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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
6e674706 145\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-shownumber\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-shownumber\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
146
147\dd If this is set to \c{false}, then chapter headings will \e{only}
148contain the chapter title: they will not contain the word
149\q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have defined in its place),
150and neither will they contain the chapter number. If set to
151\c{false}, this overrides \cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-numeric\}}.
152
339cbe09 153\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 154
155\dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
156number, before displaying the chapter title. For example, if you set
b7747050 157this to \cq{:\_}, then the chapter title might look something
16ea3abe 158like \q{Chapter 2: Doing Things}.
159
339cbe09 160\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-align\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 161
162\dd Specifies the alignment of section headings at a particular
163level. The \e{level} parameter specifies which level of section
164headings you want to affect: 0 means first-level headings (\c{\\H}),
1651 means second-level headings (\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below
166that (\c{\\S2}), and so on. The \e{alignment} parameter is treated
167just like the other alignment directives listed above.
168
bdc961c7 169\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-underline\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 170
171\dd Specifies how to underline section headings at a particular level.
172
339cbe09 173\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 174
175\dd Specifies whether section headings at a particular level should
176contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
177be numeric only (if \c{true}).
178
6e674706 179\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-shownumber\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-shownumber\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
180
181\dd If this is set to \c{false}, then section headings at the
182specified level will \e{only} contain the section title: they will
183not contain the word \q{Section} (or whatever other word you have
184defined in its place), and neither will they contain the section
185number. If set to \c{false}, this overrides
186\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}}.
187
339cbe09 188\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 189
339cbe09 190\dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
191be appended to section numbers at a particular level, before
192displaying the section title.
16ea3abe 193
db662ca1 194\S{output-text-characters} Configuring the characters used
195
6b4dfd74 196\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
197
198\dd This tells Halibut what \i{character set} the output should be
199in. Any Unicode characters representable in this set will be output
200verbatim; any other characters will not be output and their
201\i{fallback text} (if any) will be used instead.
202
203\lcont{
204
205The character set names are the same as for
206\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}} (see \k{input-config}). However, unlike
207\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}}, this directive affects the \e{entire}
208output; it's not possible to switch encodings halfway through.
209
210}
211
db662ca1 212\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
213
214\dd This specifies the text which should be used as the \i{bullet}
215in bulletted lists. It can be one character
216(\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{-\}}), or more than one
217(\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{(*)\}}).
218
219\lcont{
220
6069815a 221Like \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} (see \k{input-config}), you can specify multiple
222possible options after this command, and Halibut will choose the first one
223which the output character set supports. For example, you might write
db662ca1 224\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{\\u2022\}\{\\u00b7\}\{*\}}, in which case
225Halibut would use the Unicode \q{BULLET} character where possible,
226fall back to the ISO-8859-1 \q{MIDDLE DOT} if that wasn't available,
227and resort to the ASCII asterisk if all else failed.
228
229}
230
231\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
232
233\dd This specifies the text which should be used for drawing
234\i{horizontal rules} (generated by \i\c{\\rule}; see
235\k{input-rule}). It can be one character, or more than one. The
236string you specify will be repeated to reach the required width, so
b7747050 237you can specify something like \cq{-=} to get a rule that looks
db662ca1 238like \cw{-=-=-=}.
239
240\lcont{
241
242Like \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}}, you can specify multiple fallback
243options in this command.
244
245}
246
247\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{\}}]
248
6069815a 249\dd This specifies a set of quote characters for the text backend,
250overriding any defined by \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}}. It has the same syntax
251(see \k{input-config}).
db662ca1 252
253\lcont{
254
6069815a 255In this backend, these quotes will also be used to mark text enclosed
256in the \c{\\c} command (see \k{input-code}).
db662ca1 257
258}
259
260\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{\}}]
261
5b1d0032 262\dd This specifies the characters which should be used to surround
db662ca1 263emphasised text (written using the \c{\\e} command; see
264\k{input-emph}).
265
266\lcont{
267
268You should separately specify the start-emphasis and end-emphasis
269text, each of which can be more than one character if you want.
270Also, like \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}, you can specify multiple pairs
271of fallback options in this command, and Halibut will always use a
272matching pair.
273
274}
275
16ea3abe 276\S{output-text-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
277
db662ca1 278\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
279
280\dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item
281(see \k{input-list-number}). So if you want to label your lists as
282\q{1)}, \q{2)} and so on, then you would write
283\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}\{)\}}.
284
339cbe09 285\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 286
339cbe09 287\dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined
288using the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be
289included at the bottom of the text file. If it is set to \c{false},
290they will be omitted completely.
16ea3abe 291
16ea3abe 292\# FIXME: code indentation is configurable, therefore \quote
293\# indentation probably ought to be as well.
294
295\# FIXME: text-indent-* should be consistently named.
296
297\S{output-text-defaults} Default settings
298
339cbe09 299The \i{default settings} for Halibut's plain text output format are:
16ea3abe 300
0a6347b4 301\c \cfg{text-filename}{output.txt}
302\c
16ea3abe 303\c \cfg{text-width}{68}
304\c \cfg{text-indent}{7}
305\c \cfg{text-indent-code}{2}
306\c \cfg{text-list-indent}{1}
307\c \cfg{text-listitem-indent}{3}
308\c \cfg{text-indent-preamble}{false}
309\c
310\c \cfg{text-title-align}{centre}
db662ca1 311\c \cfg{text-title-underline}{\u2550}{=}
16ea3abe 312\c
313\c \cfg{text-chapter-align}{left}
db662ca1 314\c \cfg{text-chapter-underline}{\u203e}{-}
16ea3abe 315\c \cfg{text-chapter-numeric}{false}
6e674706 316\c \cfg{text-chapter-shownumber}{true}
16ea3abe 317\c \cfg{text-chapter-suffix}{: }
318\c
319\c \cfg{text-section-align}{0}{leftplus}
320\c \cfg{text-section-underline}{0}{}
321\c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{0}{true}
6e674706 322\c \cfg{text-section-shownumber}{0}{true}
16ea3abe 323\c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{0}{ }
324\c
325\c \cfg{text-section-align}{1}{leftplus}
326\c \cfg{text-section-underline}{1}{}
327\c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{1}{true}
6e674706 328\c \cfg{text-section-shownumber}{1}{true}
16ea3abe 329\c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{1}{ }
330\c
331\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
332\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
db662ca1 333\c
6b4dfd74 334\c \cfg{text-charset}{ASCII}
db662ca1 335\c \cfg{text-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
336\c \cfg{text-rule}{\u2500}{-}
337\c \cfg{text-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
338\c \cfg{text-emphasis}{_}{_}
339\c
340\c \cfg{text-list-suffix}{.}
341\c \cfg{text-versionid}{true}
16ea3abe 342
343\H{output-html} HTML
344
339cbe09 345This output format generates an \i{HTML} version of the document. By
16ea3abe 346default, this will be in multiple files, starting with
347\c{Contents.html} and splitting the document into files by chapter
348and/or subsection. You can configure precisely how the text is split
349between HTML files using the configuration commands described in
350this section. In particular, you can configure Halibut to output one
0a6347b4 351single HTML file instead of multiple ones.
16ea3abe 352
cb0b173d 353\I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-anything\}}}Configuration directives with an
354\c{xhtml-} prefix are synonyms for those with an \c{html-} prefix.
16ea3abe 355
0a6347b4 356\S{output-html-file} Controlling the output file names
357
cb0b173d 358\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
0a6347b4 359
360\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the top-level
361contents page. Since this is the first page a user ought to see when
362beginning to read the document, a good choice in many cases might be
fc8e7adb 363\c{index.html} (although this is not the default, for historical
0a6347b4 364reasons).
365
cb0b173d 366\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
0a6347b4 367
368\dd Sets the file name in which to store the document's index.
