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16ea3abe 1\C{output} Halibut output formats
2
339cbe09 3This chapter describes each of Halibut's current \i{output formats}.
4It gives some general information about the format, and also
5describes all the \i{configuration directives} which are specific to
6that format.
16ea3abe 7
8\H{output-text} Plain text
9
339cbe09 10This output format generates the document as a single \i{plain text}
febdf756 11file. No index is generated.
16ea3abe 12
16ea3abe 13The precise formatting of the text file can be controlled by a
14variety of configuration directives. They are listed in the
15following subsections.
16
0a6347b4 17\S{output-text-file} Output file name
18
19\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
20
21\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the text file.
22This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
23parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--text} (see
24\k{running-options}).
25
16ea3abe 26\S{output-text-dimensions} Indentation and line width
27
28This section describes the configuration directives which control
339cbe09 29the \i{horizontal dimensions} of the output text file: how much
16ea3abe 30paragraphs are indented by and how long the lines are.
31
339cbe09 32\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 33
339cbe09 34\dd Sets the \I{text width}width of the main part of the document,
35in characters. This width will be used for wrapping paragraphs and
36for centring titles (if you have asked for titles to be centred -
37see \k{output-text-headings}). This width does \e{not} include the
38left indentation set by \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}; if you specify an
16ea3abe 39indent of 8 and a width of 64, your maximum output line length will
40be 72.
41
339cbe09 42\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 43
339cbe09 44\dd Sets the left \i{indentation} for the document. If you set this
45to zero, your document will look like an ordinary text file as
46someone with a text editor might have written it; if you set it
47above zero, the text file will have a \i{margin} down the left in
48the style of some printed manuals, and you can then configure the
49section numbers to appear in this margin (see
50\k{output-text-headings}).
16ea3abe 51
339cbe09 52\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 53
54\dd Specifies how many extra characters of indentation (on top of
339cbe09 55the normal left indent) should be given to \I{code paragraphs,
56indentation} code paragraphs.
16ea3abe 57
339cbe09 58\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 59
60\dd Specifies how many extra spaces should be used to indent the
339cbe09 61bullet or number in a \I{bulletted list, indentation}bulletted or
62\I{numbered list, indentation}numbered \I{list, indentation}list.
63The actual body of the list item will be indented by this much
64\e{plus} the value configured by \cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}.
16ea3abe 65
339cbe09 66\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 67
68\dd Specifies how many extra spaces should be used to indent the
69body of a list item, over and above the number configured in
70\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}.
71
339cbe09 72\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-preamble\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-preamble\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 73
339cbe09 74\dd When this is set to \c{true}, the document \i{preamble} (i.e. any
16ea3abe 75paragraphs appearing before the first chapter heading) will be
76indented to the level specified by \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}. If
77this setting is \c{false}, the document preamble will not be
78indented at all from the left margin.
79
339cbe09 80\S{output-text-headings} \ii{Configuring heading display}
16ea3abe 81
82The directives in this section allow you to configure the appearance
83of the title, chapter and section headings in your text file.
84
339cbe09 85Several of the directives listed below specify the \i{alignment} of
86a heading. These alignment options have three possible values:
16ea3abe 87
339cbe09 88\dt \i\c{left}
16ea3abe 89
90\dd Align the heading to the very left of the text file (column zero).
91
339cbe09 92\dt \i\c{leftplus}
16ea3abe 93
94\dd Align the section title to the left of the main display region
95(in other words, indented to the level specified by
96\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}). The section \e{number} is placed to the
97left of that (so that it goes in the margin if there is room).
98
339cbe09 99\dt \i\c{centre}
16ea3abe 100
101\dd Centre the heading.
102
103Also, several of the directives below specify how a title should be
339cbe09 104\I{underlining}underlined. The parameter to one of these directives
db662ca1 105should be either blank (\cw{\{\}}) or a piece of text which will be
106repeated to produce the underline. So you might want to specify, for
107example, \cw{\\text-title-underline\{=\}} but
108\cw{\\text-chapter-underline\{\-\}}.
109
110You can also specify more than one underline setting, and Halibut
111will choose the first one that the output character set supports.
112So, for example, you could write
65f95f6c 113\cw{\\text-chapter-underline\{\\u203e\}\{\-\}}, and Halibut would use
db662ca1 114the Unicode \q{OVERLINE} character where possible and fall back to
115the ASCII minus sign otherwise.
16ea3abe 116
339cbe09 117\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-align\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 118
119\dd Specifies the alignment of the overall document title: \c{left},
120\c{leftplus} or \c{centre}.
121
bdc961c7 122\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-underline\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 123
124\dd Specifies how the overall document title should be underlined.
125
339cbe09 126\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-align\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 127
128\dd Specifies the alignment of chapter and appendix headings.
129
bdc961c7 130\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 131
132\dd Specifies how chapter and appendix headings should be underlined.
