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3 \C{output} Halibut output formats
4
5 This chapter describes each of Halibut's current \i{output formats}.
6 It gives some general information about the format, and also
7 describes all the \i{configuration directives} which are specific to
8 that format.
9
10 \H{output-text} Plain text
11
12 This output format generates the document as a single \i{plain text}
13 file. No table of contents or index is generated.
14
15 The precise formatting of the text file can be controlled by a
16 variety of configuration directives. They are listed in the
17 following subsections.
18
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.
24 This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
25 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--text} (see
26 \k{running-options}).
27
28 \S{output-text-dimensions} Indentation and line width
29
30 This section describes the configuration directives which control
31 the \i{horizontal dimensions} of the output text file: how much
32 paragraphs are indented by and how long the lines are.
33
34 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
35
36 \dd Sets the \I{text width}width of the main part of the document,
37 in characters. This width will be used for wrapping paragraphs and
38 for centring titles (if you have asked for titles to be centred -
39 see \k{output-text-headings}). This width does \e{not} include the
40 left indentation set by \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}; if you specify an
41 indent of 8 and a width of 64, your maximum output line length will
42 be 72.
43
44 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
45
46 \dd Sets the left \i{indentation} for the document. If you set this
47 to zero, your document will look like an ordinary text file as
48 someone with a text editor might have written it; if you set it
49 above zero, the text file will have a \i{margin} down the left in
50 the style of some printed manuals, and you can then configure the
51 section numbers to appear in this margin (see
52 \k{output-text-headings}).
53
54 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
55
56 \dd Specifies how many extra characters of indentation (on top of
57 the normal left indent) should be given to \I{code paragraphs,
58 indentation} code paragraphs.
59
60 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
61
62 \dd Specifies how many extra spaces should be used to indent the
63 bullet or number in a \I{bulletted list, indentation}bulletted or
64 \I{numbered list, indentation}numbered \I{list, indentation}list.
65 The actual body of the list item will be indented by this much
66 \e{plus} the value configured by \cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}.
67
68 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
69
70 \dd Specifies how many extra spaces should be used to indent the
71 body of a list item, over and above the number configured in
72 \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}.
73
74 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-preamble\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-preamble\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
75
76 \dd When this is set to \c{true}, the document \i{preamble} (i.e. any
77 paragraphs appearing before the first chapter heading) will be
78 indented to the level specified by \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}. If
79 this setting is \c{false}, the document preamble will not be
80 indented at all from the left margin.
81
82 \S{output-text-headings} \ii{Configuring heading display}
83
84 The directives in this section allow you to configure the appearance
85 of the title, chapter and section headings in your text file.
86
87 Several of the directives listed below specify the \i{alignment} of
88 a heading. These alignment options have three possible values:
89
90 \dt \i\c{left}
91
92 \dd Align the heading to the very left of the text file (column zero).
93
94 \dt \i\c{leftplus}
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
99 left of that (so that it goes in the margin if there is room).
100
101 \dt \i\c{centre}
102
103 \dd Centre the heading.
104
105 Also, several of the directives below specify how a title should be
106 \I{underlining}underlined. The parameter to one of these directives
107 should be either blank (\cw{\{\}}) or a piece of text which will be
108 repeated to produce the underline. So you might want to specify, for
109 example, \cw{\\text-title-underline\{=\}} but
110 \cw{\\text-chapter-underline\{\-\}}.
111
112 You can also specify more than one underline setting, and Halibut
113 will choose the first one that the output character set supports.
114 So, for example, you could write
115 \cw{\\text-chapter-underline\{\\u203e\}\{\-\}}, and Halibut would use
116 the Unicode \q{OVERLINE} character where possible and fall back to
117 the ASCII minus sign otherwise.
118
119 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-align\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
120
121 \dd Specifies the alignment of the overall document title: \c{left},
122 \c{leftplus} or \c{centre}.
123
124 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-underline\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
125
126 \dd Specifies how the overall document title should be underlined.
127
128 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-align\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
129
130 \dd Specifies the alignment of chapter and appendix headings.
131
132 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
133
134 \dd Specifies how chapter and appendix headings should be underlined.
135
136 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-numeric\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
137
138 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, then chapter headings will not
139 contain the word \q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have
140 defined in its place - see \k{input-sections} and \k{input-config});
141 they will just contain the chapter \e{number}, followed by the
142 chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
143 be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
144
145 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
146
147 \dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
148 number, before displaying the chapter title. For example, if you set
149 this to \cq{:\_}, then the chapter title might look something
150 like \q{Chapter 2: Doing Things}.
151
152 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-align\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
153
154 \dd Specifies the alignment of section headings at a particular
155 level. The \e{level} parameter specifies which level of section
156 headings you want to affect: 0 means first-level headings (\c{\\H}),
157 1 means second-level headings (\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below
158 that (\c{\\S2}), and so on. The \e{alignment} parameter is treated
159 just like the other alignment directives listed above.
160
161 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-underline\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
162
163 \dd Specifies how to underline section headings at a particular level.
164
165 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
166
167 \dd Specifies whether section headings at a particular level should
168 contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
169 be numeric only (if \c{true}).
170
171 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
172
173 \dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
174 be appended to section numbers at a particular level, before
175 displaying the section title.
176
177 \S{output-text-characters} Configuring the characters used
178
179 \dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
180
181 \dd This tells Halibut what \i{character set} the output should be
182 in. Any Unicode characters representable in this set will be output
183 verbatim; any other characters will not be output and their
184 \i{fallback text} (if any) will be used instead.
185
186 \lcont{
187
188 The character set names are the same as for
189 \cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}} (see \k{input-config}). However, unlike
190 \cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}}, this directive affects the \e{entire}
191 output; it's not possible to switch encodings halfway through.
192
193 }
194
195 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
196
197 \dd This specifies the text which should be used as the \i{bullet}
198 in bulletted lists. It can be one character
199 (\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{-\}}), or more than one
200 (\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{(*)\}}).
201
202 \lcont{
203
204 Like \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} (see \k{input-config}), you can specify multiple
205 possible options after this command, and Halibut will choose the first one
206 which the output character set supports. For example, you might write
207 \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{\\u2022\}\{\\u00b7\}\{*\}}, in which case
208 Halibut would use the Unicode \q{BULLET} character where possible,
209 fall back to the ISO-8859-1 \q{MIDDLE DOT} if that wasn't available,
210 and resort to the ASCII asterisk if all else failed.
211
212 }
213
214 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
215
216 \dd This specifies the text which should be used for drawing
217 \i{horizontal rules} (generated by \i\c{\\rule}; see
218 \k{input-rule}). It can be one character, or more than one. The
219 string you specify will be repeated to reach the required width, so
220 you can specify something like \cq{-=} to get a rule that looks
221 like \cw{-=-=-=}.
222
223 \lcont{
224
225 Like \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}}, you can specify multiple fallback
226 options in this command.
227
228 }
229
230 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}...\cw{\}}]
231
232 \dd This specifies a set of quote characters for the text backend,
233 overriding any defined by \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}}. It has the same syntax
234 (see \k{input-config}).
235
236 \lcont{
237
238 In this backend, these quotes will also be used to mark text enclosed
239 in the \c{\\c} command (see \k{input-code}).
240
241 }
242
243 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-emphasis\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-emphasis\}\{}\e{start-emph}\cw{\}\{}\e{end-emph}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{start-emph}\cw{\}\{}\e{end-emph}...\cw{\}}]
244
245 \dd This specifies the characters which should be used to surround
246 emphasised text (written using the \c{\\e} command; see
247 \k{input-emph}).