369
cb0b173d 370\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-filename\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}
0a6347b4 371
372\dd Provides a \i{template} to be used when constructing the file
373names of each chapter or section of the document. This template
374should contain at least one \i\e{formatting command}, in the form of
375a per cent sign followed by a letter. (If you need a literal per
376cent sign, you can write \c{%%}.)
377
378\lcont{
379
380The formatting commands used in this template are:
381
da090173 382\dt \I{%N-upper}\c{%N}
0a6347b4 383
384\dd Expands to the visible title of the section, with white space
b7747050 385removed. So in a chapter declared as \cq{\\C\{fish\} Catching
386Fish}, this formatting command would expand to
387\cq{CatchingFish}.
0a6347b4 388
389\dt \i\c{%n}
390
391\dd Expands to the type and number of the section, without white
b7747050 392space. So in chapter 1 this would expand to \cq{Chapter1}; in
393section A.4.3 it would expand to \cq{SectionA.4.3}, and so on.
0a6347b4 394If the section has no number (an unnumbered chapter created using
395\c{\\U}), this directive falls back to doing the same thing as
396\c{%N}.
397
398\dt \i\c{%b}
399
cb0b173d 400\dd Expands to the number of the section, in a format suitable for an
401HTML fragment name. The first character of the section type is
402prepended to the section number. So in chapter 1 this would expand to
403\cq{C1}; in section A.4.3 it would expand to \cq{SA.4.3}, and so on.
404If the section has no number (an unnumbered chapter created using
405\c{\\U}), this directive falls back to doing the same thing as \c{%N}.
0a6347b4 406
407\dt \i\c{%k}
408
409\dd Expands to the internal keyword specified in the section title.
b7747050 410So in a chapter declared as \cq{\\C\{fish\} Catching Fish}, this
411formatting command would expand to \cq{fish}. If the section has
0a6347b4 412no keyword (an unnumbered chapter created using \c{\\U}), this
413directive falls back to doing the same thing as \c{%N}.
414
415These formatting directives can also be used in the
cb0b173d 416\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}} configuration directive (see
0a6347b4 417\k{output-html-misc}).
418
419}
420
cb0b173d 421\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-single-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-single-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
0a6347b4 422
423\dd Sets the file name in which to store the entire document, if
cb0b173d 424Halibut is configured (using \c{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{0\}} to
0a6347b4 425produce a single self-contained file. Both this directive \e{and}
cb0b173d 426\c{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{0\}} are implicitly generated if you
0a6347b4 427provide a file name parameter after the command-line option
428\i\c{--html} (see \k{running-options}).
429
16ea3abe 430\S{output-html-split} Controlling the splitting into HTML files
431
432By default, the HTML output from Halibut is split into multiple
433files. Each file typically contains a single chapter or section and
434everything below it, unless subsections of that chapter are
435themselves split off into further files.
436
437Most files also contain a contents section, giving hyperlinks to the
438sections in the file and/or the sections below it.
439
440The configuration directives listed below allow you to configure the
441splitting into files, and the details of the contents sections.
442
cb0b173d 443\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 444
445\dd This setting indicates the depth of section which should be
339cbe09 446given a \I{leaf file}\q{leaf} file (a file with no sub-files). So if
447you set it to 1, for example, then every chapter will be given its
448own HTML file, plus a top-level \i{contents file}. If you set this
449to 2, then each chapter \e{and} each \c{\\H} section will have a
450file, and the chapter files will mostly just contain links to their
451\i{sub-file}s.
16ea3abe 452
453\lcont{
454
455If you set this option to zero, then the whole document will appear
456in a single file. If you do this, Halibut will call that file
cb0b173d 457\i\c{Manual.html} instead of \i\c{Contents.html} by default.
16ea3abe 458
0a6347b4 459This option is automatically set to zero if you provide a file name
460parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--html} (see
461\k{running-options}), because you have specified a single file name
462and so Halibut assumes you want the whole document to be placed in
463that file.
464
f2ef00b5 465You can also specify the special name \c{infinity} (or \c{infinite}
466or \c{inf}) if you want to ensure that \e{every} section and
467subsection ends up in a separate file no matter how deep you go.
468
16ea3abe 469}
470
cb0b173d 471\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 472
339cbe09 473\dd This directive allows you to specify how \I{depth of
cb0b173d 474contents}deep any contents section in a particular level of file
475should go.
16ea3abe 476
477\lcont{
478
479The \e{level} parameter indicates which level of contents section
480you are dealing with. 0 denotes the main contents section in the
481topmost file \c{Contents.html}; 1 denotes a contents section in a
482chapter file; 2 is a contents section in a file containing a \c{\\H}
cb0b173d 483heading, and so on.
16ea3abe 484
485The \e{depth} parameter indicates the maximum depth of heading which
486will be shown in this contents section. Again, 1 denotes a chapter,
4872 is a \c{\\H} heading, 3 is a \c{\\S} heading, and so on.
488
cb0b173d 489So, for example: \cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth\}\{1\}\{3\}} instructs
16ea3abe 490Halibut to put contents links in chapter files for all sections down
491to \c{\\S} level, but not to go into any more detail than that.
492
cb0b173d 493For backwards compatibility, the alternative syntax
494\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth-}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
495is also supported.
16ea3abe 496
cb0b173d 497}
16ea3abe 498
cb0b173d 499\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-contains-contents\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-contains-contents\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 500
501\dd If you set this to \c{true}, then each leaf file will contain
502its own contents section which summarises the text within it.
503
cb0b173d 504\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-smallest-contents\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-smallest-contents\}\{}\e{number}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 505
506\dd Contents sections in leaf files are not output at all if they
507contain very few entries (on the assumption that it just isn't worth
508bothering). This directive configures the minimum number of entries
509required in a leaf contents section to make Halibut bother
510generating it at all.
511
512\S{output-html-html} Including pieces of your own HTML
513
514The directives in this section allow you to supply pieces of
339cbe09 515\I{HTML}\i{verbatim HTML} code, which will be included in various
516parts of the output files.
16ea3abe 517
cb0b173d 518Note that none of Halibut's usual character set translation is applied
519to this code; it is assumed to already be in a suitable encoding for
520the target HTML files.
521
522\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-head-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-head-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 523
524\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
339cbe09 525the \i\cw{<HEAD>} section of each output HTML file. So this is a
526good place to put, for example, a link to a \i{CSS} \i{stylesheet}.
16ea3abe 527
cb0b173d 528\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-local-head\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-local-head\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
9acfce4f 529
530\dd This configuration directive is local: you specify it within a
531document section, and it acts on that section only.
532
533\lcont{
534
535The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of the
536\i\cw{<HEAD>} section of whichever output HTML file contains the
537section in which the directive was placed. You can specify this
538directive multiple times in multiple sections if you like.
539
540This directive is particularly useful for constructing \i{MacOS
541on-line help}, which is mostly normal HTML but which requires a
542special \i\cw{<META NAME="AppleTitle">} tag in the topmost source
543file. You can arrange this by placing this configuration directive
544in the preamble or the introduction section, something like this:
545
546\c \cfg{html-local-head}{<meta name="AppleTitle"
547\c content="MyApp Help">}
548
549}
550
cb0b173d 551\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-tag\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-tag\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 552
553\dd The text you provide in this directive is used in place of the
339cbe09 554\i\cw{<BODY>} tag in each output file. So if you wanted to define a
555\i{background colour}, for example, you could write
cb0b173d 556\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-tag\}\{<body bg="#123456">\}}.
16ea3abe 557
cb0b173d 558\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-start\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-start\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 559
560\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the
339cbe09 561beginning of the \i\cw{<BODY>} section of each output HTML file. So
562if you intend your HTML files to be part of a web site with a
563standard \i{house style}, and the style needs a \i{header} at the
564top of every page, this is where you can add that header.
