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16ea3abe 3\C{output} Halibut output formats
4
339cbe09 5This chapter describes each of Halibut's current \i{output formats}.
6It gives some general information about the format, and also
7describes all the \i{configuration directives} which are specific to
8that format.
16ea3abe 9
10\H{output-text} Plain text
11
339cbe09 12This output format generates the document as a single \i{plain text}
9ec43d08 13file. No table of contents or index is generated.
16ea3abe 14
16ea3abe 15The precise formatting of the text file can be controlled by a
16variety of configuration directives. They are listed in the
17following subsections.
18
0a6347b4 19\S{output-text-file} Output file name
20
21\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
22
23\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the text file.
24This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
25parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--text} (see
26\k{running-options}).
27
16ea3abe 28\S{output-text-dimensions} Indentation and line width
29
30This section describes the configuration directives which control
339cbe09 31the \i{horizontal dimensions} of the output text file: how much
16ea3abe 32paragraphs are indented by and how long the lines are.
33
339cbe09 34\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 35
339cbe09 36\dd Sets the \I{text width}width of the main part of the document,
37in characters. This width will be used for wrapping paragraphs and
38for centring titles (if you have asked for titles to be centred -
39see \k{output-text-headings}). This width does \e{not} include the
40left indentation set by \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}; if you specify an
16ea3abe 41indent of 8 and a width of 64, your maximum output line length will
42be 72.
43
339cbe09 44\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 45
339cbe09 46\dd Sets the left \i{indentation} for the document. If you set this
47to zero, your document will look like an ordinary text file as
48someone with a text editor might have written it; if you set it
49above zero, the text file will have a \i{margin} down the left in
50the style of some printed manuals, and you can then configure the
51section numbers to appear in this margin (see
52\k{output-text-headings}).
16ea3abe 53
339cbe09 54\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 55
56\dd Specifies how many extra characters of indentation (on top of
339cbe09 57the normal left indent) should be given to \I{code paragraphs,
58indentation} code paragraphs.
16ea3abe 59
339cbe09 60\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 61
62\dd Specifies how many extra spaces should be used to indent the
339cbe09 63bullet or number in a \I{bulletted list, indentation}bulletted or
64\I{numbered list, indentation}numbered \I{list, indentation}list.
65The actual body of the list item will be indented by this much
66\e{plus} the value configured by \cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}.
16ea3abe 67
339cbe09 68\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 69
70\dd Specifies how many extra spaces should be used to indent the
71body of a list item, over and above the number configured in
72\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}.
73
339cbe09 74\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-preamble\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-preamble\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 75
339cbe09 76\dd When this is set to \c{true}, the document \i{preamble} (i.e. any
16ea3abe 77paragraphs appearing before the first chapter heading) will be
78indented to the level specified by \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}. If
79this setting is \c{false}, the document preamble will not be
80indented at all from the left margin.
81
339cbe09 82\S{output-text-headings} \ii{Configuring heading display}
16ea3abe 83
84The directives in this section allow you to configure the appearance
85of the title, chapter and section headings in your text file.
86
339cbe09 87Several of the directives listed below specify the \i{alignment} of
88a heading. These alignment options have three possible values:
16ea3abe 89
339cbe09 90\dt \i\c{left}
16ea3abe 91
92\dd Align the heading to the very left of the text file (column zero).
93
339cbe09 94\dt \i\c{leftplus}
16ea3abe 95
96\dd Align the section title to the left of the main display region
97(in other words, indented to the level specified by
98\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}). The section \e{number} is placed to the
99left of that (so that it goes in the margin if there is room).
100
339cbe09 101\dt \i\c{centre}
16ea3abe 102
103\dd Centre the heading.
104
105Also, several of the directives below specify how a title should be
339cbe09 106\I{underlining}underlined. The parameter to one of these directives
db662ca1 107should be either blank (\cw{\{\}}) or a piece of text which will be
108repeated to produce the underline. So you might want to specify, for
109example, \cw{\\text-title-underline\{=\}} but
110\cw{\\text-chapter-underline\{\-\}}.
111
112You can also specify more than one underline setting, and Halibut
113will choose the first one that the output character set supports.
114So, for example, you could write
65f95f6c 115\cw{\\text-chapter-underline\{\\u203e\}\{\-\}}, and Halibut would use
db662ca1 116the Unicode \q{OVERLINE} character where possible and fall back to
117the ASCII minus sign otherwise.
16ea3abe 118
339cbe09 119\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-align\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 120
121\dd Specifies the alignment of the overall document title: \c{left},
122\c{leftplus} or \c{centre}.
123
bdc961c7 124\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-underline\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 125
126\dd Specifies how the overall document title should be underlined.
127
339cbe09 128\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-align\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 129
130\dd Specifies the alignment of chapter and appendix headings.
131
bdc961c7 132\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 133
134\dd Specifies how chapter and appendix headings should be underlined.
135
339cbe09 136\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-numeric\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 137
138\dd If this is set to \c{true}, then chapter headings will not
139contain the word \q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have
140defined in its place - see \k{input-sections} and \k{input-config});
141they will just contain the chapter \e{number}, followed by the
142chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
143be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
144
339cbe09 145\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 146
147\dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
148number, before displaying the chapter title. For example, if you set
b7747050 149this to \cq{:\_}, then the chapter title might look something
16ea3abe 150like \q{Chapter 2: Doing Things}.
151
339cbe09 152\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-align\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 153
154\dd Specifies the alignment of section headings at a particular
155level. The \e{level} parameter specifies which level of section
156headings you want to affect: 0 means first-level headings (\c{\\H}),
1571 means second-level headings (\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below
158that (\c{\\S2}), and so on. The \e{alignment} parameter is treated
159just like the other alignment directives listed above.
160
bdc961c7 161\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-underline\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 162
163\dd Specifies how to underline section headings at a particular level.
164
339cbe09 165\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 166
167\dd Specifies whether section headings at a particular level should
168contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
169be numeric only (if \c{true}).
170
339cbe09 171\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 172
339cbe09 173\dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
174be appended to section numbers at a particular level, before
175displaying the section title.
16ea3abe 176
db662ca1 177\S{output-text-characters} Configuring the characters used
178
6b4dfd74 179\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
180
181\dd This tells Halibut what \i{character set} the output should be
182in. Any Unicode characters representable in this set will be output
183verbatim; any other characters will not be output and their
184\i{fallback text} (if any) will be used instead.
185
186\lcont{
187
188The character set names are the same as for
189\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}} (see \k{input-config}). However, unlike
190\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}}, this directive affects the \e{entire}
191output; it's not possible to switch encodings halfway through.
192
193}
194
db662ca1 195\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
196
197\dd This specifies the text which should be used as the \i{bullet}
198in bulletted lists. It can be one character
199(\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{-\}}), or more than one
200(\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{(*)\}}).
201
202\lcont{
203
6069815a 204Like \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} (see \k{input-config}), you can specify multiple
205possible options after this command, and Halibut will choose the first one
206which the output character set supports. For example, you might write
db662ca1 207\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{\\u2022\}\{\\u00b7\}\{*\}}, in which case
208Halibut would use the Unicode \q{BULLET} character where possible,
209fall back to the ISO-8859-1 \q{MIDDLE DOT} if that wasn't available,
210and resort to the ASCII asterisk if all else failed.
211
212}
213
214\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
215
216\dd This specifies the text which should be used for drawing
217\i{horizontal rules} (generated by \i\c{\\rule}; see
218\k{input-rule}). It can be one character, or more than one. The
219string you specify will be repeated to reach the required width, so
b7747050 220you can specify something like \cq{-=} to get a rule that looks
db662ca1 221like \cw{-=-=-=}.
222
223\lcont{
224
225Like \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}}, you can specify multiple fallback
226options in this command.
