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1 \C{output} Halibut output formats
2
3 This chapter describes each of Halibut's current \i{output formats}.
4 It gives some general information about the format, and also
5 describes all the \i{configuration directives} which are specific to
6 that format.
7
8 \H{output-text} Plain text
9
10 This output format generates the document as a single \i{plain text}
11 file. No table of contents or index is generated.
12
13 The precise formatting of the text file can be controlled by a
14 variety of configuration directives. They are listed in the
15 following subsections.
16
17 \S{output-text-file} Output file name
18
19 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
20
21 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the text file.
22 This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
23 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--text} (see
24 \k{running-options}).
25
26 \S{output-text-dimensions} Indentation and line width
27
28 This section describes the configuration directives which control
29 the \i{horizontal dimensions} of the output text file: how much
30 paragraphs are indented by and how long the lines are.
31
32 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
33
34 \dd Sets the \I{text width}width of the main part of the document,
35 in characters. This width will be used for wrapping paragraphs and
36 for centring titles (if you have asked for titles to be centred -
37 see \k{output-text-headings}). This width does \e{not} include the
38 left indentation set by \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}; if you specify an
39 indent of 8 and a width of 64, your maximum output line length will
40 be 72.
41
42 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
43
44 \dd Sets the left \i{indentation} for the document. If you set this
45 to zero, your document will look like an ordinary text file as
46 someone with a text editor might have written it; if you set it
47 above zero, the text file will have a \i{margin} down the left in
48 the style of some printed manuals, and you can then configure the
49 section numbers to appear in this margin (see
50 \k{output-text-headings}).
51
52 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
53
54 \dd Specifies how many extra characters of indentation (on top of
55 the normal left indent) should be given to \I{code paragraphs,
56 indentation} code paragraphs.
57
58 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
59
60 \dd Specifies how many extra spaces should be used to indent the
61 bullet or number in a \I{bulletted list, indentation}bulletted or
62 \I{numbered list, indentation}numbered \I{list, indentation}list.
63 The actual body of the list item will be indented by this much
64 \e{plus} the value configured by \cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}.
65
66 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
67
68 \dd Specifies how many extra spaces should be used to indent the
69 body of a list item, over and above the number configured in
70 \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}.
71
72 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-preamble\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-preamble\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
73
74 \dd When this is set to \c{true}, the document \i{preamble} (i.e. any
75 paragraphs appearing before the first chapter heading) will be
76 indented to the level specified by \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}. If
77 this setting is \c{false}, the document preamble will not be
78 indented at all from the left margin.
79
80 \S{output-text-headings} \ii{Configuring heading display}
81
82 The directives in this section allow you to configure the appearance
83 of the title, chapter and section headings in your text file.
84
85 Several of the directives listed below specify the \i{alignment} of
86 a heading. These alignment options have three possible values:
87
88 \dt \i\c{left}
89
90 \dd Align the heading to the very left of the text file (column zero).
91
92 \dt \i\c{leftplus}
93
94 \dd Align the section title to the left of the main display region
95 (in other words, indented to the level specified by
96 \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent\}}). The section \e{number} is placed to the
97 left of that (so that it goes in the margin if there is room).
98
99 \dt \i\c{centre}
100
101 \dd Centre the heading.
102
103 Also, several of the directives below specify how a title should be
104 \I{underlining}underlined. The parameter to one of these directives
105 should be either blank (\cw{\{\}}) or a piece of text which will be
106 repeated to produce the underline. So you might want to specify, for
107 example, \cw{\\text-title-underline\{=\}} but
108 \cw{\\text-chapter-underline\{\-\}}.
109
110 You can also specify more than one underline setting, and Halibut
111 will choose the first one that the output character set supports.
112 So, for example, you could write
113 \cw{\\text-chapter-underline\{\\u203e\}\{\-\}}, and Halibut would use
114 the Unicode \q{OVERLINE} character where possible and fall back to
115 the ASCII minus sign otherwise.
116
117 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-align\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
118
119 \dd Specifies the alignment of the overall document title: \c{left},
120 \c{leftplus} or \c{centre}.
121
122 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-title-underline\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
123
124 \dd Specifies how the overall document title should be underlined.
125
126 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-align\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
127
128 \dd Specifies the alignment of chapter and appendix headings.
129
130 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
131
132 \dd Specifies how chapter and appendix headings should be underlined.
133
134 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-numeric\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
135
136 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, then chapter headings will not
137 contain the word \q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have
138 defined in its place - see \k{input-sections} and \k{input-config});
139 they will just contain the chapter \e{number}, followed by the
140 chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
141 be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
142
143 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
144
145 \dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
146 number, before displaying the chapter title. For example, if you set
147 this to \cq{:\_}, then the chapter title might look something
148 like \q{Chapter 2: Doing Things}.
149
150 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-align\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-align\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{alignment}\cw{\}}
151
152 \dd Specifies the alignment of section headings at a particular
153 level. The \e{level} parameter specifies which level of section
154 headings you want to affect: 0 means first-level headings (\c{\\H}),
155 1 means second-level headings (\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below
156 that (\c{\\S2}), and so on. The \e{alignment} parameter is treated
157 just like the other alignment directives listed above.
158
159 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-underline\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{underline-text}\cw{\}}
160
161 \dd Specifies how to underline section headings at a particular level.
162
163 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
164
165 \dd Specifies whether section headings at a particular level should
166 contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
167 be numeric only (if \c{true}).
168
169 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
170
171 \dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
172 be appended to section numbers at a particular level, before
173 displaying the section title.
174
175 \S{output-text-characters} Configuring the characters used
176
177 \dt \I\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}\{}\e{character set name}\cw{\}}
178
179 \dd This tells Halibut what \i{character set} the output should be
180 in. Any Unicode characters representable in this set will be output
181 verbatim; any other characters will not be output and their
182 \i{fallback text} (if any) will be used instead.
183
184 \lcont{
185
186 The character set names are the same as for
187 \cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}} (see \k{input-config}). However, unlike
188 \cw{\\cfg\{input-charset\}}, this directive affects the \e{entire}
189 output; it's not possible to switch encodings halfway through.