16ea3abe 565
cb0b173d 566\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 567
339cbe09 568\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
cb0b173d 569the \i\cw{<BODY>} section of each output HTML file, before any address
570section. So if you intend your HTML files to be part of a web site
571with a standard \i{house style}, and the style needs a \i{footer} at
572the bottom of every page, this is where you can add that footer.
16ea3abe 573
cb0b173d 574\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-start\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-start\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 575
576\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the
339cbe09 577beginning of the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each
578output HTML file. This might be a good place to put authors'
579\i{contact details}, for example.
16ea3abe 580
cb0b173d 581\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 582
339cbe09 583\dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
584the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each output HTML file,
585after the version IDs (if present).
16ea3abe 586
cb0b173d 587\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-navigation-attributes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-navigation-attributes\}\{}\e{HTML attributes}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 588
589\dd The text you provide in this directive is included inside the
339cbe09 590\cw{<P>} tag containing the \i{navigation links} at the top of each
591page (\i{\q{Previous}} / \i{\q{Contents}} / \i{\q{Next}}). So if you
592wanted the navigation links to have a particular CSS style, you
593could write
cb0b173d 594\cw{\\cfg\{html-navigation-attributes\}\{class="foo"\}}, and the
16ea3abe 595navigation-links paragraph would then begin with the tag \cw{<p
596class="foo">}.
597
339cbe09 598\S{output-html-headings} \ii{Configuring heading display}
16ea3abe 599
cb0b173d 600\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-numeric\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 601
602\dd If this is set to \c{true}, then chapter headings will not
603contain the word \q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have
604defined in its place - see \k{input-sections} and \k{input-config});
605they will just contain the chapter \e{number}, followed by the
606chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
607be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
608
6e674706 609\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-shownumber\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-shownumber\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
610
611\dd If this is set to \c{false}, then chapter headings will \e{only}
612contain the chapter title: they will not contain the word
613\q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have defined in its place),
614and neither will they contain the chapter number. If set to
615\c{false}, this overrides \cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-numeric\}}.
616
cb0b173d 617\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 618
619\dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
620number, before displaying the chapter title. For example, if you set
b7747050 621this to \cq{:\_}, then the chapter title might look something
16ea3abe 622like \q{Chapter 2: Doing Things}.
623
cb0b173d 624\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-numeric\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
625
626\# {level} can be omitted (defaults to 0). Is this intentional?
16ea3abe 627
628\dd Specifies whether section headings at a particular level should
629contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
630be numeric only (if \c{true}). The \e{level} parameter specifies
631which level of section headings you want to affect: 0 means
632first-level headings (\c{\\H}), 1 means second-level headings
633(\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below that (\c{\\S2}), and so on.
634
6e674706 635\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-shownumber\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-shownumber\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
636
637\dd If this is set to \c{false}, then section headings at the
638specified level will \e{only} contain the section title: they will
639not contain the word \q{Section} (or whatever other word you have
640defined in its place), and neither will they contain the section
641number. If set to \c{false}, this overrides
642\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-numeric\}}.
643
cb0b173d 644\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
645
646\# {level} can be omitted (defaults to 0). Is this intentional?
16ea3abe 647
648\dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to section numbers at a
649particular level, before displaying the section title.
650
cb0b173d 651\S{output-html-names} Configuring standard text
652
653These directives let you fine-tune the names Halibut uses in places
654such as the navigation bar to refer to various parts of the document,
655and other standard pieces of text, for instance to change them to a
656different language.
657
658\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-preamble-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-preamble-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
659
660\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
661
662\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
663
664\dd Text used to refer to the preamble (i.e., any paragraphs before
665the first chapter heading), contents, and index respectively, in the
666navigation bar, contents, and index.
667
f6220253 668\lcont{
669
670(\c{html-contents-text} and \c{html-index-text} override the
671cross-format configuration keywords \c{contents} and \c{index} (see
672\k{input-config}, if both appear. They are legacy keywords preserved
673for backwards compatibility; you should generally use \c{contents}
674and \c{index}.)
675
676}
677
cb0b173d 678\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-title-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-title-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
679
680\dd If multiple headings are used in a file's \cw{<TITLE>} tag, this
681text is used to separate them.
682
683\# Under what circumstances can this occur?
684
685\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-main-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-main-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
686
687\dd Separator between index term and references in the index.
688
689\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-multiple-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-multiple-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
690
691\dd Separator between multiple references for a single index term in
692the index.
693
694\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-pre-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-pre-versionid\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
695
696\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-post-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-post-versionid\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
697
698\dd Text surrounding each output \i{version ID paragraph}.
699
700\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-prev-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-prev-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
701
702\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-next-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-next-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
703
2dcd218d 704\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-up-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-up-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
705
706\dd The text used for the \q{previous page}, \q{next page}, and \q{up}
707links on the navigation bar.
cb0b173d 708
709\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
710
711\dd Separator between links in the navigation bar.
712
713\S{output-html-characters} Configuring the characters used
714
715Unlike the other backends, HTML does not have a single
716\i\cw{\\cfg\{html-charset\}} directive, as there are several levels of
717character encoding to consider.
718
719The character set names are the same as for
720\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}} (see \k{input-config}). However, unlike
721\cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}}, these directives affect the \e{entire}
722output; it's not possible to switch encodings halfway through.
723
724\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-output-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-output-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
725
726\dd The character encoding of the HTML file to be output. Unicode
727characters in this encoding's repertoire are included literally rather
728than as \i{HTML entities}.
729
730\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-restrict-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-restrict-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
731
732\dd Only Unicode characters representable in this character set will be
733output; any others will be omitted and use their fallback text, if
734any. Characters not in \q{html-output-charset} will be represented as
735HTML numeric entities.
736
737\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{\}}]
738
739\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
740\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
741fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
742directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
743
16ea3abe 744\S{output-html-misc} Miscellaneous options
745
cb0b173d 746\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-version\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-version\}\{}\e{version}\cw{\}}
747
748\dd Identifies the precise version of HTML that is output. This
749affects the declaration within the HTML, and also has minor effects on
beedb0b3 750the body of the HTML so that it is valid for the declared version. The
cb0b173d 751available variants are:
752
753\lcont{
754
beedb0b3 755\dt \cw{html3.2}
cb0b173d 756
beedb0b3 757\dd W3C HTML 3.2
cb0b173d 758
beedb0b3 759\dt \cw{html4}
cb0b173d 760
beedb0b3 761\dd W3C HTML 4.01 Strict
cb0b173d 762
beedb0b3 763\dt \cw{iso-html}
764
765\dd ISO/IEC 15445:2000
766
767\dt \cw{xhtml1.0transitional}
768
769\dd W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional
770
771\dt \cw{xhtml1.0strict}
772
773\dd W3C XHTML 1.0 Strict
cb0b173d 774
775}
776
12f0ee84 777\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{template}\cw{\}\{}...\cw{\}}]
0a6347b4 778
779\dd This directive lets you specify a \i{template}, with exactly the
cb0b173d 780same syntax used in \cw{\\cfg\{html-template-filename\}} (see
01de151c 781\k{output-html-file}), to be used for the anchor names (\i\cw{<A
782NAME="...">}) used to allow URLs to refer to specific sections
b7747050 783within a particular HTML file. So if you set this to \cq{%k},
fc8e7adb 784for example, then each individual section in your document will be
0a6347b4 785addressable by means of a URL ending in a \c{#} followed by your
786internal section keyword.
787
cb0b173d 788\lcont{
789
12f0ee84 790If more than one template is specified, anchors are generated in all
791the specified formats; Halibut's own cross-references are generated
792with the first template.
793
794Characters that are not permitted in anchor names are stripped. If
795there are no valid characters left, or a fragment is non-unique,
796Halibut starts inventing fragment names and suffixes as appropriate.