227
228}
229
230\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}...\cw{\}}]
231
6069815a 232\dd This specifies a set of quote characters for the text backend,
233overriding any defined by \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}}. It has the same syntax
234(see \k{input-config}).
db662ca1 235
236\lcont{
237
6069815a 238In this backend, these quotes will also be used to mark text enclosed
239in the \c{\\c} command (see \k{input-code}).
db662ca1 240
241}
242
243\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-emphasis\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-emphasis\}\{}\e{start-emph}\cw{\}\{}\e{end-emph}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{start-emph}\cw{\}\{}\e{end-emph}...\cw{\}}]
244
5b1d0032 245\dd This specifies the characters which should be used to surround
db662ca1 246emphasised text (written using the \c{\\e} command; see
247\k{input-emph}).
248
249\lcont{
250
251You should separately specify the start-emphasis and end-emphasis
252text, each of which can be more than one character if you want.
253Also, like \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}, you can specify multiple pairs
254of fallback options in this command, and Halibut will always use a
255matching pair.
256
257}
258
16ea3abe 259\S{output-text-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
260
db662ca1 261\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
262
263\dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item
264(see \k{input-list-number}). So if you want to label your lists as
265\q{1)}, \q{2)} and so on, then you would write
266\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}\{)\}}.
267
339cbe09 268\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 269
339cbe09 270\dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined
271using the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be
272included at the bottom of the text file. If it is set to \c{false},
273they will be omitted completely.
16ea3abe 274
16ea3abe 275\# FIXME: code indentation is configurable, therefore \quote
276\# indentation probably ought to be as well.
277
278\# FIXME: text-indent-* should be consistently named.
279
280\S{output-text-defaults} Default settings
281
339cbe09 282The \i{default settings} for Halibut's plain text output format are:
16ea3abe 283
0a6347b4 284\c \cfg{text-filename}{output.txt}
285\c
16ea3abe 286\c \cfg{text-width}{68}
287\c \cfg{text-indent}{7}
288\c \cfg{text-indent-code}{2}
289\c \cfg{text-list-indent}{1}
290\c \cfg{text-listitem-indent}{3}
291\c \cfg{text-indent-preamble}{false}
292\c
293\c \cfg{text-title-align}{centre}
db662ca1 294\c \cfg{text-title-underline}{\u2550}{=}
16ea3abe 295\c
296\c \cfg{text-chapter-align}{left}
db662ca1 297\c \cfg{text-chapter-underline}{\u203e}{-}
16ea3abe 298\c \cfg{text-chapter-numeric}{false}
299\c \cfg{text-chapter-suffix}{: }
300\c
301\c \cfg{text-section-align}{0}{leftplus}
302\c \cfg{text-section-underline}{0}{}
303\c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{0}{true}
304\c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{0}{ }
305\c
306\c \cfg{text-section-align}{1}{leftplus}
307\c \cfg{text-section-underline}{1}{}
308\c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{1}{true}
309\c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{1}{ }
310\c
311\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
312\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
db662ca1 313\c
6b4dfd74 314\c \cfg{text-charset}{ASCII}
db662ca1 315\c \cfg{text-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
316\c \cfg{text-rule}{\u2500}{-}
317\c \cfg{text-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
318\c \cfg{text-emphasis}{_}{_}
319\c
320\c \cfg{text-list-suffix}{.}
321\c \cfg{text-versionid}{true}
16ea3abe 322
323\H{output-html} HTML
324
339cbe09 325This output format generates an \i{HTML} version of the document. By
16ea3abe 326default, this will be in multiple files, starting with
327\c{Contents.html} and splitting the document into files by chapter
328and/or subsection. You can configure precisely how the text is split
329between HTML files using the configuration commands described in
330this section. In particular, you can configure Halibut to output one
0a6347b4 331single HTML file instead of multiple ones.
16ea3abe 332
cb0b173d 333\I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-anything\}}}Configuration directives with an
334\c{xhtml-} prefix are synonyms for those with an \c{html-} prefix.
16ea3abe 335
0a6347b4 336\S{output-html-file} Controlling the output file names
337
cb0b173d 338\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
0a6347b4 339
340\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the top-level
341contents page. Since this is the first page a user ought to see when
342beginning to read the document, a good choice in many cases might be
fc8e7adb 343\c{index.html} (although this is not the default, for historical
0a6347b4 344reasons).
345
cb0b173d 346\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
0a6347b4 347
348\dd Sets the file name in which to store the document's index.
349
cb0b173d 350\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-filename\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}
0a6347b4 351
352\dd Provides a \i{template} to be used when constructing the file
353names of each chapter or section of the document. This template
354should contain at least one \i\e{formatting command}, in the form of
355a per cent sign followed by a letter. (If you need a literal per
356cent sign, you can write \c{%%}.)
357
358\lcont{
359
360The formatting commands used in this template are:
361
da090173 362\dt \I{%N-upper}\c{%N}
0a6347b4 363
364\dd Expands to the visible title of the section, with white space
b7747050 365removed. So in a chapter declared as \cq{\\C\{fish\} Catching
366Fish}, this formatting command would expand to
367\cq{CatchingFish}.
0a6347b4 368
369\dt \i\c{%n}
370
371\dd Expands to the type and number of the section, without white
b7747050 372space. So in chapter 1 this would expand to \cq{Chapter1}; in
373section A.4.3 it would expand to \cq{SectionA.4.3}, and so on.
0a6347b4 374If the section has no number (an unnumbered chapter created using
375\c{\\U}), this directive falls back to doing the same thing as
376\c{%N}.
377
378\dt \i\c{%b}
379
cb0b173d 380\dd Expands to the number of the section, in a format suitable for an
381HTML fragment name. The first character of the section type is
382prepended to the section number. So in chapter 1 this would expand to
383\cq{C1}; in section A.4.3 it would expand to \cq{SA.4.3}, and so on.
384If the section has no number (an unnumbered chapter created using
385\c{\\U}), this directive falls back to doing the same thing as \c{%N}.
0a6347b4 386
387\dt \i\c{%k}
388
389\dd Expands to the internal keyword specified in the section title.
b7747050 390So in a chapter declared as \cq{\\C\{fish\} Catching Fish}, this
391formatting command would expand to \cq{fish}. If the section has
0a6347b4 392no keyword (an unnumbered chapter created using \c{\\U}), this
393directive falls back to doing the same thing as \c{%N}.
394
395These formatting directives can also be used in the
cb0b173d 396\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}} configuration directive (see
0a6347b4 397\k{output-html-misc}).
398
399}
400
cb0b173d 401\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-single-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-single-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
0a6347b4 402
403\dd Sets the file name in which to store the entire document, if
cb0b173d 404Halibut is configured (using \c{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{0\}} to
0a6347b4 405produce a single self-contained file. Both this directive \e{and}
cb0b173d 406\c{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{0\}} are implicitly generated if you
0a6347b4 407provide a file name parameter after the command-line option
408\i\c{--html} (see \k{running-options}).
409
16ea3abe 410\S{output-html-split} Controlling the splitting into HTML files
411
412By default, the HTML output from Halibut is split into multiple
413files. Each file typically contains a single chapter or section and
414everything below it, unless subsections of that chapter are
415themselves split off into further files.
416
417Most files also contain a contents section, giving hyperlinks to the
418sections in the file and/or the sections below it.
419
420The configuration directives listed below allow you to configure the
421splitting into files, and the details of the contents sections.
422
cb0b173d 423\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 424
425\dd This setting indicates the depth of section which should be
339cbe09 426given a \I{leaf file}\q{leaf} file (a file with no sub-files). So if
427you set it to 1, for example, then every chapter will be given its
428own HTML file, plus a top-level \i{contents file}. If you set this
429to 2, then each chapter \e{and} each \c{\\H} section will have a
430file, and the chapter files will mostly just contain links to their
431\i{sub-file}s.
16ea3abe 432
433\lcont{
434
435If you set this option to zero, then the whole document will appear
436in a single file. If you do this, Halibut will call that file
cb0b173d 437\i\c{Manual.html} instead of \i\c{Contents.html} by default.