248
249 \lcont{
250
251 You should separately specify the start-emphasis and end-emphasis
252 text, each of which can be more than one character if you want.
253 Also, like \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}, you can specify multiple pairs
254 of fallback options in this command, and Halibut will always use a
255 matching pair.
256
257 }
258
259 \S{output-text-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
260
261 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
262
263 \dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item
264 (see \k{input-list-number}). So if you want to label your lists as
265 \q{1)}, \q{2)} and so on, then you would write
266 \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}\{)\}}.
267
268 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
269
270 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined
271 using the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be
272 included at the bottom of the text file. If it is set to \c{false},
273 they will be omitted completely.
274
275 \# FIXME: code indentation is configurable, therefore \quote
276 \# indentation probably ought to be as well.
277
278 \# FIXME: text-indent-* should be consistently named.
279
280 \S{output-text-defaults} Default settings
281
282 The \i{default settings} for Halibut's plain text output format are:
283
284 \c \cfg{text-filename}{output.txt}
285 \c
286 \c \cfg{text-width}{68}
287 \c \cfg{text-indent}{7}
288 \c \cfg{text-indent-code}{2}
289 \c \cfg{text-list-indent}{1}
290 \c \cfg{text-listitem-indent}{3}
291 \c \cfg{text-indent-preamble}{false}
292 \c
293 \c \cfg{text-title-align}{centre}
294 \c \cfg{text-title-underline}{\u2550}{=}
295 \c
296 \c \cfg{text-chapter-align}{left}
297 \c \cfg{text-chapter-underline}{\u203e}{-}
298 \c \cfg{text-chapter-numeric}{false}
299 \c \cfg{text-chapter-suffix}{: }
300 \c
301 \c \cfg{text-section-align}{0}{leftplus}
302 \c \cfg{text-section-underline}{0}{}
303 \c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{0}{true}
304 \c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{0}{ }
305 \c
306 \c \cfg{text-section-align}{1}{leftplus}
307 \c \cfg{text-section-underline}{1}{}
308 \c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{1}{true}
309 \c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{1}{ }
310 \c
311 \c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
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313 \c
314 \c \cfg{text-charset}{ASCII}
315 \c \cfg{text-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
316 \c \cfg{text-rule}{\u2500}{-}
317 \c \cfg{text-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
318 \c \cfg{text-emphasis}{_}{_}
319 \c
320 \c \cfg{text-list-suffix}{.}
321 \c \cfg{text-versionid}{true}
322
323 \H{output-html} HTML
324
325 This output format generates an \i{HTML} version of the document. By
326 default, this will be in multiple files, starting with
327 \c{Contents.html} and splitting the document into files by chapter
328 and/or subsection. You can configure precisely how the text is split
329 between HTML files using the configuration commands described in
330 this section. In particular, you can configure Halibut to output one
331 single HTML file instead of multiple ones.
332
333 \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-anything\}}}Configuration directives with an
334 \c{xhtml-} prefix are synonyms for those with an \c{html-} prefix.
335
336 \S{output-html-file} Controlling the output file names
337
338 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
339
340 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the top-level
341 contents page. Since this is the first page a user ought to see when
342 beginning to read the document, a good choice in many cases might be
343 \c{index.html} (although this is not the default, for historical
344 reasons).
345
346 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
347
348 \dd Sets the file name in which to store the document's index.
349
350 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-filename\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}
351
352 \dd Provides a \i{template} to be used when constructing the file
353 names of each chapter or section of the document. This template
354 should contain at least one \i\e{formatting command}, in the form of
355 a per cent sign followed by a letter. (If you need a literal per
356 cent sign, you can write \c{%%}.)
357
358 \lcont{
359
360 The formatting commands used in this template are:
361
362 \dt \I{%N-upper}\c{%N}
363
364 \dd Expands to the visible title of the section, with white space
365 removed. So in a chapter declared as \cq{\\C\{fish\} Catching
366 Fish}, this formatting command would expand to
367 \cq{CatchingFish}.
368
369 \dt \i\c{%n}
370
371 \dd Expands to the type and number of the section, without white
372 space. So in chapter 1 this would expand to \cq{Chapter1}; in
373 section A.4.3 it would expand to \cq{SectionA.4.3}, and so on.
374 If the section has no number (an unnumbered chapter created using
375 \c{\\U}), this directive falls back to doing the same thing as
376 \c{%N}.
377
378 \dt \i\c{%b}
379
380 \dd Expands to the number of the section, in a format suitable for an
381 HTML fragment name. The first character of the section type is
382 prepended to the section number. So in chapter 1 this would expand to
383 \cq{C1}; in section A.4.3 it would expand to \cq{SA.4.3}, and so on.
384 If the section has no number (an unnumbered chapter created using
385 \c{\\U}), this directive falls back to doing the same thing as \c{%N}.
386
387 \dt \i\c{%k}
388
389 \dd Expands to the internal keyword specified in the section title.
390 So in a chapter declared as \cq{\\C\{fish\} Catching Fish}, this
391 formatting command would expand to \cq{fish}. If the section has
392 no keyword (an unnumbered chapter created using \c{\\U}), this
393 directive falls back to doing the same thing as \c{%N}.
394
395 These formatting directives can also be used in the
396 \cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}} configuration directive (see
397 \k{output-html-misc}).
398
399 }
400
401 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-single-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-single-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
402
403 \dd Sets the file name in which to store the entire document, if
404 Halibut is configured (using \c{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{0\}} to
405 produce a single self-contained file. Both this directive \e{and}
406 \c{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{0\}} are implicitly generated if you
407 provide a file name parameter after the command-line option
408 \i\c{--html} (see \k{running-options}).
409
410 \S{output-html-split} Controlling the splitting into HTML files
411
412 By default, the HTML output from Halibut is split into multiple
413 files. Each file typically contains a single chapter or section and
414 everything below it, unless subsections of that chapter are
415 themselves split off into further files.
416
417 Most files also contain a contents section, giving hyperlinks to the
418 sections in the file and/or the sections below it.
419
420 The configuration directives listed below allow you to configure the
421 splitting into files, and the details of the contents sections.
422
423 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
424
425 \dd This setting indicates the depth of section which should be
426 given a \I{leaf file}\q{leaf} file (a file with no sub-files). So if
427 you set it to 1, for example, then every chapter will be given its
428 own HTML file, plus a top-level \i{contents file}. If you set this
429 to 2, then each chapter \e{and} each \c{\\H} section will have a
430 file, and the chapter files will mostly just contain links to their
431 \i{sub-file}s.
432
433 \lcont{
434
435 If you set this option to zero, then the whole document will appear
436 in a single file. If you do this, Halibut will call that file
437 \i\c{Manual.html} instead of \i\c{Contents.html} by default.
438
439 This option is automatically set to zero if you provide a file name
440 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--html} (see
441 \k{running-options}), because you have specified a single file name
442 and so Halibut assumes you want the whole document to be placed in
443 that file.
444
445 You can also specify the special name \c{infinity} (or \c{infinite}
446 or \c{inf}) if you want to ensure that \e{every} section and
447 subsection ends up in a separate file no matter how deep you go.
448
449 }
450
451 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
452
453 \dd This directive allows you to specify how \I{depth of
454 contents}deep any contents section in a particular level of file
455 should go.
456
457 \lcont{
458
459 The \e{level} parameter indicates which level of contents section
460 you are dealing with. 0 denotes the main contents section in the
461 topmost file \c{Contents.html}; 1 denotes a contents section in a
462 chapter file; 2 is a contents section in a file containing a \c{\\H}
463 heading, and so on.
464
465 The \e{depth} parameter indicates the maximum depth of heading which
466 will be shown in this contents section. Again, 1 denotes a chapter,
467 2 is a \c{\\H} heading, 3 is a \c{\\S} heading, and so on.