190
191 }
192
193 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
194
195 \dd This specifies the text which should be used as the \i{bullet}
196 in bulletted lists. It can be one character
197 (\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{-\}}), or more than one
198 (\cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{(*)\}}).
199
200 \lcont{
201
202 Like \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} (see \k{input-config}), you can specify multiple
203 possible options after this command, and Halibut will choose the first one
204 which the output character set supports. For example, you might write
205 \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}\{\\u2022\}\{\\u00b7\}\{*\}}, in which case
206 Halibut would use the Unicode \q{BULLET} character where possible,
207 fall back to the ISO-8859-1 \q{MIDDLE DOT} if that wasn't available,
208 and resort to the ASCII asterisk if all else failed.
209
210 }
211
212 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}...\cw{\}}]
213
214 \dd This specifies the text which should be used for drawing
215 \i{horizontal rules} (generated by \i\c{\\rule}; see
216 \k{input-rule}). It can be one character, or more than one. The
217 string you specify will be repeated to reach the required width, so
218 you can specify something like \cq{-=} to get a rule that looks
219 like \cw{-=-=-=}.
220
221 \lcont{
222
223 Like \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}}, you can specify multiple fallback
224 options in this command.
225
226 }
227
228 \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{\}}]
229
230 \dd This specifies a set of quote characters for the text backend,
231 overriding any defined by \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}}. It has the same syntax
232 (see \k{input-config}).
233
234 \lcont{
235
236 In this backend, these quotes will also be used to mark text enclosed
237 in the \c{\\c} command (see \k{input-code}).
238
239 }
240
241 \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{\}}]
242
243 \dd This specifies the characters which should be used to surround
244 emphasised text (written using the \c{\\e} command; see
245 \k{input-emph}).
246
247 \lcont{
248
249 You should separately specify the start-emphasis and end-emphasis
250 text, each of which can be more than one character if you want.
251 Also, like \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}, you can specify multiple pairs
252 of fallback options in this command, and Halibut will always use a
253 matching pair.
254
255 }
256
257 \S{output-text-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
258
259 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
260
261 \dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item
262 (see \k{input-list-number}). So if you want to label your lists as
263 \q{1)}, \q{2)} and so on, then you would write
264 \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}\{)\}}.
265
266 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
267
268 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined
269 using the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be
270 included at the bottom of the text file. If it is set to \c{false},
271 they will be omitted completely.
272
273 \# FIXME: code indentation is configurable, therefore \quote
274 \# indentation probably ought to be as well.
275
276 \# FIXME: text-indent-* should be consistently named.
277
278 \S{output-text-defaults} Default settings
279
280 The \i{default settings} for Halibut's plain text output format are:
281
282 \c \cfg{text-filename}{output.txt}
283 \c
284 \c \cfg{text-width}{68}
285 \c \cfg{text-indent}{7}
286 \c \cfg{text-indent-code}{2}
287 \c \cfg{text-list-indent}{1}
288 \c \cfg{text-listitem-indent}{3}
289 \c \cfg{text-indent-preamble}{false}
290 \c
291 \c \cfg{text-title-align}{centre}
292 \c \cfg{text-title-underline}{\u2550}{=}
293 \c
294 \c \cfg{text-chapter-align}{left}
295 \c \cfg{text-chapter-underline}{\u203e}{-}
296 \c \cfg{text-chapter-numeric}{false}
297 \c \cfg{text-chapter-suffix}{: }
298 \c
299 \c \cfg{text-section-align}{0}{leftplus}
300 \c \cfg{text-section-underline}{0}{}
301 \c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{0}{true}
302 \c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{0}{ }
303 \c
304 \c \cfg{text-section-align}{1}{leftplus}
305 \c \cfg{text-section-underline}{1}{}
306 \c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{1}{true}
307 \c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{1}{ }
308 \c
309 \c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
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311 \c
312 \c \cfg{text-charset}{ASCII}
313 \c \cfg{text-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
314 \c \cfg{text-rule}{\u2500}{-}
315 \c \cfg{text-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
316 \c \cfg{text-emphasis}{_}{_}
317 \c
318 \c \cfg{text-list-suffix}{.}
319 \c \cfg{text-versionid}{true}
320
321 \H{output-html} HTML
322
323 \# FIXME: this probably needs major revision due to the new HTML
324 backend
325
326 This output format generates an \i{HTML} version of the document. By
327 default, this will be in multiple files, starting with
328 \c{Contents.html} and splitting the document into files by chapter
329 and/or subsection. You can configure precisely how the text is split
330 between HTML files using the configuration commands described in
331 this section. In particular, you can configure Halibut to output one
332 single HTML file instead of multiple ones.
333
334 Strictly speaking, the output format is \i{XHTML} 1.0 Transitional,
335 which is why all of the configuration directives start with the word
336 \c{xhtml} rather than \c{html}.
337
338 \S{output-html-file} Controlling the output file names
339
340 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-contents-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-contents-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
341
342 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the top-level
343 contents page. Since this is the first page a user ought to see when
344 beginning to read the document, a good choice in many cases might be
345 \c{index.html} (although this is not the default, for historical
346 reasons).
347
348 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-index-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-index-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
349
350 \dd Sets the file name in which to store the document's index.
351
352 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-filename\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}
353
354 \dd Provides a \i{template} to be used when constructing the file
355 names of each chapter or section of the document. This template
356 should contain at least one \i\e{formatting command}, in the form of
357 a per cent sign followed by a letter. (If you need a literal per
358 cent sign, you can write \c{%%}.)
359
360 \lcont{
361
362 The formatting commands used in this template are:
363
364 \dt \I{%N-upper}\c{%N}
365
366 \dd Expands to the visible title of the section, with white space
367 removed. So in a chapter declared as \cq{\\C\{fish\} Catching
368 Fish}, this formatting command would expand to
369 \cq{CatchingFish}.
370
371 \dt \i\c{%n}
372
373 \dd Expands to the type and number of the section, without white
374 space. So in chapter 1 this would expand to \cq{Chapter1}; in
375 section A.4.3 it would expand to \cq{SectionA.4.3}, and so on.
