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3 @setfilename ../../info/htmlfontify.info
4 @settitle Htmlfontify User Manual
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10 This manual documents Htmlfontify, a source code -> crosslinked +
11 formatted + syntax colorized html transformer.
13 Copyright @copyright{} 2002-2003, 2013-2016 Free Software Foundation,
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25 modify this GNU manual.''
29 @dircategory Emacs misc features
31 * Htmlfontify: (htmlfontify). Convert source code to html.
35 @title Htmlfontify User Manual
37 @subtitle Htmlfontify version 0.20
41 @author Vivek Dasmohapatra
44 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
59 * Introduction:: About Htmlfontify.
60 * Usage & Examples:: How to use Htmlfontify.
61 * Customization:: Fine-tuning Htmlfontify's behavior.
62 * Requirements:: External programs used by Htmlfontify.
63 * GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
64 * Index:: Index of contents.
71 Htmlfontify provides a means of converting individual Emacs buffers,
72 source files, or entire source trees to html, preserving formatting
73 and Emacs colorization / syntax highlighting as much as possible
74 through careful application of CSS stylesheets and html tags.
76 It can also turn instances of functions, methods and (for some
77 languages) variables and other constructs and items into links
78 to their definitions, and create an index file (or files) of
79 all such symbols, also linked to their points of definition.
81 Htmlfontify also provides several customization items, which should
82 allow it to mesh more-or-less seamlessly with various templating or
83 publishing systems (in the event, for instance, that you don't want
84 to produce the html pages directly).
86 @node Usage & Examples
87 @chapter Usage & Examples
88 @cindex Usage & Examples
90 Htmlfontify can be used both interactively and as part of another
91 elisp function. If you're running it in a modern Emacs, it will also
92 run when attached to a terminal (i.e., without X) or even when in
96 * Interactive:: Using Htmlfontify interactively.
97 * Non-interactive:: Using Htmlfontify from elisp.
98 * Variables:: Variables (other than customization entries).
99 * Data Structures:: Important data structures.
100 * Examples:: Example(s) of Htmlfontify in use.
106 @cindex functions (interactive)
108 Htmlfontify provides the following interactive functions:
111 @item htmlfontify-buffer
112 @findex htmlfontify-buffer
113 @anchor{htmlfontify-buffer}
117 (htmlfontify-buffer &optional @var{srcdir} @var{file})
120 Create a new buffer, named for the current buffer + a .html extension,
121 containing an inline CSS-stylesheet and formatted CSS-markup html that
122 reproduces the look of the current Emacs buffer as closely as possible.
124 ``Dangerous'' characters in the existing buffer are turned into html
125 entities, so you should even be able to do html-within-html fontified
128 You should, however, note that random control or non-ASCII characters
129 such as ^L (\x0c) or ยค (\xa4) won't get mapped yet.
131 If the @var{srcdir} and @var{file} arguments are set, lookup etags
132 derived entries in the @ref{hfy-tags-cache} and add html anchors
133 and hyperlinks as appropriate.
135 @item htmlfontify-run-etags
136 @findex htmlfontify-run-etags
137 @anchor{htmlfontify-run-etags}
141 (htmlfontify-run-etags @var{srcdir})
144 Load the etags cache for @var{srcdir}. See @ref{hfy-load-tags-cache}.
146 @item htmlfontify-copy-and-link-dir
147 @findex htmlfontify-copy-and-link-dir
148 @anchor{htmlfontify-copy-and-link-dir}
152 (htmlfontify-copy-and-link-dir @var{srcdir} @var{dstdir} &optional @var{f-ext} @var{l-ext})
155 Trawl @var{srcdir} and write fontified-and-hyperlinked output in
156 @var{dstdir}. @var{f-ext} and @var{l-ext} specify values for
157 @ref{hfy-extn} and @ref{hfy-link-extn}.
159 You may also want to set @ref{hfy-page-header} and @ref{hfy-page-footer}.
161 @item htmlfontify-load-rgb-file
162 @findex htmlfontify-load-rgb-file
163 @anchor{htmlfontify-load-rgb-file}
167 (htmlfontify-load-rgb-file &optional @var{file})
170 Load an X11 style rgb.txt file (search @code{hfy-rgb-load-path} if
171 @var{file} is not specified).
173 Note that this is not necessary if all you want is the standard X11
174 (XFree86 4.1.0) color name -> rgb triplet mapping. Htmlfontify has
175 a copy built in, for use when it cannot contact an X server.
177 Loads the variable @code{hfy-rgb-txt-color-map}, which is used by
178 @ref{hfy-fallback-color-values}.
180 @item htmlfontify-unload-rgb-file
181 @findex htmlfontify-unload-rgb-file
182 @anchor{htmlfontify-unload-rgb-file}
186 (htmlfontify-unload-rgb-file)
189 Unload the currently loaded X11 style rgb.txt file (if any).
192 @node Non-interactive
193 @section Non-interactive
194 @cindex Noninteractive
195 @cindex functions (noninteractive)
197 In addition to the aforementioned interactive methods, Htmlfontify
198 provides the following non-interactive ones:
201 @comment AUTOGENERATED BLOCK
203 @item hfy-face-to-style
204 @findex hfy-face-to-style
205 @anchor{hfy-face-to-style}
209 (hfy-face-to-style @var{fn})
212 Take @var{fn}, a font or @code{defface} style font specification,
213 (as returned by @code{face-attr-construct} or @ref{hfy-face-attr-for-class})
214 and return a @ref{hfy-style-assoc}.