133
339cbe09 134\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-numeric\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 135
136\dd If this is set to \c{true}, then chapter headings will not
137contain the word \q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have
138defined in its place - see \k{input-sections} and \k{input-config});
139they will just contain the chapter \e{number}, followed by the
140chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
141be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
142
339cbe09 143\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 144
145\dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
146number, before displaying the chapter title. For example, if you set
147this to \q{\cw{:\_}}, then the chapter title might look something
148like \q{Chapter 2: Doing Things}.
149
339cbe09 150\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-align\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 151
152\dd Specifies the alignment of section headings at a particular
153level. The \e{level} parameter specifies which level of section
154headings you want to affect: 0 means first-level headings (\c{\\H}),
1551 means second-level headings (\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below
156that (\c{\\S2}), and so on. The \e{alignment} parameter is treated
157just like the other alignment directives listed above.
158
bdc961c7 159\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-underline\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 160
161\dd Specifies how to underline section headings at a particular level.
162
339cbe09 163\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 164
165\dd Specifies whether section headings at a particular level should
166contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
167be numeric only (if \c{true}).
168
339cbe09 169\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 170
339cbe09 171\dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
172be appended to section numbers at a particular level, before
173displaying the section title.
16ea3abe 174
db662ca1 175\S{output-text-characters} Configuring the characters used
176
177\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
178
179\dd This specifies the text which should be used as the \i{bullet}
180in bulletted lists. It can be one character
181(\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{-\}}), or more than one
182(\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{(*)\}}).
183
184\lcont{
185
6069815a 186Like \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} (see \k{input-config}), you can specify multiple
187possible options after this command, and Halibut will choose the first one
188which the output character set supports. For example, you might write
db662ca1 189\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{\\u2022\}\{\\u00b7\}\{*\}}, in which case
190Halibut would use the Unicode \q{BULLET} character where possible,
191fall back to the ISO-8859-1 \q{MIDDLE DOT} if that wasn't available,
192and resort to the ASCII asterisk if all else failed.
193
194}
195
196\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
197
198\dd This specifies the text which should be used for drawing
199\i{horizontal rules} (generated by \i\c{\\rule}; see
200\k{input-rule}). It can be one character, or more than one. The
201string you specify will be repeated to reach the required width, so
202you can specify something like \q{\cw{-=}} to get a rule that looks
203like \cw{-=-=-=}.
204
205\lcont{
206
207Like \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}}, you can specify multiple fallback
208options in this command.
209
210}
211
212\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{\}}]
213
6069815a 214\dd This specifies a set of quote characters for the text backend,
215overriding any defined by \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}}. It has the same syntax
216(see \k{input-config}).
db662ca1 217
218\lcont{
219
6069815a 220In this backend, these quotes will also be used to mark text enclosed
221in the \c{\\c} command (see \k{input-code}).
db662ca1 222
223}
224
225\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{\}}]
226
5b1d0032 227\dd This specifies the characters which should be used to surround
db662ca1 228emphasised text (written using the \c{\\e} command; see
229\k{input-emph}).
230
231\lcont{
232
233You should separately specify the start-emphasis and end-emphasis
234text, each of which can be more than one character if you want.
235Also, like \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}, you can specify multiple pairs
236of fallback options in this command, and Halibut will always use a
237matching pair.
238
239}
240
16ea3abe 241\S{output-text-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
242
6069815a 243\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
244
245\dd This tells Halibut what \i{character set} the output should be
246in. Any Unicode characters representable in this set will be output
247verbatim; any other characters will not be output and their
248\i{fallback text} (if any) will be used instead.
249
250\lcont{
251
252The character set names are the same as for
253\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}} (see \k{input-config}). However, unlike
254\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}}, this directive affects the \e{entire}
255output; it's not possible to switch encodings halfway through.
256
257}
258
db662ca1 259\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
260
261\dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item
262(see \k{input-list-number}). So if you want to label your lists as
263\q{1)}, \q{2)} and so on, then you would write
264\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}\{)\}}.
265
339cbe09 266\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 267
339cbe09 268\dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined
269using the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be
270included at the bottom of the text file. If it is set to \c{false},
271they will be omitted completely.
16ea3abe 272
16ea3abe 273\# FIXME: code indentation is configurable, therefore \quote
274\# indentation probably ought to be as well.
275
276\# FIXME: text-indent-* should be consistently named.