376 If the section has no number (an unnumbered chapter created using
377 \c{\\U}), this directive falls back to doing the same thing as
378 \c{%N}.
379
380 \dt \i\c{%b}
381
382 \dd Expands to the bare number of the section. So in chapter 1 this
383 would expand to \cq{1}; in section A.4.3 it would expand to
384 \cq{A.4.3}, and so on. If the section has no number (an
385 unnumbered chapter created using \c{\\U}), this directive falls back
386 to doing the same thing as \c{%N}.
387
388 \dt \i\c{%k}
389
390 \dd Expands to the internal keyword specified in the section title.
391 So in a chapter declared as \cq{\\C\{fish\} Catching Fish}, this
392 formatting command would expand to \cq{fish}. If the section has
393 no keyword (an unnumbered chapter created using \c{\\U}), this
394 directive falls back to doing the same thing as \c{%N}.
395
396 These formatting directives can also be used in the
397 \cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-fragment\}} configuration directive (see
398 \k{output-html-misc}).
399
400 }
401
402 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-single-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-single-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
403
404 \dd Sets the file name in which to store the entire document, if
405 Halibut is configured (using \c{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-level\}\{0\}} to
406 produce a single self-contained file. Both this directive \e{and}
407 \c{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-level\}\{0\}} are implicitly generated if you
408 provide a file name parameter after the command-line option
409 \i\c{--html} (see \k{running-options}).
410
411 \S{output-html-split} Controlling the splitting into HTML files
412
413 By default, the HTML output from Halibut is split into multiple
414 files. Each file typically contains a single chapter or section and
415 everything below it, unless subsections of that chapter are
416 themselves split off into further files.
417
418 Most files also contain a contents section, giving hyperlinks to the
419 sections in the file and/or the sections below it.
420
421 The configuration directives listed below allow you to configure the
422 splitting into files, and the details of the contents sections.
423
424 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-level\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-level\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
425
426 \dd This setting indicates the depth of section which should be
427 given a \I{leaf file}\q{leaf} file (a file with no sub-files). So if
428 you set it to 1, for example, then every chapter will be given its
429 own HTML file, plus a top-level \i{contents file}. If you set this
430 to 2, then each chapter \e{and} each \c{\\H} section will have a
431 file, and the chapter files will mostly just contain links to their
432 \i{sub-file}s.
433
434 \lcont{
435
436 If you set this option to zero, then the whole document will appear
437 in a single file. If you do this, Halibut will call that file
438 \i\c{Manual.html} instead of \i\c{Contents.html}.
439
440 This option is automatically set to zero if you provide a file name
441 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--html} (see
442 \k{running-options}), because you have specified a single file name
443 and so Halibut assumes you want the whole document to be placed in
444 that file.
445
446 }
447
448 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-contents-depth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-contents-depth-}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
449
450 \dd This directive allows you to specify how \I{depth of
451 contents}deep the contents section in a particular file should go.
452
453 \lcont{
454
455 The \e{level} parameter indicates which level of contents section
456 you are dealing with. 0 denotes the main contents section in the
457 topmost file \c{Contents.html}; 1 denotes a contents section in a
458 chapter file; 2 is a contents section in a file containing a \c{\\H}
459 heading, and so on. Currently you can't go below level 5 (which
460 corresponds to a \c{\\S3} heading).
461
462 The \e{depth} parameter indicates the maximum depth of heading which
463 will be shown in this contents section. Again, 1 denotes a chapter,
464 2 is a \c{\\H} heading, 3 is a \c{\\S} heading, and so on.
465
466 So, for example: \cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-contents-depth-1\}\{3\}} instructs
467 Halibut to put contents links in chapter files for all sections down
468 to \c{\\S} level, but not to go into any more detail than that.
469
470 }
471
472 \# FIXME: this is utterly ghastly. For a start, it should include
473 \# the level as a separate argument, like the text section config
474 \# directives. Secondly, it shouldn't be limited in depth!
475
476 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-contains-contents\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-contains-contents\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
477
478 \dd If you set this to \c{true}, then each leaf file will contain
479 its own contents section which summarises the text within it.
480
481 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-smallest-contents\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-leaf-smallest-contents\}\{}\e{number}\cw{\}}
482
483 \dd Contents sections in leaf files are not output at all if they
484 contain very few entries (on the assumption that it just isn't worth
485 bothering). This directive configures the minimum number of entries
486 required in a leaf contents section to make Halibut bother
487 generating it at all.
488
489 \S{output-html-html} Including pieces of your own HTML
490
491 The directives in this section allow you to supply pieces of
492 \I{HTML}\i{verbatim HTML} code, which will be included in various
493 parts of the output files.
494
495 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-head-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-head-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
496
497 \dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
498 the \i\cw{<HEAD>} section of each output HTML file. So this is a
499 good place to put, for example, a link to a \i{CSS} \i{stylesheet}.
500
501 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-local-head\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-local-head\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
502
503 \dd This configuration directive is local: you specify it within a
504 document section, and it acts on that section only.
505
506 \lcont{
507
508 The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of the
509 \i\cw{<HEAD>} section of whichever output HTML file contains the
510 section in which the directive was placed. You can specify this
511 directive multiple times in multiple sections if you like.
512
513 This directive is particularly useful for constructing \i{MacOS
514 on-line help}, which is mostly normal HTML but which requires a
515 special \i\cw{<META NAME="AppleTitle">} tag in the topmost source
516 file. You can arrange this by placing this configuration directive
517 in the preamble or the introduction section, something like this:
518
519 \c \cfg{html-local-head}{<meta name="AppleTitle"
520 \c content="MyApp Help">}
521
522 }
523
524 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-tag\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-tag\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
525
526 \dd The text you provide in this directive is used in place of the
527 \i\cw{<BODY>} tag in each output file. So if you wanted to define a
528 \i{background colour}, for example, you could write
529 \cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-tag\}\{<body bg="#123456">\}}.
