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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
2dcd218d 667\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-up-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-up-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
668
669\dd The text used for the \q{previous page}, \q{next page}, and \q{up}
670links on the navigation bar.
cb0b173d 671
672\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
673
674\dd Separator between links in the navigation bar.
675
676\S{output-html-characters} Configuring the characters used
677
678Unlike the other backends, HTML does not have a single
679\i\cw{\\cfg\{html-charset\}} directive, as there are several levels of
680character encoding to consider.
681
682The character set names are the same as for
683\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}} (see \k{input-config}). However, unlike
684\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}}, these directives affect the \e{entire}
685output; it's not possible to switch encodings halfway through.
686
687\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-output-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-output-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
688
689\dd The character encoding of the HTML file to be output. Unicode
690characters in this encoding's repertoire are included literally rather
691than as \i{HTML entities}.
692
693\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-restrict-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-restrict-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
694
695\dd Only Unicode characters representable in this character set will be
696output; any others will be omitted and use their fallback text, if
697any. Characters not in \q{html-output-charset} will be represented as
698HTML numeric entities.
699
700\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{\}}]
701
702\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
703\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
704fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
705directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
706
16ea3abe 707\S{output-html-misc} Miscellaneous options
708
cb0b173d 709\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-version\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-version\}\{}\e{version}\cw{\}}
710
711\dd Identifies the precise version of HTML that is output. This
712affects the declaration within the HTML, and also has minor effects on
beedb0b3 713the body of the HTML so that it is valid for the declared version. The
cb0b173d 714available variants are:
715
716\lcont{
717
beedb0b3 718\dt \cw{html3.2}
cb0b173d 719
beedb0b3 720\dd W3C HTML 3.2
cb0b173d 721
beedb0b3 722\dt \cw{html4}
cb0b173d 723
beedb0b3 724\dd W3C HTML 4.01 Strict
cb0b173d 725
beedb0b3 726\dt \cw{iso-html}
727
728\dd ISO/IEC 15445:2000
729
730\dt \cw{xhtml1.0transitional}
731
732\dd W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional
733
734\dt \cw{xhtml1.0strict}
735
736\dd W3C XHTML 1.0 Strict
cb0b173d 737
738}
739
12f0ee84 740\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{template}\cw{\}\{}...\cw{\}}]
0a6347b4 741
742\dd This directive lets you specify a \i{template}, with exactly the
cb0b173d 743same syntax used in \cw{\\cfg\{html-template-filename\}} (see
01de151c 744\k{output-html-file}), to be used for the anchor names (\i\cw{<A
745NAME="...">}) used to allow URLs to refer to specific sections
b7747050 746within a particular HTML file. So if you set this to \cq{%k},
fc8e7adb 747for example, then each individual section in your document will be
0a6347b4 748addressable by means of a URL ending in a \c{#} followed by your
749internal section keyword.
750
cb0b173d 751\lcont{
752
12f0ee84 753If more than one template is specified, anchors are generated in all
754the specified formats; Halibut's own cross-references are generated
755with the first template.
756
757Characters that are not permitted in anchor names are stripped. If
758there are no valid characters left, or a fragment is non-unique,
759Halibut starts inventing fragment names and suffixes as appropriate.
760
761Note that there are potentially fragment names that are not controlled
762by this mechanism, such as index references.
cb0b173d 763
764}
765
766\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 767
339cbe09 768\dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined using
769the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be included
770visibly in the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each HTML
cb0b173d 771file. If it is set to \c{false}, they will only be included as HTML
772comments.
16ea3abe 773
1aed5cf5 774\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-rellinks\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-rellinks\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
775
776\dd If this is set to \c{true}, machine-readable relational links will
777be emitted in each HTML file (\I{\cw{<LINK>} tags}\cw{<LINK
4f72227a 778REL="next">} and so on within the \i\cw{<HEAD>} section)
1aed5cf5 779providing links to related files. The same set of links are provided
780as in the navigation bar (with which this should not be confused).
781
782\lcont{
783
784Some browsers make use of this semantic information, for instance to
785allow easy navigation through related pages, and to prefetch the next
2e032f92 786page. (Search engines can also make use of it.) However, many browsers
787ignore this markup, so it would be unwise to rely on it for
788navigation.
1aed5cf5 789
790The use and rendering of this information is entirely up to the
791browser; none of the other Halibut options for the navigation bar will
792have any effect.
793
794}
795
f2ef00b5 796\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
797
1aed5cf5 798\dd If this is set to \c{true}, the usual \i{navigation links} within
799the \e{body} of each HTML file (near the top of the rendered page) will
800be suppressed.
f2ef00b5 801
cb0b173d 802\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 803
339cbe09 804\dd If this is set to \c{true}, the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the
16ea3abe 805bottom of each HTML file will be omitted completely. (This will
cb0b173d 806therefore also cause \i{version IDs} not to be included visibly.)
16ea3abe 807
cb0b173d 808\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-author\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-author\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 809
339cbe09 810\dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
811name="author">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers which
812support this can automatically identify the \i{author} of the document.
