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10.2 Converter General Information ¶

Some general information is available from the converter. This information should not change during conversion.

To determine if an output format such as ‘html’ or ‘tex’ is expanded (see Conditional Commands in Texinfo), use is_format_expanded:

Function: $is_format_expanded = $converter->is_format_expanded ($format) ¶

Return true if format $format is expanded, according to command-line and init file information.

The main method to get information from the converter is get_info:

Function: $info = $converter->get_info ($item) ¶

Return information on $item.

The available information is about:

copying_comment

Text appearing in @copying with all the Texinfo commands put into comments (see @copying in Texinfo).

destination_directory

Destination directory for the output files. It is common to use that string in directory or file paths with functions requiring binary strings. In that case the character string needs to be encoded. See Encoding File Path Strings.

document

The Texinfo::Document parsed Texinfo document being converted. Some information relevant for conversion is available from the document using function accessors:

floats_information

Information on floats. See Texinfo::Document::floats_information.

global_commands_information

Global commands information. See Texinfo::Document::global_commands_information.

global_information

Diverse information. See Texinfo::Document::global_information.

indices_information

Information about defined indices, merged indices and index entries. See Texinfo::Document::indices_information.

sections_list

List of the sectioning commands in the document.

See (texi2any_internals)Texinfo::Document Getting document information on information available from the document.

document_name

Base name of the document. It is common to use that string in in directory or file paths with functions requiring binary strings. In that case the character string needs to be encoded. See Encoding File Path Strings.

documentdescription_string

@documentdescription argument converted in a string context (see @documentdescription in Texinfo). See Init File Expansion Contexts: Normal, Preformatted, Code, String, Math.

expanded_formats

Information on output formats such as ‘html’ or ‘tex’ expansion (see Conditional Commands in Texinfo). An hash reference with format names as key and a true value as value if the format is expanded, according to command-line and init file information.

expanded_formats information should be consistent with is_format_expanded call result (see is_format_expanded).

jslicenses

An hash reference with categories of javascript used in the document as keys. The corresponding values are also hashes with file names as keys and with array references as values. The array references contain information on each of the file licences, with content

1. licence name
2. license URL
3. file name or source of file

line_break_element

HTML line break element, based on ‘<br>’, also taking into account USE_XML_SYNTAX customization variable value.

non_breaking_space

Non breaking space, can be ‘&nbsp;’, but also a non breaking space character or the corresponding numeric entity based on OUTPUT_CHARACTERS and USE_NUMERIC_ENTITY customization variables values. See Substituting Non Breaking Space.

paragraph_symbol

Paragraph symbol, can be ‘&para;’, but also the corresponding numeric entity or encoded character based on OUTPUT_CHARACTERS and USE_NUMERIC_ENTITY customization variables values. See HTML Features Customization in Texinfo.

title_string

title_tree

simpletitle_tree

simpletitle_command_name

Some information is deduced from the title commands: simpletitle reflects @settitle vs. @shorttitlepage, and title is constructed by trying all the title-related commands, including @top and @titlefont, in the top element.

title_tree is a Texinfo tree corresponding to the title, title_string is the result of the conversion in a string context (see Init File Expansion Contexts: Normal, Preformatted, Code, String, Math). simpletitle_tree is a Texinfo tree corresponding to the simpletitle, and simpletitle_command_name is the @-command name used for the simpletitle, without the leading @.

title_titlepage

The formatted title, possibly based on @titlepage, or on simpletitle_tree and similar information, depending on SHOW_TITLE and USE_TITLEPAGE_FOR_TITLE customization variables in the default case (see HTML Output Structure Customization in Texinfo).

See Customization of CSS Rules, Imports and Selectors for an explanation on getting information on CSS.