halibut (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

halibut – multi-format documentation formatting tool

SYNOPSIS

halibut  
[options] & nbsp;
file1.but  
[file2.but & nbsp;...]

DESCRIPTION

halibut reads the given set of input files, assembles them into a document, and outputs that document in one or more formats.

The available command-line options can configure what formats Halibut should output in, and can also configure other things about the way Halibut works.

OPTIONS

The command-line options supported by halibut are:

–text[=filename]

Makes Halibut generate an output file in plain text format. If the optional filename parameter is supplied, the output text file will be given that name. Otherwise, the name of the output text file will be as specified in the input files, or output.txt if none is specified at all.

–html[=filename]

Makes Halibut generate one or more output files in HTML format. If the optional filename parameter is supplied, there will be precisely one HTML output file with that name, containing the whole document. Otherwise, there may be one or more than one HTML file produced as output; this, and the file names, will be as specified in the input files, or given a set of default names starting with Contents.html if none is specified at all.

–winhelp[=filename]

Makes Halibut generate an output file in Windows Help format. If the optional filename parameter is supplied, the output help file will be given that name. Otherwise, the name of the output help file will be as specified in the input files, or output.hlp if none is specified at all.

The output help file must have a name ending in .hlp; if it does not, .hlp will be added. A secondary contents file will be created alongside the main help file, with the same name except that it will end in .cnt (for example output.cnt, if the main file is output.hlp).

–man[=filename]

Makes Halibut generate an output file in Unix man page format. If the optional filename parameter is supplied, the output man page will be given that name. Otherwise, the name of the output man page will be as specified in the input files, or output.1 if none is specified at all.

–info[=filename]

Makes Halibut generate an info file. If the optional filename parameter is supplied, the output info file will be given that name. Otherwise, the name of the output info file will be as specified in the input files, or output.info if none is specified at all.

By default, unless configured otherwise using the