530
531 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-start\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-start\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
532
533 \dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the
534 beginning of the \i\cw{<BODY>} section of each output HTML file. So
535 if you intend your HTML files to be part of a web site with a
536 standard \i{house style}, and the style needs a \i{header} at the
537 top of every page, this is where you can add that header.
538
539 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-body-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
540
541 \dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
542 the \i\cw{<BODY>} section of each output HTML file. So if you intend
543 your HTML files to be part of a web site with a standard \i{house
544 style}, and the style needs a \i{footer} at the bottom of every
545 page, this is where you can add that footer.
546
547 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-address-start\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-address-start\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
548
549 \dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the
550 beginning of the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each
551 output HTML file. This might be a good place to put authors'
552 \i{contact details}, for example.
553
554 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-address-end\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-address-end\}\{}\e{HTML text}\cw{\}}
555
556 \dd The text you provide in this directive is placed at the end of
557 the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each output HTML file,
558 after the version IDs (if present).
559
560 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-navigation-attributes\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-navigation-attributes\}\{}\e{HTML attributes}\cw{\}}
561
562 \dd The text you provide in this directive is included inside the
563 \cw{<P>} tag containing the \i{navigation links} at the top of each
564 page (\i{\q{Previous}} / \i{\q{Contents}} / \i{\q{Next}}). So if you
565 wanted the navigation links to have a particular CSS style, you
566 could write
567 \cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-navigation-attributes\}\{class="foo"\}}, and the
568 navigation-links paragraph would then begin with the tag \cw{<p
569 class="foo">}.
570
571 \S{output-html-headings} \ii{Configuring heading display}
572
573 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-chapter-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-chapter-numeric\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
574
575 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, then chapter headings will not
576 contain the word \q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have
577 defined in its place - see \k{input-sections} and \k{input-config});
578 they will just contain the chapter \e{number}, followed by the
579 chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
580 be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
581
582 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
583
584 \dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
585 number, before displaying the chapter title. For example, if you set
586 this to \cq{:\_}, then the chapter title might look something
587 like \q{Chapter 2: Doing Things}.
588
589 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-section-numeric\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-section-numeric\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
590
591 \dd Specifies whether section headings at a particular level should
592 contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
593 be numeric only (if \c{true}). The \e{level} parameter specifies
594 which level of section headings you want to affect: 0 means
595 first-level headings (\c{\\H}), 1 means second-level headings
596 (\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below that (\c{\\S2}), and so on.
597
598 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
599
600 \dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to section numbers at a
601 particular level, before displaying the section title.
602
603 \S{output-html-misc} Miscellaneous options
604
605 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-fragment\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-fragment\}\{}\e{template}\cw{\}}
606
607 \dd This directive lets you specify a \i{template}, with exactly the
608 same syntax used in \cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-template-filename\}} (see
609 \k{output-html-file}), to be used for the anchor names (\i\cw{<A
610 NAME="...">}) used to allow URLs to refer to specific sections
611 within a particular HTML file. So if you set this to \cq{%k},
612 for example, then each individual section in your document will be
613 addressable by means of a URL ending in a \c{#} followed by your
614 internal section keyword.
615
616 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-versionid\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-versionid\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
617
618 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, \i{version ID paragraphs} (defined using
619 the \i\c{\\versionid} command - see \k{input-blurb}) will be included
620 visibly in the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the bottom of each HTML
621 file. If it is set to \c{false}, they will be omitted completely.
622
623 \# FIXME: surely it would be better to include them in HTML
624 \# comments? The only question is whether they should be _visible_.
625
626 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-suppress-address\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-suppress-address\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
627
628 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, the \i\cw{<ADDRESS>} section at the
629 bottom of each HTML file will be omitted completely. (This will
630 therefore also cause \i{version IDs} not to be included.)
631
632 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-author\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-author\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
633
634 \dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
635 name="author">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers which
636 support this can automatically identify the \i{author} of the document.
637
638 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-description\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{xhtml-description\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
639
640 \dd The text supplied here goes in a \I{\cw{<META>} tags}\cw{<META
641 name="description">} tag in the output HTML files, so that browsers
642 which support this can easily pick out a brief \I{description, of
643 document}description of the document.
644
645 \S{output-html-defaults} Default settings
646
647 The \i{default settings} for Halibut's HTML output format are:
648
649 \c \cfg{xhtml-contents-filename}{Contents.html}
650 \c \cfg{xhtml-index-filename}{IndexPage.html}
651 \c \cfg{xhtml-template-filename}{%n.html}
652 \c \cfg{xhtml-single-filename}{Manual.html}
653 \c \cfg{xhtml-template-fragment}{%b}
654 \c
655 \c \cfg{xhtml-leaf-level}{2}
656 \c \cfg{xhtml-leaf-contains-contents}{false}
657 \c \cfg{xhtml-leaf-smallest-contents}{4}
658 \c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-0}{2}
659 \c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-1}{3}
660 \c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-2}{4}
661 \c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-3}{5}
662 \c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-4}{6}
663 \c \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-5}{7}
664 \c
665 \c \cfg{xhtml-head-end}{}
666 \c \cfg{xhtml-body-tag}{<body>}
667 \c \cfg{xhtml-body-start}{}
668 \c \cfg{xhtml-body-end}{}
669 \c \cfg{xhtml-address-start}{}
670 \c \cfg{xhtml-address-end}{}
671 \c \cfg{xhtml-navigation-attributes}{}
672 \c
673 \c \cfg{xhtml-versionid}{true}
674 \c \cfg{xhtml-suppress-address}{false}
675 \c \cfg{xhtml-author}{}
676 \c \cfg{xhtml-description}{}
677 \c
678 \c \cfg{xhtml-chapter-numeric}{false}
679 \c \cfg{xhtml-chapter-suffix}{: }
680 \c
681 \c \cfg{xhtml-section-numeric}{0}{true}
682 \c \cfg{xhtml-section-suffix}{0}{ }
683 \c
684 \c \cfg{xhtml-section-numeric}{1}{true}
685 \c \cfg{xhtml-section-suffix}{1}{ }
686 \c
687 \c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
688 \e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
689
690 \H{output-whlp} Windows Help
691
692 This output format generates data that can be used by the \i{Windows
693 Help} program \cw{WINHELP.EXE}. There are two actual files
694 generated, one ending in \c{.hlp} and the other ending in \c{.cnt}.