797
798Note that there are potentially fragment names that are not controlled
799by this mechanism, such as index references.
cb0b173d 800
801}
802
803\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 804
339cbe09 805\dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined using
806the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be included
807visibly in the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each HTML
cb0b173d 808file. If it is set to \c{false}, they will only be included as HTML
809comments.
16ea3abe 810
1aed5cf5 811\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-rellinks\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-rellinks\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
812
813\dd If this is set to \c{true}, machine-readable relational links will
814be emitted in each HTML file (\I{\cw{<LINK>} tags}\cw{<LINK
4f72227a 815REL="next">} and so on within the \i\cw{<HEAD>} section)
1aed5cf5 816providing links to related files. The same set of links are provided
817as in the navigation bar (with which this should not be confused).
818
819\lcont{
820
821Some browsers make use of this semantic information, for instance to
822allow easy navigation through related pages, and to prefetch the next
2e032f92 823page. (Search engines can also make use of it.) However, many browsers
824ignore this markup, so it would be unwise to rely on it for
825navigation.
1aed5cf5 826
827The use and rendering of this information is entirely up to the
828browser; none of the other Halibut options for the navigation bar will
829have any effect.
830
831}
832
f2ef00b5 833\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
834
1aed5cf5 835\dd If this is set to \c{true}, the usual \i{navigation links} within
836the \e{body} of each HTML file (near the top of the rendered page) will
837be suppressed.
f2ef00b5 838
cb0b173d 839\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 840
339cbe09 841\dd If this is set to \c{true}, the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the
16ea3abe 842bottom of each HTML file will be omitted completely. (This will
cb0b173d 843therefore also cause \i{version IDs} not to be included visibly.)
16ea3abe 844
cb0b173d 845\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-author\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-author\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 846
339cbe09 847\dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
848name="author">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers which
849support this can automatically identify the \i{author} of the document.
16ea3abe 850
cb0b173d 851\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-description\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-description\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 852
339cbe09 853\dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
854name="description">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers
855which support this can easily pick out a brief \I{description, of
856document}description of the document.
16ea3abe 857
f2ef00b5 858\S{output-html-mshtmlhelp} Generating MS Windows \i{HTML Help}
859
860The HTML files output from Halibut's HTML back end can be used as
861input to the MS Windows HTML Help compiler. In order to do this, you
862also need some auxiliary files: a project file, and (probably) a
863contents file and an index file. Halibut can optionally generate
864those as well.
865
866To enable the generation of MS HTML Help auxiliary files, use the
867following configuration directives:
868
869\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-project\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-project\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
870
871\dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help project file with the
872specified name. You will almost certainly want the filename to end
873in the extension \c{.hhp} (although Halibut will not enforce this).
874If you use this option, you must also use the
875\cw{html-mshtmlhelp-chm} option to specify the desired name of the
876compiled help file.
877
878\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-chm\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-chm\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
879
880\dd Specifies the desired name of the compiled HTML Help file. You
881will almost certainly want this to have the extension \c{.chm}
882(although Halibut will not enforce this). The name you specify here
883will be written into the help project file. If you specify this
884option, you must also use the \cw{html-mshtmlhelp-project} option to
885request a help project file in the first place.
886
887\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-contents\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-contents\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
888
889\dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help contents file with the
890specified name, and refer to it in the help project file. You will
891almost certainly want the filename to end in the extension \c{.hhc}
892(although Halibut will not enforce this). This option will be
893ignored if you have not also specified a help project file.
894
895\lcont{
896
897Creating a contents file like this causes the HTML Help viewer to
898display a contents tree in the pane to the left of the main text
899window. You can choose to generate an HTML Help project without this
900feature, in which case the user will still be able to navigate
901around the document by using the ordinary internal links in the HTML
902files themselves just as if it were a web page. However, using a
903contents file is recommended.
904
905}
906
907\dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-index\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-index\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
908
909\dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help index file with the
910specified name, and refer to it in the help project file. You will
911almost certainly want the filename to end in the extension \c{.hhk}
912(although Halibut will not enforce this). This option will be
913ignored if you have not also specified a help project file.
914
915\lcont{
916
917Specifying this option suppresses the generation of an HTML-based
918index file (see \cw{\\cfg\{html-index-filename\}} in
919\k{output-html-file}).
920
921Creating an index file like this causes the HTML Help viewer to
922provide a list of index terms in a pane to the left of the main text
923window. You can choose to generate an HTML Help project without this
924feature, in which case a conventional HTML index will be generated
925instead (assuming you have any index terms at all defined) and the
926user will still be able to use that. However, using an index file is
927recommended.
928
929Halibut will not output an index file at all, or link to one from
930the help project file, if your document contains no index entries.
931
932}
933
934If you use the above options, Halibut will output a help project
935file which you should be able to feed straight to the command-line
936MS HTML Help compiler (\cw{HHC.EXE}), or load into the MS HTML Help
937Workshop (\cw{HHW.EXE}).
938
939You may also wish to alter other HTML configuration options to make
940the resulting help file look more like a help file and less like a
941web page. A suggested set of additional configuration options for
942HTML Help is as follows:
943
944\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{infinite\}}, because HTML Help
945works best with lots of small files (\q{topics}) rather than a few
946large ones. In particular, the contents and index mechanisms can
947only reference files, not subsections within files.
948
949\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-contains-contents\}\{false\}}, to suppress
950the contents list above the main text of each bottom-level file.
951
952\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}\{true\}}, because HTML Help
953has its own navigation facilities and it looks a bit strange to
954duplicate them.
955
956\b \cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}\{true\}}, because the
01de151c 957\cw{<ADDRESS>} section makes less sense in a help file than it does
f2ef00b5 958on a web page.
959
16ea3abe 960\S{output-html-defaults} Default settings
961
339cbe09 962The \i{default settings} for Halibut's HTML output format are:
16ea3abe 963
cb0b173d 964\c \cfg{html-contents-filename}{Contents.html}
965\c \cfg{html-index-filename}{IndexPage.html}
966\c \cfg{html-template-filename}{%n.html}
967\c \cfg{html-single-filename}{Manual.html}
16ea3abe 968\c
cb0b173d 969\c \cfg{html-leaf-level}{2}
970\c \cfg{html-leaf-contains-contents}{false}
971\c \cfg{html-leaf-smallest-contents}{4}
972\c \cfg{html-contents-depth}{0}{2}
973\c \cfg{html-contents-depth}{1}{3}
974\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
975\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
16ea3abe 976\c
cb0b173d 977\c \cfg{html-head-end}{}
978\c \cfg{html-body-tag}{<body>}
979\c \cfg{html-body-start}{}
980\c \cfg{html-body-end}{}
981\c \cfg{html-address-start}{}
982\c \cfg{html-address-end}{}
983\c \cfg{html-navigation-attributes}{}
16ea3abe 984\c
cb0b173d 985\c \cfg{html-chapter-numeric}{false}
6e674706 986\c \cfg{html-chapter-shownumber}{true}
cb0b173d 987\c \cfg{html-chapter-suffix}{: }
16ea3abe 988\c
cb0b173d 989\c \cfg{html-section-numeric}{0}{true}
6e674706 990\c \cfg{html-section-shownumber}{0}{true}
cb0b173d 991\c \cfg{html-section-suffix}{0}{ }
16ea3abe 992\c
cb0b173d 993\c \cfg{html-section-numeric}{1}{true}
6e674706 994\c \cfg{html-section-shownumber}{1}{true}
cb0b173d 995\c \cfg{html-section-suffix}{1}{ }
16ea3abe 996\c
997\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
998\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
cb0b173d 999\c
1000\c \cfg{html-preamble-text}{Preamble}
1001\c \cfg{html-contents-text}{Contents}
1002\c \cfg{html-index-text}{Index}
1003\c \cfg{html-title-separator}{ - }
1004\c \cfg{html-index-main-separator}{: }
1005\c \cfg{html-index-multiple-separator}{, }
1006\c \cfg{html-pre-versionid}{[}
1007\c \cfg{html-post-versionid}{]}
1008\c \cfg{html-nav-prev-text}{Previous}
1009\c \cfg{html-nav-next-text}{Next}
2dcd218d 1010\c \cfg{html-nav-up-text}{Up}
cb0b173d 1011\c \cfg{html-nav-separator}{ | }
1012\c
1013\c \cfg{html-output-charset}{ASCII}
1014\c \cfg{html-restrict-charset}{UTF-8}
1015\c \cfg{html-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
1016\c
1017\c \cfg{html-version}{html4}
1018\c \cfg{html-template-fragment}{%b}
1019\c \cfg{html-versionid}{true}
2e032f92 1020\c \cfg{html-rellinks}{true}
1aed5cf5 1021\c \cfg{html-suppress-navlinks{false}
cb0b173d 1022\c \cfg{html-suppress-address}{false}
1023\c \cfg{html-author}{}
1024\c \cfg{html-description}{}
16ea3abe 1025
1026\H{output-whlp} Windows Help
1027
339cbe09 1028This output format generates data that can be used by the \i{Windows
f2ef00b5 1029Help} program \cw{WINHLP32.EXE}. There are two actual files
0a6347b4 1030generated, one ending in \c{.hlp} and the other ending in \c{.cnt}.