468
469 So, for example: \cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth\}\{1\}\{3\}} instructs
470 Halibut to put contents links in chapter files for all sections down
471 to \c{\\S} level, but not to go into any more detail than that.
472
473 For backwards compatibility, the alternative syntax
474 \cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-depth-}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
475 is also supported.
476
477 }
478
479 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-contains-contents\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-contains-contents\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
480
481 \dd If you set this to \c{true}, then each leaf file will contain
482 its own contents section which summarises the text within it.
483
484 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-smallest-contents\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-smallest-contents\}\{}\e{number}\cw{\}}
485
486 \dd Contents sections in leaf files are not output at all if they
487 contain very few entries (on the assumption that it just isn't worth
488 bothering). This directive configures the minimum number of entries
489 required in a leaf contents section to make Halibut bother
490 generating it at all.
491
492 \S{output-html-html} Including pieces of your own HTML
493
494 The directives in this section allow you to supply pieces of
495 \I{HTML}\i{verbatim HTML} code, which will be included in various
496 parts of the output files.
497
498 Note that none of Halibut's usual character set translation is applied
499 to this code; it is assumed to already be in a suitable encoding for
500 the target HTML files.
501
502 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-head-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-head-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
503
504 \dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
505 the \i\cw{<HEAD>} section of each output HTML file. So this is a
506 good place to put, for example, a link to a \i{CSS} \i{stylesheet}.
507
508 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-local-head\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-local-head\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
509
510 \dd This configuration directive is local: you specify it within a
511 document section, and it acts on that section only.
512
513 \lcont{
514
515 The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of the
516 \i\cw{<HEAD>} section of whichever output HTML file contains the
517 section in which the directive was placed. You can specify this
518 directive multiple times in multiple sections if you like.
519
520 This directive is particularly useful for constructing \i{MacOS
521 on-line help}, which is mostly normal HTML but which requires a
522 special \i\cw{<META NAME="AppleTitle">} tag in the topmost source
523 file. You can arrange this by placing this configuration directive
524 in the preamble or the introduction section, something like this:
525
526 \c \cfg{html-local-head}{<meta name="AppleTitle"
527 \c content="MyApp Help">}
528
529 }
530
531 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-tag\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-tag\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
532
533 \dd The text you provide in this directive is used in place of the
534 \i\cw{<BODY>} tag in each output file. So if you wanted to define a
535 \i{background colour}, for example, you could write
536 \cw{\\cfg\{html-body-tag\}\{<body bg="#123456">\}}.
537
538 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-start\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-start\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
539
540 \dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the
541 beginning of the \i\cw{<BODY>} section of each output HTML file. So
542 if you intend your HTML files to be part of a web site with a
543 standard \i{house style}, and the style needs a \i{header} at the
544 top of every page, this is where you can add that header.
545
546 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-body-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
547
548 \dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
549 the \i\cw{<BODY>} section of each output HTML file, before any address
550 section. So if you intend your HTML files to be part of a web site
551 with a standard \i{house style}, and the style needs a \i{footer} at
552 the bottom of every page, this is where you can add that footer.
553
554 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-start\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-start\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
555
556 \dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the
557 beginning of the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each
558 output HTML file. This might be a good place to put authors'
559 \i{contact details}, for example.
560
561 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-address-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
562
563 \dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
564 the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each output HTML file,
565 after the version IDs (if present).
566
567 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-navigation-attributes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-navigation-attributes\}\{}\e{HTML attributes}\cw{\}}
568
569 \dd The text you provide in this directive is included inside the
570 \cw{<P>} tag containing the \i{navigation links} at the top of each
571 page (\i{\q{Previous}} / \i{\q{Contents}} / \i{\q{Next}}). So if you
572 wanted the navigation links to have a particular CSS style, you
573 could write
574 \cw{\\cfg\{html-navigation-attributes\}\{class="foo"\}}, and the
575 navigation-links paragraph would then begin with the tag \cw{<p
576 class="foo">}.
577
578 \S{output-html-headings} \ii{Configuring heading display}
579
580 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-numeric\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
581
582 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, then chapter headings will not
583 contain the word \q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have
584 defined in its place - see \k{input-sections} and \k{input-config});
585 they will just contain the chapter \e{number}, followed by the
586 chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
587 be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
588
589 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
590
591 \dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
592 number, before displaying the chapter title. For example, if you set
593 this to \cq{:\_}, then the chapter title might look something
594 like \q{Chapter 2: Doing Things}.
595
596 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-numeric\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
597
598 \# {level} can be omitted (defaults to 0). Is this intentional?
599
600 \dd Specifies whether section headings at a particular level should
601 contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
602 be numeric only (if \c{true}). The \e{level} parameter specifies
603 which level of section headings you want to affect: 0 means
604 first-level headings (\c{\\H}), 1 means second-level headings
605 (\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below that (\c{\\S2}), and so on.
606
607 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
608
609 \# {level} can be omitted (defaults to 0). Is this intentional?
610
611 \dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to section numbers at a
612 particular level, before displaying the section title.
613
614 \S{output-html-names} Configuring standard text
615
616 These directives let you fine-tune the names Halibut uses in places
617 such as the navigation bar to refer to various parts of the document,
618 and other standard pieces of text, for instance to change them to a
619 different language.
620
621 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-preamble-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-preamble-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
622
623 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-contents-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
624
625 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
626
627 \dd Text used to refer to the preamble (i.e., any paragraphs before
628 the first chapter heading), contents, and index respectively, in the
629 navigation bar, contents, and index.
630
631 \lcont{
632
633 (\c{html-contents-text} and \c{html-index-text} override the
634 cross-format configuration keywords \c{contents} and \c{index} (see
635 \k{input-config}, if both appear. They are legacy keywords preserved
636 for backwards compatibility; you should generally use \c{contents}
637 and \c{index}.)
638
639 }
640
641 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-title-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-title-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
642
643 \dd If multiple headings are used in a file's \cw{<TITLE>} tag, this
644 text is used to separate them.
645
646 \# Under what circumstances can this occur?
647
648 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-main-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-main-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
649
650 \dd Separator between index term and references in the index.
651
652 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-multiple-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-index-multiple-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
653
654 \dd Separator between multiple references for a single index term in
655 the index.
656
657 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-pre-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-pre-versionid\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
658
659 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-post-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-post-versionid\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
660
661 \dd Text surrounding each output \i{version ID paragraph}.
662
663 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-prev-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-prev-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
664
665 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-next-text\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-next-text\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
666
667 \dd The text used for the \q{previous page} and \q{next page} links on
668 the navigation bar.
669
670 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-separator\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-nav-separator\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
671
672 \dd Separator between links in the navigation bar.
673
674 \S{output-html-characters} Configuring the characters used
675
676 Unlike the other backends, HTML does not have a single
677 \i\cw{\\cfg\{html-charset\}} directive, as there are several levels of
678 character encoding to consider.
679
680 The character set names are the same as for
681 \cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}} (see \k{input-config}). However, unlike
682 \cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}}, these directives affect the \e{entire}
683 output; it's not possible to switch encodings halfway through.
684
685 \dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-output-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-output-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
686
687 \dd The character encoding of the HTML file to be output. Unicode
688 characters in this encoding's repertoire are included literally rather
689 than as \i{HTML entities}.