16ea3abe 438
0a6347b4 439This option is automatically set to zero if you provide a file name
440parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--html} (see
441\k{running-options}), because you have specified a single file name
442and so Halibut assumes you want the whole document to be placed in
443that file.
444
f2ef00b5 445You can also specify the special name \c{infinity} (or \c{infinite}
446or \c{inf}) if you want to ensure that \e{every} section and
447subsection ends up in a separate file no matter how deep you go.
448
16ea3abe 449}
450
cb0b173d 451\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 452
339cbe09 453\dd This directive allows you to specify how \I{depth of
cb0b173d 454contents}deep any contents section in a particular level of file
455should go.
16ea3abe 456
457\lcont{
458
459The \e{level} parameter indicates which level of contents section
460you are dealing with. 0 denotes the main contents section in the
461topmost file \c{Contents.html}; 1 denotes a contents section in a
462chapter file; 2 is a contents section in a file containing a \c{\\H}
cb0b173d 463heading, and so on.
16ea3abe 464
465The \e{depth} parameter indicates the maximum depth of heading which
466will be shown in this contents section. Again, 1 denotes a chapter,
4672 is a \c{\\H} heading, 3 is a \c{\\S} heading, and so on.
468
cb0b173d 469So, for example: \cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth\}\{1\}\{3\}} instructs
16ea3abe 470Halibut to put contents links in chapter files for all sections down
471to \c{\\S} level, but not to go into any more detail than that.
472
cb0b173d 473For backwards compatibility, the alternative syntax
474\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth-}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
475is also supported.
16ea3abe 476
cb0b173d 477}
16ea3abe 478
cb0b173d 479\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-contains-contents\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-contains-contents\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 480
481\dd If you set this to \c{true}, then each leaf file will contain
482its own contents section which summarises the text within it.
483
cb0b173d 484\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-smallest-contents\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-smallest-contents\}\{}\e{number}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 485
486\dd Contents sections in leaf files are not output at all if they
487contain very few entries (on the assumption that it just isn't worth
488bothering). This directive configures the minimum number of entries
489required in a leaf contents section to make Halibut bother
490generating it at all.
491
492\S{output-html-html} Including pieces of your own HTML
493
494The directives in this section allow you to supply pieces of
339cbe09 495\I{HTML}\i{verbatim HTML} code, which will be included in various
496parts of the output files.
16ea3abe 497
cb0b173d 498Note that none of Halibut's usual character set translation is applied
499to this code; it is assumed to already be in a suitable encoding for
500the target HTML files.
501
502\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-head-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-head-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 503
504\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
339cbe09 505the \i\cw{<HEAD>} section of each output HTML file. So this is a
506good place to put, for example, a link to a \i{CSS} \i{stylesheet}.
16ea3abe 507
cb0b173d 508\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-local-head\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-local-head\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
9acfce4f 509
510\dd This configuration directive is local: you specify it within a
511document section, and it acts on that section only.
512
513\lcont{
514
515The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of the
516\i\cw{<HEAD>} section of whichever output HTML file contains the
517section in which the directive was placed. You can specify this
518directive multiple times in multiple sections if you like.
519
520This directive is particularly useful for constructing \i{MacOS
521on-line help}, which is mostly normal HTML but which requires a
522special \i\cw{<META NAME="AppleTitle">} tag in the topmost source
523file. You can arrange this by placing this configuration directive
524in the preamble or the introduction section, something like this:
525
526\c \cfg{html-local-head}{<meta name="AppleTitle"
527\c content="MyApp Help">}
528
529}
530
cb0b173d 531\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-tag\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-tag\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 532
533\dd The text you provide in this directive is used in place of the
339cbe09 534\i\cw{<BODY>} tag in each output file. So if you wanted to define a
535\i{background colour}, for example, you could write
cb0b173d 536\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-tag\}\{<body bg="#123456">\}}.
16ea3abe 537
cb0b173d 538\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-start\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-start\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 539
540\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the
339cbe09 541beginning of the \i\cw{<BODY>} section of each output HTML file. So
542if you intend your HTML files to be part of a web site with a
543standard \i{house style}, and the style needs a \i{header} at the
544top of every page, this is where you can add that header.
16ea3abe 545
cb0b173d 546\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 547
339cbe09 548\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
cb0b173d 549the \i\cw{<BODY>} section of each output HTML file, before any address
550section. So if you intend your HTML files to be part of a web site
551with a standard \i{house style}, and the style needs a \i{footer} at
552the bottom of every page, this is where you can add that footer.
16ea3abe 553
cb0b173d 554\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-start\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-start\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 555
556\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the
339cbe09 557beginning of the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each
558output HTML file. This might be a good place to put authors'
559\i{contact details}, for example.
16ea3abe 560
cb0b173d 561\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 562
339cbe09 563\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
564the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each output HTML file,
565after the version IDs (if present).
16ea3abe 566
cb0b173d 567\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-navigation-attributes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-navigation-attributes\}\{}\e{HTML attributes}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 568
569\dd The text you provide in this directive is included inside the
339cbe09 570\cw{<P>} tag containing the \i{navigation links} at the top of each
571page (\i{\q{Previous}} / \i{\q{Contents}} / \i{\q{Next}}). So if you
572wanted the navigation links to have a particular CSS style, you
573could write
cb0b173d 574\cw{\\cfg\{html-navigation-attributes\}\{class="foo"\}}, and the
16ea3abe 575navigation-links paragraph would then begin with the tag \cw{<p
576class="foo">}.
577
339cbe09 578\S{output-html-headings} \ii{Configuring heading display}
16ea3abe 579
cb0b173d 580\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-numeric\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 581
582\dd If this is set to \c{true}, then chapter headings will not
583contain the word \q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have
584defined in its place - see \k{input-sections} and \k{input-config});
585they will just contain the chapter \e{number}, followed by the
586chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
587be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
588
cb0b173d 589\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 590
591\dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
592number, before displaying the chapter title. For example, if you set
b7747050 593this to \cq{:\_}, then the chapter title might look something
16ea3abe 594like \q{Chapter 2: Doing Things}.
595
cb0b173d 596\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-numeric\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
597
598\# {level} can be omitted (defaults to 0). Is this intentional?
16ea3abe 599
600\dd Specifies whether section headings at a particular level should
601contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
602be numeric only (if \c{true}). The \e{level} parameter specifies
603which level of section headings you want to affect: 0 means
604first-level headings (\c{\\H}), 1 means second-level headings
605(\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below that (\c{\\S2}), and so on.
606
cb0b173d 607\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
608
609\# {level} can be omitted (defaults to 0). Is this intentional?
16ea3abe 610
611\dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to section numbers at a
612particular level, before displaying the section title.
613
cb0b173d 614\S{output-html-names} Configuring standard text
615
616These directives let you fine-tune the names Halibut uses in places
617such as the navigation bar to refer to various parts of the document,
618and other standard pieces of text, for instance to change them to a
619different language.
620
621\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-preamble-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-preamble-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
622
623\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
624
625\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
626
627\dd Text used to refer to the preamble (i.e., any paragraphs before
628the first chapter heading), contents, and index respectively, in the
629navigation bar, contents, and index.
630
f6220253 631\lcont{
632
633(\c{html-contents-text} and \c{html-index-text} override the
634cross-format configuration keywords \c{contents} and \c{index} (see
635\k{input-config}, if both appear. They are legacy keywords preserved
636for backwards compatibility; you should generally use \c{contents}
637and \c{index}.)
638
639}
640
cb0b173d 641\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-title-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-title-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
642
643\dd If multiple headings are used in a file's \cw{<TITLE>} tag, this
644text is used to separate them.
645
646\# Under what circumstances can this occur?
647
648\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-main-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-main-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
649
650\dd Separator between index term and references in the index.
651
652\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-multiple-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-multiple-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
653
654\dd Separator between multiple references for a single index term in
655the index.
656
657\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-pre-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-pre-versionid\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
658
659\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-post-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-post-versionid\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
660
661\dd Text surrounding each output \i{version ID paragraph}.