16ea3abe 813
cb0b173d 814\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-description\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-description\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 815
339cbe09 816\dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
817name="description">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers
818which support this can easily pick out a brief \I{description, of
819document}description of the document.
16ea3abe 820
f2ef00b5 821\S{output-html-mshtmlhelp} Generating MS Windows \i{HTML Help}
822
823The HTML files output from Halibut's HTML back end can be used as
824input to the MS Windows HTML Help compiler. In order to do this, you
825also need some auxiliary files: a project file, and (probably) a
826contents file and an index file. Halibut can optionally generate
827those as well.
828
829To enable the generation of MS HTML Help auxiliary files, use the
830following configuration directives:
831
832\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-project\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-project\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
833
834\dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help project file with the
835specified name. You will almost certainly want the filename to end
836in the extension \c{.hhp} (although Halibut will not enforce this).
837If you use this option, you must also use the
838\cw{html-mshtmlhelp-chm} option to specify the desired name of the
839compiled help file.
840
841\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-chm\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-chm\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
842
843\dd Specifies the desired name of the compiled HTML Help file. You
844will almost certainly want this to have the extension \c{.chm}
845(although Halibut will not enforce this). The name you specify here
846will be written into the help project file. If you specify this
847option, you must also use the \cw{html-mshtmlhelp-project} option to
848request a help project file in the first place.
849
850\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-contents\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-contents\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
851
852\dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help contents file with the
853specified name, and refer to it in the help project file. You will
854almost certainly want the filename to end in the extension \c{.hhc}
855(although Halibut will not enforce this). This option will be
856ignored if you have not also specified a help project file.
857
858\lcont{
859
860Creating a contents file like this causes the HTML Help viewer to
861display a contents tree in the pane to the left of the main text
862window. You can choose to generate an HTML Help project without this
863feature, in which case the user will still be able to navigate
864around the document by using the ordinary internal links in the HTML
865files themselves just as if it were a web page. However, using a
866contents file is recommended.
867
868}
869
870\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-index\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-index\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
871
872\dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help index file with the
873specified name, and refer to it in the help project file. You will
874almost certainly want the filename to end in the extension \c{.hhk}
875(although Halibut will not enforce this). This option will be
876ignored if you have not also specified a help project file.
877
878\lcont{
879
880Specifying this option suppresses the generation of an HTML-based
881index file (see \cw{\\cfg\{html-index-filename\}} in
882\k{output-html-file}).
883
884Creating an index file like this causes the HTML Help viewer to
885provide a list of index terms in a pane to the left of the main text
886window. You can choose to generate an HTML Help project without this
887feature, in which case a conventional HTML index will be generated
888instead (assuming you have any index terms at all defined) and the
889user will still be able to use that. However, using an index file is
890recommended.
891
892Halibut will not output an index file at all, or link to one from
893the help project file, if your document contains no index entries.
894
895}
896
897If you use the above options, Halibut will output a help project
898file which you should be able to feed straight to the command-line
899MS HTML Help compiler (\cw{HHC.EXE}), or load into the MS HTML Help
900Workshop (\cw{HHW.EXE}).
901
902You may also wish to alter other HTML configuration options to make
903the resulting help file look more like a help file and less like a
904web page. A suggested set of additional configuration options for
905HTML Help is as follows:
906
907\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{infinite\}}, because HTML Help
908works best with lots of small files (\q{topics}) rather than a few
909large ones. In particular, the contents and index mechanisms can
910only reference files, not subsections within files.
911
912\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-contains-contents\}\{false\}}, to suppress
913the contents list above the main text of each bottom-level file.
914
915\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}\{true\}}, because HTML Help
916has its own navigation facilities and it looks a bit strange to
917duplicate them.
918
919\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}\{true\}}, because the
01de151c 920\cw{<ADDRESS>} section makes less sense in a help file than it does
f2ef00b5 921on a web page.