690
691 \dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-restrict-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-restrict-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
692
693 \dd Only Unicode characters representable in this character set will be
694 output; any others will be omitted and use their fallback text, if
695 any. Characters not in \q{html-output-charset} will be represented as
696 HTML numeric entities.
697
698 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-quotes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-quotes\}\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{open-quote}\cw{\}\{}\e{close-quote}...\cw{\}}]
699
700 \dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
701 \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
702 fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
703 directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
704
705 \S{output-html-misc} Miscellaneous options
706
707 \dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-version\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-version\}\{}\e{version}\cw{\}}
708
709 \dd Identifies the precise version of HTML that is output. This
710 affects the declaration within the HTML, and also has minor effects on
711 the body of the HTML so that it is valid for the declared version. The
712 available variants are:
713
714 \lcont{
715
716 \dt \cw{html3.2}
717
718 \dd W3C HTML 3.2
719
720 \dt \cw{html4}
721
722 \dd W3C HTML 4.01 Strict
723
724 \dt \cw{iso-html}
725
726 \dd ISO/IEC 15445:2000
727
728 \dt \cw{xhtml1.0transitional}
729
730 \dd W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional
731
732 \dt \cw{xhtml1.0strict}
733
734 \dd W3C XHTML 1.0 Strict
735
736 }
737
738 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-template-fragment\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{template}\cw{\}\{}...\cw{\}}]
739
740 \dd This directive lets you specify a \i{template}, with exactly the
741 same syntax used in \cw{\\cfg\{html-template-filename\}} (see
742 \k{output-html-file}), to be used for the anchor names (\i\cw{<A
743 NAME="...">}) used to allow URLs to refer to specific sections
744 within a particular HTML file. So if you set this to \cq{%k},
745 for example, then each individual section in your document will be
746 addressable by means of a URL ending in a \c{#} followed by your
747 internal section keyword.
748
749 \lcont{
750
751 If more than one template is specified, anchors are generated in all
752 the specified formats; Halibut's own cross-references are generated
753 with the first template.
754
755 Characters that are not permitted in anchor names are stripped. If
756 there are no valid characters left, or a fragment is non-unique,
757 Halibut starts inventing fragment names and suffixes as appropriate.
758
759 Note that there are potentially fragment names that are not controlled
760 by this mechanism, such as index references.
761
762 }
763
764 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
765
766 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined using
767 the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be included
768 visibly in the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each HTML
769 file. If it is set to \c{false}, they will only be included as HTML
770 comments.
771
772 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-rellinks\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-rellinks\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
773
774 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, machine-readable relational links will
775 be emitted in each HTML file (\I{\cw{<LINK>} tags}\cw{<LINK
776 REL="}\e{next}\cw{">} and so on within the \i\cw{<HEAD>} section)
777 providing links to related files. The same set of links are provided
778 as in the navigation bar (with which this should not be confused).
779
780 \lcont{
781
782 Some browsers make use of this semantic information, for instance to
783 allow easy navigation through related pages, and to prefetch the next
784 page. (Search engines can also make use of it.) However, many browsers
785 ignore this markup, so it would be unwise to rely on it for
786 navigation.
787
788 The use and rendering of this information is entirely up to the
789 browser; none of the other Halibut options for the navigation bar will
790 have any effect.
791
792 }
793
794 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
795
796 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, the usual \i{navigation links} within
797 the \e{body} of each HTML file (near the top of the rendered page) will
798 be suppressed.
799
800 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
801
802 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the
803 bottom of each HTML file will be omitted completely. (This will
804 therefore also cause \i{version IDs} not to be included visibly.)
805
806 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-author\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-author\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
807
808 \dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
809 name="author">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers which
810 support this can automatically identify the \i{author} of the document.
811
812 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-description\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-description\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
813
814 \dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
815 name="description">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers
816 which support this can easily pick out a brief \I{description, of
817 document}description of the document.
818
819 \S{output-html-mshtmlhelp} Generating MS Windows \i{HTML Help}
820
821 The HTML files output from Halibut's HTML back end can be used as
822 input to the MS Windows HTML Help compiler. In order to do this, you
823 also need some auxiliary files: a project file, and (probably) a
824 contents file and an index file. Halibut can optionally generate
825 those as well.
826
827 To enable the generation of MS HTML Help auxiliary files, use the
828 following configuration directives:
829
830 \dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-project\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-project\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
831
832 \dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help project file with the
833 specified name. You will almost certainly want the filename to end
834 in the extension \c{.hhp} (although Halibut will not enforce this).
835 If you use this option, you must also use the
836 \cw{html-mshtmlhelp-chm} option to specify the desired name of the
837 compiled help file.
838
839 \dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-chm\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-chm\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
840
841 \dd Specifies the desired name of the compiled HTML Help file. You
842 will almost certainly want this to have the extension \c{.chm}
843 (although Halibut will not enforce this). The name you specify here
844 will be written into the help project file. If you specify this
845 option, you must also use the \cw{html-mshtmlhelp-project} option to
846 request a help project file in the first place.
847
848 \dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-contents\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-contents\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
849
850 \dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help contents file with the
851 specified name, and refer to it in the help project file. You will
852 almost certainly want the filename to end in the extension \c{.hhc}
853 (although Halibut will not enforce this). This option will be
854 ignored if you have not also specified a help project file.
855
856 \lcont{
857
858 Creating a contents file like this causes the HTML Help viewer to
859 display a contents tree in the pane to the left of the main text
860 window. You can choose to generate an HTML Help project without this
861 feature, in which case the user will still be able to navigate
862 around the document by using the ordinary internal links in the HTML
863 files themselves just as if it were a web page. However, using a
864 contents file is recommended.
865
866 }
867
868 \dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-index\}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-mshtmlhelp-index\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
869
870 \dd Instructs Halibut to output an HTML Help index file with the
871 specified name, and refer to it in the help project file. You will
872 almost certainly want the filename to end in the extension \c{.hhk}
873 (although Halibut will not enforce this). This option will be
874 ignored if you have not also specified a help project file.
875
876 \lcont{
877
878 Specifying this option suppresses the generation of an HTML-based
879 index file (see \cw{\\cfg\{html-index-filename\}} in
880 \k{output-html-file}).
881
882 Creating an index file like this causes the HTML Help viewer to
883 provide a list of index terms in a pane to the left of the main text
884 window. You can choose to generate an HTML Help project without this
885 feature, in which case a conventional HTML index will be generated
886 instead (assuming you have any index terms at all defined) and the
887 user will still be able to use that. However, using an index file is
888 recommended.
889
890 Halibut will not output an index file at all, or link to one from
891 the help project file, if your document contains no index entries.
892
893 }
894
895 If you use the above options, Halibut will output a help project
896 file which you should be able to feed straight to the command-line
897 MS HTML Help compiler (\cw{HHC.EXE}), or load into the MS HTML Help
898 Workshop (\cw{HHW.EXE}).
899
900 You may also wish to alter other HTML configuration options to make
901 the resulting help file look more like a help file and less like a
902 web page. A suggested set of additional configuration options for
903 HTML Help is as follows:
904
905 \b \cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-level\}\{infinite\}}, because HTML Help
906 works best with lots of small files (\q{topics}) rather than a few
907 large ones. In particular, the contents and index mechanisms can
908 only reference files, not subsections within files.
909
910 \b \cw{\\cfg\{html-leaf-contains-contents\}\{false\}}, to suppress
911 the contents list above the main text of each bottom-level file.
912
913 \b \cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-navlinks\}\{true\}}, because HTML Help
914 has its own navigation facilities and it looks a bit strange to
915 duplicate them.
916
917 \b \cw{\\cfg\{html-suppress-address\}\{true\}}, because the
918 \cw{<ADDRESS>} section makes less sense in a help file than it does
919 on a web page.
