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