922
16ea3abe 923\S{output-html-defaults} Default settings
924
339cbe09 925The \i{default settings} for Halibut's HTML output format are:
16ea3abe 926
cb0b173d 927\c \cfg{html-contents-filename}{Contents.html}
928\c \cfg{html-index-filename}{IndexPage.html}
929\c \cfg{html-template-filename}{%n.html}
930\c \cfg{html-single-filename}{Manual.html}
16ea3abe 931\c
cb0b173d 932\c \cfg{html-leaf-level}{2}
933\c \cfg{html-leaf-contains-contents}{false}
934\c \cfg{html-leaf-smallest-contents}{4}
935\c \cfg{html-contents-depth}{0}{2}
936\c \cfg{html-contents-depth}{1}{3}
937\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
938\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
16ea3abe 939\c
cb0b173d 940\c \cfg{html-head-end}{}
941\c \cfg{html-body-tag}{<body>}
942\c \cfg{html-body-start}{}
943\c \cfg{html-body-end}{}
944\c \cfg{html-address-start}{}
945\c \cfg{html-address-end}{}
946\c \cfg{html-navigation-attributes}{}
16ea3abe 947\c
cb0b173d 948\c \cfg{html-chapter-numeric}{false}
949\c \cfg{html-chapter-suffix}{: }
16ea3abe 950\c
cb0b173d 951\c \cfg{html-section-numeric}{0}{true}
952\c \cfg{html-section-suffix}{0}{ }
16ea3abe 953\c
cb0b173d 954\c \cfg{html-section-numeric}{1}{true}
955\c \cfg{html-section-suffix}{1}{ }
16ea3abe 956\c
957\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
958\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
cb0b173d 959\c
960\c \cfg{html-preamble-text}{Preamble}
961\c \cfg{html-contents-text}{Contents}
962\c \cfg{html-index-text}{Index}
963\c \cfg{html-title-separator}{ - }
964\c \cfg{html-index-main-separator}{: }
965\c \cfg{html-index-multiple-separator}{, }
966\c \cfg{html-pre-versionid}{[}
967\c \cfg{html-post-versionid}{]}
968\c \cfg{html-nav-prev-text}{Previous}
969\c \cfg{html-nav-next-text}{Next}
2dcd218d 970\c \cfg{html-nav-up-text}{Up}
cb0b173d 971\c \cfg{html-nav-separator}{ | }
972\c
973\c \cfg{html-output-charset}{ASCII}
974\c \cfg{html-restrict-charset}{UTF-8}
975\c \cfg{html-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
976\c
977\c \cfg{html-version}{html4}
978\c \cfg{html-template-fragment}{%b}
979\c \cfg{html-versionid}{true}
2e032f92 980\c \cfg{html-rellinks}{true}
1aed5cf5 981\c \cfg{html-suppress-navlinks{false}
cb0b173d 982\c \cfg{html-suppress-address}{false}
983\c \cfg{html-author}{}
984\c \cfg{html-description}{}
16ea3abe 985
986\H{output-whlp} Windows Help
987
339cbe09 988This output format generates data that can be used by the \i{Windows
f2ef00b5 989Help} program \cw{WINHLP32.EXE}. There are two actual files
0a6347b4 990generated, one ending in \c{.hlp} and the other ending in \c{.cnt}.
991
f2ef00b5 992Note that as of 2006, MS is discontinuing the Windows Help format in
993favour of the newer HTML Help format (\c{.chm} files). Halibut is
994not currently able to generate \c{.chm} files directly, but its HTML
995back end can write out project files suitable for use as input to
996the MS HTML Help compiler. See \k{output-html-mshtmlhelp} for more
997information on this.
998
999Currently, the Windows Help output is hardcoded to be in the
1000\q{\i{Win1252}} character set. (If anyone knows how character sets
1001are encoded in Windows Help files, we'd appreciate help.)
6069815a 1002
0a6347b4 1003The Windows Help output format supports the following configuration
1004directives:
1005
6b4dfd74 1006\S{output-whlp-file} Output file name
1007
0a6347b4 1008\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1009
1010\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
1011This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1012parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--winhelp} (see
1013\k{running-options}).
1014
1015\lcont{
1016
1017Your output file name should end with \c{.hlp}; if it doesn't,
1018Halibut will append it. Halibut will also generate a contents file
1019(ending in \c{.cnt}) alongside the file name you specify.
1020
1021}
16ea3abe 1022
6b4dfd74 1023\S{output-whlp-characters} Configuring the characters used
1024
1025\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1026
1027\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1028You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1029\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1030\k{output-text-characters}).
1031
1032\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{\}}]
1033
1034\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1035\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1036fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1037directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1038
1039\S{output-whlp-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
1040
6069815a 1041\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}\{}\e{title}\cw{\}}
1042
1043\dd Sets the text used to describe the help page containing the blurb
1044(see \k{input-blurb}) and table of contents.
1045
1046\dt
1047\I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1048
1049\dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
1050be appended to section numbers, before displaying the section title.
1051(Applies to all levels.)
1052
1053\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1054
1055\dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item,
1056in exactly the same way as \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} (see
6069815a 1057\k{output-text-characters}).
1058
339cbe09 1059\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}\{}\e{topic-name}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1060
339cbe09 1061\dd This directive defines a Windows \i{Help topic} name in the current
16ea3abe 1062section. Topic names can be used by the program invoking
1063\cw{WINHELP.EXE} to jump straight to a particular section. So you
339cbe09 1064can use this for \i{context-sensitive help}.
16ea3abe 1065
1066\lcont{
1067
1068For example, if you used this directive in a particular section:
1069
1070\c \cfg{winhelp-topic}{savingfiles}
1071
1072then a Windows application could invoke Windows Help to jump to that
1073particular section in the help file like this:
1074
1075\c WinHelp(hwnd, "mydoc.hlp", HELP_COMMAND,
1076\c (DWORD)"JI(`',`savingfiles')");
1077
1078You can use this configuration directive many times, in many
1079different subsections of your document, in order to define a lot of
1080different help contexts which you can use in this way.