216 See also: @ref{hfy-face-to-style-i}, @ref{hfy-flatten-style}.
218 @item hfy-fallback-color-values
219 @findex hfy-fallback-color-values
220 @anchor{hfy-fallback-color-values}
224 (hfy-fallback-color-values @var{color-string})
227 Use a fallback method for obtaining the rgb values for a color.
228 If @ref{htmlfontify-load-rgb-file} has been called, it uses the
229 color map specified, otherwise it uses Htmlfontify's built in map.
231 @item hfy-combined-face-spec
232 @findex hfy-combined-face-spec
233 @anchor{hfy-combined-face-spec}
237 (hfy-combined-face-spec @var{face})
240 Return a @code{defface} style alist of possible specifications for
241 @var{face}, with any entries resulting from user customization
242 (@code{custom-set-faces}) taking precedence.
244 See also: @ref{hfy-default-face-def}
247 @findex hfy-word-regex
248 @anchor{hfy-word-regex}
252 (hfy-word-regex @var{string})
255 Return a regex that matches @var{string} as the first @code{match-string},
256 with non word characters on either side (vaguely emulating the perl @code{\b}
259 @item hfy-force-fontification
260 @findex hfy-force-fontification
261 @anchor{hfy-force-fontification}
265 (hfy-force-fontification)
268 Emacs's fontification is designed for interactive use. As such, it sometimes
269 does things like deferring fontification until a section of the buffer is
270 exposed and rendered, or until Emacs is idle for a while. Sometimes, in
271 non-interactive circumstances, or if it can't see X, it doesn't bother
272 with some of the harder stuff. While this is all great from the perspective
273 of a user waiting for Emacs to load a 20000 line file and colorize it,
274 it's a pain from the point of view from non-interactive code. This function
275 lies, cheats, steals and generally bullies Emacs into fontifying a buffer
276 from start to finish, with all the extra frills, whether it thinks it needs
277 to or not. Oh yes: it operates on the current buffer.
279 @item hfy-link-style-string
280 @findex hfy-link-style-string
281 @anchor{hfy-link-style-string}
285 (hfy-link-style-string @var{style-string})
288 Replace the end of a CSS style declaration @var{style-string} with the contents
289 of the variable @ref{hfy-src-doc-link-style}, removing text matching the
290 regex @ref{hfy-src-doc-link-unstyle} first, if necessary.
293 @item hfy-prepare-index-i
294 @findex hfy-prepare-index-i
295 @anchor{hfy-prepare-index-i}
299 (hfy-prepare-index-i @var{srcdir} @var{dstdir} @var{filename} &optional @var{stub} @var{map})
302 Prepare a tags index buffer for @var{srcdir}.
303 @ref{hfy-tags-cache} must already have an entry for @var{srcdir} for
304 this to work. @ref{hfy-page-header}, @ref{hfy-page-footer},
305 @ref{hfy-link-extn} and @ref{hfy-extn} all play a part here.
307 If @var{stub} is set, prepare an (appropriately named) index buffer
308 specifically for entries beginning with @var{stub}.
310 If @var{map} is set, use that instead of @ref{hfy-tags-cache}.
312 @item hfy-compile-stylesheet
313 @findex hfy-compile-stylesheet
314 @anchor{hfy-compile-stylesheet}
318 (hfy-compile-stylesheet)
321 Trawl the current buffer, construct and return a @ref{hfy-sheet-assoc}.
325 @anchor{hfy-css-name}
329 (hfy-css-name @var{fn})
332 Strip some of the boring bits from a font-name and return a CSS style
333 name. If @var{fn} is a @code{defface} attribute list, either construct
334 a name for it, store it in the cache, and return it, or just fetch it
335 from the cache if it's already there.
337 @item hfy-make-directory
338 @findex hfy-make-directory
339 @anchor{hfy-make-directory}
343 (hfy-make-directory @var{dir})
346 Approximate equivalent of @code{mkdir -p @var{dir}}.
354 (hfy-triplet @var{color})
357 Takes a color name (string) and return a CSS rgb(R, G, B) triplet string.
358 Uses the definition of ``white'' to map the numbers to the 0-255 range, so
359 if you've redefined white, (especially if you've redefined it to have
360 a triplet member lower than that of the color you are processing,
361 strange things may happen).
363 @item hfy-default-footer
364 @findex hfy-default-footer
365 @anchor{hfy-default-footer}
369 (hfy-default-footer @var{file})
372 Default value for @ref{hfy-page-footer}
375 @findex hfy-list-files
376 @anchor{hfy-list-files}
380 (hfy-list-files @var{directory})
383 Return a list of files under @var{directory}.
384 Strips any leading @samp{./} from each filename.
387 @findex hfy-color-vals
388 @anchor{hfy-color-vals}
392 (hfy-color-vals @var{color})
395 Where @var{color} is a color name or #XXXXXX style triplet, return a list of
396 3 (16 bit) rgb values for said color. If a window system is unavailable,
397 calls @ref{hfy-fallback-color-values}.