662
663\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-prev-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-prev-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
664
665\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-next-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-next-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
666
667\dd The text used for the \q{previous page} and \q{next page} links on
668the navigation bar.
669
670\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
671
672\dd Separator between links in the navigation bar.
673
674\S{output-html-characters} Configuring the characters used
675
676Unlike the other backends, HTML does not have a single
677\i\cw{\\cfg\{html-charset\}} directive, as there are several levels of
678character encoding to consider.
679
680The character set names are the same as for
681\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}} (see \k{input-config}). However, unlike
682\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}}, these directives affect the \e{entire}
683output; it's not possible to switch encodings halfway through.
684
685\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-output-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-output-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
686
687\dd The character encoding of the HTML file to be output. Unicode
688characters in this encoding's repertoire are included literally rather
689than as \i{HTML entities}.
690
691\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-restrict-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-restrict-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
692
693\dd Only Unicode characters representable in this character set will be
694output; any others will be omitted and use their fallback text, if
695any. Characters not in \q{html-output-charset} will be represented as
696HTML numeric entities.
697
698\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-quotes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-quotes\}\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}...\cw{\}}]
699
700\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
701\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
702fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
703directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
704
16ea3abe 705\S{output-html-misc} Miscellaneous options
706
cb0b173d 707\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-version\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-version\}\{}\e{version}\cw{\}}
708
709\dd Identifies the precise version of HTML that is output. This
710affects the declaration within the HTML, and also has minor effects on
beedb0b3 711the body of the HTML so that it is valid for the declared version. The
cb0b173d 712available variants are:
713
714\lcont{
715
beedb0b3 716\dt \cw{html3.2}
cb0b173d 717
beedb0b3 718\dd W3C HTML 3.2
cb0b173d 719
beedb0b3 720\dt \cw{html4}
cb0b173d 721
beedb0b3 722\dd W3C HTML 4.01 Strict
cb0b173d 723
beedb0b3 724\dt \cw{iso-html}
725
726\dd ISO/IEC 15445:2000
727
728\dt \cw{xhtml1.0transitional}
729
730\dd W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional
731
732\dt \cw{xhtml1.0strict}
733
734\dd W3C XHTML 1.0 Strict
cb0b173d 735
736}
737
12f0ee84 738\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{template}\cw{\}\{}...\cw{\}}]
0a6347b4 739
740\dd This directive lets you specify a \i{template}, with exactly the
cb0b173d 741same syntax used in \cw{\\cfg\{html-template-filename\}} (see
12f0ee84 742\k{output-html-file}), to be used for the anchor names (\i\cw{<a
743name="...">}) used to allow URLs to refer to specific sections
b7747050 744within a particular HTML file. So if you set this to \cq{%k},
fc8e7adb 745for example, then each individual section in your document will be
0a6347b4 746addressable by means of a URL ending in a \c{#} followed by your
747internal section keyword.
748
cb0b173d 749\lcont{
750
12f0ee84 751If more than one template is specified, anchors are generated in all
752the specified formats; Halibut's own cross-references are generated
753with the first template.
754
755Characters that are not permitted in anchor names are stripped. If
756there are no valid characters left, or a fragment is non-unique,
757Halibut starts inventing fragment names and suffixes as appropriate.
758
759Note that there are potentially fragment names that are not controlled
760by this mechanism, such as index references.
cb0b173d 761
762}
763
764\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 765
339cbe09 766\dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined using
767the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be included
768visibly in the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each HTML
cb0b173d 769file. If it is set to \c{false}, they will only be included as HTML
770comments.
16ea3abe 771
f2ef00b5 772\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
773
774\dd If this is set to \c{true}, the usual \i{navigation links} at the
775top of each HTML file will be suppressed.
776
cb0b173d 777\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 778
339cbe09 779\dd If this is set to \c{true}, the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the
16ea3abe 780bottom of each HTML file will be omitted completely. (This will
cb0b173d 781therefore also cause \i{version IDs} not to be included visibly.)
16ea3abe 782
cb0b173d 783\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-author\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-author\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 784
339cbe09 785\dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
786name="author">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers which
787support this can automatically identify the \i{author} of the document.
16ea3abe 788
cb0b173d 789\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-description\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-description\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 790
339cbe09 791\dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
792name="description">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers
793which support this can easily pick out a brief \I{description, of
794document}description of the document.
16ea3abe 795
f2ef00b5 796\S{output-html-mshtmlhelp} Generating MS Windows \i{HTML Help}
797
798The HTML files output from Halibut's HTML back end can be used as
799input to the MS Windows HTML Help compiler. In order to do this, you
800also need some auxiliary files: a project file, and (probably) a
801contents file and an index file. Halibut can optionally generate
802those as well.
803
804To enable the generation of MS HTML Help auxiliary files, use the
805following configuration directives:
806
807\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-project\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-project\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
808
809\dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help project file with the
810specified name. You will almost certainly want the filename to end
811in the extension \c{.hhp} (although Halibut will not enforce this).
812If you use this option, you must also use the
813\cw{html-mshtmlhelp-chm} option to specify the desired name of the
814compiled help file.
815
816\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-chm\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-chm\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
817
818\dd Specifies the desired name of the compiled HTML Help file. You
819will almost certainly want this to have the extension \c{.chm}
820(although Halibut will not enforce this). The name you specify here
821will be written into the help project file. If you specify this
822option, you must also use the \cw{html-mshtmlhelp-project} option to
823request a help project file in the first place.
824
825\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-contents\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-contents\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
826
827\dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help contents file with the
828specified name, and refer to it in the help project file. You will
829almost certainly want the filename to end in the extension \c{.hhc}
830(although Halibut will not enforce this). This option will be
831ignored if you have not also specified a help project file.
832
833\lcont{
834
835Creating a contents file like this causes the HTML Help viewer to
836display a contents tree in the pane to the left of the main text
837window. You can choose to generate an HTML Help project without this
838feature, in which case the user will still be able to navigate
839around the document by using the ordinary internal links in the HTML
840files themselves just as if it were a web page. However, using a
841contents file is recommended.
842
843}
844
845\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-index\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-index\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
846
847\dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help index file with the
848specified name, and refer to it in the help project file. You will
849almost certainly want the filename to end in the extension \c{.hhk}
850(although Halibut will not enforce this). This option will be
851ignored if you have not also specified a help project file.
852
853\lcont{
854
855Specifying this option suppresses the generation of an HTML-based
856index file (see \cw{\\cfg\{html-index-filename\}} in
857\k{output-html-file}).
858
859Creating an index file like this causes the HTML Help viewer to
860provide a list of index terms in a pane to the left of the main text
861window. You can choose to generate an HTML Help project without this
862feature, in which case a conventional HTML index will be generated
863instead (assuming you have any index terms at all defined) and the
864user will still be able to use that. However, using an index file is
865recommended.
866
867Halibut will not output an index file at all, or link to one from
868the help project file, if your document contains no index entries.
869
870}
871
872If you use the above options, Halibut will output a help project
873file which you should be able to feed straight to the command-line
874MS HTML Help compiler (\cw{HHC.EXE}), or load into the MS HTML Help
875Workshop (\cw{HHW.EXE}).
876
877You may also wish to alter other HTML configuration options to make
878the resulting help file look more like a help file and less like a
879web page. A suggested set of additional configuration options for
880HTML Help is as follows:
881
882\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{infinite\}}, because HTML Help
883works best with lots of small files (\q{topics}) rather than a few
884large ones. In particular, the contents and index mechanisms can
885only reference files, not subsections within files.
886
887\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-contains-contents\}\{false\}}, to suppress
888the contents list above the main text of each bottom-level file.
889
890\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}\{true\}}, because HTML Help
891has its own navigation facilities and it looks a bit strange to
892duplicate them.
893
894\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}\{true\}}, because the
895\cw{<address>} section makes less sense in a help file than it does
896on a web page.