277
278\S{output-text-defaults} Default settings
279
339cbe09 280The \i{default settings} for Halibut's plain text output format are:
16ea3abe 281
0a6347b4 282\c \cfg{text-filename}{output.txt}
283\c
16ea3abe 284\c \cfg{text-width}{68}
285\c \cfg{text-indent}{7}
286\c \cfg{text-indent-code}{2}
287\c \cfg{text-list-indent}{1}
288\c \cfg{text-listitem-indent}{3}
289\c \cfg{text-indent-preamble}{false}
290\c
291\c \cfg{text-title-align}{centre}
db662ca1 292\c \cfg{text-title-underline}{\u2550}{=}
16ea3abe 293\c
294\c \cfg{text-chapter-align}{left}
db662ca1 295\c \cfg{text-chapter-underline}{\u203e}{-}
16ea3abe 296\c \cfg{text-chapter-numeric}{false}
297\c \cfg{text-chapter-suffix}{: }
298\c
299\c \cfg{text-section-align}{0}{leftplus}
300\c \cfg{text-section-underline}{0}{}
301\c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{0}{true}
302\c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{0}{ }
303\c
304\c \cfg{text-section-align}{1}{leftplus}
305\c \cfg{text-section-underline}{1}{}
306\c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{1}{true}
307\c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{1}{ }
308\c
309\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
310\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
db662ca1 311\c
312\c \cfg{text-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
313\c \cfg{text-rule}{\u2500}{-}
314\c \cfg{text-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
315\c \cfg{text-emphasis}{_}{_}
316\c
6069815a 317\c \cfg{text-charset}{ASCII}
db662ca1 318\c \cfg{text-list-suffix}{.}
319\c \cfg{text-versionid}{true}
16ea3abe 320
321\H{output-html} HTML
322
339cbe09 323This output format generates an \i{HTML} version of the document. By
16ea3abe 324default, this will be in multiple files, starting with
325\c{Contents.html} and splitting the document into files by chapter
326and/or subsection. You can configure precisely how the text is split
327between HTML files using the configuration commands described in
328this section. In particular, you can configure Halibut to output one
0a6347b4 329single HTML file instead of multiple ones.
16ea3abe 330
339cbe09 331Strictly speaking, the output format is \i{XHTML} 1.0 Transitional,
16ea3abe 332which is why all of the configuration directives start with the word
333\c{xhtml} rather than \c{html}.
334
0a6347b4 335\S{output-html-file} Controlling the output file names
336
337\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-contents-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-contents-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
338
339\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the top-level
340contents page. Since this is the first page a user ought to see when
341beginning to read the document, a good choice in many cases might be
fc8e7adb 342\c{index.html} (although this is not the default, for historical
0a6347b4 343reasons).
344
345\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-index-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-index-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
346
347\dd Sets the file name in which to store the document's index.
348
349\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-filename\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}
350
351\dd Provides a \i{template} to be used when constructing the file
352names of each chapter or section of the document. This template
353should contain at least one \i\e{formatting command}, in the form of
354a per cent sign followed by a letter. (If you need a literal per
355cent sign, you can write \c{%%}.)
356
357\lcont{
358
359The formatting commands used in this template are:
360
da090173 361\dt \I{%N-upper}\c{%N}
0a6347b4 362
363\dd Expands to the visible title of the section, with white space
364removed. So in a chapter declared as \q{\cw{\\C\{fish\} Catching
365Fish}}, this formatting command would expand to
366\q{\cw{CatchingFish}}.
367
368\dt \i\c{%n}
369
370\dd Expands to the type and number of the section, without white
371space. So in chapter 1 this would expand to \q{\cw{Chapter1}}; in
372section A.4.3 it would expand to \q{\cw{SectionA.4.3}}, and so on.
373If the section has no number (an unnumbered chapter created using
374\c{\\U}), this directive falls back to doing the same thing as
375\c{%N}.
376
377\dt \i\c{%b}
378
379\dd Expands to the bare number of the section. So in chapter 1 this
380would expand to \q{\cw{1}}; in section A.4.3 it would expand to
381\q{\cw{A.4.3}}, and so on. If the section has no number (an
382unnumbered chapter created using \c{\\U}), this directive falls back
383to doing the same thing as \c{%N}.
384
385\dt \i\c{%k}
386
387\dd Expands to the internal keyword specified in the section title.
388So in a chapter declared as \q{\cw{\\C\{fish\} Catching Fish}}, this
389formatting command would expand to \q{\cw{fish}}. If the section has
390no keyword (an unnumbered chapter created using \c{\\U}), this
391directive falls back to doing the same thing as \c{%N}.
392
393These formatting directives can also be used in the
394\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-fragment\}} configuration directive (see
395\k{output-html-misc}).
396
397}
398
399\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-single-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-single-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
400
401\dd Sets the file name in which to store the entire document, if
402Halibut is configured (using \c{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-level\}\{0\}} to
403produce a single self-contained file. Both this directive \e{and}
404\c{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-level\}\{0\}} are implicitly generated if you
405provide a file name parameter after the command-line option
406\i\c{--html} (see \k{running-options}).
407
16ea3abe 408\S{output-html-split} Controlling the splitting into HTML files
409
410By default, the HTML output from Halibut is split into multiple
411files. Each file typically contains a single chapter or section and
412everything below it, unless subsections of that chapter are
413themselves split off into further files.
414
415Most files also contain a contents section, giving hyperlinks to the
416sections in the file and/or the sections below it.