400 @findex hfy-href-stub
401 @anchor{hfy-href-stub}
405 (hfy-href-stub @var{this-file} @var{def-files} @var{tag})
408 Return an href stub for a tag href: if @var{def-files} (list of files
409 containing definitions for the tag in question) contains only one entry,
410 the href should link straight to that file. Otherwise, the link should
411 be to the index file.
413 We are not yet concerned with the file extensions/tag line number and
416 If @ref{hfy-split-index} is set, and the href will be to an index file
417 rather than a source file, append a @samp{.X} to @ref{hfy-index-file}, where
418 @samp{X} is the uppercased first character of @var{tag}.
420 See also: @ref{hfy-relstub}, @ref{hfy-index-file}.
422 @item hfy-line-number
423 @findex hfy-line-number
424 @anchor{hfy-line-number}
431 Returns the line number of the point in the current buffer.
433 @item hfy-merge-adjacent-spans
434 @findex hfy-merge-adjacent-spans
435 @anchor{hfy-merge-adjacent-spans}
439 (hfy-merge-adjacent-spans @var{face-map})
442 Where @var{face-map} is a @ref{hfy-facemap-assoc} for the current buffer,
443 this function merges adjacent style blocks which are of the same value
444 and are separated by nothing more interesting than whitespace.
446 @code{<span class="foo">narf</span> <span class="foo">brain</span>}
448 (as interpreted from @var{face-map}) would become:
450 @code{<span class="foo">narf brain</span>}
452 Returns a modified copy of @var{face-map} (also a @ref{hfy-facemap-assoc}).
454 @item hfy-mark-tag-names
455 @findex hfy-mark-tag-names
456 @anchor{hfy-mark-tag-names}
460 (hfy-mark-tag-names @var{srcdir} @var{file})
463 Mark tags in @var{file} (lookup @var{srcdir} in @ref{hfy-tags-cache}) with the
464 @code{hfy-anchor} property, with a value of @samp{tag.line-number}.
472 (hfy-weight @var{weight})
475 Derive a font-weight CSS specifier from an Emacs weight specification symbol.
483 (hfy-size @var{height})
486 Derive a CSS font-size specifier from an Emacs font @code{:height} attribute.
487 Does not cope with the case where height is a function to be applied to
488 the height of the underlying font.
490 @item hfy-default-header
491 @findex hfy-default-header
492 @anchor{hfy-default-header}
496 (hfy-default-header @var{file} @var{style})
499 Default value for @ref{hfy-page-header}
507 (hfy-family @var{family})
510 Derives a CSS font-family specifier from an Emacs @code{:family} attribute.
512 @item hfy-mark-tag-hrefs
513 @findex hfy-mark-tag-hrefs
514 @anchor{hfy-mark-tag-hrefs}
518 (hfy-mark-tag-hrefs @var{srcdir} @var{file})
521 Mark href start points with the @code{hfy-link} property (value: href string).
523 Mark href end points with the @code{hfy-endl} property (value @code{t}).
525 Avoid overlapping links, and mark links in descending length of
526 tag name in order to prevent subtags from usurping supertags;
527 e.g., ``term'' for ``terminal'').
538 Derive CSS border-* attributes from the Emacs @code{:box} attribute.
540 @item hfy-box-to-style
541 @findex hfy-box-to-style
542 @anchor{hfy-box-to-style}
546 (hfy-box-to-style @var{spec})
549 Convert a complex @code{:box} Emacs font attribute set to a list of
550 CSS border-* attributes. Don't call this directly---it is called by
551 @ref{hfy-box} when necessary.
553 @item hfy-html-enkludge-buffer
554 @findex hfy-html-enkludge-buffer
555 @anchor{hfy-html-enkludge-buffer}
559 (hfy-html-enkludge-buffer)
562 Mark dangerous @samp{["<>]} characters with the @code{hfy-quoteme} property.
564 See also @ref{hfy-html-dekludge-buffer}.
575 Generate and return an Htmlfontify html output buffer for the current
576 buffer. May trample an existing buffer.
578 @item hfy-fontified-p
579 @findex hfy-fontified-p
580 @anchor{hfy-fontified-p}
587 @code{font-lock} doesn't like to say a buffer's been fontified when in
588 batch mode, but we want to know if we should fontify or raw copy, so in
589 batch mode we check for non-default face properties. Otherwise we test
590 @code{font-lock-mode} and @code{font-lock-fontified} for truth.
598 (hfy-lookup @var{face} @var{style})
601 Where @var{style} is a @ref{hfy-sheet-assoc} and @var{face} is an Emacs face,
602 return the relevant @var{css} style name.
604 @item hfy-fontify-buffer
605 @findex hfy-fontify-buffer
606 @anchor{hfy-fontify-buffer}
610 (hfy-fontify-buffer &optional @var{srcdir} @var{file})
613 Implement the guts of @ref{htmlfontify-buffer}.
621 (hfy-color @var{color})
624 Convert an Emacs :foreground property to a CSS color property.
626 @item hfy-flatten-style
627 @findex hfy-flatten-style
628 @anchor{hfy-flatten-style}
632 (hfy-flatten-style @var{style})
635 Take @var{style} (see @ref{hfy-face-to-style-i}, @ref{hfy-face-to-style})
636 and merge any multiple attributes appropriately. Currently only font-size is
637 merged down to a single occurrence---others may need special handling, but I
638 haven't encountered them yet. Returns a @ref{hfy-style-assoc}.