920
921 \S{output-html-defaults} Default settings
922
923 The \i{default settings} for Halibut's HTML output format are:
924
925 \c \cfg{html-contents-filename}{Contents.html}
926 \c \cfg{html-index-filename}{IndexPage.html}
927 \c \cfg{html-template-filename}{%n.html}
928 \c \cfg{html-single-filename}{Manual.html}
929 \c
930 \c \cfg{html-leaf-level}{2}
931 \c \cfg{html-leaf-contains-contents}{false}
932 \c \cfg{html-leaf-smallest-contents}{4}
933 \c \cfg{html-contents-depth}{0}{2}
934 \c \cfg{html-contents-depth}{1}{3}
935 \c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
936 \e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
937 \c
938 \c \cfg{html-head-end}{}
939 \c \cfg{html-body-tag}{<body>}
940 \c \cfg{html-body-start}{}
941 \c \cfg{html-body-end}{}
942 \c \cfg{html-address-start}{}
943 \c \cfg{html-address-end}{}
944 \c \cfg{html-navigation-attributes}{}
945 \c
946 \c \cfg{html-chapter-numeric}{false}
947 \c \cfg{html-chapter-suffix}{: }
948 \c
949 \c \cfg{html-section-numeric}{0}{true}
950 \c \cfg{html-section-suffix}{0}{ }
951 \c
952 \c \cfg{html-section-numeric}{1}{true}
953 \c \cfg{html-section-suffix}{1}{ }
954 \c
955 \c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
956 \e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
957 \c
958 \c \cfg{html-preamble-text}{Preamble}
959 \c \cfg{html-contents-text}{Contents}
960 \c \cfg{html-index-text}{Index}
961 \c \cfg{html-title-separator}{ - }
962 \c \cfg{html-index-main-separator}{: }
963 \c \cfg{html-index-multiple-separator}{, }
964 \c \cfg{html-pre-versionid}{[}
965 \c \cfg{html-post-versionid}{]}
966 \c \cfg{html-nav-prev-text}{Previous}
967 \c \cfg{html-nav-next-text}{Next}
968 \c \cfg{html-nav-separator}{ | }
969 \c
970 \c \cfg{html-output-charset}{ASCII}
971 \c \cfg{html-restrict-charset}{UTF-8}
972 \c \cfg{html-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
973 \c
974 \c \cfg{html-version}{html4}
975 \c \cfg{html-template-fragment}{%b}
976 \c \cfg{html-versionid}{true}
977 \c \cfg{html-rellinks}{true}
978 \c \cfg{html-suppress-navlinks{false}
979 \c \cfg{html-suppress-address}{false}
980 \c \cfg{html-author}{}
981 \c \cfg{html-description}{}
982
983 \H{output-whlp} Windows Help
984
985 This output format generates data that can be used by the \i{Windows
986 Help} program \cw{WINHLP32.EXE}. There are two actual files
987 generated, one ending in \c{.hlp} and the other ending in \c{.cnt}.
988
989 Note that as of 2006, MS is discontinuing the Windows Help format in
990 favour of the newer HTML Help format (\c{.chm} files). Halibut is
991 not currently able to generate \c{.chm} files directly, but its HTML
992 back end can write out project files suitable for use as input to
993 the MS HTML Help compiler. See \k{output-html-mshtmlhelp} for more
994 information on this.
995
996 Currently, the Windows Help output is hardcoded to be in the
997 \q{\i{Win1252}} character set. (If anyone knows how character sets
998 are encoded in Windows Help files, we'd appreciate help.)
999
1000 The Windows Help output format supports the following configuration
1001 directives:
1002
1003 \S{output-whlp-file} Output file name
1004
1005 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1006
1007 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
1008 This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1009 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--winhelp} (see
1010 \k{running-options}).
1011
1012 \lcont{
1013
1014 Your output file name should end with \c{.hlp}; if it doesn't,
1015 Halibut will append it. Halibut will also generate a contents file
1016 (ending in \c{.cnt}) alongside the file name you specify.
1017
1018 }
1019
1020 \S{output-whlp-characters} Configuring the characters used
1021
1022 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1023
1024 \dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1025 You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1026 \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1027 \k{output-text-characters}).
1028
1029 \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{\}}]
1030
1031 \dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1032 \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1033 fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1034 directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1035
1036 \S{output-whlp-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
1037
1038 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}\{}\e{title}\cw{\}}
1039
1040 \dd Sets the text used to describe the help page containing the blurb
1041 (see \k{input-blurb}) and table of contents.
1042
1043 \dt
1044 \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1045
1046 \dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
1047 be appended to section numbers, before displaying the section title.
1048 (Applies to all levels.)
1049
1050 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1051
1052 \dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item,
1053 in exactly the same way as \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} (see
1054 \k{output-text-characters}).
1055
1056 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}\{}\e{topic-name}\cw{\}}
1057
1058 \dd This directive defines a Windows \i{Help topic} name in the current
1059 section. Topic names can be used by the program invoking
1060 \cw{WINHELP.EXE} to jump straight to a particular section. So you
1061 can use this for \i{context-sensitive help}.
1062
1063 \lcont{
1064
1065 For example, if you used this directive in a particular section:
1066
1067 \c \cfg{winhelp-topic}{savingfiles}
1068
1069 then a Windows application could invoke Windows Help to jump to that
1070 particular section in the help file like this:
1071
1072 \c WinHelp(hwnd, "mydoc.hlp", HELP_COMMAND,
1073 \c (DWORD)"JI(`',`savingfiles')");
1074
1075 You can use this configuration directive many times, in many
1076 different subsections of your document, in order to define a lot of
1077 different help contexts which you can use in this way.
1078
1079 }
1080
1081 \S{output-whlp-defaults} Default settings
1082
1083 The \i{default settings} for the Windows Help output format are:
1084
1085 \c \cfg{winhelp-filename}{output.hlp}
1086 \c
1087 \c \cfg{winhelp-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1088 \c \cfg{winhelp-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
1089 \c
1090 \c \cfg{winhelp-contents-titlepage}{Title page}
1091 \c \cfg{winhelp-section-suffix}{: }
1092 \c \cfg{winhelp-list-suffix}{.}
1093
1094 and no \c{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}} directives anywhere.
1095
1096 \H{output-man} Unix \cw{man} pages
1097
1098 This output format generates a Unix \i{\cw{man} page}. That is to say,
1099 it generates \i\c{nroff} input designed to work with the \c{-mandoc}
1100 macro package.
1101
1102 The available configuration options for this format are as follows:
1103
1104 \S{output-man-file} Output file name
1105
1106 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1107
1108 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
1109 This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1110 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--man} (see
1111 \k{running-options}).
1112
1113 \S{output-man-identity} Configuring headers and footers
1114
1115 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}\{}\e{text...}\cw{\}}
1116
1117 \dd This directive is used to generate the initial \i{\c{.TH}
1118 directive} that appears at the top of a \cw{man} page. It expects to
1119 be followed by some number of brace pairs containing text, which will
1120 be used in the \i{headers} and \i{footers} of the formatted output.
1121
1122 \lcont{
1123
1124 A traditional order for the arguments appears to be:
1125
1126 \n The name of the program.
1127
1128 \n The (numeric) manual section.
1129
1130 \n The date that the \cw{man} page was written.
1131
1132 \n The name of any containing suite of which the program is a part.
1133
1134 \n The name of the \i{author} of the \cw{man} page.