695
696 Currently, the output is harcoded to be in the \q{\i{Win1252}}
697 character set.
698
699 The Windows Help output format supports the following configuration
700 directives:
701
702 \S{output-whlp-file} Output file name
703
704 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
705
706 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
707 This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
708 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--winhelp} (see
709 \k{running-options}).
710
711 \lcont{
712
713 Your output file name should end with \c{.hlp}; if it doesn't,
714 Halibut will append it. Halibut will also generate a contents file
715 (ending in \c{.cnt}) alongside the file name you specify.
716
717 }
718
719 \S{output-whlp-characters} Configuring the characters used
720
721 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
722
723 \dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
724 You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
725 \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
726 \k{output-text-characters}).
727
728 \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{\}}]
729
730 \dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
731 \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
732 fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
733 directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
734
735 \S{output-whlp-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
736
737 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-contents-titlepage\}\{}\e{title}\cw{\}}
738
739 \dd Sets the text used to describe the help page containing the blurb
740 (see \k{input-blurb}) and table of contents.
741
742 \dt
743 \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
744
745 \dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
746 be appended to section numbers, before displaying the section title.
747 (Applies to all levels.)
748
749 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
750
751 \dd This text is appended to the number on a \i{numbered list} item,
752 in exactly the same way as \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} (see
753 \k{output-text-characters}).
754
755 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}\{}\e{topic-name}\cw{\}}
756
757 \dd This directive defines a Windows \i{Help topic} name in the current
758 section. Topic names can be used by the program invoking
759 \cw{WINHELP.EXE} to jump straight to a particular section. So you
760 can use this for \i{context-sensitive help}.
761
762 \lcont{
763
764 For example, if you used this directive in a particular section:
765
766 \c \cfg{winhelp-topic}{savingfiles}
767
768 then a Windows application could invoke Windows Help to jump to that
769 particular section in the help file like this:
770
771 \c WinHelp(hwnd, "mydoc.hlp", HELP_COMMAND,
772 \c (DWORD)"JI(`',`savingfiles')");
773
774 You can use this configuration directive many times, in many
775 different subsections of your document, in order to define a lot of
776 different help contexts which you can use in this way.
777
778 }
779
780 \S{output-whlp-defaults} Default settings
781
782 The \i{default settings} for the Windows Help output format are:
783
784 \c \cfg{winhelp-filename}{output.hlp}
785 \c
786 \c \cfg{winhelp-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
787 \c \cfg{winhelp-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
788 \c
789 \c \cfg{winhelp-contents-titlepage}{Title page}
790 \c \cfg{winhelp-section-suffix}{: }
791 \c \cfg{winhelp-list-suffix}{.}
792
793 and no \c{\\cfg\{winhelp-topic\}} directives anywhere.
794
795 \H{output-man} Unix \cw{man} pages
796
797 This output format generates a Unix \i{\cw{man} page}. That is to say,
798 it generates \i\c{nroff} input designed to work with the \c{-mandoc}
799 macro package.
800
801 The available configuration options for this format are as follows:
802
803 \S{output-man-file} Output file name
804
805 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
806
807 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
808 This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
809 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--man} (see
810 \k{running-options}).
811
812 \S{output-man-identity} Configuring headers and footers
813
814 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-identity\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}\{}\e{text...}\cw{\}}
815
816 \dd This directive is used to generate the initial \i{\c{.TH}
817 directive} that appears at the top of a \cw{man} page. It expects to
818 be followed by some number of brace pairs containing text, which will
819 be used in the \i{headers} and \i{footers} of the formatted output.
820
821 \lcont{
822
823 A traditional order for the arguments appears to be:
824
825 \n The name of the program.
826
827 \n The (numeric) manual section.
828
829 \n The date that the \cw{man} page was written.
830
831 \n The name of any containing suite of which the program is a part.
832
833 \n The name of the \i{author} of the \cw{man} page.
834
835 For example, a typical \cw{man} page might contain
836
837 \c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
838 \c Bloggs}
839
840 }
841
842 \S{output-man-headings} Configuring heading display
843
844 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-headnumbers\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
845
846 \dd If this is set to \c{true}, then \i{section headings} in the
847 \cw{man} page will have their \i{section numbers} displayed as usual. If
848 set to \c{false}, the section numbers will be omitted. (\cw{man}
849 pages traditionally have section names such as \q{SYNOPSIS},
850 \q{OPTIONS} and \q{BUGS}, and do not typically number them, so
851 \c{false} is the setting which conforms most closely to normal
852 \cw{man} style.)
853
854 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-mindepth\}\{}\e{depth}\cw{\}}
855
856 \dd If this is set to a number greater than 0, then section headings
857 \e{higher} than the given depth will not be displayed. If it is set
858 to zero, all section headings will be displayed as normal.
859
860 \lcont{
861
862 The point of this is so that you can use the same Halibut input file
863 to generate a quick-reference \cw{man} page for a program, \e{and} to
864 include that \cw{man} page as an appendix in your program's full manual.
865 If you are to include the \cw{man} page as an appendix, then the internal
866 headings within the page will probably need to be at \c{\\H} or
867 \c{\\S} level; therefore, when you format that input file on its own
868 to create the \cw{man} page itself, you will need to have defined a
869 \c{\\C} and possibly a \c{\\H} heading beforehand, which you don't
870 want to see displayed.
871
872 Here's an example. You might have a file \c{appendix.but}, which
873 simply says
874
875 \c \A{manpages} \cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite
876 \c
877 \c \cfg{man-mindepth}{2}
878
879 Then you have a file \c{make-foo.but}, and probably others like it
880 as well, each of which looks something like this:
881
882 \c \cfg{man-identity}{make-foo}{1}{June 2003}{foo-utils}{Fred
883 \c Bloggs}
884 \c
885 \c \H{man-foo} \cw{man} page for \c{make-foo}
886 \c
887 \c \S{man-foo-name} NAME
888 \c
889 \c \c{make-foo} - create Foo files for the Foo tool suite
890 \c
891 \c \S{man-foo-synopsis} SYNOPSIS
892 \c
893 \c ... and so on ...