640 @item hfy-size-to-int
641 @findex hfy-size-to-int
642 @anchor{hfy-size-to-int}
646 (hfy-size-to-int @var{spec})
649 Convert @var{spec}, a CSS font-size specifier, back to an Emacs
650 @code{:height} attribute value. Used while merging multiple font-size
653 @item hfy-sprintf-stylesheet
654 @findex hfy-sprintf-stylesheet
655 @anchor{hfy-sprintf-stylesheet}
659 (hfy-sprintf-stylesheet @var{css} @var{file})
662 Generates a header, via @ref{hfy-page-header}, for @var{file}, containing the
663 stylesheet derived from @var{css}, which is a @ref{hfy-sheet-assoc}. Returns a
664 string containing the same.
672 (hfy-relstub @var{file} &optional @var{start})
675 Return a @samp{../} stub of the appropriate length for the current source
676 tree depth (as determined from @var{file}). @c iyswim.
678 @item hfy-compile-face-map
679 @findex hfy-compile-face-map
680 @anchor{hfy-compile-face-map}
684 (hfy-compile-face-map)
687 Compile and return a @ref{hfy-facemap-assoc} for the current buffer.
689 @item hfy-prepare-index
690 @findex hfy-prepare-index
691 @anchor{hfy-prepare-index}
695 (hfy-prepare-index @var{srcdir} @var{dstdir})
698 Return as list of index buffer(s), as determined by @ref{hfy-split-index}.
699 Uses @ref{hfy-prepare-index-i} to do this.
701 @item hfy-prepare-tag-map
702 @findex hfy-prepare-tag-map
703 @anchor{hfy-prepare-tag-map}
707 (hfy-prepare-tag-map @var{srcdir} @var{dstdir})
710 Prepare the counterpart(s) to the index buffer(s)---a list of buffers with
711 the same structure, but listing (and linking to) instances of tags (as
712 opposed to their definitions).
714 See also: @ref{hfy-prepare-index}, @ref{hfy-split-index}
716 @item hfy-subtract-maps
717 @findex hfy-subtract-maps
718 @anchor{hfy-subtract-maps}
722 (hfy-subtract-maps @var{srcdir})
725 Internal function---strips definitions of tags from the instance map.
726 See: @ref{hfy-tags-cache} and @ref{hfy-tags-rmap}
728 @item hfy-face-to-style-i
729 @findex hfy-face-to-style-i
730 @anchor{hfy-face-to-style-i}
734 (hfy-face-to-style-i @var{fn})
737 The guts of @ref{hfy-face-to-style}. @var{fn} should be a @code{defface}
738 font specification, as returned by @code{face-attr-construct} or
739 @ref{hfy-face-attr-for-class}. Note that this function does not get
740 font-sizes right if they are based on inherited modifiers (via the
741 :inherit) attribute, and any other modifiers that are cumulative if they
742 appear multiple times need to be merged by the user---@ref{hfy-flatten-style}
745 @item hfy-face-to-css
746 @findex hfy-face-to-css
747 @anchor{hfy-face-to-css}
751 (hfy-face-to-css @var{fn})
754 Take @var{fn}, a font or @code{defface} specification (c.f.
755 @code{face-attr-construct}) and return a CSS style specification.
757 See also: @ref{hfy-face-to-style}
760 @findex hfy-html-quote
761 @anchor{hfy-html-quote}
765 (hfy-html-quote @var{char-string})
768 Map a string (usually 1 character long) to an html safe string
772 @findex hfy-link-style
773 @anchor{hfy-link-style}
777 (hfy-link-style @var{style-string})
780 Convert the CSS style spec @var{style-string} to its equivalent
783 See: @ref{hfy-link-style-fun}.
786 @findex hfy-p-to-face
787 @anchor{hfy-p-to-face}
791 (hfy-p-to-face @var{props})
794 Given @var{props}, a list of text-properties, return the value of the
795 face property, or @code{nil}.
797 @item hfy-box-to-border-assoc
798 @findex hfy-box-to-border-assoc
799 @anchor{hfy-box-to-border-assoc}
803 (hfy-box-to-border-assoc @var{spec})
806 Helper function for @ref{hfy-box-to-style}.
808 @item hfy-face-attr-for-class
809 @findex hfy-face-attr-for-class
810 @anchor{hfy-face-attr-for-class}
814 (hfy-face-attr-for-class @var{face} &optional @var{class})
817 Return the face attributes for @var{face}. If @var{class} is set, it
818 must be a @code{defface} alist key [see below]. Prior to version 0.18,
819 the first face specification returned by @ref{hfy-combined-face-spec}
820 which @emph{didn't} clash with @var{class} was returned. In versions
821 from 0.18 onwards, each font attribute list is scored, and the
822 non-conflicting list with the highest score is returned. (A specification
823 with a class of @code{t} is considered to match any class you specify.
