> <dt id='index-texinfo_002dtex_002dbuffer'><span><kbd>C-c C-t C-b</kbd><a href='#index-texinfo_002dtex_002dbuffer' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> <dt><span><kbd>M-x texinfo-tex-buffer</kbd></span></dt> <dd><p>Run <code>texi2dvi</code> on the buffer. In addition to running TeX on the buffer, this command automatically creates or updates indices as needed. </p> </dd> <dt id='index-texinfo_002dtex_002dregion'><span><kbd>C-c C-t C-r</kbd><a href='#index-texinfo_002dtex_002dregion' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> <dt><span><kbd>M-x texinfo-tex-region</kbd></span></dt> <dd><p>Run TeX on the region. </p> </dd> <dt><span><kbd>C-c C-t C-i</kbd></span></dt> <dt><span><kbd>M-x texinfo-texindex</kbd></span></dt> <dd><p>Run <code>texindex</code> to sort the indices of a Texinfo file formatted with <code>texinfo-tex-region</code>. The <code>texinfo-tex-region</code> command does not run <code>texindex</code> automatically; it only runs the <code>tex</code> typesetting command. You must run the <code>texinfo-tex-region</code> command a second time after sorting the raw index files with the <code>texindex</code> command. (Usually, you do not format an index when you format a region, only when you format a buffer. Now that the <code>texi2dvi</code> command exists, there is little or no need for this command.) </p> </dd> <dt id='index-texinfo_002dtex_002dprint'><span><kbd>C-c C-t C-p</kbd><a href='#index-texinfo_002dtex_002dprint' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> <dt><span><kbd>M-x texinfo-tex-print</kbd></span></dt> <dd><p>Print the file (or the part of the file) previously formatted with <code>texinfo-tex-buffer</code> or <code>texinfo-tex-region</code>. </p></dd> </dl> <p>For <code>texinfo-tex-region</code> or <code>texinfo-tex-buffer</code> to work, the file <em>must</em> start with a ‘<samp>\input texinfo</samp>’ line and must include a <code>@settitle</code> line. The file must end with <code>@bye</code> on a line by itself. (When you use <code>texinfo-tex-region</code>, you must surround the <code>@settitle</code> line with start-of-header and end-of-header lines.) </p> <p>See <a href="Hardcopy.html">Formatting and Printing Hardcopy</a>, for a description of the other TeX related commands, such as <code>tex-show-print-queue</code>. </p> </div> <hr> <div class="header"> <p> Next: <a href="Texinfo-Mode-Summary.html">Texinfo Mode Summary</a>, Previous: <a href="Info-Formatting.html">Formatting for Info</a>, Up: <a href="Texinfo-Mode.html">Using Texinfo Mode</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Command-and-Variable-Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> </div> </body> </html>