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diff --git a/doc/running.but b/doc/running.but index e79400d..d8c0d4c 100644 --- a/doc/running.but +++ b/doc/running.but @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ the topmost one that users should be directed to initially. If you have configured Halibut to generate a single file, it will be called \c{Manual.html}. +\b \c{output.info}, and some additional files \c{output.info-1}, +\c{output.info-2} etc., will be files suitable for use with GNU +\c{info}. + \H{running-options} \ii{Command-line options} Halibut supports command-line options in case you don't want to use @@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ line, using the \c{-C} option). \dt \i\cw{--winhelp}[\cw{=}\e{filename}] -\dd Specifies that you want to generate plain text output. You can +\dd Specifies that you want to generate Windows Help output. You can optionally specify a file name (e.g. \c{--winhelp=myfile.hlp}), in which case Halibut will change the name of the output file as well. @@ -93,9 +97,25 @@ Halibut will append it. Halibut will also generate a contents file \dt \i\cw{--man}[\cw{=}\e{filename}] -\dd Specifies that you want to generate plain text output. You can -optionally specify a file name (e.g. \c{--man=myfile.5}), in which -case Halibut will change the name of the output file as well. +\dd Specifies that you want to generate \cw{man} page output. You +can optionally specify a file name (e.g. \c{--man=myfile.5}), in +which case Halibut will change the name of the output file as well. + +\dt \i\cw{--info}[\cw{=}\e{filename}] + +\dd Specifies that you want to generate GNU \c{info} output. You can +optionally specify a file name (e.g. \c{--info=myfile.info}), in +which case Halibut will change the name of the output file as well. + +\lcont{ + +Unless the \c{info} output format is configured not to (see +\k{output-info}), Halibut will divide the \c{info} output into many +small files. The extra files will have numeric suffixes on their +names; so, for example, \c{output.info} might be accompanied by +additional files \c{output.info-1}, \c{output.info-2} and so on. + +} If you do not specify any of the above options, Halibut will simply produce \e{all} of its output formats. |