1031
f2ef00b5 1032Note that as of 2006, MS is discontinuing the Windows Help format in
1033favour of the newer HTML Help format (\c{.chm} files). Halibut is
1034not currently able to generate \c{.chm} files directly, but its HTML
1035back end can write out project files suitable for use as input to
1036the MS HTML Help compiler. See \k{output-html-mshtmlhelp} for more
1037information on this.
1038
1039Currently, the Windows Help output is hardcoded to be in the
1040\q{\i{Win1252}} character set. (If anyone knows how character sets
1041are encoded in Windows Help files, we'd appreciate help.)
6069815a 1042
0a6347b4 1043The Windows Help output format supports the following configuration
1044directives:
1045
6b4dfd74 1046\S{output-whlp-file} Output file name
1047
0a6347b4 1048\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1049
6868799e 1050\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the help file.
0a6347b4 1051This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1052parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--winhelp} (see
1053\k{running-options}).
1054
1055\lcont{
1056
1057Your output file name should end with \c{.hlp}; if it doesn't,
1058Halibut will append it. Halibut will also generate a contents file
1059(ending in \c{.cnt}) alongside the file name you specify.
1060
1061}
16ea3abe 1062
6b4dfd74 1063\S{output-whlp-characters} Configuring the characters used
1064
1065\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1066
1067\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1068You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1069\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1070\k{output-text-characters}).
1071
1072\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{\}}]
1073
1074\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1075\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1076fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1077directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1078
1079\S{output-whlp-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
1080
6069815a 1081\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}\{}\e{title}\cw{\}}
1082
1083\dd Sets the text used to describe the help page containing the blurb
1084(see \k{input-blurb}) and table of contents.
1085
1086\dt
1087\I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1088
1089\dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
1090be appended to section numbers, before displaying the section title.
1091(Applies to all levels.)
1092
1093\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1094
1095\dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item,
1096in exactly the same way as \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} (see
6069815a 1097\k{output-text-characters}).
1098
339cbe09 1099\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}\{}\e{topic-name}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1100
339cbe09 1101\dd This directive defines a Windows \i{Help topic} name in the current
16ea3abe 1102section. Topic names can be used by the program invoking
1103\cw{WINHELP.EXE} to jump straight to a particular section. So you
339cbe09 1104can use this for \i{context-sensitive help}.
16ea3abe 1105
1106\lcont{
1107
1108For example, if you used this directive in a particular section:
1109
1110\c \cfg{winhelp-topic}{savingfiles}
1111
1112then a Windows application could invoke Windows Help to jump to that
1113particular section in the help file like this:
1114
1115\c WinHelp(hwnd, "mydoc.hlp", HELP_COMMAND,
1116\c (DWORD)"JI(`',`savingfiles')");
1117
1118You can use this configuration directive many times, in many
1119different subsections of your document, in order to define a lot of
1120different help contexts which you can use in this way.
1121
1122}
1123
6b4dfd74 1124\S{output-whlp-defaults} Default settings
1125
0a6347b4 1126The \i{default settings} for the Windows Help output format are:
1127
1128\c \cfg{winhelp-filename}{output.hlp}
6b4dfd74 1129\c
1130\c \cfg{winhelp-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1131\c \cfg{winhelp-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
1132\c
6069815a 1133\c \cfg{winhelp-contents-titlepage}{Title page}
1134\c \cfg{winhelp-section-suffix}{: }
1135\c \cfg{winhelp-list-suffix}{.}
0a6347b4 1136
1137and no \c{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}} directives anywhere.
1138
16ea3abe 1139\H{output-man} Unix \cw{man} pages
1140
339cbe09 1141This output format generates a Unix \i{\cw{man} page}. That is to say,
1142it generates \i\c{nroff} input designed to work with the \c{-mandoc}
16ea3abe 1143macro package.
1144
1145The available configuration options for this format are as follows:
1146
6b4dfd74 1147\S{output-man-file} Output file name
1148
0a6347b4 1149\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1150
1151\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
1152This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1153parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--man} (see
1154\k{running-options}).
1155
6b4dfd74 1156\S{output-man-identity} Configuring headers and footers
1157
339cbe09 1158\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}\{}\e{text...}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1159
339cbe09 1160\dd This directive is used to generate the initial \i{\c{.TH}
1161directive} that appears at the top of a \cw{man} page. It expects to
1162be followed by some number of brace pairs containing text, which will
1163be used in the \i{headers} and \i{footers} of the formatted output.
16ea3abe 1164
1165\lcont{
1166
1167A traditional order for the arguments appears to be:
1168
1169\n The name of the program.
1170
1171\n The (numeric) manual section.
1172
1173\n The date that the \cw{man} page was written.
1174
1175\n The name of any containing suite of which the program is a part.
1176
339cbe09 1177\n The name of the \i{author} of the \cw{man} page.
16ea3abe 1178
1179For example, a typical \cw{man} page might contain
1180
fc8e7adb 1181\c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
1182\c Bloggs}
16ea3abe 1183
1184}
1185
6b4dfd74 1186\S{output-man-headings} Configuring heading display
1187
339cbe09 1188\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1189
339cbe09 1190\dd If this is set to \c{true}, then \i{section headings} in the
1191\cw{man} page will have their \i{section numbers} displayed as usual. If
16ea3abe 1192set to \c{false}, the section numbers will be omitted. (\cw{man}
1193pages traditionally have section names such as \q{SYNOPSIS},
1194\q{OPTIONS} and \q{BUGS}, and do not typically number them, so
1195\c{false} is the setting which conforms most closely to normal
1196\cw{man} style.)
1197
339cbe09 1198\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
16ea3abe 1199
1200\dd If this is set to a number greater than 0, then section headings
1201\e{higher} than the given depth will not be displayed. If it is set
1202to zero, all section headings will be displayed as normal.
1203
1204\lcont{
1205
1206The point of this is so that you can use the same Halibut input file
1207to generate a quick-reference \cw{man} page for a program, \e{and} to
1208include that \cw{man} page as an appendix in your program's full manual.
1209If you are to include the \cw{man} page as an appendix, then the internal
1210headings within the page will probably need to be at \c{\\H} or
1211\c{\\S} level; therefore, when you format that input file on its own
1212to create the \cw{man} page itself, you will need to have defined a
1213\c{\\C} and possibly a \c{\\H} heading beforehand, which you don't
1214want to see displayed.
