chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
+\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-shownumber\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-shownumber\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
+
+\dd If this is set to \c{false}, then chapter headings will \e{only}
+contain the chapter title: they will not contain the word
+\q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have defined in its place),
+and neither will they contain the chapter number. If set to
+\c{false}, this overrides \cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-numeric\}}.
+
\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
\dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
contain the word \q{Section} or equivalent (if \c{false}), or should
be numeric only (if \c{true}).
+\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-shownumber\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-shownumber\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
+
+\dd If this is set to \c{false}, then section headings at the
+specified level will \e{only} contain the section title: they will
+not contain the word \q{Section} (or whatever other word you have
+defined in its place), and neither will they contain the section
+number. If set to \c{false}, this overrides
+\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-numeric\}}.
+
\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{text-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
\dd Specifies the \I{suffix text, in section titles}suffix text to
\c \cfg{text-chapter-align}{left}
\c \cfg{text-chapter-underline}{\u203e}{-}
\c \cfg{text-chapter-numeric}{false}
+\c \cfg{text-chapter-shownumber}{true}
\c \cfg{text-chapter-suffix}{: }
\c
\c \cfg{text-section-align}{0}{leftplus}
\c \cfg{text-section-underline}{0}{}
\c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{0}{true}
+\c \cfg{text-section-shownumber}{0}{true}
\c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{0}{ }
\c
\c \cfg{text-section-align}{1}{leftplus}
\c \cfg{text-section-underline}{1}{}
\c \cfg{text-section-numeric}{1}{true}
+\c \cfg{text-section-shownumber}{1}{true}
\c \cfg{text-section-suffix}{1}{ }
\c
\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
chapter title. If you set this to \c{false}, chapter headings will
be prefixed by \q{Chapter} or equivalent.
+\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-shownumber\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-shownumber\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
+
+\dd If this is set to \c{false}, then chapter headings will \e{only}
+contain the chapter title: they will not contain the word
+\q{Chapter} (or whatever other word you have defined in its place),
+and neither will they contain the chapter number. If set to
+\c{false}, this overrides \cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-numeric\}}.
+
\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-chapter-suffix\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
\dd This specifies the suffix text to be appended to the chapter
first-level headings (\c{\\H}), 1 means second-level headings
(\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below that (\c{\\S2}), and so on.
+\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-shownumber\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-shownumber\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{boolean}\cw{\}}
+
+\dd If this is set to \c{false}, then section headings at the
+specified level will \e{only} contain the section title: they will
+not contain the word \q{Section} (or whatever other word you have
+defined in its place), and neither will they contain the section
+number. If set to \c{false}, this overrides
+\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-numeric\}}.
+
\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-suffix\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{html-section-suffix\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}
\# {level} can be omitted (defaults to 0). Is this intentional?
\c \cfg{html-navigation-attributes}{}
\c
\c \cfg{html-chapter-numeric}{false}
+\c \cfg{html-chapter-shownumber}{true}
\c \cfg{html-chapter-suffix}{: }
\c
\c \cfg{html-section-numeric}{0}{true}
+\c \cfg{html-section-shownumber}{0}{true}
\c \cfg{html-section-suffix}{0}{ }
\c
\c \cfg{html-section-numeric}{1}{true}
+\c \cfg{html-section-shownumber}{1}{true}
\c \cfg{html-section-suffix}{1}{ }
\c
\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{winhelp-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
-\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the man page.
+\dd Sets the \i{output file name} in which to store the help file.
This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--winhelp} (see
\k{running-options}).
\c \cfg{man-rule}{\u2500}{-}
\c \cfg{man-quotes}{\u2018}{\u2019}{"}{"}
-\H{output-info} GNU \c{info}
+\H{output-info} GNU Info
This output format generates files which can be used with the \i{GNU
-\c{info}} program.
+Info} program.
There are typically multiple output files: a primary file whose name
usually ends in \c{.info}, and one or more subsidiary files whose
configured to output a single large file containing the whole
document.
-The \c{info} output format supports the following configuration
+The Info output format supports the following configuration
directives:
\S{output-info-file} Controlling the output filenames
\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-filename\}\{}\e{filename}\cw{\}}
-\dd Sets the output file name in which to store the \c{info} file.
+\dd Sets the output file name in which to store the Info file.
This directive is implicitly generated if you provide a file name
parameter after the command-line option \i\c{--info} (see
\k{running-options}).
The suffixes \c{-1}, \c{-2}, \c{-3} and so on will be appended to
your output file name to produce any subsidiary files required.
-Note that \c{info} files refer to their own names internally, so
-these files cannot be \I{renaming \c{info} files}renamed after
+Note that Info files refer to their own names internally, so
+these files cannot be \I{renaming Info files}renamed after
creation and remain useful.
}
The preferred maximum file size is only a guideline. Halibut may be
forced to exceed it if a single section of the document is larger
-than the maximum size (since individual \c{info} nodes may not be
+than the maximum size (since individual Info nodes may not be
split between files).
}
\cq{:\_}, then a typical section title might look something like
\q{Section 3.1: Something Like This}.