897
16ea3abe 898\S{output-html-defaults} Default settings
899
339cbe09 900The \i{default settings} for Halibut's HTML output format are:
16ea3abe 901
cb0b173d 902\c \cfg{html-contents-filename}{Contents.html}
903\c \cfg{html-index-filename}{IndexPage.html}
904\c \cfg{html-template-filename}{%n.html}
905\c \cfg{html-single-filename}{Manual.html}
16ea3abe 906\c
cb0b173d 907\c \cfg{html-leaf-level}{2}
908\c \cfg{html-leaf-contains-contents}{false}
909\c \cfg{html-leaf-smallest-contents}{4}
910\c \cfg{html-contents-depth}{0}{2}
911\c \cfg{html-contents-depth}{1}{3}
912\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
913\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
16ea3abe 914\c
cb0b173d 915\c \cfg{html-head-end}{}
916\c \cfg{html-body-tag}{<body>}
917\c \cfg{html-body-start}{}
918\c \cfg{html-body-end}{}
919\c \cfg{html-address-start}{}
920\c \cfg{html-address-end}{}
921\c \cfg{html-navigation-attributes}{}
16ea3abe 922\c
cb0b173d 923\c \cfg{html-chapter-numeric}{false}
924\c \cfg{html-chapter-suffix}{: }
16ea3abe 925\c
cb0b173d 926\c \cfg{html-section-numeric}{0}{true}
927\c \cfg{html-section-suffix}{0}{ }
16ea3abe 928\c
cb0b173d 929\c \cfg{html-section-numeric}{1}{true}
930\c \cfg{html-section-suffix}{1}{ }
16ea3abe 931\c
932\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
933\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
cb0b173d 934\c
935\c \cfg{html-preamble-text}{Preamble}
936\c \cfg{html-contents-text}{Contents}
937\c \cfg{html-index-text}{Index}
938\c \cfg{html-title-separator}{ - }
939\c \cfg{html-index-main-separator}{: }
940\c \cfg{html-index-multiple-separator}{, }
941\c \cfg{html-pre-versionid}{[}
942\c \cfg{html-post-versionid}{]}
943\c \cfg{html-nav-prev-text}{Previous}
944\c \cfg{html-nav-next-text}{Next}
945\c \cfg{html-nav-separator}{ | }
946\c
947\c \cfg{html-output-charset}{ASCII}
948\c \cfg{html-restrict-charset}{UTF-8}
949\c \cfg{html-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
950\c
951\c \cfg{html-version}{html4}
952\c \cfg{html-template-fragment}{%b}
953\c \cfg{html-versionid}{true}
954\c \cfg{html-suppress-address}{false}
955\c \cfg{html-author}{}
956\c \cfg{html-description}{}
16ea3abe 957
958\H{output-whlp} Windows Help
959
339cbe09 960This output format generates data that can be used by the \i{Windows
f2ef00b5 961Help} program \cw{WINHLP32.EXE}. There are two actual files
0a6347b4 962generated, one ending in \c{.hlp} and the other ending in \c{.cnt}.
963
f2ef00b5 964Note that as of 2006, MS is discontinuing the Windows Help format in
965favour of the newer HTML Help format (\c{.chm} files). Halibut is
966not currently able to generate \c{.chm} files directly, but its HTML
967back end can write out project files suitable for use as input to
968the MS HTML Help compiler. See \k{output-html-mshtmlhelp} for more
969information on this.
970
971Currently, the Windows Help output is hardcoded to be in the
972\q{\i{Win1252}} character set. (If anyone knows how character sets
973are encoded in Windows Help files, we'd appreciate help.)
6069815a 974
0a6347b4 975The Windows Help output format supports the following configuration
976directives:
977
6b4dfd74 978\S{output-whlp-file} Output file name
979
0a6347b4 980\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
981
982\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
983This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
984parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--winhelp} (see
985\k{running-options}).
986
987\lcont{
988
989Your output file name should end with \c{.hlp}; if it doesn't,
990Halibut will append it. Halibut will also generate a contents file
991(ending in \c{.cnt}) alongside the file name you specify.
992
993}
16ea3abe 994
6b4dfd74 995\S{output-whlp-characters} Configuring the characters used
996
997\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
998
999\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1000You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1001\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1002\k{output-text-characters}).
1003
1004\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-quotes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-quotes\}\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}...\cw{\}}]
1005
1006\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1007\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1008fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1009directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1010
1011\S{output-whlp-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
1012
6069815a 1013\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}\{}\e{title}\cw{\}}
1014
1015\dd Sets the text used to describe the help page containing the blurb
1016(see \k{input-blurb}) and table of contents.
1017
1018\dt
1019\I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1020
1021\dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
1022be appended to section numbers, before displaying the section title.
1023(Applies to all levels.)
1024
1025\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1026
1027\dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item,
1028in exactly the same way as \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} (see
6069815a 1029\k{output-text-characters}).
1030
339cbe09 1031\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}\{}\e{topic-name}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1032
339cbe09 1033\dd This directive defines a Windows \i{Help topic} name in the current
16ea3abe 1034section. Topic names can be used by the program invoking
1035\cw{WINHELP.EXE} to jump straight to a particular section. So you
339cbe09 1036can use this for \i{context-sensitive help}.
16ea3abe 1037
1038\lcont{
1039
1040For example, if you used this directive in a particular section:
1041
1042\c \cfg{winhelp-topic}{savingfiles}
1043
1044then a Windows application could invoke Windows Help to jump to that
1045particular section in the help file like this:
1046
1047\c WinHelp(hwnd, "mydoc.hlp", HELP_COMMAND,
1048\c (DWORD)"JI(`',`savingfiles')");
1049
1050You can use this configuration directive many times, in many
1051different subsections of your document, in order to define a lot of
1052different help contexts which you can use in this way.
1053
1054}
1055
6b4dfd74 1056\S{output-whlp-defaults} Default settings
1057
0a6347b4 1058The \i{default settings} for the Windows Help output format are:
1059
1060\c \cfg{winhelp-filename}{output.hlp}
6b4dfd74 1061\c
1062\c \cfg{winhelp-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1063\c \cfg{winhelp-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
1064\c
6069815a 1065\c \cfg{winhelp-contents-titlepage}{Title page}
1066\c \cfg{winhelp-section-suffix}{: }
1067\c \cfg{winhelp-list-suffix}{.}
0a6347b4 1068
1069and no \c{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}} directives anywhere.
1070
16ea3abe 1071\H{output-man} Unix \cw{man} pages
1072
339cbe09 1073This output format generates a Unix \i{\cw{man} page}. That is to say,
1074it generates \i\c{nroff} input designed to work with the \c{-mandoc}
16ea3abe 1075macro package.
1076
1077The available configuration options for this format are as follows:
1078
6b4dfd74 1079\S{output-man-file} Output file name
1080
0a6347b4 1081\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1082
1083\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
1084This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1085parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--man} (see
1086\k{running-options}).
1087
6b4dfd74 1088\S{output-man-identity} Configuring headers and footers
1089
339cbe09 1090\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}\{}\e{text...}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1091
339cbe09 1092\dd This directive is used to generate the initial \i{\c{.TH}
1093directive} that appears at the top of a \cw{man} page. It expects to
1094be followed by some number of brace pairs containing text, which will
1095be used in the \i{headers} and \i{footers} of the formatted output.
16ea3abe 1096
1097\lcont{
1098
1099A traditional order for the arguments appears to be:
1100
1101\n The name of the program.
1102
1103\n The (numeric) manual section.
1104
1105\n The date that the \cw{man} page was written.
1106
1107\n The name of any containing suite of which the program is a part.
1108
339cbe09 1109\n The name of the \i{author} of the \cw{man} page.
16ea3abe 1110
1111For example, a typical \cw{man} page might contain
1112
fc8e7adb 1113\c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
1114\c Bloggs}
16ea3abe 1115
1116}
1117
6b4dfd74 1118\S{output-man-headings} Configuring heading display
1119
339cbe09 1120\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1121
339cbe09 1122\dd If this is set to \c{true}, then \i{section headings} in the
1123\cw{man} page will have their \i{section numbers} displayed as usual. If
16ea3abe 1124set to \c{false}, the section numbers will be omitted. (\cw{man}
1125pages traditionally have section names such as \q{SYNOPSIS},
1126\q{OPTIONS} and \q{BUGS}, and do not typically number them, so
1127\c{false} is the setting which conforms most closely to normal
1128\cw{man} style.)