1215
1216Here's an example. You might have a file \c{appendix.but}, which
1217simply says
1218
1219\c \A{manpages} \cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite
1220\c
1221\c \cfg{man-mindepth}{2}
1222
1223Then you have a file \c{make-foo.but}, and probably others like it
1224as well, each of which looks something like this:
1225
fc8e7adb 1226\c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
1227\c Bloggs}
16ea3abe 1228\c
1229\c \H{man-foo} \cw{man} page for \c{make-foo}
1230\c
1231\c \S{man-foo-name} NAME
1232\c
1233\c \c{make-foo} - create Foo files for the Foo tool suite
1234\c
1235\c \S{man-foo-synopsis} SYNOPSIS
1236\c
1237\c ... and so on ...
1238\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
1239
1240So when you're generating your main manual, you can include
1241\c{appendix.but} followed by \c{make-foo.but} and any other \cw{man}
1242pages you have, and your \cw{man} pages will be formatted neatly as
1243part of an appendix. Then, in a separate run of Halibut, you can
1244just do
1245
1246\c halibut appendix.but make-foo.but
1247
1248and this will generate a \cw{man} page \c{output.1}, in which the
1249headings \q{\cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite} and \q{\cw{man}
1250page for \c{make-foo}} will not be displayed because of the
1251\c{man-mindepth} directive. So the first visible heading in the
1252output \cw{man} page will be \q{NAME}, exactly as a user would
1253expect.
1254
1255}
1256
6b4dfd74 1257\S{output-man-characters} Configuring the characters used
1258
6069815a 1259\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
1260
1261\dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
6b4dfd74 1262\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-characters}).
6069815a 1263
1264\# FIXME: you're probably on your own in making sure that it's
1265sensible to output man pages in that charset.
1266
1267\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1268
1269\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1270You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1271\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1272
2a2375db 1273\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
1274
1275\dd This specifies the text which should be used for drawing
1276\i{horizontal rules} (generated by \i\c{\\rule}; see
1277\k{input-rule}) when the manual page is rendered into text.
1278It should only be one character long, but otherwise
1279it works like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}} directive
1280(see \k{output-text-characters}).
1281
6069815a 1282\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{\}}]
1283
1284\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1285\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1286fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1287directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1288
6b4dfd74 1289\S{output-man-defaults} Default settings
1290
339cbe09 1291The \i{default settings} for the \cw{man} page output format are:
16ea3abe 1292
0a6347b4 1293\c \cfg{man-filename}{output.1}
6b4dfd74 1294\c
16ea3abe 1295\c \cfg{man-identity}{}
6b4dfd74 1296\c
16ea3abe 1297\c \cfg{man-headnumbers}{false}
1298\c \cfg{man-mindepth}{0}
6b4dfd74 1299\c
6069815a 1300\c \cfg{man-charset}{ASCII}
1301\c \cfg{man-bullet}{\u2022}{o}
2a2375db 1302\c \cfg{man-rule}{\u2500}{-}
6069815a 1303\c \cfg{man-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
43f61c25 1304
97079f67 1305\H{output-info} GNU Info
43f61c25 1306
1307This output format generates files which can be used with the \i{GNU
97079f67 1308Info} program.
43f61c25 1309
1310There are typically multiple output files: a primary file whose name
1311usually ends in \c{.info}, and one or more subsidiary files whose
1312names have numbers on the end, so that they end in \c{.info-1},
1313\c{.info-2} and so on. Alternatively, this output format can be
1314configured to output a single large file containing the whole
1315document.
1316
97079f67 1317The Info output format supports the following configuration
43f61c25 1318directives:
1319
6b4dfd74 1320\S{output-info-file} Controlling the output filenames
1321
43f61c25 1322\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1323
97079f67 1324\dd Sets the output file name in which to store the Info file.
43f61c25 1325This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1326parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--info} (see
1327\k{running-options}).
1328
1329\lcont{
1330
1331The suffixes \c{-1}, \c{-2}, \c{-3} and so on will be appended to
1332your output file name to produce any subsidiary files required.
1333
97079f67 1334Note that Info files refer to their own names internally, so
1335these files cannot be \I{renaming Info files}renamed after
43f61c25 1336creation and remain useful.
1337
1338}
1339
6b4dfd74 1340\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}\{}\e{bytes}\cw{\}}
1341
1342\dd Sets the preferred \i{maximum file size} for each subsidiary
1343file. As a special case, if you set this to zero, there will be no
1344subsidiary files and the whole document will be placed in a single
1345self-contained output file. (However, note that this file can still
1346not be renamed usefully.)
1347
1348\lcont{
1349
1350The preferred maximum file size is only a guideline. Halibut may be
1351forced to exceed it if a single section of the document is larger
97079f67 1352than the maximum size (since individual Info nodes may not be
6b4dfd74 1353split between files).
1354
1355}
1356
1357\S{output-info-dimensions} Indentation and line width
1358
5b1d0032 1359\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
1360
1361\dd Sets the \I{text width}width of the main part of the document,
1362in characters. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}}
1363directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1364
1365\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1366
1367\dd Specifies the extra indentation for \I{code paragraphs,
1368indentation} code paragraphs. Works exactly like the
1369\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}} directive (see
1370\k{output-text-dimensions}).
1371
1372\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
1373
1374\dd Specifies how much horizontal space to leave in the index node
1375for the text of \i{index terms}, before displaying the sections the
1376terms occur in.
1377
1378\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1379
1380\dd Specifies the extra indentation before the bullet or number in a
1381\I{bulletted list, indentation}\I{numbered list, indentation}list
1382item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}
1383directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1384
1385\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1386
1387\dd Specifies the additional indentation before the body of a list
1388item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}
1389directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1390
6b4dfd74 1391\S{output-info-headings} Configuring heading display
6069815a 1392
5b1d0032 1393\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1394
1395\dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to each section number
1396before displaying the section title. For example, if you set this to
b7747050 1397\cq{:\_}, then a typical section title might look something like
5b1d0032 1398\q{Section 3.1: Something Like This}.
1399
e32df3e7 1400\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-title-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-title-underline\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
5b1d0032 1401
e32df3e7 1402\dd Specifies the text to be used to \I{underlining}underline
1403the overall document title. Works
1404very much like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-title-underline\}} directive
5b1d0032 1405(see \k{output-text-headings}). You can specify more than one
1406option, and Halibut will choose the first one supported by the
1407character set.
1408
e32df3e7 1409\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-chapter-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-chapter-underline\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1410
1411\dd Specifies how chapter and appendix headings should be underlined.
1412
1413\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-underline\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1414
1415\dd Specifies how to underline section headings at a particular level.
1416The \e{level} parameter specifies which level of section
1417headings you want to affect: 0 means first-level headings (\c{\\H}),
14181 means second-level headings (\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below
1419that (\c{\\S2}), and so on.
1420
6b4dfd74 1421\S{output-info-characters} Controlling the characters used
1422
1423\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
1424
1425\dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
1426\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1427
1428\# FIXME: if you try sufficiently hard, you can probably find an
1429output encoding that will break the info format by trampling on its
1430special characters. So either don't do that, or tell us what we should
1431do about it.
1432
5b1d0032 1433\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1434
1435\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1436You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1437\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1438\k{output-text-characters}).
1439
1440\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1441
1442\dd Specifies the text used to draw \i{horizontal rules}. You can
1443specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1444\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1445
1446\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{\}}]
1447
6069815a 1448\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1449\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
5b1d0032 1450fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1451directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1452
1453\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{\}}]
1454
1455\dd Specifies how to display emphasised text. You can specify
1456multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1457\cw{\\cfg\{text-emphasis\}} directive (see
1458\k{output-text-characters}).