1081
1082}
1083
6b4dfd74 1084\S{output-whlp-defaults} Default settings
1085
0a6347b4 1086The \i{default settings} for the Windows Help output format are:
1087
1088\c \cfg{winhelp-filename}{output.hlp}
6b4dfd74 1089\c
1090\c \cfg{winhelp-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1091\c \cfg{winhelp-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
1092\c
6069815a 1093\c \cfg{winhelp-contents-titlepage}{Title page}
1094\c \cfg{winhelp-section-suffix}{: }
1095\c \cfg{winhelp-list-suffix}{.}
0a6347b4 1096
1097and no \c{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}} directives anywhere.
1098
16ea3abe 1099\H{output-man} Unix \cw{man} pages
1100
339cbe09 1101This output format generates a Unix \i{\cw{man} page}. That is to say,
1102it generates \i\c{nroff} input designed to work with the \c{-mandoc}
16ea3abe 1103macro package.
1104
1105The available configuration options for this format are as follows:
1106
6b4dfd74 1107\S{output-man-file} Output file name
1108
0a6347b4 1109\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1110
1111\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
1112This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1113parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--man} (see
1114\k{running-options}).
1115
6b4dfd74 1116\S{output-man-identity} Configuring headers and footers
1117
339cbe09 1118\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}\{}\e{text...}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1119
339cbe09 1120\dd This directive is used to generate the initial \i{\c{.TH}
1121directive} that appears at the top of a \cw{man} page. It expects to
1122be followed by some number of brace pairs containing text, which will
1123be used in the \i{headers} and \i{footers} of the formatted output.
16ea3abe 1124
1125\lcont{
1126
1127A traditional order for the arguments appears to be:
1128
1129\n The name of the program.
1130
1131\n The (numeric) manual section.
1132
1133\n The date that the \cw{man} page was written.
1134
1135\n The name of any containing suite of which the program is a part.
1136
339cbe09 1137\n The name of the \i{author} of the \cw{man} page.
16ea3abe 1138
1139For example, a typical \cw{man} page might contain
1140
fc8e7adb 1141\c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
1142\c Bloggs}
16ea3abe 1143
1144}
1145
6b4dfd74 1146\S{output-man-headings} Configuring heading display
1147
339cbe09 1148\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1149
339cbe09 1150\dd If this is set to \c{true}, then \i{section headings} in the
1151\cw{man} page will have their \i{section numbers} displayed as usual. If
16ea3abe 1152set to \c{false}, the section numbers will be omitted. (\cw{man}
1153pages traditionally have section names such as \q{SYNOPSIS},
1154\q{OPTIONS} and \q{BUGS}, and do not typically number them, so
1155\c{false} is the setting which conforms most closely to normal
1156\cw{man} style.)
1157
339cbe09 1158\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1159
1160\dd If this is set to a number greater than 0, then section headings
1161\e{higher} than the given depth will not be displayed. If it is set
1162to zero, all section headings will be displayed as normal.
1163
1164\lcont{
1165
1166The point of this is so that you can use the same Halibut input file
1167to generate a quick-reference \cw{man} page for a program, \e{and} to
1168include that \cw{man} page as an appendix in your program's full manual.
1169If you are to include the \cw{man} page as an appendix, then the internal
1170headings within the page will probably need to be at \c{\\H} or
1171\c{\\S} level; therefore, when you format that input file on its own
1172to create the \cw{man} page itself, you will need to have defined a
1173\c{\\C} and possibly a \c{\\H} heading beforehand, which you don't
1174want to see displayed.
1175
1176Here's an example. You might have a file \c{appendix.but}, which
1177simply says
1178
1179\c \A{manpages} \cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite
1180\c
1181\c \cfg{man-mindepth}{2}
1182
1183Then you have a file \c{make-foo.but}, and probably others like it
1184as well, each of which looks something like this:
1185
fc8e7adb 1186\c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
1187\c Bloggs}
16ea3abe 1188\c
1189\c \H{man-foo} \cw{man} page for \c{make-foo}
1190\c
1191\c \S{man-foo-name} NAME
1192\c
1193\c \c{make-foo} - create Foo files for the Foo tool suite
1194\c
1195\c \S{man-foo-synopsis} SYNOPSIS
1196\c
1197\c ... and so on ...
1198\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
1199
1200So when you're generating your main manual, you can include
1201\c{appendix.but} followed by \c{make-foo.but} and any other \cw{man}
1202pages you have, and your \cw{man} pages will be formatted neatly as
1203part of an appendix. Then, in a separate run of Halibut, you can
1204just do
1205
1206\c halibut appendix.but make-foo.but
1207
1208and this will generate a \cw{man} page \c{output.1}, in which the
1209headings \q{\cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite} and \q{\cw{man}
1210page for \c{make-foo}} will not be displayed because of the
1211\c{man-mindepth} directive. So the first visible heading in the
1212output \cw{man} page will be \q{NAME}, exactly as a user would
1213expect.
1214
1215}
1216
6b4dfd74 1217\S{output-man-characters} Configuring the characters used
1218
6069815a 1219\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
1220
1221\dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
6b4dfd74 1222\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-characters}).
6069815a 1223
1224\# FIXME: you're probably on your own in making sure that it's
1225sensible to output man pages in that charset.