1135
1136 For example, a typical \cw{man} page might contain
1137
1138 \c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
1139 \c Bloggs}
1140
1141 }
1142
1143 \S{output-man-headings} Configuring heading display
1144
1145 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
1146
1147 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, then \i{section headings} in the
1148 \cw{man} page will have their \i{section numbers} displayed as usual. If
1149 set to \c{false}, the section numbers will be omitted. (\cw{man}
1150 pages traditionally have section names such as \q{SYNOPSIS},
1151 \q{OPTIONS} and \q{BUGS}, and do not typically number them, so
1152 \c{false} is the setting which conforms most closely to normal
1153 \cw{man} style.)
1154
1155 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
1156
1157 \dd If this is set to a number greater than 0, then section headings
1158 \e{higher} than the given depth will not be displayed. If it is set
1159 to zero, all section headings will be displayed as normal.
1160
1161 \lcont{
1162
1163 The point of this is so that you can use the same Halibut input file
1164 to generate a quick-reference \cw{man} page for a program, \e{and} to
1165 include that \cw{man} page as an appendix in your program's full manual.
1166 If you are to include the \cw{man} page as an appendix, then the internal
1167 headings within the page will probably need to be at \c{\\H} or
1168 \c{\\S} level; therefore, when you format that input file on its own
1169 to create the \cw{man} page itself, you will need to have defined a
1170 \c{\\C} and possibly a \c{\\H} heading beforehand, which you don't
1171 want to see displayed.
1172
1173 Here's an example. You might have a file \c{appendix.but}, which
1174 simply says
1175
1176 \c \A{manpages} \cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite
1177 \c
1178 \c \cfg{man-mindepth}{2}
1179
1180 Then you have a file \c{make-foo.but}, and probably others like it
1181 as well, each of which looks something like this:
1182
1183 \c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
1184 \c Bloggs}
1185 \c
1186 \c \H{man-foo} \cw{man} page for \c{make-foo}
1187 \c
1188 \c \S{man-foo-name} NAME
1189 \c
1190 \c \c{make-foo} - create Foo files for the Foo tool suite
1191 \c
1192 \c \S{man-foo-synopsis} SYNOPSIS
1193 \c
1194 \c ... and so on ...
1195 \e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
1196
1197 So when you're generating your main manual, you can include
1198 \c{appendix.but} followed by \c{make-foo.but} and any other \cw{man}
1199 pages you have, and your \cw{man} pages will be formatted neatly as
1200 part of an appendix. Then, in a separate run of Halibut, you can
1201 just do
1202
1203 \c halibut appendix.but make-foo.but
1204
1205 and this will generate a \cw{man} page \c{output.1}, in which the
1206 headings \q{\cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite} and \q{\cw{man}
1207 page for \c{make-foo}} will not be displayed because of the
1208 \c{man-mindepth} directive. So the first visible heading in the
1209 output \cw{man} page will be \q{NAME}, exactly as a user would
1210 expect.
1211
1212 }
1213
1214 \S{output-man-characters} Configuring the characters used
1215
1216 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
1217
1218 \dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
1219 \cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1220
1221 \# FIXME: you're probably on your own in making sure that it's
1222 sensible to output man pages in that charset.
1223
1224 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1225
1226 \dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1227 You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1228 \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1229
1230 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
1231
1232 \dd This specifies the text which should be used for drawing
1233 \i{horizontal rules} (generated by \i\c{\\rule}; see
1234 \k{input-rule}) when the manual page is rendered into text.
1235 It should only be one character long, but otherwise
1236 it works like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}} directive
1237 (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1238
1239 \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{\}}]
1240
1241 \dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1242 \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1243 fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1244 directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1245
1246 \S{output-man-defaults} Default settings
1247
1248 The \i{default settings} for the \cw{man} page output format are:
1249
1250 \c \cfg{man-filename}{output.1}
1251 \c
1252 \c \cfg{man-identity}{}
1253 \c
1254 \c \cfg{man-headnumbers}{false}
1255 \c \cfg{man-mindepth}{0}
1256 \c
1257 \c \cfg{man-charset}{ASCII}
1258 \c \cfg{man-bullet}{\u2022}{o}
1259 \c \cfg{man-rule}{\u2500}{-}
1260 \c \cfg{man-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
1261
1262 \H{output-info} GNU \c{info}
1263
1264 This output format generates files which can be used with the \i{GNU
1265 \c{info}} program.
1266
1267 There are typically multiple output files: a primary file whose name
1268 usually ends in \c{.info}, and one or more subsidiary files whose
1269 names have numbers on the end, so that they end in \c{.info-1},
1270 \c{.info-2} and so on. Alternatively, this output format can be
1271 configured to output a single large file containing the whole
1272 document.
1273
1274 The \c{info} output format supports the following configuration
1275 directives:
1276
1277 \S{output-info-file} Controlling the output filenames
1278
1279 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1280
1281 \dd Sets the output file name in which to store the \c{info} file.
1282 This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1283 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--info} (see
1284 \k{running-options}).
1285
1286 \lcont{
1287
1288 The suffixes \c{-1}, \c{-2}, \c{-3} and so on will be appended to
1289 your output file name to produce any subsidiary files required.
1290
1291 Note that \c{info} files refer to their own names internally, so
1292 these files cannot be \I{renaming \c{info} files}renamed after
1293 creation and remain useful.
1294
1295 }
1296
1297 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}\{}\e{bytes}\cw{\}}
1298
1299 \dd Sets the preferred \i{maximum file size} for each subsidiary
1300 file. As a special case, if you set this to zero, there will be no
1301 subsidiary files and the whole document will be placed in a single
1302 self-contained output file. (However, note that this file can still
1303 not be renamed usefully.)
1304
1305 \lcont{
1306
1307 The preferred maximum file size is only a guideline. Halibut may be
1308 forced to exceed it if a single section of the document is larger
1309 than the maximum size (since individual \c{info} nodes may not be
1310 split between files).
1311
1312 }
1313
1314 \S{output-info-dimensions} Indentation and line width
1315
1316 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
1317
1318 \dd Sets the \I{text width}width of the main part of the document,
1319 in characters. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}}
1320 directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1321
1322 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1323
1324 \dd Specifies the extra indentation for \I{code paragraphs,
1325 indentation} code paragraphs. Works exactly like the
1326 \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}} directive (see
1327 \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1328
1329 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
1330
1331 \dd Specifies how much horizontal space to leave in the index node
1332 for the text of \i{index terms}, before displaying the sections the
1333 terms occur in.
1334
1335 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1336
1337 \dd Specifies the extra indentation before the bullet or number in a
1338 \I{bulletted list, indentation}\I{numbered list, indentation}list
1339 item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}
1340 directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1341
1342 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1343
1344 \dd Specifies the additional indentation before the body of a list
1345 item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}
1346 directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1347
1348 \S{output-info-headings} Configuring heading display
1349
1350 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1351
1352 \dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to each section number
1353 before displaying the section title. For example, if you set this to
1354 \cq{:\_}, then a typical section title might look something like
1355 \q{Section 3.1: Something Like This}.
1356
1357 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1358
1359 \dd Specifies the text to be used to underline section titles. Works
1360 very much like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}} directive
1361 (see \k{output-text-headings}). You can specify more than one
1362 option, and Halibut will choose the first one supported by the
1363 character set.
1364
1365 \S{output-info-characters} Controlling the characters used
1366
1367 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
1368
1369 \dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
1370 \cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1371
1372 \# FIXME: if you try sufficiently hard, you can probably find an
1373 output encoding that will break the info format by trampling on its
1374 special characters. So either don't do that, or tell us what we should
1375 do about it.
1376
1377 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1378
1379 \dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1380 You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1381 \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1382 \k{output-text-characters}).
