X-Git-Url: https://git.stg.codes/stg.git/blobdiff_plain/0c9c28efcd43f53ac54aa60b2dfefa69c70dbadf..6b6d9b29e9e9e91f79507a8bf193fb30de311dcc:/doc/help/xslt/params/man.endnotes.are.numbered.xml diff --git a/doc/help/xslt/params/man.endnotes.are.numbered.xml b/doc/help/xslt/params/man.endnotes.are.numbered.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b069ec3e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/help/xslt/params/man.endnotes.are.numbered.xml @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ + + +man.endnotes.are.numbered +boolean + + +man.endnotes.are.numbered +Number endnotes? + + + + +1 + + + +Description + +If the value of man.endnotes.are.numbered is +non-zero (the default), then for each non-empty +A “non-empty” notesource is one that looks like +this: <ulink url="http://docbook.sf.net/snapshot/xsl/doc/manpages/">manpages</ulink> +an “empty” notesource is on that looks like this: <ulink url="http://docbook.sf.net/snapshot/xsl/doc/manpages/"/> + “notesource”: + + + + a number (in square brackets) is displayed inline after the + rendered inline contents (if any) of the notesource + + + the contents of the notesource are included in a + numbered list of endnotes that is generated at the end of + each man page; the number for each endnote corresponds to + the inline number for the notesource with which it is + associated + + +The default heading for the list of endnotes is +NOTES. To output a different heading, set a value +for the man.endnotes.section.heading +parameter. + + + The endnotes list is also displayed (but without + numbers) if the value of + man.endnotes.list.enabled is + non-zero. + + + +If the value of man.endnotes.are.numbered is +zero, numbering of endnotess is suppressed; only inline +contents (if any) of the notesource are displayed inline. + + If you are thinking about disabling endnote numbering by setting + the value of man.endnotes.are.numbered to zero, + before you do so, first take some time to carefully + consider the information needs and experiences of your users. The + square-bracketed numbers displayed inline after notesources may seem + obstrusive and aesthetically unpleasingAs far as notesources that are links, ytou might + think it would be better to just display URLs for non-empty + links inline, after their content, rather than displaying + square-bracketed numbers all over the place. But it's not better. In + fact, it's not even practical, because many (most) URLs for links + are too long to be displayed inline. They end up overflowing the + right margin. You can set a non-zero value for + man.break.after.slash parameter to deal with + that, but it could be argued that what you end up with is at least + as ugly, and definitely more obstrusive, then having short + square-bracketed numbers displayed inline., + + but in a text-only output format, the + numbered-notesources/endnotes-listing mechanism is the only + practical way to handle this kind of content. + + Also, users of “text based” browsers such as + lynx will already be accustomed to seeing inline + numbers for links. And various "man to html" applications, such as + the widely used man2html (VH-Man2html) + application, can automatically turn URLs into "real" HTML hyperlinks + in output. So leaving man.endnotes.are.numbered + at its default (non-zero) value ensures that no information is + lost in your man-page output. It just gets + “rearranged”. + + +The handling of empty links is not affected by this +parameter. Empty links are handled simply by displaying their URLs +inline. Empty links are never auto-numbered. + +If you disable endnotes numbering, you should probably also set +man.font.links to an empty value (to +disable font formatting for links. + + +Related Parameters + man.endnotes.list.enabled, + man.font.links + +