1226
1227\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1228
1229\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1230You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1231\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1232
2a2375db 1233\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
1234
1235\dd This specifies the text which should be used for drawing
1236\i{horizontal rules} (generated by \i\c{\\rule}; see
1237\k{input-rule}) when the manual page is rendered into text.
1238It should only be one character long, but otherwise
1239it works like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}} directive
1240(see \k{output-text-characters}).
1241
6069815a 1242\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{\}}]
1243
1244\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1245\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1246fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1247directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1248
6b4dfd74 1249\S{output-man-defaults} Default settings
1250
339cbe09 1251The \i{default settings} for the \cw{man} page output format are:
16ea3abe 1252
0a6347b4 1253\c \cfg{man-filename}{output.1}
6b4dfd74 1254\c
16ea3abe 1255\c \cfg{man-identity}{}
6b4dfd74 1256\c
16ea3abe 1257\c \cfg{man-headnumbers}{false}
1258\c \cfg{man-mindepth}{0}
6b4dfd74 1259\c
6069815a 1260\c \cfg{man-charset}{ASCII}
1261\c \cfg{man-bullet}{\u2022}{o}
2a2375db 1262\c \cfg{man-rule}{\u2500}{-}
6069815a 1263\c \cfg{man-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
43f61c25 1264
97079f67 1265\H{output-info} GNU Info
43f61c25 1266
1267This output format generates files which can be used with the \i{GNU
97079f67 1268Info} program.
43f61c25 1269
1270There are typically multiple output files: a primary file whose name
1271usually ends in \c{.info}, and one or more subsidiary files whose
1272names have numbers on the end, so that they end in \c{.info-1},
1273\c{.info-2} and so on. Alternatively, this output format can be
1274configured to output a single large file containing the whole
1275document.
1276
97079f67 1277The Info output format supports the following configuration
43f61c25 1278directives:
1279
6b4dfd74 1280\S{output-info-file} Controlling the output filenames
1281
43f61c25 1282\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1283
97079f67 1284\dd Sets the output file name in which to store the Info file.
43f61c25 1285This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1286parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--info} (see
1287\k{running-options}).
1288
1289\lcont{
1290
1291The suffixes \c{-1}, \c{-2}, \c{-3} and so on will be appended to
1292your output file name to produce any subsidiary files required.
1293
97079f67 1294Note that Info files refer to their own names internally, so
1295these files cannot be \I{renaming Info files}renamed after
43f61c25 1296creation and remain useful.
1297
1298}
1299
6b4dfd74 1300\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}\{}\e{bytes}\cw{\}}
1301
1302\dd Sets the preferred \i{maximum file size} for each subsidiary
1303file. As a special case, if you set this to zero, there will be no
1304subsidiary files and the whole document will be placed in a single
1305self-contained output file. (However, note that this file can still
1306not be renamed usefully.)
1307
1308\lcont{
1309
1310The preferred maximum file size is only a guideline. Halibut may be
1311forced to exceed it if a single section of the document is larger
97079f67 1312than the maximum size (since individual Info nodes may not be
6b4dfd74 1313split between files).
1314
1315}
1316
1317\S{output-info-dimensions} Indentation and line width
1318
5b1d0032 1319\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
1320
1321\dd Sets the \I{text width}width of the main part of the document,
1322in characters. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}}
1323directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1324
1325\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1326
1327\dd Specifies the extra indentation for \I{code paragraphs,
1328indentation} code paragraphs. Works exactly like the
1329\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}} directive (see
1330\k{output-text-dimensions}).
1331
1332\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
1333
1334\dd Specifies how much horizontal space to leave in the index node
1335for the text of \i{index terms}, before displaying the sections the
1336terms occur in.
1337
1338\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1339
1340\dd Specifies the extra indentation before the bullet or number in a
1341\I{bulletted list, indentation}\I{numbered list, indentation}list
1342item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}
1343directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1344
1345\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1346
1347\dd Specifies the additional indentation before the body of a list
1348item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}
1349directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1350
6b4dfd74 1351\S{output-info-headings} Configuring heading display
6069815a 1352
5b1d0032 1353\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1354
1355\dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to each section number
1356before displaying the section title. For example, if you set this to
b7747050 1357\cq{:\_}, then a typical section title might look something like
5b1d0032 1358\q{Section 3.1: Something Like This}.
1359
1360\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1361
1362\dd Specifies the text to be used to underline section titles. Works
1363very much like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}} directive
1364(see \k{output-text-headings}). You can specify more than one
1365option, and Halibut will choose the first one supported by the
1366character set.
1367
6b4dfd74 1368\S{output-info-characters} Controlling the characters used
1369
1370\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
1371
1372\dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
1373\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1374
1375\# FIXME: if you try sufficiently hard, you can probably find an
1376output encoding that will break the info format by trampling on its
1377special characters. So either don't do that, or tell us what we should
1378do about it.
1379
5b1d0032 1380\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1381
1382\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1383You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1384\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1385\k{output-text-characters}).
1386
1387\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1388
1389\dd Specifies the text used to draw \i{horizontal rules}. You can
1390specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1391\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1392
1393\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{\}}]
1394
6069815a 1395\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1396\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
5b1d0032 1397fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1398directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1399
1400\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{\}}]
1401
1402\dd Specifies how to display emphasised text. You can specify
1403multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1404\cw{\\cfg\{text-emphasis\}} directive (see
1405\k{output-text-characters}).