894 \e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
895
896 So when you're generating your main manual, you can include
897 \c{appendix.but} followed by \c{make-foo.but} and any other \cw{man}
898 pages you have, and your \cw{man} pages will be formatted neatly as
899 part of an appendix. Then, in a separate run of Halibut, you can
900 just do
901
902 \c halibut appendix.but make-foo.but
903
904 and this will generate a \cw{man} page \c{output.1}, in which the
905 headings \q{\cw{man} pages for the Foo tool suite} and \q{\cw{man}
906 page for \c{make-foo}} will not be displayed because of the
907 \c{man-mindepth} directive. So the first visible heading in the
908 output \cw{man} page will be \q{NAME}, exactly as a user would
909 expect.
910
911 }
912
913 \S{output-man-characters} Configuring the characters used
914
915 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
916
917 \dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
918 \cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-characters}).
919
920 \# FIXME: you're probably on your own in making sure that it's
921 sensible to output man pages in that charset.
922
923 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{man-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
924
925 \dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
926 You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
927 \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
928
929 \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{\}}]
930
931 \dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
932 \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
933 fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
934 directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
935
936 \S{output-man-defaults} Default settings
937
938 The \i{default settings} for the \cw{man} page output format are:
939
940 \c \cfg{man-filename}{output.1}
941 \c
942 \c \cfg{man-identity}{}
943 \c
944 \c \cfg{man-headnumbers}{false}
945 \c \cfg{man-mindepth}{0}
946 \c
947 \c \cfg{man-charset}{ASCII}
948 \c \cfg{man-bullet}{\u2022}{o}
949 \c \cfg{man-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
950
951 \H{output-info} GNU \c{info}
952
953 This output format generates files which can be used with the \i{GNU
954 \c{info}} program.
955
956 There are typically multiple output files: a primary file whose name
957 usually ends in \c{.info}, and one or more subsidiary files whose
958 names have numbers on the end, so that they end in \c{.info-1},
959 \c{.info-2} and so on. Alternatively, this output format can be
960 configured to output a single large file containing the whole
961 document.
962
963 The \c{info} output format supports the following configuration
964 directives:
965
966 \S{output-info-file} Controlling the output filenames
967
968 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
969
970 \dd Sets the output file name in which to store the \c{info} file.
971 This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
972 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--info} (see
973 \k{running-options}).
974
975 \lcont{
976
977 The suffixes \c{-1}, \c{-2}, \c{-3} and so on will be appended to
978 your output file name to produce any subsidiary files required.
979
980 Note that \c{info} files refer to their own names internally, so
981 these files cannot be \I{renaming \c{info} files}renamed after
982 creation and remain useful.
983
984 }
985
986 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}\{}\e{bytes}\cw{\}}
987
988 \dd Sets the preferred \i{maximum file size} for each subsidiary
989 file. As a special case, if you set this to zero, there will be no
990 subsidiary files and the whole document will be placed in a single
991 self-contained output file. (However, note that this file can still
992 not be renamed usefully.)
993
994 \lcont{
995
996 The preferred maximum file size is only a guideline. Halibut may be
997 forced to exceed it if a single section of the document is larger
998 than the maximum size (since individual \c{info} nodes may not be
999 split between files).
1000
1001 }
1002
1003 \S{output-info-dimensions} Indentation and line width
1004
1005 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
1006
1007 \dd Sets the \I{text width}width of the main part of the document,
1008 in characters. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-width\}}
1009 directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1010
1011 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-indent-code\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1012
1013 \dd Specifies the extra indentation for \I{code paragraphs,
1014 indentation} code paragraphs. Works exactly like the
1015 \cw{\\cfg\{text-indent-code\}} directive (see
1016 \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1017
1018 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-index-width\}\{}\e{width}\cw{\}}
1019
1020 \dd Specifies how much horizontal space to leave in the index node
1021 for the text of \i{index terms}, before displaying the sections the
1022 terms occur in.
1023
1024 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1025
1026 \dd Specifies the extra indentation before the bullet or number in a
1027 \I{bulletted list, indentation}\I{numbered list, indentation}list
1028 item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}}
1029 directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1030
1031 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{indent}\cw{\}}
1032
1033 \dd Specifies the additional indentation before the body of a list
1034 item. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-listitem-indent\}}
1035 directive (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1036
1037 \S{output-info-headings} Configuring heading display
1038
1039 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1040
1041 \dd Specifies the suffix text to be appended to each section number
1042 before displaying the section title. For example, if you set this to
1043 \cq{:\_}, then a typical section title might look something like
1044 \q{Section 3.1: Something Like This}.
1045
1046 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1047
1048 \dd Specifies the text to be used to underline section titles. Works
1049 very much like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}} directive
1050 (see \k{output-text-headings}). You can specify more than one
1051 option, and Halibut will choose the first one supported by the
1052 character set.
1053
1054 \S{output-info-characters} Controlling the characters used
1055
1056 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
1057
1058 \dd Specifies what character set the output should be in, similarly to
1059 \cw{\\cfg\{text-charset\}} (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1060
1061 \# FIXME: if you try sufficiently hard, you can probably find an
1062 output encoding that will break the info format by trampling on its
1063 special characters. So either don't do that, or tell us what we should
1064 do about it.
1065
1066 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1067
1068 \dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1069 You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1070 \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1071 \k{output-text-characters}).
1072
1073 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-rule\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1074
1075 \dd Specifies the text used to draw \i{horizontal rules}. You can
1076 specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1077 \cw{\\cfg\{text-rule\}} directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1078
1079 \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{\}}]
1080
1081 \dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1082 \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1083 fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1084 directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1085
1086 \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{\}}]
1087
1088 \dd Specifies how to display emphasised text. You can specify
1089 multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1090 \cw{\\cfg\{text-emphasis\}} directive (see
1091 \k{output-text-characters}).
