NAME

       halibut - multi-format documentation formatting tool

SYNOPSIS

       halibut [options] file1.but [file2.but ...]

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 \cfg{info-max-file-size}{0}
              directive, the info output will be split into multiple files. The  main  file  will
              have the name you specify; the subsidiary files will have suffixes -1, -2 etc.

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

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

       -Cword:word[:word...]
              Adds  a  configuration  directive  to  the  input  processed by Halibut. Using this
              directive is exactly equivalent to appending an extra input  file  to  the  command
              line which contains the directive \cfg{word}{word}{word...}.

       --input-charset=charset
              Changes the assumed character set for input files from the default of ASCII.

       --list-charsets
              Makes Halibut list character sets known to it.

       --list-fonts
              Makes  Halibut  list  fonts known to it, either intrinsically or by being passed as
              input files.

       --precise
              Makes Halibut report the  column  number  as  well  as  the  line  number  when  it
              encounters an error in an input file.

       --help Makes Halibut display a brief summary of its command-line options.

       --version
              Makes Halibut report its version number.

       --licence
              Makes Halibut display its licence (MIT).

MORE INFORMATION

       For  more information on Halibut, including full details of the input file format, look in
       the full manual. If this is not installed locally on your system, you can also find it  at
       the Halibut web site:

       http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/

BUGS

       This man page isn't terribly complete.