1459
6b4dfd74 1460\S{output-info-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
1461
5b1d0032 1462\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1463
1464\dd Specifies the text to append to the item numbers in a
1465\i{numbered list}. Works exactly like the
1466\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} directive (see
1467\k{output-text-misc}).
1468
43f61c25 1469\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}\{}\e{section}\cw{\}\{}\e{short
1470name}\cw{\}\{}\e{long name}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{keyword}\cw{\}}]
1471
1472\dd Constructs an \i\cw{INFO-DIR-ENTRY} section and places it in the
1473header of the Info file. This mechanism is used to automatically
1474generate the \i{\c{dir} file} at the root of a Unix system's
97079f67 1475Info collection.
43f61c25 1476
1477\lcont{
1478
1479The parameters to this directive are:
1480
1481\dt \e{section}
1482
1483\dd Specifies the section of the \c{dir} file in which you want your
1484document referenced. For example, \q{Development}, or \q{Games}, or
1485\q{Miscellaneous}.
1486
1487\dt \e{short name}
1488
1489\dd Specifies a short name for the directory entry, which will
1490appear at the start of the menu line.
1491
1492\dt \e{long name}
1493
1494\dd Specifies a long name for the directory entry, which will appear
1495at the end of the menu line.
1496
1497\dt \e{keyword}
1498
1499\dd This parameter is optional. If it is present, then the directory
1500entry will cause a jump to a particular subsection of your document,
1501rather than starting at the top. The subsection will be the one
1502referred to by the given keyword (see \k{input-sections} for details
1503about assigning keywords to document sections).
1504
1505For example, in a document describing many game programs, the
1506configuration directive
1507
fc8e7adb 1508\c \cfg{info-dir-entry}{Games}{Chess}{Electronic chess
1509\c game}{chess}
43f61c25 1510
1511might produce text in the \c{dir} file looking something like this:
1512
1513\c Games
1514\c * Chess: (mygames)Chapter 3. Electronic chess game
1515
1516if the output file were called \c{mygames.info} and the keyword
1517\c{chess} had been used to define Chapter 3 of the document.
1518
1519}
0287083a 1520
6b4dfd74 1521\S{output-info-defaults} Default settings
1522
97079f67 1523The \i{default settings} for the Info output format are:
5b1d0032 1524
1525\c \cfg{info-filename}{output.info}
6b4dfd74 1526\c \cfg{info-max-file-size}{65536}
5b1d0032 1527\c
1528\c \cfg{info-width}{70}
1529\c \cfg{info-indent-code}{2}
1530\c \cfg{info-index-width}{40}
1531\c \cfg{info-list-indent}{1}
1532\c \cfg{info-listitem-indent}{3}
9ec43d08 1533\c
5b1d0032 1534\c \cfg{info-section-suffix}{: }
e32df3e7 1535\c \cfg{info-title-underline}{*}
1536\c \cfg{info-chapter-underline}{=}
1537\c \cfg{info-section-underline}{0}{-}
1538\c \cfg{info-section-underline}{1}{.}
1539\c \cfg{info-section-underline}{2}{.}
1540\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
1541\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
6b4dfd74 1542\c
1543\c \cfg{info-charset}{ASCII}
5b1d0032 1544\c \cfg{info-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1545\c \cfg{info-rule}{\u2500}{-}
1546\c \cfg{info-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
1547\c \cfg{info-emphasis}{_}{_}
1548\c
1549\c \cfg{info-list-suffix}{.}
5b1d0032 1550
1551and no \cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}} directives.
1552
9ec43d08 1553\H{output-paper} Paper formats
1554
4d26571f 1555These output formats (currently PDF and PostScript) generate printable
9ec43d08 1556manuals. As such, they share a number of configuration directives.
1557
9ec43d08 1558\S{output-pdf} \i{PDF}
0287083a 1559
bd7010ae 1560This output format generates a printable manual in PDF format. In
1561addition, it uses some PDF interactive features to
0287083a 1562provide an outline of all the document's sections and clickable
1563cross-references between sections.
1564
9ec43d08 1565There is one configuration option specific to PDF:
0287083a 1566
1567\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1568
1569\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PDF file.
1570This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1571parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--pdf} (see
1572\k{running-options}).
1573
1574The \i{default settings} for the PDF output format are:
1575
1576\c \cfg{pdf-filename}{output.pdf}
9ec43d08 1577
bd7010ae 1578\S{output-ps} \i{PostScript}
1579
1580This output format generates a printable manual in PostScript format.
1581This should look exactly identical to the PDF output (see
1582\k{output-ps}), and uses \i\c{pdfmark} to arrange that if converted
1583to PDF it will contain the same interactive features.
1584
1585There is one configuration option specific to PostScript:
1586
1587\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1588
1589\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PostScript
1590file. This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file
1591name parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--ps} (see
1592\k{running-options}).
1593
1594The \i{default settings} for the PostScript output format are:
1595
1596\c \cfg{ps-filename}{output.ps}
1597
9ec43d08 1598\S{output-paper-dimensions} Configuring layout and \i{measurements}
1599
1600All measurements are in PostScript \i{points} (72 points to the inch).
1601
1602\S2{output-paper-pagesize} Page properties
1603
1604\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-width\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1605
1606\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-height\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-height\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1607
1608\dd Specify the absolute limits of the paper.
1609
1610\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-left-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-left-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1611
1612\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-top-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-top-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1613
1614\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-right-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-right-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1615
1616\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bottom-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bottom-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1617
1618\dd Specify the margins. Most text appears within these margins,
1619except:
1620
1621\lcont{
1622
1623\b Section numbers, which appear in the left margin.
1624
1625\b The footer (containing page numbers), which appears in the bottom
1626margin.
1627
1628}
1629
1630\S2{output-paper-line} Vertical spacing
1631
1632\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-leading\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-leading\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1633
1634\dd Specifies the amount of space between lines of text within a
1635paragraph. (So, if the font size is 12pt and there is 2pt of leading,
1636there will be 14pt between successive baselines.)
1637
1638\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-para-spacing\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-para-spacing\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1639
1640\dd Specifies the amount of vertical space between paragraphs. (The
1641vertical space between paragraphs does \e{not} include
1642\c{paper-base-leading}.)
1643
1644\S2{output-paper-indentation} Indentation
1645
1646\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1647
1648\dd Specifies the indentation of the bullet or number in a
1649\I{bulletted list, indentation}bulletted or \I{numbered list,
52089152 1650indentation}numbered \I{list, indentation}list, similarly to
9ec43d08 1651\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}} (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1652
1653\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1654
1655\dd Specifies the \e{extra} indentation for the body of a list item,
1656over and above the amount configured in \cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}}.
1657
1658\# FIXME: doesn't actually work, AFAICT.
1659
1660\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quote-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quote-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1661
1662\dd Specifies the amount of indentation for a level of quoting. Used
1663for \cw{\\quote} (see \k{input-quote}) and code quotes with \cw{\\c}
1664(see \k{input-code}).
1665
1666\S2{output-paper-headings} Headings
1667
1668\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-top-space\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-top-space\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1669
ab7d6241 1670\dd Specifies the space between the top margin and the top of the
1671chapter heading. (Each chapter begins on a new page.)
9ec43d08 1672
1673\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-thickness\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-thickness\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1674
1675\dd Specifies the vertical thickness of the black rule under chapter
1676headings.
1677
1678\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-depth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-depth\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1679
1680\dd Specifies the distance between the base of the chapter heading and
1681the \e{base} of the underlying rule.
1682
1683\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-sect-num-left-space\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-sect-num-left-space\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1684
1685\dd Specifies the distance between the left margin and the \e{right}
1686of section numbers (which are in the left margin).