417
418The configuration directives listed below allow you to configure the
419splitting into files, and the details of the contents sections.
420
339cbe09 421\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-level\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-level\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 422
423\dd This setting indicates the depth of section which should be
339cbe09 424given a \I{leaf file}\q{leaf} file (a file with no sub-files). So if
425you set it to 1, for example, then every chapter will be given its
426own HTML file, plus a top-level \i{contents file}. If you set this
427to 2, then each chapter \e{and} each \c{\\H} section will have a
428file, and the chapter files will mostly just contain links to their
429\i{sub-file}s.
16ea3abe 430
431\lcont{
432
433If you set this option to zero, then the whole document will appear
434in a single file. If you do this, Halibut will call that file
339cbe09 435\i\c{Manual.html} instead of \i\c{Contents.html}.
16ea3abe 436
0a6347b4 437This option is automatically set to zero if you provide a file name
438parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--html} (see
439\k{running-options}), because you have specified a single file name
440and so Halibut assumes you want the whole document to be placed in
441that file.
442
16ea3abe 443}
444
339cbe09 445\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-contents-depth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-contents-depth-}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 446
339cbe09 447\dd This directive allows you to specify how \I{depth of
448contents}deep the contents section in a particular file should go.
16ea3abe 449
450\lcont{
451
452The \e{level} parameter indicates which level of contents section
453you are dealing with. 0 denotes the main contents section in the
454topmost file \c{Contents.html}; 1 denotes a contents section in a
455chapter file; 2 is a contents section in a file containing a \c{\\H}
456heading, and so on. Currently you can't go below level 5 (which
457corresponds to a \c{\\S3} heading).
458
459The \e{depth} parameter indicates the maximum depth of heading which
460will be shown in this contents section. Again, 1 denotes a chapter,
4612 is a \c{\\H} heading, 3 is a \c{\\S} heading, and so on.
462
463So, for example: \cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-contents-depth-1\}\{3\}} instructs
464Halibut to put contents links in chapter files for all sections down
465to \c{\\S} level, but not to go into any more detail than that.
466
467}
468
469\# FIXME: this is utterly ghastly. For a start, it should include
470\# the level as a separate argument, like the text section config
471\# directives. Secondly, it shouldn't be limited in depth!
472
339cbe09 473\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-contains-contents\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-contains-contents\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 474
475\dd If you set this to \c{true}, then each leaf file will contain
476its own contents section which summarises the text within it.
477
339cbe09 478\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-smallest-contents\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-smallest-contents\}\{}\e{number}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 479
480\dd Contents sections in leaf files are not output at all if they
481contain very few entries (on the assumption that it just isn't worth
482bothering). This directive configures the minimum number of entries
483required in a leaf contents section to make Halibut bother
484generating it at all.
485
486\S{output-html-html} Including pieces of your own HTML
487
488The directives in this section allow you to supply pieces of
339cbe09 489\I{HTML}\i{verbatim HTML} code, which will be included in various
490parts of the output files.
16ea3abe 491
339cbe09 492\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-head-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-head-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 493
494\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
339cbe09 495the \i\cw{<HEAD>} section of each output HTML file. So this is a
496good place to put, for example, a link to a \i{CSS} \i{stylesheet}.
16ea3abe 497
339cbe09 498\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-tag\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-tag\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 499
500\dd The text you provide in this directive is used in place of the
339cbe09 501\i\cw{<BODY>} tag in each output file. So if you wanted to define a
502\i{background colour}, for example, you could write
16ea3abe 503\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-tag\}\{<body bg="#123456">\}}.
504
339cbe09 505\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-start\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-start\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 506
507\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the
339cbe09 508beginning of the \i\cw{<BODY>} section of each output HTML file. So
509if you intend your HTML files to be part of a web site with a
510standard \i{house style}, and the style needs a \i{header} at the
511top of every page, this is where you can add that header.
16ea3abe 512
339cbe09 513\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 514
339cbe09 515\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
516the \i\cw{<BODY>} section of each output HTML file. So if you intend
517your HTML files to be part of a web site with a standard \i{house
518style}, and the style needs a \i{footer} at the bottom of every
519page, this is where you can add that footer.
16ea3abe 520
339cbe09 521\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-address-start\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-address-start\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 522
523\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the
339cbe09 524beginning of the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each
525output HTML file. This might be a good place to put authors'
526\i{contact details}, for example.
16ea3abe 527
339cbe09 528\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-address-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-address-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 529
339cbe09 530\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
531the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each output HTML file,
532after the version IDs (if present).
16ea3abe 533
339cbe09 534\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-navigation-attributes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-navigation-attributes\}\{}\e{HTML attributes}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 535
536\dd The text you provide in this directive is included inside the
339cbe09 537\cw{<P>} tag containing the \i{navigation links} at the top of each
538page (\i{\q{Previous}} / \i{\q{Contents}} / \i{\q{Next}}). So if you
539wanted the navigation links to have a particular CSS style, you
540could write
16ea3abe 541\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-navigation-attributes\}\{class="foo"\}}, and the
542navigation-links paragraph would then begin with the tag \cw{<p
543class="foo">}.