824 This matches Emacs's behavior when deciding on which face attributes to
825 use, to the best of my understanding ).
827 If @var{class} is @code{nil}, then you just get get whatever
828 @code{face-attr-construct} returns; i.e., the current specification in
829 effect for @var{face}.
831 See @ref{hfy-display-class} for details of valid values for @var{class}.
842 Find face in effect at point P@. If overlays are to be considered
843 (see @ref{hfy-optimizations}) then this may return a @code{defface} style
844 list of face properties instead of a face symbol.
852 (hfy-bgcol @var{color})
855 As per @ref{hfy-color} but for background colors.
857 @item hfy-kludge-cperl-mode
858 @findex hfy-kludge-cperl-mode
859 @anchor{hfy-kludge-cperl-mode}
863 (hfy-kludge-cperl-mode)
866 cperl mode does its best to not do some of its fontification when not
867 in a windowing system---we try to trick it@dots{}
875 (hfy-href @var{this-file} @var{def-files} @var{tag} @var{tag-map})
878 Return a relative href to the tag in question, based on
880 @var{this-file} @ref{hfy-link-extn} @ref{hfy-extn} @var{def-files} @var{tag} and @var{tag-map}
882 @var{this-file} is the current source file
883 @var{def-files} is a list of file containing possible link endpoints for @var{tag}
884 @var{tag} is the @var{tag} in question
885 @var{tag-map} is the entry in @ref{hfy-tags-cache}.
896 Returns a best guess at a Bourne compatible shell to use: If the current
897 shell doesn't look promising, fall back to @ref{hfy-shell-file-name}.
899 @item hfy-load-tags-cache
900 @findex hfy-load-tags-cache
901 @anchor{hfy-load-tags-cache}
905 (hfy-load-tags-cache @var{srcdir})
908 Run @ref{hfy-etags-cmd} on @var{srcdir}: load @ref{hfy-tags-cache} and @ref{hfy-tags-sortl}.
910 @item hfy-parse-tags-buffer
911 @findex hfy-parse-tags-buffer
912 @anchor{hfy-parse-tags-buffer}
916 (hfy-parse-tags-buffer @var{srcdir} @var{buffer})
919 Parse a @var{buffer} containing etags formatted output, loading the
920 @ref{hfy-tags-cache} and @ref{hfy-tags-sortl} entries for @var{srcdir}.
928 (hfy-interq @var{set-a} @var{set-b})
931 Return the intersection (using @code{eq}) of 2 lists.
939 (hfy-text-p @var{srcdir} @var{file})
942 Is @var{srcdir}/@var{file} text? Uses @ref{hfy-istext-command} to determine this.
950 (hfy-opt @var{symbol})
953 Is @ref{hfy-optimizations} member @var{symbol} set or not?
961 (hfy-dirname @var{file})
964 Return everything preceding the last @samp{/} from a relative filename,
965 on the assumption that this will produce a relative directory name. Hardly
966 bombproof, but good enough in the context in which it is being used.
968 @item hfy-html-dekludge-buffer
969 @findex hfy-html-dekludge-buffer
970 @anchor{hfy-html-dekludge-buffer}
974 (hfy-html-dekludge-buffer)
977 Transform all dangerous characters marked with the @code{hfy-quoteme} property
978 using @ref{hfy-html-quote}
980 See also @ref{hfy-html-enkludge-buffer}.
982 @item hfy-copy-and-fontify-file
983 @findex hfy-copy-and-fontify-file
984 @anchor{hfy-copy-and-fontify-file}
988 (hfy-copy-and-fontify-file @var{srcdir} @var{dstdir} @var{file})
991 Open @var{file} in @var{srcdir}---if fontified, write a fontified copy to @var{dstdir}
992 adding an extension of @ref{hfy-extn}. Fontification is actually done by
993 @ref{htmlfontify-buffer}. If the buffer is not fontified, just copy it.
1001 (hfy-decor @var{tag} @var{val})
1004 Derive CSS text-decoration specifiers from various Emacs font attributes.
1012 (hfy-slant @var{slant})
1015 Derive a font-style CSS specifier from the Emacs :slant
1016 attribute---CSS does not define the reverse-* styles, so just maps
1017 those to the regular specifiers.
1019 @item hfy-tags-for-file
1020 @findex hfy-tags-for-file
1021 @anchor{hfy-tags-for-file}
1025 (hfy-tags-for-file @var{srcdir} @var{file})
1028 List of etags tags that have definitions in this @var{file}. Looks up
1029 the tags cache in @ref{hfy-tags-cache} using @var{srcdir} as the key.
1037 (hfy-width @var{width})
1040 Convert an Emacs @code{:width} attribute to a CSS font-stretch attribute.
1042 @comment /AUTOGENERATED BLOCK
1049 Important variables that are not customization items:
1053 @item hfy-tags-cache
1054 @vindex hfy-tags-cache
1055 @anchor{hfy-tags-cache}
1057 This is an alist of the form:
1060 (("/src/dir/0" . tag-hash0) ("/src/dir/1" tag-hash1) @dots{} )
1063 Each tag hash entry then contains entries of the form:
1066 "tag_string" => (("file/name.ext" line char) @dots{} )
1069 i.e., an alist mapping (relative) file paths to line and character offsets.