-\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-underline\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
+\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-title-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-title-underline\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
-\dd Specifies the text to be used to underline section titles. Works
-very much like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-chapter-underline\}} directive
+\dd Specifies the text to be used to \I{underlining}underline
+the overall document title. Works
+very much like the \cw{\\cfg\{text-title-underline\}} directive
(see \k{output-text-headings}). You can specify more than one
option, and Halibut will choose the first one supported by the
character set.
+\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-chapter-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-chapter-underline\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
+
+\dd Specifies how chapter and appendix headings should be underlined.
+
+\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-underline\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-section-underline\}\{}\e{level}\cw{\}\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}[\cw{\{}\e{text}\cw{\}}...]
+
+\dd Specifies how to underline section headings at a particular level.
+The \e{level} parameter specifies which level of section
+headings you want to affect: 0 means first-level headings (\c{\\H}),
+1 means second-level headings (\c{\\S}), 2 means the level below
+that (\c{\\S2}), and so on.
+
\S{output-info-characters} Controlling the characters used
\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{info-charset\}\{}\e{character set}\cw{\}}
\dd Constructs an \i\cw{INFO-DIR-ENTRY} section and places it in the
header of the Info file. This mechanism is used to automatically
generate the \i{\c{dir} file} at the root of a Unix system's
-\c{info} collection.
+Info collection.
\lcont{
\S{output-info-defaults} Default settings
-The \i{default settings} for the \c{info} output format are:
+The \i{default settings} for the Info output format are:
\c \cfg{info-filename}{output.info}
\c \cfg{info-max-file-size}{65536}
\c \cfg{info-listitem-indent}{3}
\c
\c \cfg{info-section-suffix}{: }
-\c \cfg{info-underline}{\u203e}{-}
+\c \cfg{info-title-underline}{*}
+\c \cfg{info-chapter-underline}{=}
+\c \cfg{info-section-underline}{0}{-}
+\c \cfg{info-section-underline}{1}{.}
+\c \cfg{info-section-underline}{2}{.}
+\c ... and so on for all section levels below this ...
+\e iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
\c
\c \cfg{info-charset}{ASCII}
\c \cfg{info-bullet}{\u2022}{-}
\S2{output-paper-index} Contents and index
-\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-index-step\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-index-step\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
+\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-indent-step\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-indent-step\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
+
+\dd Specifies by how much to indent each entry in the table of
+contents per level of subdivision in the document. (In other words,
+chapter titles appear at the left of the table of contents, headings
+within the chapter are indented by the amount configured here,
+subheadings by twice that, and so on.)
\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-contents-margin\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
-\# FIXME: I do not know what dees one does. (I couldn't get either of
-them to do anything obvious, although the source indicates they should
-do something.)
+\dd Specifies the amount of space on the right of the table of
+contents which should be reserved for page numbers only. Headings in
+the table of contents which extend into this space will be wrapped.
\dt \I{\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}}}\cw{\\cfg\{paper-leader-separation\}\{}\e{points}\cw{\}}
Halibut intrinsically knows about some fonts, and these fonts are also
built into all PDF and most PostScript implementations.
-These fonts can be used without further formality. To use any other
-font, Halibut needs at least to know its measurements, which are
-provided in an \i{Adobe Font Metrics} (\I{AFM files}AFM) file.
-Halibut can also \I{embedding fonts}embed \i{Type 1 fonts} in its PDF
-and PostScript output if provided with font file in either hexadecimal (\I{PFA
-files}PFA) or IBM PC (\I{PFB files}PFB) format. To provide
-an AFM, PFA, or PFB file to Halibut, simply name it on Halibut's command
-line. If a PFA or PFB file is specified, the corresponding AFM file
-must come first.
+These fonts can be used without further formality. Halibut can also use
+other fonts, and can \I{embedding fonts}embed them it its PDF and
+PostScript output. These other fonts are supplied to Halibut by
+simply adding them to the list of input files on its command line.
+
+To use a \i{Type 1 font} Halibut needs both the font file itself,
+in either hexadecimal (\I{PFA files}PFA) or IBM PC (\I{PFB files}PFB)
+format, and an \i{Adobe Font Metrics} (\I{AFM files}AFM) file. The AFM
+file must be specified first on the command line. If Halibut gets an
+AFM file without a corresponding Type 1 font file, the PostScript and
+PDF output files will still use that font, but they won't contain it.
+
+Using a \i{TrueType font} is rather simpler, and simply requires you to
+pass the font file to Halibut. Halibut does place a few restrictions on
+TrueType fonts, notably that they must include a \i{Unicode} mapping
+table and a PostScript name.
Fonts are specified using their PostScript names. Running Halibut with
the \i\cw{\-\-list-fonts} option causes it to display the PostScript
\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{\}}]]
-\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in code paragraps. The
+\dd Specifies the fonts to use for text in code paragraphs. The
\e{bold-font} is used for bold text, the \e{italic-font} for
emphasised text, and the \e{normal-font} for normal code.
\c \cfg{paper-chapter-underline-depth}{14}
\c \cfg{paper-sect-num-left-space}{12}
\c
-\c \cfg{paper-contents-index-step}{24}
+\c \cfg{paper-contents-indent-step}{24}
\c \cfg{paper-contents-margin}{84}
\c \cfg{paper-leader-separation}{12}
\c \cfg{paper-footer-distance}{32}
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