1687
1688\S2{output-paper-index} Contents and index
1689
eefac897 1690\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-indent-step\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-indent-step\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1691
1692\dd Specifies by how much to indent each entry in the table of
1693contents per level of subdivision in the document. (In other words,
1694chapter titles appear at the left of the table of contents, headings
1695within the chapter are indented by the amount configured here,
1696subheadings by twice that, and so on.)
9ec43d08 1697
1698\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1699
eefac897 1700\dd Specifies the amount of space on the right of the table of
1701contents which should be reserved for page numbers only. Headings in
1702the table of contents which extend into this space will be wrapped.
9ec43d08 1703
1704\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1705
1706\dd Specifies the horizontal spacing between dots in \i\e{leaders}
1707(the dotted lines that appear between section headings and page
1708numbers in the table of contents).
1709
1710\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-footer-distance\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-footer-distance\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1711
1712\dd Specifies the distance between the bottom margin and the \e{base}
1713of the footer (which contains page numbers).
1714
1715\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-columns\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-columns\}\{}\e{columns}\cw{\}}
1716
1717\dd Specifies the number of columns the index should be divided into.
1718
1719\# FIXME: with this set to 1, the right-alignment of some index entry
1720page numbers in the Halibut manual is decidedly wonky.
1721
1722\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-gutter\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-gutter\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1723
1724\dd Specifies the amount of \I{gutter} horizontal space between index
1725columns.
1726
1727\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-minsep\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-minsep\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1728
1729\dd Specifies the minimum allowable horizontal space between an index
1730entry and its page number. If the gap is smaller, the page number is
1731moved to the next line.
1732
c419cb97 1733\S2{output-paper-fonts} \ii{Fonts}
1734
1735The directives in this section control which fonts Halibut uses for
1736various kinds of text. Directives for setting the font normally take
1737three font names, the first of which is used for normal text, the
1738second for emphasised text, and the third for code. Any fonts which
62a4b06b 1739aren't specified are left unchanged.
ea63f6f9 1740
1741Halibut intrinsically knows about some fonts, and these fonts are also
62a4b06b 1742built into all PDF and most PostScript implementations.
95bc72af 1743These fonts can be used without further formality. Halibut can also use
1744other fonts, and can \I{embedding fonts}embed them it its PDF and
1745PostScript output. These other fonts are supplied to Halibut by
1746simply adding them to the list of input files on its command line.
1747
1748To use a \i{Type 1 font} Halibut needs both the font file itself,
1749in either hexadecimal (\I{PFA files}PFA) or IBM PC (\I{PFB files}PFB)
1750format, and an \i{Adobe Font Metrics} (\I{AFM files}AFM) file. The AFM
1751file must be specified first on the command line. If Halibut gets an
1752AFM file without a corresponding Type 1 font file, the PostScript and
1753PDF output files will still use that font, but they won't contain it.
1754
1755Using a \i{TrueType font} is rather simpler, and simply requires you to
1756pass the font file to Halibut. Halibut does place a few restrictions on
1757TrueType fonts, notably that they must include a \i{Unicode} mapping
1758table and a PostScript name.
ea63f6f9 1759
62a4b06b 1760Fonts are specified using their PostScript names. Running Halibut with
1761the \i\cw{\-\-list-fonts} option causes it to display the PostScript
1762names of all the fonts it intrinsically knows about, along with any
1763fonts the were supplied as input files.
1764
c419cb97 1765\ii{Font sizes} are specified in PostScript \i{points} (72 to the inch).
1766
1767\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{\}}]]
1768
1769\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in the document title.
1770
1771\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-title-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-title-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1772
1773\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of the document title.
1774
1775\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{\}}]]
1776
1777\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in chapter titles.
1778
1779\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1780
1781\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of chapter titles.
1782
1783\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{\}}]]
1784
1785\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in section headings at the \e{level}
1786specified.
1787
1788\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-section-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-section-font-size\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1789
1790\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of section headings at the \e{level}
1791specified.
1792
1793\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{\}}]]
1794
1795\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in the body text.
9ec43d08 1796
1797\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1798
c419cb97 1799\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of body text.
1800
1801\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{\}}]]
1802
a4b5d0c7 1803\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in code paragraphs. The
c419cb97 1804\e{bold-font} is used for bold text, the \e{italic-font} for
1805emphasised text, and the \e{normal-font} for normal code.
9ec43d08 1806
c419cb97 1807\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-code-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-code-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1808
1809\dd Specifies the \i{font size} of text in code paragraphs.
9ec43d08 1810
1811\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-pagenum-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-pagenum-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1812
c419cb97 1813\dd Specifies the font size to use for \i{page numbers}.
9ec43d08 1814
1815\S2{output-paper-misc} Miscellaneous
1816
1817\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-rule-thickness\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-rule-thickness\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1818
1819\dd Specifies the vertical thickness of the rule produced by the
1820\cw{\\rule} command (see \k{input-rule}). (Note that no extra space is
1821reserved for thicker rules.)
1822
1823\S{output-paper-characters} Configuring the characters used
1824
1825\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1826
1827\dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1828You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1829\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1830\k{output-text-characters}).
1831
1832\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{\}}]
1833
1834\dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1835\cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1836fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1837directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1838
1839\S{output-paper-defaults} Default settings for paper formats
1840
1841The default page size corresponds to 210\_\u00D7{x}\_297\_mm, i.e.,
1842\i{A4 paper}.
1843
1844\c \cfg{paper-page-width}{595}
30ddbdc1 1845\c \cfg{paper-page-height}{842}
9ec43d08 1846\c
1847\c \cfg{paper-left-margin}{72}
1848\c \cfg{paper-top-margin}{72}
1849\c \cfg{paper-right-margin}{72}
1850\c \cfg{paper-bottom-margin}{108}
1851\c
1852\c \cfg{paper-base-leading}{1}
1853\c \cfg{paper-base-para-spacing}{10}
1854\c
1855\c \cfg{paper-list-indent}{6}
1856\c \cfg{paper-listitem-indent}{18}
1857\c \cfg{paper-quote-indent}{18}
1858\c
1859\c \cfg{paper-chapter-top-space}{72}
1860\c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-thickness}{3}
1861\c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-depth}{14}
1862\c \cfg{paper-sect-num-left-space}{12}
1863\c
eefac897 1864\c \cfg{paper-contents-indent-step}{24}
9ec43d08 1865\c \cfg{paper-contents-margin}{84}
1866\c \cfg{paper-leader-separation}{12}
1867\c \cfg{paper-footer-distance}{32}
1868\c \cfg{paper-index-columns}{2}
1869\c \cfg{paper-index-gutter}{36}
1870\c \cfg{paper-index-minsep}{18}
1871\c
c419cb97 1872\c \cfg{paper-base-fonts}{Times-Roman}{Times-Italic}{Courier}
9ec43d08 1873\c \cfg{paper-base-font-size}{12}
c419cb97 1874\c \cfg{paper-code-fonts}{Courier-Bold}{Courier-Oblique}{Courier}
1875\c \cfg{paper-code-font-size}{12}
056ab80e 1876\c \cfg{paper-title-fonts}{Helvetica-Bold}
1877\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1878\c \cfg{paper-title-font-size}{24}
056ab80e 1879\c \cfg{paper-chapter-fonts}{Helvetica-Bold}
1880\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1881\c \cfg{paper-chapter-font-size}{20}
056ab80e 1882\c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{0}{Helvetica-Bold}
1883\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1884\c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{0}{16}
056ab80e 1885\c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{1}{Helvetica-Bold}
1886\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1887\c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{1}{14}
056ab80e 1888\c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{2}{Helvetica-Bold}
1889\c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
c419cb97 1890\c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{2}{13}
1891\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
1892\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
1893\c
9ec43d08 1894\c \cfg{paper-pagenum-font-size}{12}
1895\c
1896\c \cfg{paper-rule-thickness}{1}
1897\c
1898\c \cfg{paper-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1899\c \cfg{paper-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{'}{'}