1406
6b4dfd74 1407\S{output-info-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
1408
5b1d0032 1409\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1410
1411\dd Specifies the text to append to the item numbers in a
1412\i{numbered list}. Works exactly like the
1413\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} directive (see
1414\k{output-text-misc}).
1415
43f61c25 1416\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}\{}\e{section}\cw{\}\{}\e{short
1417name}\cw{\}\{}\e{long name}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{keyword}\cw{\}}]
1418
1419\dd Constructs an \i\cw{INFO-DIR-ENTRY} section and places it in the
1420header of the Info file. This mechanism is used to automatically
1421generate the \i{\c{dir} file} at the root of a Unix system's
97079f67 1422Info collection.
43f61c25 1423
1424\lcont{
1425
1426The parameters to this directive are:
1427
1428\dt \e{section}
1429
1430\dd Specifies the section of the \c{dir} file in which you want your
1431document referenced. For example, \q{Development}, or \q{Games}, or
1432\q{Miscellaneous}.
1433
1434\dt \e{short name}
1435
1436\dd Specifies a short name for the directory entry, which will
1437appear at the start of the menu line.
1438
1439\dt \e{long name}
1440
1441\dd Specifies a long name for the directory entry, which will appear
1442at the end of the menu line.
1443
1444\dt \e{keyword}
1445
1446\dd This parameter is optional. If it is present, then the directory
1447entry will cause a jump to a particular subsection of your document,
1448rather than starting at the top. The subsection will be the one
1449referred to by the given keyword (see \k{input-sections} for details
1450about assigning keywords to document sections).
1451
1452For example, in a document describing many game programs, the
1453configuration directive
1454
fc8e7adb 1455\c \cfg{info-dir-entry}{Games}{Chess}{Electronic chess
1456\c game}{chess}
43f61c25 1457
1458might produce text in the \c{dir} file looking something like this:
1459
1460\c Games
1461\c * Chess: (mygames)Chapter 3. Electronic chess game
1462
1463if the output file were called \c{mygames.info} and the keyword
1464\c{chess} had been used to define Chapter 3 of the document.
1465
1466}
0287083a 1467
6b4dfd74 1468\S{output-info-defaults} Default settings
1469
97079f67 1470The \i{default settings} for the Info output format are:
5b1d0032 1471
1472\c \cfg{info-filename}{output.info}
6b4dfd74 1473\c \cfg{info-max-file-size}{65536}
5b1d0032 1474\c
1475\c \cfg{info-width}{70}
1476\c \cfg{info-indent-code}{2}
1477\c \cfg{info-index-width}{40}
1478\c \cfg{info-list-indent}{1}
1479\c \cfg{info-listitem-indent}{3}
9ec43d08 1480\c
5b1d0032 1481\c \cfg{info-section-suffix}{: }
5b1d0032 1482\c \cfg{info-underline}{\u203e}{-}
6b4dfd74 1483\c
1484\c \cfg{info-charset}{ASCII}
5b1d0032 1485\c \cfg{info-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1486\c \cfg{info-rule}{\u2500}{-}
1487\c \cfg{info-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
1488\c \cfg{info-emphasis}{_}{_}
1489\c
1490\c \cfg{info-list-suffix}{.}
5b1d0032 1491
1492and no \cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}} directives.
1493
9ec43d08 1494\H{output-paper} Paper formats
1495
4d26571f 1496These output formats (currently PDF and PostScript) generate printable
9ec43d08 1497manuals. As such, they share a number of configuration directives.
1498
9ec43d08 1499\S{output-pdf} \i{PDF}
0287083a 1500
bd7010ae 1501This output format generates a printable manual in PDF format. In
1502addition, it uses some PDF interactive features to
0287083a 1503provide an outline of all the document's sections and clickable
1504cross-references between sections.
1505
9ec43d08 1506There is one configuration option specific to PDF:
0287083a 1507
1508\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1509
1510\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PDF file.
1511This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1512parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--pdf} (see
1513\k{running-options}).
1514
1515The \i{default settings} for the PDF output format are:
1516
1517\c \cfg{pdf-filename}{output.pdf}
9ec43d08 1518
bd7010ae 1519\S{output-ps} \i{PostScript}
1520
1521This output format generates a printable manual in PostScript format.
1522This should look exactly identical to the PDF output (see
1523\k{output-ps}), and uses \i\c{pdfmark} to arrange that if converted
1524to PDF it will contain the same interactive features.
1525
1526There is one configuration option specific to PostScript:
1527
1528\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1529
1530\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PostScript
1531file. This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file
1532name parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--ps} (see
1533\k{running-options}).
1534
1535The \i{default settings} for the PostScript output format are:
1536
1537\c \cfg{ps-filename}{output.ps}
1538
9ec43d08 1539\S{output-paper-dimensions} Configuring layout and \i{measurements}
1540
1541All measurements are in PostScript \i{points} (72 points to the inch).