1129
339cbe09 1130\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1131
1132\dd If this is set to a number greater than 0, then section headings
1133\e{higher} than the given depth will not be displayed. If it is set
1134to zero, all section headings will be displayed as normal.
1135
1136\lcont{
1137
1138The point of this is so that you can use the same Halibut input file
1139to generate a quick-reference \cw{man} page for a program, \e{and} to
1140include that \cw{man} page as an appendix in your program's full manual.
1141If you are to include the \cw{man} page as an appendix, then the internal
1142headings within the page will probably need to be at \c{\\H} or
1143\c{\\S} level; therefore, when you format that input file on its own
1144to create the \cw{man} page itself, you will need to have defined a
1145\c{\\C} and possibly a \c{\\H} heading beforehand, which you don't
1146want to see displayed.
1147
1148Here's an example. You might have a file \c{appendix.but}, which
1149simply says
1150
1151\c \A{manpages} \cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite
1152\c
1153\c \cfg{man-mindepth}{2}
1154
1155Then you have a file \c{make-foo.but}, and probably others like it
1156as well, each of which looks something like this:
1157
fc8e7adb 1158\c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
1159\c Bloggs}
16ea3abe 1160\c
1161\c \H{man-foo} \cw{man} page for \c{make-foo}
1162\c
1163\c \S{man-foo-name} NAME
1164\c
1165\c \c{make-foo} - create Foo files for the Foo tool suite
1166\c
1167\c \S{man-foo-synopsis} SYNOPSIS
1168\c
1169\c ... and so on ...
1170\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
1171
1172So when you're generating your main manual, you can include
1173\c{appendix.but} followed by \c{make-foo.but} and any other \cw{man}
1174pages you have, and your \cw{man} pages will be formatted neatly as
1175part of an appendix. Then, in a separate run of Halibut, you can
1176just do
1177
1178\c halibut appendix.but make-foo.but
1179
1180and this will generate a \cw{man} page \c{output.1}, in which the
1181headings \q{\cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite} and \q{\cw{man}
1182page for \c{make-foo}} will not be displayed because of the
1183\c{man-mindepth} directive. So the first visible heading in the
1184output \cw{man} page will be \q{NAME}, exactly as a user would
1185expect.
1186
1187}
1188
6b4dfd74 1189\S{output-man-characters} Configuring the characters used
1190
6069815a 1191\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
1192
1193\dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
6b4dfd74 1194\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-characters}).
6069815a 1195
1196\# FIXME: you're probably on your own in making sure that it's
1197sensible to output man pages in that charset.
1198
1199\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1200
1201\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1202You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1203\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1204
2a2375db 1205\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
1206
1207\dd This specifies the text which should be used for drawing
1208\i{horizontal rules} (generated by \i\c{\\rule}; see
1209\k{input-rule}) when the manual page is rendered into text.
1210It should only be one character long, but otherwise
1211it works like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}} directive
1212(see \k{output-text-characters}).
1213
6069815a 1214\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-quotes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-quotes\}\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}...\cw{\}}]
1215
1216\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1217\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1218fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1219directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1220
6b4dfd74 1221\S{output-man-defaults} Default settings
1222
339cbe09 1223The \i{default settings} for the \cw{man} page output format are:
16ea3abe 1224
0a6347b4 1225\c \cfg{man-filename}{output.1}
6b4dfd74 1226\c
16ea3abe 1227\c \cfg{man-identity}{}
6b4dfd74 1228\c
16ea3abe 1229\c \cfg{man-headnumbers}{false}
1230\c \cfg{man-mindepth}{0}
6b4dfd74 1231\c
6069815a 1232\c \cfg{man-charset}{ASCII}
1233\c \cfg{man-bullet}{\u2022}{o}
2a2375db 1234\c \cfg{man-rule}{\u2500}{-}
6069815a 1235\c \cfg{man-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
43f61c25 1236
1237\H{output-info} GNU \c{info}
1238
1239This output format generates files which can be used with the \i{GNU
1240\c{info}} program.
1241
1242There are typically multiple output files: a primary file whose name
1243usually ends in \c{.info}, and one or more subsidiary files whose
1244names have numbers on the end, so that they end in \c{.info-1},
1245\c{.info-2} and so on. Alternatively, this output format can be
1246configured to output a single large file containing the whole
1247document.
1248
1249The \c{info} output format supports the following configuration
1250directives:
1251
6b4dfd74 1252\S{output-info-file} Controlling the output filenames
1253
43f61c25 1254\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1255
1256\dd Sets the output file name in which to store the \c{info} file.
1257This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1258parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--info} (see
1259\k{running-options}).
1260
1261\lcont{
1262
1263The suffixes \c{-1}, \c{-2}, \c{-3} and so on will be appended to
1264your output file name to produce any subsidiary files required.
1265
1266Note that \c{info} files refer to their own names internally, so
1267these files cannot be \I{renaming \c{info} files}renamed after
1268creation and remain useful.
1269
1270}
1271
6b4dfd74 1272\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}\{}\e{bytes}\cw{\}}
1273
1274\dd Sets the preferred \i{maximum file size} for each subsidiary
1275file. As a special case, if you set this to zero, there will be no
1276subsidiary files and the whole document will be placed in a single
1277self-contained output file. (However, note that this file can still
1278not be renamed usefully.)
1279
1280\lcont{
1281
1282The preferred maximum file size is only a guideline. Halibut may be
1283forced to exceed it if a single section of the document is larger
1284than the maximum size (since individual \c{info} nodes may not be
1285split between files).
1286
1287}
1288
1289\S{output-info-dimensions} Indentation and line width
1290
5b1d0032 1291\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
1292
1293\dd Sets the \I{text width}width of the main part of the document,
1294in characters. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}}
1295directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1296
1297\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1298
1299\dd Specifies the extra indentation for \I{code paragraphs,
1300indentation} code paragraphs. Works exactly like the
1301\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}} directive (see
1302\k{output-text-dimensions}).
1303
1304\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
1305
1306\dd Specifies how much horizontal space to leave in the index node
1307for the text of \i{index terms}, before displaying the sections the
1308terms occur in.
1309
1310\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1311
1312\dd Specifies the extra indentation before the bullet or number in a
1313\I{bulletted list, indentation}\I{numbered list, indentation}list
1314item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}
1315directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1316
1317\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1318
1319\dd Specifies the additional indentation before the body of a list
1320item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}
1321directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1322
6b4dfd74 1323\S{output-info-headings} Configuring heading display
6069815a 1324
5b1d0032 1325\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1326
1327\dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to each section number
1328before displaying the section title. For example, if you set this to
b7747050 1329\cq{:\_}, then a typical section title might look something like
5b1d0032 1330\q{Section 3.1: Something Like This}.
1331
1332\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1333
1334\dd Specifies the text to be used to underline section titles. Works
1335very much like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}} directive
1336(see \k{output-text-headings}). You can specify more than one
1337option, and Halibut will choose the first one supported by the
1338character set.
1339
6b4dfd74 1340\S{output-info-characters} Controlling the characters used
1341
1342\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
1343
1344\dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
1345\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1346
1347\# FIXME: if you try sufficiently hard, you can probably find an
1348output encoding that will break the info format by trampling on its
1349special characters. So either don't do that, or tell us what we should
1350do about it.
1351
5b1d0032 1352\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1353
1354\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1355You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1356\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1357\k{output-text-characters}).