1383
1384 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1385
1386 \dd Specifies the text used to draw \i{horizontal rules}. You can
1387 specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1388 \cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1389
1390 \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{\}}]
1391
1392 \dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1393 \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1394 fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1395 directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1396
1397 \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{\}}]
1398
1399 \dd Specifies how to display emphasised text. You can specify
1400 multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1401 \cw{\\cfg\{text-emphasis\}} directive (see
1402 \k{output-text-characters}).
1403
1404 \S{output-info-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
1405
1406 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1407
1408 \dd Specifies the text to append to the item numbers in a
1409 \i{numbered list}. Works exactly like the
1410 \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} directive (see
1411 \k{output-text-misc}).
1412
1413 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}\{}\e{section}\cw{\}\{}\e{short
1414 name}\cw{\}\{}\e{long name}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{keyword}\cw{\}}]
1415
1416 \dd Constructs an \i\cw{INFO-DIR-ENTRY} section and places it in the
1417 header of the Info file. This mechanism is used to automatically
1418 generate the \i{\c{dir} file} at the root of a Unix system's
1419 \c{info} collection.
1420
1421 \lcont{
1422
1423 The parameters to this directive are:
1424
1425 \dt \e{section}
1426
1427 \dd Specifies the section of the \c{dir} file in which you want your
1428 document referenced. For example, \q{Development}, or \q{Games}, or
1429 \q{Miscellaneous}.
1430
1431 \dt \e{short name}
1432
1433 \dd Specifies a short name for the directory entry, which will
1434 appear at the start of the menu line.
1435
1436 \dt \e{long name}
1437
1438 \dd Specifies a long name for the directory entry, which will appear
1439 at the end of the menu line.
1440
1441 \dt \e{keyword}
1442
1443 \dd This parameter is optional. If it is present, then the directory
1444 entry will cause a jump to a particular subsection of your document,
1445 rather than starting at the top. The subsection will be the one
1446 referred to by the given keyword (see \k{input-sections} for details
1447 about assigning keywords to document sections).
1448
1449 For example, in a document describing many game programs, the
1450 configuration directive
1451
1452 \c \cfg{info-dir-entry}{Games}{Chess}{Electronic chess
1453 \c game}{chess}
1454
1455 might produce text in the \c{dir} file looking something like this:
1456
1457 \c Games
1458 \c * Chess: (mygames)Chapter 3. Electronic chess game
1459
1460 if the output file were called \c{mygames.info} and the keyword
1461 \c{chess} had been used to define Chapter 3 of the document.
1462
1463 }
1464
1465 \S{output-info-defaults} Default settings
1466
1467 The \i{default settings} for the \c{info} output format are:
1468
1469 \c \cfg{info-filename}{output.info}
1470 \c \cfg{info-max-file-size}{65536}
1471 \c
1472 \c \cfg{info-width}{70}
1473 \c \cfg{info-indent-code}{2}
1474 \c \cfg{info-index-width}{40}
1475 \c \cfg{info-list-indent}{1}
1476 \c \cfg{info-listitem-indent}{3}
1477 \c
1478 \c \cfg{info-section-suffix}{: }
1479 \c \cfg{info-underline}{\u203e}{-}
1480 \c
1481 \c \cfg{info-charset}{ASCII}
1482 \c \cfg{info-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1483 \c \cfg{info-rule}{\u2500}{-}
1484 \c \cfg{info-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
1485 \c \cfg{info-emphasis}{_}{_}
1486 \c
1487 \c \cfg{info-list-suffix}{.}
1488
1489 and no \cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}} directives.
1490
1491 \H{output-paper} Paper formats
1492
1493 These output formats (currently PDF and PostScript) generate printable
1494 manuals. As such, they share a number of configuration directives.
1495
1496 \S{output-pdf} \i{PDF}
1497
1498 This output format generates a printable manual in PDF format. In
1499 addition, it uses some PDF interactive features to
1500 provide an outline of all the document's sections and clickable
1501 cross-references between sections.
1502
1503 There is one configuration option specific to PDF:
1504
1505 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1506
1507 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PDF file.
1508 This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1509 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--pdf} (see
1510 \k{running-options}).
1511
1512 The \i{default settings} for the PDF output format are:
1513
1514 \c \cfg{pdf-filename}{output.pdf}
1515
1516 \S{output-ps} \i{PostScript}
1517
1518 This output format generates a printable manual in PostScript format.
1519 This should look exactly identical to the PDF output (see
1520 \k{output-ps}), and uses \i\c{pdfmark} to arrange that if converted
1521 to PDF it will contain the same interactive features.
1522
1523 There is one configuration option specific to PostScript:
1524
1525 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1526
1527 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PostScript
1528 file. This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file
1529 name parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--ps} (see
1530 \k{running-options}).
1531
1532 The \i{default settings} for the PostScript output format are:
1533
1534 \c \cfg{ps-filename}{output.ps}
1535
1536 \S{output-paper-dimensions} Configuring layout and \i{measurements}
1537
1538 All measurements are in PostScript \i{points} (72 points to the inch).
1539
1540 \S2{output-paper-pagesize} Page properties
1541
1542 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-width\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1543
1544 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-height\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-height\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1545
1546 \dd Specify the absolute limits of the paper.
1547
1548 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-left-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-left-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1549
1550 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-top-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-top-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1551
1552 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-right-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-right-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1553
1554 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bottom-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bottom-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1555
1556 \dd Specify the margins. Most text appears within these margins,
1557 except:
1558
1559 \lcont{
1560
1561 \b Section numbers, which appear in the left margin.
1562
1563 \b The footer (containing page numbers), which appears in the bottom
1564 margin.
1565
1566 }
1567
1568 \S2{output-paper-line} Vertical spacing
1569
1570 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-leading\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-leading\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1571
1572 \dd Specifies the amount of space between lines of text within a
1573 paragraph. (So, if the font size is 12pt and there is 2pt of leading,
1574 there will be 14pt between successive baselines.)
1575
1576 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-para-spacing\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-para-spacing\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1577
1578 \dd Specifies the amount of vertical space between paragraphs. (The
1579 vertical space between paragraphs does \e{not} include
1580 \c{paper-base-leading}.)
1581
1582 \S2{output-paper-indentation} Indentation
1583
1584 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1585
1586 \dd Specifies the indentation of the bullet or number in a
1587 \I{bulletted list, indentation}bulletted or \I{numbered list,
1588 indentation}numbered \I{list, indentation}list, similarly to
1589 \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}} (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1590
1591 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1592
1593 \dd Specifies the \e{extra} indentation for the body of a list item,
1594 over and above the amount configured in \cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}}.
1595
1596 \# FIXME: doesn't actually work, AFAICT.
1597
1598 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quote-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quote-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1599
1600 \dd Specifies the amount of indentation for a level of quoting. Used
1601 for \cw{\\quote} (see \k{input-quote}) and code quotes with \cw{\\c}
1602 (see \k{input-code}).
1603
1604 \S2{output-paper-headings} Headings
1605
1606 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-top-space\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-top-space\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1607
1608 \dd Specifies the space between the top margin and the top of the
1609 chapter heading. (Each chapter begins on a new page.)
1610
1611 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-thickness\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-thickness\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1612
1613 \dd Specifies the vertical thickness of the black rule under chapter
1614 headings.
1615
1616 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-depth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-depth\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1617
1618 \dd Specifies the distance between the base of the chapter heading and
1619 the \e{base} of the underlying rule.
1620
1621 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-sect-num-left-space\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-sect-num-left-space\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1622
1623 \dd Specifies the distance between the left margin and the \e{right}
1624 of section numbers (which are in the left margin).
1625
1626 \S2{output-paper-index} Contents and index
1627
1628 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-index-step\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-index-step\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1629
1630 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1631
1632 \# FIXME: I do not know what dees one does. (I couldn't get either of
1633 them to do anything obvious, although the source indicates they should
1634 do something.)