1071 See @ref{hfy-load-tags-cache}.
1074 @vindex hfy-tags-rmap
1075 @anchor{hfy-tags-rmap}
1077 @code{hfy-tags-rmap} is an alist of the form:
1080 (("/src/dir" . tag-rmap-hash))
1083 Where tag-rmap-hash has entries of the form:
1086 "tag_string" => ( "file/name.ext" line char )
1089 Unlike @ref{hfy-tags-cache} these are the locations of occurrences of
1090 tagged items, not the locations of their definitions.
1092 @item hfy-tags-sortl
1093 @vindex hfy-tags-sortl
1094 @anchor{hfy-tags-sortl}
1096 @code{hfy-tags-sortl} is an alist of the form:
1099 (("/src/dir" . (tag0 tag1 tag2)) @dots{} )
1102 Where the tags are stored in descending order of length.
1104 See: @ref{hfy-load-tags-cache}.
1108 @node Data Structures
1109 @section Data Structures
1110 @cindex Data Structures
1112 Some of the (informal) data structures used in Htmlfontify are detailed here:
1116 @item hfy-style-assoc
1117 @cindex hfy-style-assoc
1118 @anchor{hfy-style-assoc}
1120 An assoc representing/describing an Emacs face. Properties may be repeated,
1121 in which case later properties should be treated as if they were inherited
1122 from a ``parent'' font. (For some properties, only the first encountered value
1123 is of any importance, for others the values might be cumulative, and for
1124 others they might be cumulative in a complex way.)
1129 (hfy-face-to-style 'default) =>
1131 (("background" . "rgb(0, 0, 0)" )
1132 ("color" . "rgb(255, 255, 255)")
1133 ("font-style" . "normal" )
1134 ("font-weight" . "500" )
1135 ("font-stretch" . "normal" )
1136 ("font-family" . "misc-fixed" )
1137 ("font-size" . "13pt" )
1138 ("text-decoration" . "none" ))
1140 (hfy-face-to-style 'Info-title-3-face) =>
1142 (("font-weight" . "700" )
1143 ("font-family" . "helv" )
1144 ("font-size" . "120%" )
1145 ("text-decoration" . "none") )
1148 @item hfy-sheet-assoc
1149 @cindex hfy-sheet-assoc
1150 @anchor{hfy-sheet-assoc}
1152 An assoc with elements of the form @samp{(face-name style-name . style-string)}.
1153 The actual stylesheet for each page is derived from one of these.
1156 ((default "default" . "@{ background: black; color: white@}")
1157 (font-lock-string-face "string" . "@{ color: rgb(64,224,208) @}"))
1160 @item hfy-facemap-assoc
1161 @cindex hfy-facemap-assoc
1162 @anchor{hfy-facemap-assoc}
1164 An assoc of @code{(point . @var{face-symbol})} or
1165 @code{(point . @code{defface} attribute list)} and @code{(point
1166 . end)} elements, in descending order of point value (i.e., from the
1167 file's end to its beginning). The map is in reverse order because
1168 inserting a @samp{<style>} tag (or any other string) at @var{point}
1169 invalidates the map for all entries with a greater value of point. By
1170 traversing the map from greatest to least @var{point}, we still
1171 invalidate the map as we go, but only those points we have already
1172 dealt with (and therefore no longer care about) will be invalid at any
1177 (64744 . font-lock-comment-face)
1179 (64722 . font-lock-string-face)
1181 (64623 . font-lock-string-face)
1183 ;; Big similar section elided. You get the idea.
1185 (5431 . (:inherit font-lock-keyword-face :background "7e7e7e"))
1187 (4285 . font-lock-constant-face)
1189 (4221 . font-lock-comment-face)
1191 (4197 . font-lock-constant-face)
1193 (1 . font-lock-comment-face))
1202 The following is a lump of code I use to fontify source code on my
1203 site, @url{http://rtfm.etla.org/} (which was the reason, incidentally,
1204 that Htmlfontify was written in the first place).