1542
1543\S2{output-paper-pagesize} Page properties
1544
1545\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-width\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1546
1547\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-height\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-height\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1548
1549\dd Specify the absolute limits of the paper.
1550
1551\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-left-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-left-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1552
1553\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-top-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-top-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1554
1555\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-right-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-right-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1556
1557\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bottom-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bottom-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1558
1559\dd Specify the margins. Most text appears within these margins,
1560except:
1561
1562\lcont{
1563
1564\b Section numbers, which appear in the left margin.
1565
1566\b The footer (containing page numbers), which appears in the bottom
1567margin.
1568
1569}
1570
1571\S2{output-paper-line} Vertical spacing
1572
1573\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-leading\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-leading\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1574
1575\dd Specifies the amount of space between lines of text within a
1576paragraph. (So, if the font size is 12pt and there is 2pt of leading,
1577there will be 14pt between successive baselines.)
1578
1579\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-para-spacing\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-para-spacing\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1580
1581\dd Specifies the amount of vertical space between paragraphs. (The
1582vertical space between paragraphs does \e{not} include
1583\c{paper-base-leading}.)
1584
1585\S2{output-paper-indentation} Indentation
1586
1587\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1588
1589\dd Specifies the indentation of the bullet or number in a
1590\I{bulletted list, indentation}bulletted or \I{numbered list,
52089152 1591indentation}numbered \I{list, indentation}list, similarly to
9ec43d08 1592\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}} (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1593
1594\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1595
1596\dd Specifies the \e{extra} indentation for the body of a list item,
1597over and above the amount configured in \cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}}.
1598
1599\# FIXME: doesn't actually work, AFAICT.
1600
1601\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quote-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quote-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1602
1603\dd Specifies the amount of indentation for a level of quoting. Used
1604for \cw{\\quote} (see \k{input-quote}) and code quotes with \cw{\\c}
1605(see \k{input-code}).
1606
1607\S2{output-paper-headings} Headings
1608
1609\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-top-space\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-top-space\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1610
ab7d6241 1611\dd Specifies the space between the top margin and the top of the
1612chapter heading. (Each chapter begins on a new page.)
9ec43d08 1613
1614\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-thickness\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-thickness\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1615
1616\dd Specifies the vertical thickness of the black rule under chapter
1617headings.
1618
1619\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-depth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-depth\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1620
1621\dd Specifies the distance between the base of the chapter heading and
1622the \e{base} of the underlying rule.
1623
1624\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-sect-num-left-space\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-sect-num-left-space\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1625
1626\dd Specifies the distance between the left margin and the \e{right}
1627of section numbers (which are in the left margin).
1628
1629\S2{output-paper-index} Contents and index
1630
1631\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-index-step\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-index-step\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1632
1633\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1634
1635\# FIXME: I do not know what dees one does. (I couldn't get either of
1636them to do anything obvious, although the source indicates they should
1637do something.)
1638
1639\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1640
1641\dd Specifies the horizontal spacing between dots in \i\e{leaders}
1642(the dotted lines that appear between section headings and page
1643numbers in the table of contents).
1644
1645\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-footer-distance\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-footer-distance\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1646
1647\dd Specifies the distance between the bottom margin and the \e{base}
1648of the footer (which contains page numbers).
1649
1650\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-columns\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-columns\}\{}\e{columns}\cw{\}}
1651
1652\dd Specifies the number of columns the index should be divided into.
1653
1654\# FIXME: with this set to 1, the right-alignment of some index entry
1655page numbers in the Halibut manual is decidedly wonky.
1656
1657\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-gutter\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-gutter\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1658
1659\dd Specifies the amount of \I{gutter} horizontal space between index
1660columns.
1661
1662\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-minsep\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-minsep\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1663
1664\dd Specifies the minimum allowable horizontal space between an index
1665entry and its page number. If the gap is smaller, the page number is
1666moved to the next line.
1667
c419cb97 1668\S2{output-paper-fonts} \ii{Fonts}
1669
1670The directives in this section control which fonts Halibut uses for
1671various kinds of text. Directives for setting the font normally take
1672three font names, the first of which is used for normal text, the
1673second for emphasised text, and the third for code. Any fonts which
62a4b06b 1674aren't specified are left unchanged.
ea63f6f9 1675
1676Halibut intrinsically knows about some fonts, and these fonts are also
62a4b06b 1677built into all PDF and most PostScript implementations.
95bc72af 1678These fonts can be used without further formality. Halibut can also use
1679other fonts, and can \I{embedding fonts}embed them it its PDF and
1680PostScript output. These other fonts are supplied to Halibut by
1681simply adding them to the list of input files on its command line.
1682
1683To use a \i{Type 1 font} Halibut needs both the font file itself,
1684in either hexadecimal (\I{PFA files}PFA) or IBM PC (\I{PFB files}PFB)
1685format, and an \i{Adobe Font Metrics} (\I{AFM files}AFM) file. The AFM
1686file must be specified first on the command line. If Halibut gets an
1687AFM file without a corresponding Type 1 font file, the PostScript and
1688PDF output files will still use that font, but they won't contain it.