544
339cbe09 545\S{output-html-headings} \ii{Configuring heading display}
16ea3abe 546
339cbe09 547\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-chapter-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-chapter-numeric\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 548
549\dd If this is set to \c{true}, then chapter headings will not
550contain the word \q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have
551defined in its place - see \k{input-sections} and \k{input-config});
552they will just contain the chapter \e{number}, followed by the
553chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
554be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
555
339cbe09 556\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 557
558\dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
559number, before displaying the chapter title. For example, if you set
560this to \q{\cw{:\_}}, then the chapter title might look something
561like \q{Chapter 2: Doing Things}.
562
78c73085 563\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-section-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-section-numeric\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 564
565\dd Specifies whether section headings at a particular level should
566contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
567be numeric only (if \c{true}). The \e{level} parameter specifies
568which level of section headings you want to affect: 0 means
569first-level headings (\c{\\H}), 1 means second-level headings
570(\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below that (\c{\\S2}), and so on.
571
78c73085 572\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 573
574\dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to section numbers at a
575particular level, before displaying the section title.
576
577\S{output-html-misc} Miscellaneous options
578
0a6347b4 579\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-fragment\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-fragment\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}
580
581\dd This directive lets you specify a \i{template}, with exactly the
582same syntax used in \cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-filename\}} (see
fc8e7adb 583\k{output-html-file}), to be used for the anchor names (\i\cw{<A
584NAME="...">}) used to allow URLs to refer to specific sections
585within a particular HTML file. So if you set this to \q{\cw{%k}},
586for example, then each individual section in your document will be
0a6347b4 587addressable by means of a URL ending in a \c{#} followed by your
588internal section keyword.
589
339cbe09 590\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 591
339cbe09 592\dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined using
593the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be included
594visibly in the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each HTML
16ea3abe 595file. If it is set to \c{false}, they will be omitted completely.
596
597\# FIXME: surely it would be better to include them in HTML
598\# comments? The only question is whether they should be _visible_.
599
339cbe09 600\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-suppress-address\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-suppress-address\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 601
339cbe09 602\dd If this is set to \c{true}, the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the
16ea3abe 603bottom of each HTML file will be omitted completely. (This will
339cbe09 604therefore also cause \i{version IDs} not to be included.)
16ea3abe 605
339cbe09 606\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-author\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-author\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 607
339cbe09 608\dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
609name="author">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers which
610support this can automatically identify the \i{author} of the document.
16ea3abe 611
339cbe09 612\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-description\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-description\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 613
339cbe09 614\dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
615name="description">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers
616which support this can easily pick out a brief \I{description, of
617document}description of the document.
16ea3abe 618
619\S{output-html-defaults} Default settings
620
339cbe09 621The \i{default settings} for Halibut's HTML output format are:
16ea3abe 622
0a6347b4 623\c \cfg{xhtml-contents-filename}{Contents.html}
624\c \cfg{xhtml-index-filename}{IndexPage.html}
625\c \cfg{xhtml-template-filename}{%n.html}
626\c \cfg{xhtml-single-filename}{Manual.html}
627\c \cfg{xhtml-template-fragment}{%b}
628\c
16ea3abe 629\c \cfg{xhtml-leaf-level}{2}
630\c \cfg{xhtml-leaf-contains-contents}{false}
631\c \cfg{xhtml-leaf-smallest-contents}{4}
632\c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-0}{2}
633\c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-1}{3}
634\c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-2}{4}
635\c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-3}{5}
636\c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-4}{6}
637\c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-5}{7}
638\c
639\c \cfg{xhtml-head-end}{}
640\c \cfg{xhtml-body-tag}{<body>}
641\c \cfg{xhtml-body-start}{}
642\c \cfg{xhtml-body-end}{}
643\c \cfg{xhtml-address-start}{}
644\c \cfg{xhtml-address-end}{}
645\c \cfg{xhtml-navigation-attributes}{}
646\c
647\c \cfg{xhtml-versionid}{true}
648\c \cfg{xhtml-suppress-address}{false}
649\c \cfg{xhtml-author}{}
650\c \cfg{xhtml-description}{}
651\c
652\c \cfg{xhtml-chapter-numeric}{false}
653\c \cfg{xhtml-chapter-suffix}{: }
654\c
655\c \cfg{xhtml-section-numeric}{0}{true}
656\c \cfg{xhtml-section-suffix}{0}{ }
657\c
658\c \cfg{xhtml-section-numeric}{1}{true}
659\c \cfg{xhtml-section-suffix}{1}{ }
660\c
661\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
662\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
663
664\H{output-whlp} Windows Help
665
339cbe09 666This output format generates data that can be used by the \i{Windows
0a6347b4 667Help} program \cw{WINHELP.EXE}. There are two actual files
668generated, one ending in \c{.hlp} and the other ending in \c{.cnt}.
