What is a easy way to view texi files?

I am reading some files for a library I plan on using and the files are of extension '.texi' and although I can open the files in gedit, all the syntax and markups make it difficult to read. Also, I cant use the embedded links within the document. Is there an go-to program for reading .texi files? I am using Ubuntu 13.10 btw. Thx!

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Install texi2html to convert Texinfo files to HTML:

sudo apt-get install texi2html

Man page of texi2html:

SYNOPSIS

 texi2html [options] file

DESCRIPTION

 Texi2html converts the given Texinfo file to a set of HTML files. It tries to handle most of the Texinfo commands. It creates hypertext links for cross-references, footnotes... Texi2html may furthermore use latex2html to generate HTML (code and/or images) for @math and @iftex tags (see the --l2h option). Texi2html creates several files depending on the contents of the Tex‐ info file and on the chosen options (see FILES). The HTML files created by texi2html are in general closer to TeX than to Info. Using init files (see the --init-file option), other styles or output formats may be selected.

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makeinfo from the texinfo package

sudo apt install texinfo
makeinfo --html --no-split -o a.html a.texi
firefox a.html

You can also convert to many other formats if you prefer:

• makeinfo a.texi.

  Generates an a.info file which can be opened with:

  info -f a.info

  This is the most "native" local GNU documentation format.

• makeinfo --pdf a.info

  Requires LaTeX.

texi2html appears to have been deprecated in 2011:

development of Texi2HTML and of the Texi2HTML based makeinfo implementation stopped in 2011.

Tested on Ubuntu 20.04.

Binutils docs

Here is how you can build the Binutils docs like GDB and GAS, which are in texinfo format, to a single HTML page nirvana:

You can use texiinfo :

Texinfo uses a single source file to produce output in a number of formats, both online and printed (dvi, html, info, pdf, xml, etc.). This means that instead of writing different documents for online information and another for a printed manual, you need write only one document. And when the work is revised, you need revise only that one document. The Texinfo system is well-integrated with GNU Emacs.

You can downlod it from here, eg:

cd
wget
tar xf texinfo-6.0.tar.xz

Compile and install:

cd texiinfo-6.0
./configure
make
sudo make install

After installation use man texiinfo and learn how to convert it .

More info Here