1207 (defvar rtfm-section nil)
1209 ;; Constructs an appropriate header string to fit in with rtfm's
1210 ;; templating system, based on the file and the stylesheet string
1211 (defun rtfm-build-page-header (file style)
1212 (format "#define TEMPLATE red+black.html
1214 #include <build/menu-dirlist|>\n
1215 html-css-url := /css/red+black.css
1216 title := rtfm.etla.org ( %s / src/%s )
1218 head <=STYLESHEET;\n
1221 main-title := rtfm / %s / src/%s\n
1222 main-content <=MAIN_CONTENT;\n" rtfm-section file style rtfm-section file))
1225 (defun rtfm-build-page-footer (file) "\nMAIN_CONTENT\n")
1227 (defun rtfm-fontify-buffer (section)
1228 (interactive "s section[eg- emacs / p4-blame]: ")
1229 (require 'htmlfontify)
1230 (let ((hfy-page-header 'rtfm-build-page-header)
1231 (hfy-page-footer 'rtfm-build-page-footer)
1232 (rtfm-section section))
1233 (htmlfontify-buffer)
1237 ;; Here's the function I actually call---it asks me for a section label,
1238 ;; and source and destination directories, and then binds a couple of
1239 ;; customization variable in a let before calling htmlfontify:
1240 (defun rtfm-build-source-docs (section srcdir destdir)
1242 "s section[eg- emacs / p4-blame]:\nD source-dir: \nD output-dir: ")
1243 (require 'htmlfontify)
1244 (hfy-load-tags-cache srcdir)
1245 (let ((hfy-page-header 'rtfm-build-page-header)
1246 (hfy-page-footer 'rtfm-build-page-footer)
1247 (rtfm-section section)
1248 (hfy-index-file "index")
1249 (auto-mode-alist (append auto-mode-alist
1250 '(("dbi\\(shell\\|gtk\\)$" . cperl-mode)
1251 ("\\.xpm$" . c-mode ))))
1253 (htmlfontify-run-etags srcdir)
1254 (htmlfontify-copy-and-link-dir srcdir destdir ".src" ".html")))
1258 @chapter Customization
1259 @cindex variables (customization)
1261 Htmlfontify provides the following variable and customization entries:
1264 @comment AUTOGENERATED BLOCK
1266 @item hfy-link-style-fun
1267 @vindex hfy-link-style-fun
1268 @anchor{hfy-link-style-fun}
1270 Set this to a function, which will be called with one argument
1271 (a @samp{@{ foo: bar; @dots{}@}} CSS style-string)---it should return a copy of
1272 its argument, altered so as to make any changes you want made for text which
1273 is a hyperlink, in addition to being in the class to which that style would
1274 normally be applied.
1276 @item hfy-html-quote-regex
1277 @vindex hfy-html-quote-regex
1278 @anchor{hfy-html-quote-regex}
1280 @c FIXME: the cross-reference below looks ugly
1281 Regex to match (with a single back-reference per match) strings in HTML
1282 which should be quoted with @ref{hfy-html-quote}
1283 (and @pxref{hfy-html-quote-map}) to make them safe.
1285 @item hfy-page-footer
1286 @vindex hfy-page-footer
1287 @anchor{hfy-page-footer}
1289 As @ref{hfy-page-header}, but generates the output footer
1290 (and takes only 1 argument, the filename).
1292 @item hfy-display-class
1293 @vindex hfy-display-class
1294 @anchor{hfy-display-class}
1296 Display class to use to determine which display class to use when
1297 calculating a face's attributes. This is useful when, for example, you
1298 are running Emacs on a tty or in batch mode, and want Htmlfontify to have
1299 access to the face spec you would use if you were connected to an X display.
1301 Some valid class specification elements are:
1314 Multiple values for a tag may be combined, to indicate that any one or more
1315 of these values in the specification key constitutes a match. For
1316 example, @code{((class color grayscale) (type tty))} would match any of:
1321 ((class color grayscale)))
1324 ((type tty) (class color))
1327 @item hfy-page-header
1328 @vindex hfy-page-header
1329 @anchor{hfy-page-header}
1331 Function called with two arguments (the filename relative to the top
1332 level source directory being etagged and fontified), and a string containing
1333 the @samp{<style>@dots{}</style>} text to embed in the document---the string
1334 returned will be used as the header for the htmlfontified version of
1337 See also: @ref{hfy-page-footer}
1339 @item hfy-src-doc-link-style
1340 @vindex hfy-src-doc-link-style
1341 @anchor{hfy-src-doc-link-style}
1343 String to add to the @samp{<style> a} variant of an Htmlfontify CSS class.
1345 @item hfy-split-index
1346 @vindex hfy-split-index
1347 @anchor{hfy-split-index}
1349 Whether or not to split the index @ref{hfy-index-file} alphabetically
1350 on the first letter of each tag. Useful when the index would otherwise
1351 be large and take a long time to render or be difficult to navigate.
1354 @vindex hfy-find-cmd
1355 @anchor{hfy-find-cmd}
1357 The ``find'' command used to harvest a list of files to attempt to fontify.
1363 File extension used for output files.
1365 @item hfy-default-face-def
1366 @vindex hfy-default-face-def
1367 @anchor{hfy-default-face-def}
1369 Fallback @code{defface} specification for the face @code{default}, used
1370 when @ref{hfy-display-class} has been set (the normal Htmlfontify way of
1371 extracting potentially non-current face information doesn't necessarily
1372 work for @code{default}).
1374 For example, I customize this to:
1377 ((t :background "black" :foreground "white" :family "misc-fixed"))
1380 @item hfy-init-kludge-hooks
1381 @vindex hfy-init-kludge-hooks
1382 @anchor{hfy-init-kludge-hooks}
1384 List of functions to call when starting htmlfontify-buffer to do any
1385 kludging necessary to get highlighting modes to behave as you want, even
1386 when not running under a window system.
1388 @item hfy-shell-file-name
1389 @vindex hfy-shell-file-name
1390 @anchor{hfy-shell-file-name}
1392 Should be set to a Bourne compatible shell, which will be invoked
1393 for the more complex shell interactions needed by Htmlfontify.
1394 Currently this is only required/used when using GNU etags, see
1395 @ref{hfy-etags-cmd-alist} for details.