669
6069815a 670The output is in the \q{\i{Win1252}} character set.
671
0a6347b4 672The Windows Help output format supports the following configuration
673directives:
674
675\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
676
677\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
678This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
679parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--winhelp} (see
680\k{running-options}).
681
682\lcont{
683
684Your output file name should end with \c{.hlp}; if it doesn't,
685Halibut will append it. Halibut will also generate a contents file
686(ending in \c{.cnt}) alongside the file name you specify.
687
688}
16ea3abe 689
6069815a 690\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}\{}\e{title}\cw{\}}
691
692\dd Sets the text used to describe the help page containing the blurb
693(see \k{input-blurb}) and table of contents.
694
695\dt
696\I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
697
698\dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
699be appended to section numbers, before displaying the section title.
700(Applies to all levels.)
701
702\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
703
704\dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item,
705in exactly the same way as \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} (see
706\k{output-text-misc}).
707
708\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
709
710\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
711You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
712\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
713\k{output-text-characters}).
714
715\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{\}}]
716
717\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
718\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
719fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
720directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
721
339cbe09 722\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}\{}\e{topic-name}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 723
339cbe09 724\dd This directive defines a Windows \i{Help topic} name in the current
16ea3abe 725section. Topic names can be used by the program invoking
726\cw{WINHELP.EXE} to jump straight to a particular section. So you
339cbe09 727can use this for \i{context-sensitive help}.
16ea3abe 728
729\lcont{
730
731For example, if you used this directive in a particular section:
732
733\c \cfg{winhelp-topic}{savingfiles}
734
735then a Windows application could invoke Windows Help to jump to that
736particular section in the help file like this:
737
738\c WinHelp(hwnd, "mydoc.hlp", HELP_COMMAND,
739\c (DWORD)"JI(`',`savingfiles')");
740
741You can use this configuration directive many times, in many
742different subsections of your document, in order to define a lot of
743different help contexts which you can use in this way.
744
745}
746
0a6347b4 747The \i{default settings} for the Windows Help output format are:
748
749\c \cfg{winhelp-filename}{output.hlp}
6069815a 750\c \cfg{winhelp-contents-titlepage}{Title page}
751\c \cfg{winhelp-section-suffix}{: }
752\c \cfg{winhelp-list-suffix}{.}
753\c \cfg{winhelp-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
754\c \cfg{winhelp-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
0a6347b4 755
756and no \c{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}} directives anywhere.
757
16ea3abe 758\H{output-man} Unix \cw{man} pages
759
339cbe09 760This output format generates a Unix \i{\cw{man} page}. That is to say,
761it generates \i\c{nroff} input designed to work with the \c{-mandoc}
16ea3abe 762macro package.
763
764The available configuration options for this format are as follows:
765
0a6347b4 766\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
767
768\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
769This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
770parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--man} (see
771\k{running-options}).
772
339cbe09 773\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}\{}\e{text...}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 774
339cbe09 775\dd This directive is used to generate the initial \i{\c{.TH}
776directive} that appears at the top of a \cw{man} page. It expects to
777be followed by some number of brace pairs containing text, which will
778be used in the \i{headers} and \i{footers} of the formatted output.
16ea3abe 779
780\lcont{
781
782A traditional order for the arguments appears to be:
783
784\n The name of the program.
785
786\n The (numeric) manual section.
787
788\n The date that the \cw{man} page was written.
789
790\n The name of any containing suite of which the program is a part.
791
339cbe09 792\n The name of the \i{author} of the \cw{man} page.
16ea3abe 793
794For example, a typical \cw{man} page might contain
795
fc8e7adb 796\c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
797\c Bloggs}
16ea3abe 798
799}
800
339cbe09 801\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 802
339cbe09 803\dd If this is set to \c{true}, then \i{section headings} in the
804\cw{man} page will have their \i{section numbers} displayed as usual. If
16ea3abe 805set to \c{false}, the section numbers will be omitted. (\cw{man}
806pages traditionally have section names such as \q{SYNOPSIS},
807\q{OPTIONS} and \q{BUGS}, and do not typically number them, so
808\c{false} is the setting which conforms most closely to normal
809\cw{man} style.)
810
339cbe09 811\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 812
813\dd If this is set to a number greater than 0, then section headings
814\e{higher} than the given depth will not be displayed. If it is set
815to zero, all section headings will be displayed as normal.
816
817\lcont{
818
819The point of this is so that you can use the same Halibut input file
820to generate a quick-reference \cw{man} page for a program, \e{and} to
821include that \cw{man} page as an appendix in your program's full manual.
822If you are to include the \cw{man} page as an appendix, then the internal
823headings within the page will probably need to be at \c{\\H} or
824\c{\\S} level; therefore, when you format that input file on its own
825to create the \cw{man} page itself, you will need to have defined a
826\c{\\C} and possibly a \c{\\H} heading beforehand, which you don't
827want to see displayed.