1092
1093 \S{output-info-misc} Miscellaneous configuration options
1094
1095 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-list-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
1096
1097 \dd Specifies the text to append to the item numbers in a
1098 \i{numbered list}. Works exactly like the
1099 \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-suffix\}} directive (see
1100 \k{output-text-misc}).
1101
1102 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}\{}\e{section}\cw{\}\{}\e{short
1103 name}\cw{\}\{}\e{long name}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{keyword}\cw{\}}]
1104
1105 \dd Constructs an \i\cw{INFO-DIR-ENTRY} section and places it in the
1106 header of the Info file. This mechanism is used to automatically
1107 generate the \i{\c{dir} file} at the root of a Unix system's
1108 \c{info} collection.
1109
1110 \lcont{
1111
1112 The parameters to this directive are:
1113
1114 \dt \e{section}
1115
1116 \dd Specifies the section of the \c{dir} file in which you want your
1117 document referenced. For example, \q{Development}, or \q{Games}, or
1118 \q{Miscellaneous}.
1119
1120 \dt \e{short name}
1121
1122 \dd Specifies a short name for the directory entry, which will
1123 appear at the start of the menu line.
1124
1125 \dt \e{long name}
1126
1127 \dd Specifies a long name for the directory entry, which will appear
1128 at the end of the menu line.
1129
1130 \dt \e{keyword}
1131
1132 \dd This parameter is optional. If it is present, then the directory
1133 entry will cause a jump to a particular subsection of your document,
1134 rather than starting at the top. The subsection will be the one
1135 referred to by the given keyword (see \k{input-sections} for details
1136 about assigning keywords to document sections).
1137
1138 For example, in a document describing many game programs, the
1139 configuration directive
1140
1141 \c \cfg{info-dir-entry}{Games}{Chess}{Electronic chess
1142 \c game}{chess}
1143
1144 might produce text in the \c{dir} file looking something like this:
1145
1146 \c Games
1147 \c * Chess: (mygames)Chapter 3. Electronic chess game
1148
1149 if the output file were called \c{mygames.info} and the keyword
1150 \c{chess} had been used to define Chapter 3 of the document.
1151
1152 }
1153
1154 \S{output-info-defaults} Default settings
1155
1156 The \i{default settings} for the \c{info} output format are:
1157
1158 \c \cfg{info-filename}{output.info}
1159 \c \cfg{info-max-file-size}{65536}
1160 \c
1161 \c \cfg{info-width}{70}
1162 \c \cfg{info-indent-code}{2}
1163 \c \cfg{info-index-width}{40}
1164 \c \cfg{info-list-indent}{1}
1165 \c \cfg{info-listitem-indent}{3}
1166 \c
1167 \c \cfg{info-section-suffix}{: }
1168 \c \cfg{info-underline}{\u203e}{-}
1169 \c
1170 \c \cfg{info-charset}{ASCII}
1171 \c \cfg{info-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1172 \c \cfg{info-rule}{\u2500}{-}
1173 \c \cfg{info-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{`}{'}
1174 \c \cfg{info-emphasis}{_}{_}
1175 \c
1176 \c \cfg{info-list-suffix}{.}
1177
1178 and no \cw{\\cfg\{info-dir-entry\}} directives.
1179
1180 \H{output-paper} Paper formats
1181
1182 These output formats (currently PostScript and PDF) generate printable
1183 manuals. As such, they share a number of configuration directives.
1184
1185 \S{output-ps} \i{PostScript}
1186
1187 This output format generates a printable manual in PostScript format.
1188
1189 There is one configuration option specific to PostScript:
1190
1191 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{ps-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1192
1193 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PostScript
1194 file. This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file
1195 name parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--ps} (see
1196 \k{running-options}).
1197
1198 The \i{default settings} for the PostScript output format are:
1199
1200 \c \cfg{ps-filename}{output.ps}
1201
1202 \S{output-pdf} \i{PDF}
1203
1204 This output format generates a printable manual in PDF format. This
1205 should look exactly identical to the PostScript output (see
1206 \k{output-ps}), but also uses some PDF interactive features to
1207 provide an outline of all the document's sections and clickable
1208 cross-references between sections.
1209
1210 There is one configuration option specific to PDF:
1211
1212 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{pdf-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
1213
1214 \dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the PDF file.
1215 This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
1216 parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--pdf} (see
1217 \k{running-options}).
1218
1219 The \i{default settings} for the PDF output format are:
1220
1221 \c \cfg{pdf-filename}{output.pdf}
1222
1223 \S{output-paper-dimensions} Configuring layout and \i{measurements}
1224
1225 All measurements are in PostScript \i{points} (72 points to the inch).
1226
1227 \S2{output-paper-pagesize} Page properties
1228
1229 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-width\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-width\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1230
1231 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-height\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-page-height\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1232
1233 \dd Specify the absolute limits of the paper.
1234
1235 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-left-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-left-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1236
1237 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-top-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-top-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1238
1239 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-right-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-right-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1240
1241 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bottom-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bottom-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1242
1243 \dd Specify the margins. Most text appears within these margins,
1244 except:
1245
1246 \lcont{
1247
1248 \b Section numbers, which appear in the left margin.
1249
1250 \b The footer (containing page numbers), which appears in the bottom
1251 margin.
1252
1253 }
1254
1255 \S2{output-paper-line} Vertical spacing
1256
1257 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-leading\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-leading\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1258
1259 \dd Specifies the amount of space between lines of text within a
1260 paragraph. (So, if the font size is 12pt and there is 2pt of leading,
1261 there will be 14pt between successive baselines.)
1262
1263 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-para-spacing\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-para-spacing\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1264
1265 \dd Specifies the amount of vertical space between paragraphs. (The
1266 vertical space between paragraphs does \e{not} include
1267 \c{paper-base-leading}.)