1689
1690Using a \i{TrueType font} is rather simpler, and simply requires you to
1691pass the font file to Halibut. Halibut does place a few restrictions on
1692TrueType fonts, notably that they must include a \i{Unicode} mapping
1693table and a PostScript name.
ea63f6f9 1694
62a4b06b 1695Fonts are specified using their PostScript names. Running Halibut with
1696the \i\cw{\-\-list-fonts} option causes it to display the PostScript
1697names of all the fonts it intrinsically knows about, along with any
1698fonts the were supplied as input files.
1699
c419cb97 1700\ii{Font sizes} are specified in PostScript \i{points} (72 to the inch).
1701
1702\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{\}}]]
1703
1704\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in the document title.
1705
1706\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-title-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-title-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1707
1708\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of the document title.
1709
1710\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{\}}]]
1711
1712\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in chapter titles.
1713
1714\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1715
1716\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of chapter titles.
1717
1718\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{\}}]]
1719
1720\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in section headings at the \e{level}
1721specified.
1722
1723\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-section-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-section-font-size\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1724
1725\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of section headings at the \e{level}
1726specified.
1727
1728\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{\}}]]
1729
1730\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in the body text.
9ec43d08 1731
1732\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1733
c419cb97 1734\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of body text.
1735
1736\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{\}}]]
1737
1738\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in code paragraps. The
1739\e{bold-font} is used for bold text, the \e{italic-font} for
1740emphasised text, and the \e{normal-font} for normal code.
9ec43d08 1741
c419cb97 1742\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-code-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-code-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1743
1744\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of text in code paragraphs.
9ec43d08 1745
1746\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-pagenum-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-pagenum-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1747
c419cb97 1748\dd Specifies the font size to use for \i{page numbers}.
9ec43d08 1749
1750\S2{output-paper-misc} Miscellaneous
1751
1752\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-rule-thickness\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-rule-thickness\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1753
1754\dd Specifies the vertical thickness of the rule produced by the
1755\cw{\\rule} command (see \k{input-rule}). (Note that no extra space is
1756reserved for thicker rules.)
1757
1758\S{output-paper-characters} Configuring the characters used
1759
1760\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1761
1762\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1763You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1764\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1765\k{output-text-characters}).
1766
1767\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{\}}]
1768
1769\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1770\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1771fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1772directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1773
1774\S{output-paper-defaults} Default settings for paper formats
1775
1776The default page size corresponds to 210\_\u00D7{x}\_297\_mm, i.e.,
1777\i{A4 paper}.
1778
1779\c \cfg{paper-page-width}{595}
30ddbdc1 1780\c \cfg{paper-page-height}{842}
9ec43d08 1781\c
1782\c \cfg{paper-left-margin}{72}
1783\c \cfg{paper-top-margin}{72}
1784\c \cfg{paper-right-margin}{72}
1785\c \cfg{paper-bottom-margin}{108}
1786\c
1787\c \cfg{paper-base-leading}{1}
1788\c \cfg{paper-base-para-spacing}{10}
1789\c
1790\c \cfg{paper-list-indent}{6}
1791\c \cfg{paper-listitem-indent}{18}
1792\c \cfg{paper-quote-indent}{18}
1793\c
1794\c \cfg{paper-chapter-top-space}{72}
1795\c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-thickness}{3}
1796\c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-depth}{14}
1797\c \cfg{paper-sect-num-left-space}{12}
1798\c
1799\c \cfg{paper-contents-index-step}{24}
1800\c \cfg{paper-contents-margin}{84}
1801\c \cfg{paper-leader-separation}{12}
1802\c \cfg{paper-footer-distance}{32}
1803\c \cfg{paper-index-columns}{2}
1804\c \cfg{paper-index-gutter}{36}
1805\c \cfg{paper-index-minsep}{18}
1806\c
c419cb97 1807\c \cfg{paper-base-fonts}{Times-Roman}{Times-Italic}{Courier}
9ec43d08 1808\c \cfg{paper-base-font-size}{12}
c419cb97 1809\c \cfg{paper-code-fonts}{Courier-Bold}{Courier-Oblique}{Courier}
1810\c \cfg{paper-code-font-size}{12}
056ab80e 1811\c \cfg{paper-title-fonts}{Helvetica-Bold}
1812\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1813\c \cfg{paper-title-font-size}{24}
056ab80e 1814\c \cfg{paper-chapter-fonts}{Helvetica-Bold}
1815\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1816\c \cfg{paper-chapter-font-size}{20}
056ab80e 1817\c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{0}{Helvetica-Bold}
1818\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1819\c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{0}{16}
056ab80e 1820\c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{1}{Helvetica-Bold}
1821\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1822\c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{1}{14}
056ab80e 1823\c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{2}{Helvetica-Bold}
1824\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1825\c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{2}{13}
1826\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
1827\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
1828\c
9ec43d08 1829\c \cfg{paper-pagenum-font-size}{12}
1830\c
1831\c \cfg{paper-rule-thickness}{1}
1832\c
1833\c \cfg{paper-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1834\c \cfg{paper-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{'}{'}