828
829Here's an example. You might have a file \c{appendix.but}, which
830simply says
831
832\c \A{manpages} \cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite
833\c
834\c \cfg{man-mindepth}{2}
835
836Then you have a file \c{make-foo.but}, and probably others like it
837as well, each of which looks something like this:
838
fc8e7adb 839\c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
840\c Bloggs}
16ea3abe 841\c
842\c \H{man-foo} \cw{man} page for \c{make-foo}
843\c
844\c \S{man-foo-name} NAME
845\c
846\c \c{make-foo} - create Foo files for the Foo tool suite
847\c
848\c \S{man-foo-synopsis} SYNOPSIS
849\c
850\c ... and so on ...
851\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
852
853So when you're generating your main manual, you can include
854\c{appendix.but} followed by \c{make-foo.but} and any other \cw{man}
855pages you have, and your \cw{man} pages will be formatted neatly as
856part of an appendix. Then, in a separate run of Halibut, you can
857just do
858
859\c halibut appendix.but make-foo.but
860
861and this will generate a \cw{man} page \c{output.1}, in which the
862headings \q{\cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite} and \q{\cw{man}
863page for \c{make-foo}} will not be displayed because of the
864\c{man-mindepth} directive. So the first visible heading in the
865output \cw{man} page will be \q{NAME}, exactly as a user would
866expect.
867
868}
869
6069815a 870\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
871
872\dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
873\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-misc}).
874
875\# FIXME: you're probably on your own in making sure that it's
876sensible to output man pages in that charset.
877
878\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
879
880\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
881You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
882\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
883
884\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{\}}]
885
886\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
887\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
888fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
889directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
890
339cbe09 891The \i{default settings} for the \cw{man} page output format are:
16ea3abe 892
0a6347b4 893\c \cfg{man-filename}{output.1}
16ea3abe 894\c \cfg{man-identity}{}
895\c \cfg{man-headnumbers}{false}
896\c \cfg{man-mindepth}{0}
6069815a 897\c \cfg{man-charset}{ASCII}
898\c \cfg{man-bullet}{\u2022}{o}
899\c \cfg{man-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
43f61c25 900
901\H{output-info} GNU \c{info}
902
903This output format generates files which can be used with the \i{GNU
904\c{info}} program.
905
906There are typically multiple output files: a primary file whose name
907usually ends in \c{.info}, and one or more subsidiary files whose
908names have numbers on the end, so that they end in \c{.info-1},
909\c{.info-2} and so on. Alternatively, this output format can be
910configured to output a single large file containing the whole
911document.
912
913The \c{info} output format supports the following configuration
914directives:
915
916\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
917
918\dd Sets the output file name in which to store the \c{info} file.
919This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
920parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--info} (see
921\k{running-options}).
922
923\lcont{
924
925The suffixes \c{-1}, \c{-2}, \c{-3} and so on will be appended to
926your output file name to produce any subsidiary files required.
927
928Note that \c{info} files refer to their own names internally, so
929these files cannot be \I{renaming \c{info} files}renamed after
930creation and remain useful.
931
932}
933
5b1d0032 934\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
935
936\dd Sets the \I{text width}width of the main part of the document,
937in characters. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}}
938directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
939
940\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
941
942\dd Specifies the extra indentation for \I{code paragraphs,
943indentation} code paragraphs. Works exactly like the
944\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}} directive (see
945\k{output-text-dimensions}).
946
947\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
948
949\dd Specifies how much horizontal space to leave in the index node
950for the text of \i{index terms}, before displaying the sections the
951terms occur in.
952
953\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
954
955\dd Specifies the extra indentation before the bullet or number in a
956\I{bulletted list, indentation}\I{numbered list, indentation}list
957item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}
958directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
959
960\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
961
962\dd Specifies the additional indentation before the body of a list
963item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}
964directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
965
6069815a 966\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
967
968\dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
969\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-misc}).
970
971\# FIXME: if you try sufficiently hard, you can probably find an
972output encoding that will break the info format by trampling on its
973special characters. So either don't do that, or tell us what we should
974do about it.
975
5b1d0032 976\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
977
978\dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to each section number
979before displaying the section title. For example, if you set this to
980\q{\cw{:\_}}, then a typical section title might look something like
981\q{Section 3.1: Something Like This}.
982
983\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
984
985\dd Specifies the text to be used to underline section titles. Works
986very much like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}} directive
987(see \k{output-text-headings}). You can specify more than one
988option, and Halibut will choose the first one supported by the
989character set.
990
991\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
992
993\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
994You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
995\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
996\k{output-text-characters}).
