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   1 \cfg{man-identity}{halibut}{1}{2004-04-08}{Halibut}{Simon Tatham}
   2 \cfg{man-mindepth}{1}
   3
   4 \A{manpage} Halibut \cw{man} page
   5
   6 \H{manpage-name} NAME
   7
   8 \cw{halibut} - multi-format documentation formatting tool
   9
  10 \H{manpage-synopsis} SYNOPSIS
  11
  12 \c halibut [options] file1.but [file2.but ...]
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  14
  15 \H{manpage-description} DESCRIPTION
  16
  17 \c{halibut} reads the given set of input files, assembles them into
  18 a document, and outputs that document in one or more formats.
  19
  20 The available command-line options can configure what formats
  21 Halibut should output in, and can also configure other things about
  22 the way Halibut works.
  23
  24 \H{manpage-options} OPTIONS
  25
  26 The command-line options supported by \c{halibut} are:
  27
  28 \dt \cw{--text}[\cw{=}\e{filename}]
  29
  30 \dd Makes Halibut generate an output file in plain text format. If
  31 the optional \e{filename} parameter is supplied, the output text
  32 file will be given that name. Otherwise, the name of the output text
  33 file will be as specified in the input files, or \c{output.txt} if
  34 none is specified at all.
  35
  36 \dt \cw{--html}[\cw{=}\e{filename}]
  37
  38 \dd Makes Halibut generate one or more output files in HTML format.
  39 If the optional \e{filename} parameter is supplied, there will be
  40 precisely one HTML output file with that name, containing the whole
  41 document. Otherwise, there may be one or more than one HTML file
  42 produced as output; this, and the file names, will be as specified
  43 in the input files, or given a set of default names starting with
  44 \c{Contents.html} if none is specified at all.
  45
  46 \dt \cw{--winhelp}[\cw{=}\e{filename}]
  47
  48 \dd Makes Halibut generate an output file in Windows Help format. If
  49 the optional \e{filename} parameter is supplied, the output help
  50 file will be given that name. Otherwise, the name of the output help
  51 file will be as specified in the input files, or \c{output.hlp} if
  52 none is specified at all.
  53
  54 \lcont{
  55 The output help file must have a name ending in \c{.hlp}; if it does
  56 not, \c{.hlp} will be added. A secondary contents file will be created
  57 alongside the main help file, with the same name except that it will
  58 end in \c{.cnt} (for example \c{output.cnt}, if the main file is
  59 \c{output.hlp}).
  60 }
  61
  62 \dt \cw{--man}[\cw{=}\e{filename}]
  63
  64 \dd Makes Halibut generate an output file in Unix \cw{man} page
  65 format. If the optional \e{filename} parameter is supplied, the
  66 output \cw{man} page will be given that name. Otherwise, the name of
  67 the output \cw{man} page will be as specified in the input files, or
  68 \c{output.1} if none is specified at all.
  69
  70 \dt \cw{--info}[\cw{=}\e{filename}]
  71
  72 \dd Makes Halibut generate an \c{info} file. If the optional
  73 \e{filename} parameter is supplied, the output \c{info} file will be
  74 given that name. Otherwise, the name of the output \c{info} file
  75 will be as specified in the input files, or \c{output.info} if none
  76 is specified at all.
  77
  78 \lcont{
  79 By default, unless configured otherwise using the
  80 \cw{\\cfg\{info-max-file-size\}\{0\}} directive, the \c{info} output
  81 will be split into multiple files. The main file will have the name
  82 you specify; the subsidiary files will have suffixes \c{-1}, \c{-2}
  83 etc.
  84 }
  85
  86 \dt \cw{-C}\e{word}\cw{:}\e{word}[\cw{:}\e{word}...]
  87
  88 \dd Adds a configuration directive to the input processed by
  89 Halibut. Using this directive is exactly equivalent to appending an
  90 extra input file to the command line which contains the directive
  91 \cw{\\cfg\{}\e{word}\cw{\}\{}\e{word}\cw{\}\{}\e{word}...\cw{\}}.
  92
  93 \dt \cw{--precise}
  94
  95 \dd Makes Halibut report the column number as well as the line
  96 number when it encounters an error in an input file.
  97
  98 \dt \cw{--help}
  99
 100 \dd Makes Halibut display a brief summary of its command-line
 101 options.
 102
 103 \dt \cw{--version}
 104
 105 \dd Makes Halibut report its version number.
 106
 107 \dt \cw{--licence}
 108
 109 \dd Makes Halibut display its licence (MIT).
 110
 111 \H{putty-manpage-more-information} MORE INFORMATION
 112
 113 For more information on Halibut, including full details of the input
 114 file format, look in the full manual. If this is not installed
 115 locally on your system, you can also find it at the Halibut web site:
 116
 117 \W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/}\cw{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/}
 118
 119 \H{putty-manpage-bugs} BUGS
 120
 121 This man page isn't terribly complete.
 122
 123 The HTML output isn't very good.
 124
 125 Unicode handling is atrocious.
 126
 127 Several more output formats (PostScript, PDF) are missing.