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