1397 @item hfy-optimizations
1398 @vindex hfy-optimizations
1399 @anchor{hfy-optimizations}
1401 Optimizations to turn on. So far, the following have been implemented:
1404 @item merge-adjacent-tags
1405 If two (or more) span tags are adjacent, identical and separated by nothing
1406 more than whitespace, they will be merged into one span.
1408 @item zap-comment-links
1409 Suppress hyperlinking of tags found in comments.
1411 @item zap-string-links
1412 Suppress hyperlinking of tags found in strings.
1415 Add @samp{<div class="default"> </div>} tags around the fontified body.
1416 (Some people like this because they cut and paste the html into
1417 a page with different colors than the fontified code.)
1420 Preserve overlay highlighting (cf.@: @code{ediff} or @code{goo-font-lock})
1421 as well as basic faces. Can result in extremely verbose highlighting
1422 if there are many overlays (as is the case with @code{goo-font-lock}).
1426 And the following are planned but not yet available:
1429 @item kill-context-leak
1430 Suppress hyperlinking between files highlighted by different modes.
1434 Note: like compiler optimizations, these optimize the @emph{output} of
1436 not the processing of the source itself, and are therefore likely to slow
1437 Htmlfontify down, at least a little. Except for skip-refontification,
1438 which can never slow you down, but may result in incomplete fontification.
1440 @item hfy-src-doc-link-unstyle
1441 @vindex hfy-src-doc-link-unstyle
1442 @anchor{hfy-src-doc-link-unstyle}
1444 Regex to remove from the @samp{<style> a} variant of an Htmlfontify CSS class.
1447 @vindex hfy-link-extn
1448 @anchor{hfy-link-extn}
1450 File extension used for href links---useful where the Htmlfontify
1451 output files are going to be processed again, with a resulting change
1452 in file extension. If @code{nil}, then any code using this should fall back
1455 @item hfy-istext-command
1456 @vindex hfy-istext-command
1457 @anchor{hfy-istext-command}
1459 Command to run with the name of a file, to see whether it is a text file
1460 or not. The command should emit a string containing the word @samp{text} if
1461 the file is a text file, and a string not containing @samp{text} otherwise.
1463 @item hfy-etags-cmd-alist
1464 @vindex hfy-etags-cmd-alist
1465 @anchor{hfy-etags-cmd-alist}
1467 An alist of possible shell commands that will generate etags output that
1468 Htmlfontify can use. @samp{%s} will be replaced by @ref{hfy-etags-bin}.
1471 @vindex hfy-etags-bin
1472 @anchor{hfy-etags-bin}
1474 The location of the etags binary (we begin by assuming it's in your path).
1476 Note that if etags is not in your path, you will need to alter the shell
1477 commands in @ref{hfy-etags-cmd-alist}.
1479 [As of version 0.17, this requirement has been removed: it should
1483 @vindex hfy-etags-cmd
1484 @anchor{hfy-etags-cmd}
1486 An etags shell command to run in the source directory to generate a tags
1487 file for the whole source tree from there on down. The command should emit
1488 the etags output on standard output.
1490 Two canned commands are provided---they drive Emacs's etags and
1491 exuberant-ctags's etags respectively.
1493 @item hfy-etag-regex
1494 @vindex hfy-etag-regex
1495 @anchor{hfy-etag-regex}
1497 Regex used to parse an etags entry: must have 3 subexps, corresponding,
1506 The character (point) at which the tag occurs
1509 @item hfy-index-file
1510 @vindex hfy-index-file
1511 @anchor{hfy-index-file}
1513 Name (sans extension) of the index file produced during
1514 fontification-and-hyperlinking.
1516 @item hfy-instance-file
1517 @vindex hfy-instance-file
1518 @anchor{hfy-instance-file}
1520 Name (sans extension) of the tag usage index file produced during
1521 fontification-and-hyperlinking.
1523 @item hfy-html-quote-map
1524 @vindex hfy-html-quote-map
1525 @anchor{hfy-html-quote-map}
1527 An alist of character -> entity mappings used to make the text html-safe.
1529 @comment /AUTOGENERATED BLOCK
1533 @chapter Requirements
1534 @cindex Requirements, Prerequisites
1536 Htmlfontify has a couple of external requirements:
1541 GNU Emacs 20.7+ or 21.1+
1543 Other versions may work---these have been used successfully by the
1544 author. If you intend to use Htmlfontify in batch mode, 21.1+ is
1545 pretty much required. The author does not know if XEmacs, NTemacs,
1546 or J.Random Emacs will run Htmlfontify, but reports/patches/bags of
1547 money are always welcome.
1550 A copy of etags (exuberant-ctags or GNU etags). Htmlfontify attempts
1551 to autodetect the version you have and customize itself accordingly,
1552 but you should be able to override this.
1554 See: @ref{Customization}
1557 A copy of find (e.g., GNU find) that provides the @code{-path} predicate.
1559 You may be able to work around this with a suitable clever shell
1560 command and the customization entry: @ref{hfy-find-cmd}
1563 A copy of sed (e.g., GNU sed).
1566 A copy of the @code{file} command.
1570 @node GNU Free Documentation License
1571 @appendix GNU Free Documentation License
1572 @include doclicense.texi
1584 @item Variables & Customization
1589 @setchapternewpage odd