1268
1269 \S2{output-paper-indentation} Indentation
1270
1271 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1272
1273 \dd Specifies the indentation of the bullet or number in a
1274 \I{bulletted list, indentation}bulletted or \I{numbered list,
1275 indentation}numbers \I{list, indentation}list, similarly to
1276 \cw{\\cfg\{text-list-indent\}} (see \k{output-text-dimensions}).
1277
1278 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-listitem-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-listitem-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1279
1280 \dd Specifies the \e{extra} indentation for the body of a list item,
1281 over and above the amount configured in \cw{\\cfg\{paper-list-indent\}}.
1282
1283 \# FIXME: doesn't actually work, AFAICT.
1284
1285 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quote-indent\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-quote-indent\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1286
1287 \dd Specifies the amount of indentation for a level of quoting. Used
1288 for \cw{\\quote} (see \k{input-quote}) and code quotes with \cw{\\c}
1289 (see \k{input-code}).
1290
1291 \S2{output-paper-headings} Headings
1292
1293 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-top-space\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-top-space\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1294
1295 \dd Specifies the space between the top margin and the top of the
1296 chapter heading. (Each chapter begins on a new page.)
1297
1298 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-thickness\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-thickness\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1299
1300 \dd Specifies the vertical thickness of the black rule under chapter
1301 headings.
1302
1303 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-depth\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-chapter-underline-depth\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1304
1305 \dd Specifies the distance between the base of the chapter heading and
1306 the \e{base} of the underlying rule.
1307
1308 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-sect-num-left-space\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-sect-num-left-space\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1309
1310 \dd Specifies the distance between the left margin and the \e{right}
1311 of section numbers (which are in the left margin).
1312
1313 \S2{output-paper-index} Contents and index
1314
1315 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-index-step\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-index-step\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1316
1317 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1318
1319 \# FIXME: I do not know what dees one does. (I couldn't get either of
1320 them to do anything obvious, although the source indicates they should
1321 do something.)
1322
1323 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1324
1325 \dd Specifies the horizontal spacing between dots in \i\e{leaders}
1326 (the dotted lines that appear between section headings and page
1327 numbers in the table of contents).
1328
1329 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-footer-distance\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-footer-distance\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1330
1331 \dd Specifies the distance between the bottom margin and the \e{base}
1332 of the footer (which contains page numbers).
1333
1334 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-columns\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-columns\}\{}\e{columns}\cw{\}}
1335
1336 \dd Specifies the number of columns the index should be divided into.
1337
1338 \# FIXME: with this set to 1, the right-alignment of some index entry
1339 page numbers in the Halibut manual is decidedly wonky.
1340
1341 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-gutter\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-gutter\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1342
1343 \dd Specifies the amount of \I{gutter} horizontal space between index
1344 columns.
1345
1346 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-minsep\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-index-minsep\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1347
1348 \dd Specifies the minimum allowable horizontal space between an index
1349 entry and its page number. If the gap is smaller, the page number is
1350 moved to the next line.
1351
1352 \S2{output-paper-fonts} Fonts
1353
1354 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-base-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1355
1356 \dd Specifies the font size of body text.
1357
1358 \# FIXME: actually, this doesn't appear to do anything at all - most
1359 font sizes are still hardcoded.
1360
1361 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-pagenum-font-size\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-pagenum-font-size\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1362
1363 \dd Specifies the font size to use for page numbers.
1364
1365 \S2{output-paper-misc} Miscellaneous
1366
1367 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-rule-thickness\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-rule-thickness\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
1368
1369 \dd Specifies the vertical thickness of the rule produced by the
1370 \cw{\\rule} command (see \k{input-rule}). (Note that no extra space is
1371 reserved for thicker rules.)
1372
1373 \S{output-paper-characters} Configuring the characters used
1374
1375 \dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bullet\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-bullet\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
1376
1377 \dd Specifies the text to use as the \i{bullet} in bulletted lists.
1378 You can specify multiple fallback options. Works exactly like the
1379 \cw{\\cfg\{text-bullet\}} directive (see
1380 \k{output-text-characters}).
1381
1382 \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{\}}]
1383
1384 \dd Specifies the quotation marks to use, overriding any
1385 \cw{\\cfg\{quotes\}} directive. You can specify multiple
1386 fallback options. Works exactly like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-quotes\}}
1387 directive (see \k{output-text-characters}).
1388
1389 \S{output-paper-defaults} Default settings for paper formats
1390
1391 The default page size corresponds to 210\_\u00D7{x}\_297\_mm, i.e.,
1392 \i{A4 paper}.
1393
1394 \c \cfg{paper-page-width}{595}
1395 \c \cfg{paper-page-height}{841}
1396 \c
1397 \c \cfg{paper-left-margin}{72}
1398 \c \cfg{paper-top-margin}{72}
1399 \c \cfg{paper-right-margin}{72}
1400 \c \cfg{paper-bottom-margin}{108}
1401 \c
1402 \c \cfg{paper-base-leading}{1}
1403 \c \cfg{paper-base-para-spacing}{10}
1404 \c
1405 \c \cfg{paper-list-indent}{6}
1406 \c \cfg{paper-listitem-indent}{18}
1407 \c \cfg{paper-quote-indent}{18}
1408 \c
1409 \c \cfg{paper-chapter-top-space}{72}
1410 \c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-thickness}{3}
1411 \c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-depth}{14}
1412 \c \cfg{paper-sect-num-left-space}{12}
1413 \c
1414 \c \cfg{paper-contents-index-step}{24}
1415 \c \cfg{paper-contents-margin}{84}
1416 \c \cfg{paper-leader-separation}{12}
1417 \c \cfg{paper-footer-distance}{32}
1418 \c \cfg{paper-index-columns}{2}
1419 \c \cfg{paper-index-gutter}{36}
1420 \c \cfg{paper-index-minsep}{18}
1421 \c
1422 \c \cfg{paper-base-font-size}{12}
1423 \c \cfg{paper-pagenum-font-size}{12}
1424 \c
1425 \c \cfg{paper-rule-thickness}{1}
1426 \c
1427 \c \cfg{paper-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
1428 \c \cfg{paper-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{'}{'}