1358
1359\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1360
1361\dd Specifies the text used to draw \i{horizontal rules}. You can
1362specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1363\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1364
1365\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-quotes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-quotes\}\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}...\cw{\}}]
1366
6069815a 1367\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1368\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
5b1d0032 1369fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1370directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1371
1372\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-emphasis\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-emphasis\}\{}\e{start-emph}\cw{\}\{}\e{end-emph}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{start-emph}\cw{\}\{}\e{end-emph}...\cw{\}}]
1373
1374\dd Specifies how to display emphasised text. You can specify
1375multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1376\cw{\\cfg\{text-emphasis\}} directive (see
1377\k{output-text-characters}).
1378
6b4dfd74 1379\S{output-info-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
1380
5b1d0032 1381\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1382
1383\dd Specifies the text to append to the item numbers in a
1384\i{numbered list}. Works exactly like the
1385\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} directive (see
1386\k{output-text-misc}).
1387
43f61c25 1388\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}\{}\e{section}\cw{\}\{}\e{short
1389name}\cw{\}\{}\e{long name}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{keyword}\cw{\}}]
1390
1391\dd Constructs an \i\cw{INFO-DIR-ENTRY} section and places it in the
1392header of the Info file. This mechanism is used to automatically
1393generate the \i{\c{dir} file} at the root of a Unix system's
1394\c{info} collection.
1395
1396\lcont{
1397
1398The parameters to this directive are:
1399
1400\dt \e{section}
1401
1402\dd Specifies the section of the \c{dir} file in which you want your
1403document referenced. For example, \q{Development}, or \q{Games}, or
1404\q{Miscellaneous}.
1405
1406\dt \e{short name}
1407
1408\dd Specifies a short name for the directory entry, which will
1409appear at the start of the menu line.
1410
1411\dt \e{long name}
1412
1413\dd Specifies a long name for the directory entry, which will appear
1414at the end of the menu line.
1415
1416\dt \e{keyword}
1417
1418\dd This parameter is optional. If it is present, then the directory
1419entry will cause a jump to a particular subsection of your document,
1420rather than starting at the top. The subsection will be the one
1421referred to by the given keyword (see \k{input-sections} for details
1422about assigning keywords to document sections).
1423
1424For example, in a document describing many game programs, the
1425configuration directive
1426
fc8e7adb 1427\c \cfg{info-dir-entry}{Games}{Chess}{Electronic chess
1428\c game}{chess}
43f61c25 1429
1430might produce text in the \c{dir} file looking something like this:
1431
1432\c Games
1433\c * Chess: (mygames)Chapter 3. Electronic chess game
1434
1435if the output file were called \c{mygames.info} and the keyword
1436\c{chess} had been used to define Chapter 3 of the document.
1437
1438}
0287083a 1439
6b4dfd74 1440\S{output-info-defaults} Default settings
1441
5b1d0032 1442The \i{default settings} for the \c{info} output format are:
1443
1444\c \cfg{info-filename}{output.info}
6b4dfd74 1445\c \cfg{info-max-file-size}{65536}
5b1d0032 1446\c
1447\c \cfg{info-width}{70}
1448\c \cfg{info-indent-code}{2}
1449\c \cfg{info-index-width}{40}
1450\c \cfg{info-list-indent}{1}
1451\c \cfg{info-listitem-indent}{3}
9ec43d08 1452\c
5b1d0032 1453\c \cfg{info-section-suffix}{: }
5b1d0032 1454\c \cfg{info-underline}{\u203e}{-}
6b4dfd74 1455\c
1456\c \cfg{info-charset}{ASCII}
5b1d0032 1457\c \cfg{info-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1458\c \cfg{info-rule}{\u2500}{-}
1459\c \cfg{info-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
1460\c \cfg{info-emphasis}{_}{_}
1461\c
1462\c \cfg{info-list-suffix}{.}
5b1d0032 1463
1464and no \cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}} directives.
1465
9ec43d08 1466\H{output-paper} Paper formats
1467
4d26571f 1468These output formats (currently PDF and PostScript) generate printable
9ec43d08 1469manuals. As such, they share a number of configuration directives.
1470
9ec43d08 1471\S{output-pdf} \i{PDF}
0287083a 1472
bd7010ae 1473This output format generates a printable manual in PDF format. In
1474addition, it uses some PDF interactive features to
0287083a 1475provide an outline of all the document's sections and clickable
1476cross-references between sections.
1477
9ec43d08 1478There is one configuration option specific to PDF:
0287083a 1479
1480\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1481
1482\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PDF file.
1483This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1484parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--pdf} (see
1485\k{running-options}).
1486
1487The \i{default settings} for the PDF output format are:
1488
1489\c \cfg{pdf-filename}{output.pdf}
9ec43d08 1490
bd7010ae 1491\S{output-ps} \i{PostScript}
1492
1493This output format generates a printable manual in PostScript format.
1494This should look exactly identical to the PDF output (see
1495\k{output-ps}), and uses \i\c{pdfmark} to arrange that if converted
1496to PDF it will contain the same interactive features.
1497
1498There is one configuration option specific to PostScript:
1499
1500\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1501
1502\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PostScript
1503file. This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file
1504name parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--ps} (see
1505\k{running-options}).
1506
1507The \i{default settings} for the PostScript output format are:
1508
1509\c \cfg{ps-filename}{output.ps}
1510
9ec43d08 1511\S{output-paper-dimensions} Configuring layout and \i{measurements}
1512
1513All measurements are in PostScript \i{points} (72 points to the inch).
1514
1515\S2{output-paper-pagesize} Page properties
1516
1517\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-width\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1518
1519\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-height\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-height\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1520
1521\dd Specify the absolute limits of the paper.
1522
1523\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-left-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-left-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1524
1525\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-top-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-top-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1526
1527\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-right-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-right-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1528
1529\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bottom-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bottom-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1530
1531\dd Specify the margins. Most text appears within these margins,
1532except:
1533
1534\lcont{
1535
1536\b Section numbers, which appear in the left margin.
1537
1538\b The footer (containing page numbers), which appears in the bottom
1539margin.
1540
1541}
1542
1543\S2{output-paper-line} Vertical spacing
1544
1545\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-leading\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-leading\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1546
1547\dd Specifies the amount of space between lines of text within a
1548paragraph. (So, if the font size is 12pt and there is 2pt of leading,
1549there will be 14pt between successive baselines.)
1550
1551\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-para-spacing\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-para-spacing\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1552
1553\dd Specifies the amount of vertical space between paragraphs. (The
1554vertical space between paragraphs does \e{not} include
1555\c{paper-base-leading}.)
1556
1557\S2{output-paper-indentation} Indentation
1558
1559\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1560
1561\dd Specifies the indentation of the bullet or number in a
1562\I{bulletted list, indentation}bulletted or \I{numbered list,
52089152 1563indentation}numbered \I{list, indentation}list, similarly to
9ec43d08 1564\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}} (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1565
1566\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1567
1568\dd Specifies the \e{extra} indentation for the body of a list item,
1569over and above the amount configured in \cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}}.
1570
1571\# FIXME: doesn't actually work, AFAICT.
1572
1573\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quote-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quote-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1574
1575\dd Specifies the amount of indentation for a level of quoting. Used
1576for \cw{\\quote} (see \k{input-quote}) and code quotes with \cw{\\c}
1577(see \k{input-code}).
1578
1579\S2{output-paper-headings} Headings
1580
1581\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-top-space\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-top-space\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1582
ab7d6241 1583\dd Specifies the space between the top margin and the top of the
1584chapter heading. (Each chapter begins on a new page.)
9ec43d08 1585
1586\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-thickness\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-thickness\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1587
1588\dd Specifies the vertical thickness of the black rule under chapter
1589headings.
1590
1591\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-depth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-depth\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1592
1593\dd Specifies the distance between the base of the chapter heading and
1594the \e{base} of the underlying rule.
1595
1596\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-sect-num-left-space\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-sect-num-left-space\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1597
1598\dd Specifies the distance between the left margin and the \e{right}
1599of section numbers (which are in the left margin).