997
998\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
999
1000\dd Specifies the text used to draw \i{horizontal rules}. You can
1001specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1002\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1003
1004\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{\}}]
1005
6069815a 1006\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1007\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
5b1d0032 1008fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1009directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1010
1011\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{\}}]
1012
1013\dd Specifies how to display emphasised text. You can specify
1014multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1015\cw{\\cfg\{text-emphasis\}} directive (see
1016\k{output-text-characters}).
1017
1018\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1019
1020\dd Specifies the text to append to the item numbers in a
1021\i{numbered list}. Works exactly like the
1022\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} directive (see
1023\k{output-text-misc}).
1024
43f61c25 1025\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}\{}\e{bytes}\cw{\}}
1026
1027\dd Sets the preferred \i{maximum file size} for each subsidiary
1028file. As a special case, if you set this to zero, there will be no
1029subsidiary files and the whole document will be placed in a single
1030self-contained output file. (However, note that this file can still
1031not be renamed usefully.)
1032
1033\lcont{
1034
1035The preferred maximum file size is only a guideline. Halibut may be
1036forced to exceed it if a single section of the document is larger
1037than the maximum size (since individual \c{info} nodes may not be
1038split between files).
1039
1040}
1041
1042\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}\{}\e{section}\cw{\}\{}\e{short
1043name}\cw{\}\{}\e{long name}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{keyword}\cw{\}}]
1044
1045\dd Constructs an \i\cw{INFO-DIR-ENTRY} section and places it in the
1046header of the Info file. This mechanism is used to automatically
1047generate the \i{\c{dir} file} at the root of a Unix system's
1048\c{info} collection.
1049
1050\lcont{
1051
1052The parameters to this directive are:
1053
1054\dt \e{section}
1055
1056\dd Specifies the section of the \c{dir} file in which you want your
1057document referenced. For example, \q{Development}, or \q{Games}, or
1058\q{Miscellaneous}.
1059
1060\dt \e{short name}
1061
1062\dd Specifies a short name for the directory entry, which will
1063appear at the start of the menu line.
1064
1065\dt \e{long name}
1066
1067\dd Specifies a long name for the directory entry, which will appear
1068at the end of the menu line.
1069
1070\dt \e{keyword}
1071
1072\dd This parameter is optional. If it is present, then the directory
1073entry will cause a jump to a particular subsection of your document,
1074rather than starting at the top. The subsection will be the one
1075referred to by the given keyword (see \k{input-sections} for details
1076about assigning keywords to document sections).
1077
1078For example, in a document describing many game programs, the
1079configuration directive
1080
fc8e7adb 1081\c \cfg{info-dir-entry}{Games}{Chess}{Electronic chess
1082\c game}{chess}
43f61c25 1083
1084might produce text in the \c{dir} file looking something like this:
1085
1086\c Games
1087\c * Chess: (mygames)Chapter 3. Electronic chess game
1088
1089if the output file were called \c{mygames.info} and the keyword
1090\c{chess} had been used to define Chapter 3 of the document.
1091
1092}
0287083a 1093
5b1d0032 1094The \i{default settings} for the \c{info} output format are:
1095
1096\c \cfg{info-filename}{output.info}
1097\c
1098\c \cfg{info-width}{70}
1099\c \cfg{info-indent-code}{2}
1100\c \cfg{info-index-width}{40}
1101\c \cfg{info-list-indent}{1}
1102\c \cfg{info-listitem-indent}{3}
1103\c
6069815a 1104\c \cfg{info-charset}{ASCII}
1105\c
5b1d0032 1106\c \cfg{info-section-suffix}{: }
1107\c
1108\c \cfg{info-underline}{\u203e}{-}
1109\c \cfg{info-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1110\c \cfg{info-rule}{\u2500}{-}
1111\c \cfg{info-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
1112\c \cfg{info-emphasis}{_}{_}
1113\c
1114\c \cfg{info-list-suffix}{.}
1115\c \cfg{info-max-file-size}{65536}
1116
1117and no \cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}} directives.
1118
0287083a 1119\H{output-ps} \i{PostScript}
1120
1121This output format generates a printable manual in PostScript format.
1122
1123This format is currently very new and is not yet configurable. There
1124is only one available configuration option:
1125
1126\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1127
1128\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PostScript
1129file. This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file
1130name parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--ps} (see
1131\k{running-options}).
1132
1133The \i{default settings} for the PostScript output format are:
1134
1135\c \cfg{ps-filename}{output.ps}
1136
1137\H{output-pdf} \i{PDF}
1138
1139This output format generates a printable manual in PDF format. This
1140should look exactly identical to the PostScript output (see
1141\k{output-ps}), but also uses some PDF interactive features to
1142provide an outline of all the document's sections and clickable
1143cross-references between sections.
1144
1145This format is currently very new and is not yet configurable. There
1146is only one available configuration option:
1147
1148\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1149
1150\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PDF file.
1151This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1152parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--pdf} (see
1153\k{running-options}).
1154
1155The \i{default settings} for the PDF output format are:
1156
1157\c \cfg{pdf-filename}{output.pdf}