1635
1636 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1637
1638 \dd Specifies the horizontal spacing between dots in \i\e{leaders}
1639 (the dotted lines that appear between section headings and page
1640 numbers in the table of contents).
1641
1642 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-footer-distance\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-footer-distance\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1643
1644 \dd Specifies the distance between the bottom margin and the \e{base}
1645 of the footer (which contains page numbers).
1646
1647 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-columns\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-columns\}\{}\e{columns}\cw{\}}
1648
1649 \dd Specifies the number of columns the index should be divided into.
1650
1651 \# FIXME: with this set to 1, the right-alignment of some index entry
1652 page numbers in the Halibut manual is decidedly wonky.
1653
1654 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-gutter\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-gutter\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1655
1656 \dd Specifies the amount of \I{gutter} horizontal space between index
1657 columns.
1658
1659 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-minsep\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-minsep\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1660
1661 \dd Specifies the minimum allowable horizontal space between an index
1662 entry and its page number. If the gap is smaller, the page number is
1663 moved to the next line.
1664
1665 \S2{output-paper-fonts} \ii{Fonts}
1666
1667 The directives in this section control which fonts Halibut uses for
1668 various kinds of text. Directives for setting the font normally take
1669 three font names, the first of which is used for normal text, the
1670 second for emphasised text, and the third for code. Any fonts which
1671 aren't specified are left unchanged. Fonts are named using their
1672 PostScript names.
1673
1674 Halibut intrinsically knows about some fonts, and these fonts are also
1675 built into all PDF and most PostScript implementations. These are:
1676
1677 \b \cw{Times-Roman}
1678
1679 \b \cw{Times-Italic}
1680
1681 \b \cw{Times-Bold}
1682
1683 \b \cw{Times-BoldItalic}
1684
1685 \b \cw{Helvetica}
1686
1687 \b \cw{Helvetica-Oblique}
1688
1689 \b \cw{Helvetica-Bold}
1690
1691 \b \cw{Helvetica-BoldOblique}
1692
1693 \b \cw{Courier}
1694
1695 \b \cw{Courier-Oblique}
1696
1697 \b \cw{Courier-Bold}
1698
1699 \b \cw{Courier-BoldOblique}
1700
1701 These fonts can be used without further formality. To use any other
1702 font, Halibut needs at least to know its measurements, which are
1703 provided in an \i{Adobe Font Metrics} (\I{AFM files}AFM) file.
1704 Halibut can also \I{embedding fonts}embed \i{Type 1 fonts} in its PDF
1705 and PostScript output if provided with font file in either hexadecimal (\I{PFA
1706 files}PFA) or IBM PC (\I{PFB files}PFB) format. To provide
1707 an AFM, PFA, or PFB file to Halibut, simply name it on Halibut's command
1708 line. If a PFA or PFB file is specified, the corresponding AFM file
1709 must come first.
1710
1711 \ii{Font sizes} are specified in PostScript \i{points} (72 to the inch).
1712
1713 \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{\}}]]
1714
1715 \dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in the document title.
1716
1717 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-title-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-title-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1718
1719 \dd Specifies the \i{font size} of the document title.
1720
1721 \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{\}}]]
1722
1723 \dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in chapter titles.
1724
1725 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1726
1727 \dd Specifies the \i{font size} of chapter titles.
1728
1729 \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{\}}]]
1730
1731 \dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in section headings at the \e{level}
1732 specified.
1733
1734 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-section-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-section-font-size\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1735
1736 \dd Specifies the \i{font size} of section headings at the \e{level}
1737 specified.
1738
1739 \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{\}}]]
1740
1741 \dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in the body text.
1742
1743 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1744
1745 \dd Specifies the \i{font size} of body text.
1746
1747 \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{\}}]]
1748
1749 \dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in code paragraps. The
1750 \e{bold-font} is used for bold text, the \e{italic-font} for
1751 emphasised text, and the \e{normal-font} for normal code.
1752
1753 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-code-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-code-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1754
1755 \dd Specifies the \i{font size} of text in code paragraphs.
1756
1757 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-pagenum-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-pagenum-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1758
1759 \dd Specifies the font size to use for \i{page numbers}.
1760
1761 \S2{output-paper-misc} Miscellaneous
1762
1763 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-rule-thickness\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-rule-thickness\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1764
1765 \dd Specifies the vertical thickness of the rule produced by the
1766 \cw{\\rule} command (see \k{input-rule}). (Note that no extra space is
1767 reserved for thicker rules.)
1768
1769 \S{output-paper-characters} Configuring the characters used
1770
1771 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1772
1773 \dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1774 You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1775 \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1776 \k{output-text-characters}).
1777
1778 \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{\}}]
1779
1780 \dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1781 \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1782 fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1783 directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1784
1785 \S{output-paper-defaults} Default settings for paper formats
1786
1787 The default page size corresponds to 210\_\u00D7{x}\_297\_mm, i.e.,
1788 \i{A4 paper}.
1789
1790 \c \cfg{paper-page-width}{595}
1791 \c \cfg{paper-page-height}{842}
1792 \c
1793 \c \cfg{paper-left-margin}{72}
1794 \c \cfg{paper-top-margin}{72}
1795 \c \cfg{paper-right-margin}{72}
1796 \c \cfg{paper-bottom-margin}{108}
1797 \c
1798 \c \cfg{paper-base-leading}{1}
1799 \c \cfg{paper-base-para-spacing}{10}
1800 \c
1801 \c \cfg{paper-list-indent}{6}
1802 \c \cfg{paper-listitem-indent}{18}
1803 \c \cfg{paper-quote-indent}{18}
1804 \c
1805 \c \cfg{paper-chapter-top-space}{72}
1806 \c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-thickness}{3}
1807 \c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-depth}{14}
1808 \c \cfg{paper-sect-num-left-space}{12}
1809 \c
1810 \c \cfg{paper-contents-index-step}{24}
1811 \c \cfg{paper-contents-margin}{84}
1812 \c \cfg{paper-leader-separation}{12}
1813 \c \cfg{paper-footer-distance}{32}
1814 \c \cfg{paper-index-columns}{2}
1815 \c \cfg{paper-index-gutter}{36}
1816 \c \cfg{paper-index-minsep}{18}
1817 \c
1818 \c \cfg{paper-base-fonts}{Times-Roman}{Times-Italic}{Courier}
1819 \c \cfg{paper-base-font-size}{12}
1820 \c \cfg{paper-code-fonts}{Courier-Bold}{Courier-Oblique}{Courier}
1821 \c \cfg{paper-code-font-size}{12}
1822 \c \cfg{paper-title-fonts}{Helvetica-Bold}
1823 \c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
1824 \c \cfg{paper-title-font-size}{24}
1825 \c \cfg{paper-chapter-fonts}{Helvetica-Bold}
1826 \c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
1827 \c \cfg{paper-chapter-font-size}{20}
1828 \c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{0}{Helvetica-Bold}
1829 \c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
1830 \c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{0}{16}
1831 \c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{1}{Helvetica-Bold}
1832 \c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
1833 \c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{1}{14}
1834 \c \cfg{paper-section-fonts}{2}{Helvetica-Bold}
1835 \c {Helvetica-BoldOblique}{Courier-Bold}
1836 \c \cfg{paper-section-font-size}{2}{13}
1837 \c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
1838 \e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
1839 \c
1840 \c \cfg{paper-pagenum-font-size}{12}
1841 \c
1842 \c \cfg{paper-rule-thickness}{1}
1843 \c
1844 \c \cfg{paper-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1845 \c \cfg{paper-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{'}{'}