1600
1601\S2{output-paper-index} Contents and index
1602
1603\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-index-step\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-index-step\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1604
1605\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1606
1607\# FIXME: I do not know what dees one does. (I couldn't get either of
1608them to do anything obvious, although the source indicates they should
1609do something.)
1610
1611\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1612
1613\dd Specifies the horizontal spacing between dots in \i\e{leaders}
1614(the dotted lines that appear between section headings and page
1615numbers in the table of contents).
1616
1617\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-footer-distance\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-footer-distance\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1618
1619\dd Specifies the distance between the bottom margin and the \e{base}
1620of the footer (which contains page numbers).
1621
1622\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-columns\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-columns\}\{}\e{columns}\cw{\}}
1623
1624\dd Specifies the number of columns the index should be divided into.
1625
1626\# FIXME: with this set to 1, the right-alignment of some index entry
1627page numbers in the Halibut manual is decidedly wonky.
1628
1629\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-gutter\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-gutter\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1630
1631\dd Specifies the amount of \I{gutter} horizontal space between index
1632columns.
1633
1634\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-minsep\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-minsep\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1635
1636\dd Specifies the minimum allowable horizontal space between an index
1637entry and its page number. If the gap is smaller, the page number is
1638moved to the next line.
1639
c419cb97 1640\S2{output-paper-fonts} \ii{Fonts}
1641
1642The directives in this section control which fonts Halibut uses for
1643various kinds of text. Directives for setting the font normally take
1644three font names, the first of which is used for normal text, the
1645second for emphasised text, and the third for code. Any fonts which
1646aren't specified are left unchanged. Fonts are named using their
ea63f6f9 1647PostScript names.
1648
1649Halibut intrinsically knows about some fonts, and these fonts are also
1650built into all PDF and most PostScript implementations. These are:
c419cb97 1651
1652\b \cw{Times-Roman}
1653
1654\b \cw{Times-Italic}
1655
1656\b \cw{Times-Bold}
1657
1658\b \cw{Times-BoldItalic}
1659
1660\b \cw{Helvetica}
1661
1662\b \cw{Helvetica-Oblique}
1663
1664\b \cw{Helvetica-Bold}
1665
1666\b \cw{Helvetica-BoldOblique}
1667
1668\b \cw{Courier}
1669
1670\b \cw{Courier-Oblique}
1671
1672\b \cw{Courier-Bold}
1673
1674\b \cw{Courier-BoldOblique}
1675
3e2dd889 1676These fonts can be used without further formality. To use any other
1677font, Halibut needs at least to know its measurements, which are
1678provided in an \i{Adobe Font Metrics} (\I{AFM files}AFM) file.
1679Halibut can also \I{embedding fonts}embed \i{Type 1 fonts} in its PDF
1680and PostScript output if provided with font file in either hexadecimal (\I{PFA
1681files}PFA) or IBM PC (\I{PFB files}PFB) format. To provide
1682an AFM, PFA, or PFB file to Halibut, simply name it on Halibut's command
1683line. If a PFA or PFB file is specified, the corresponding AFM file
1684must come first.
ea63f6f9 1685
c419cb97 1686\ii{Font sizes} are specified in PostScript \i{points} (72 to the inch).
1687
1688\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-title-fonts\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-title-fonts\}\{}\e{normal-font}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{emph-font}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{code-font}\cw{\}}]]
1689
1690\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in the document title.
1691
1692\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-title-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-title-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1693
1694\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of the document title.
1695
1696\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-fonts\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-fonts\}\{}\e{normal-font}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{emph-font}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{code-font}\cw{\}}]]
1697
1698\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in chapter titles.
1699
1700\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1701
1702\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of chapter titles.
1703
1704\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-section-fonts\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-section-fonts\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{normal-font}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{emph-font}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{code-font}\cw{\}}]]
1705
1706\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in section headings at the \e{level}
1707specified.
1708
1709\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-section-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-section-font-size\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1710
1711\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of section headings at the \e{level}
1712specified.
1713
1714\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-fonts\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-fonts\}\{}\e{normal-font}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{emph-font}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{code-font}\cw{\}}]]
1715
1716\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in the body text.
9ec43d08 1717
1718\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1719
c419cb97 1720\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of body text.
1721
1722\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-code-fonts\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-code-fonts\}\{}\e{bold-font}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{italic-font}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{normal-font}\cw{\}}]]
1723
1724\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in code paragraps. The
1725\e{bold-font} is used for bold text, the \e{italic-font} for
1726emphasised text, and the \e{normal-font} for normal code.
9ec43d08 1727
c419cb97 1728\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-code-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-code-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1729
1730\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of text in code paragraphs.
9ec43d08 1731
1732\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-pagenum-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-pagenum-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1733
c419cb97 1734\dd Specifies the font size to use for \i{page numbers}.
9ec43d08 1735
1736\S2{output-paper-misc} Miscellaneous
1737
1738\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-rule-thickness\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-rule-thickness\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1739
1740\dd Specifies the vertical thickness of the rule produced by the
1741\cw{\\rule} command (see \k{input-rule}). (Note that no extra space is
1742reserved for thicker rules.)
1743
1744\S{output-paper-characters} Configuring the characters used
1745
1746\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1747
1748\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1749You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1750\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1751\k{output-text-characters}).
1752
1753\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quotes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quotes\}\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}...\cw{\}}]
1754
1755\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1756\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1757fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1758directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1759
1760\S{output-paper-defaults} Default settings for paper formats
1761
1762The default page size corresponds to 210\_\u00D7{x}\_297\_mm, i.e.,
1763\i{A4 paper}.
1764
1765\c \cfg{paper-page-width}{595}
30ddbdc1 1766\c \cfg{paper-page-height}{842}
9ec43d08 1767\c
1768\c \cfg{paper-left-margin}{72}
1769\c \cfg{paper-top-margin}{72}
1770\c \cfg{paper-right-margin}{72}
1771\c \cfg{paper-bottom-margin}{108}
1772\c
1773\c \cfg{paper-base-leading}{1}
1774\c \cfg{paper-base-para-spacing}{10}
1775\c
1776\c \cfg{paper-list-indent}{6}
1777\c \cfg{paper-listitem-indent}{18}
1778\c \cfg{paper-quote-indent}{18}
1779\c
1780\c \cfg{paper-chapter-top-space}{72}
1781\c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-thickness}{3}
1782\c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-depth}{14}
1783\c \cfg{paper-sect-num-left-space}{12}
1784\c
1785\c \cfg{paper-contents-index-step}{24}
1786\c \cfg{paper-contents-margin}{84}
1787\c \cfg{paper-leader-separation}{12}
1788\c \cfg{paper-footer-distance}{32}
1789\c \cfg{paper-index-columns}{2}
1790\c \cfg{paper-index-gutter}{36}
1791\c \cfg{paper-index-minsep}{18}
1792\c
c419cb97 1793\c \cfg{paper-base-fonts}{Times-Roman}{Times-Italic}{Courier}
9ec43d08 1794\c \cfg{paper-base-font-size}{12}
c419cb97 1795\c \cfg{paper-code-fonts}{Courier-Bold}{Courier-Oblique}{Courier}
1796\c \cfg{paper-code-font-size}{12}
056ab80e 1797\c \cfg{paper-title-fonts}{Helvetica-Bold}
1798\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1799\c \cfg{paper-title-font-size}{24}
056ab80e 1800\c \cfg{paper-chapter-fonts}{Helvetica-Bold}
1801\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1802\c \cfg{paper-chapter-font-size}{20}
056ab80e 1803\c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{0}{Helvetica-Bold}
1804\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1805\c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{0}{16}
056ab80e 1806\c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{1}{Helvetica-Bold}
1807\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1808\c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{1}{14}
056ab80e 1809\c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{2}{Helvetica-Bold}
1810\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1811\c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{2}{13}
1812\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
1813\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
1814\c
9ec43d08 1815\c \cfg{paper-pagenum-font-size}{12}
1816\c
1817\c \cfg{paper-rule-thickness}{1}
1818\c
1819\c \cfg{paper-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1820\c \cfg{paper-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{'}{'}