Re: fun with texi2html --section

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Samstag, 22. August 2009 11:15:13 schrieb Reinhold Kainhofer:
> Am Samstag, 22. August 2009 07:51:25 schrieb Graham Percival:
> > Anybody feel like seeing a joke?  Apply the attached patch and
> > make doc.
> >
> > Does anybody have any clue why "texi2html --split=foo" results in
> > *nothing* being stored in $Texi2HTML::Config::SPLIT ?  I'm quite
> > baffled.
>
> How are you calling texi2html exactly? My guess is that your call looks
> like texi2html --init=web-texi2html.init --split=foo general.texi
> In particular, I guess that the init file is given prior to split.
> texi2html processes its command lines sequentially, so the init file is
> evaluated before the split from the command line is set.

BTW, this makes perfect sense: You want to be able to override all settings 
from a template init file on the command line. the init file is like a style 
sheet, but in some cases you want special settings, so later init files or 
explicit cmd line options can override that.

Cheers,
Reinhold
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