On Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 at 12:46 AM, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 08:24:15 +0000 > > From: Heime <[email protected]> > > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > On Monday, May 25th, 2026 at 12:30 AM, Heime <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I want to include the ability for users to split by chapter, > > > section, or node when outputting the html documentation. > > > > > > Variable OPTS is used as a general options not specific to html. > > > With other html specific options stored in a different variable. > > > > > > makeinfo has the --split=chapter, --split= section, and > > > --split= node to do this. How can I include this functionality > > > for users of my makefile? > > > > > > > > > opts = --force --enable-encoding -I ${srcdir} > > > hmlopts = --split=chapter # section, node > > > > > > > > > srcs = ${srcdir}/antares.texi > > > > > > .PHONY: html > > > html: ${hmldir}/antares.html > > > > > > .SECONDEXPANSION: > > > $(hmldir)/antares.html: $(srcs) | $$(@D) > > > makeinfo $(opts) --html -o $@ $< > > > > > > I have included a split variable that the user can override. > > > > make -f antares.mk split=--split=chapter html > > > > But it introduces the cumbersome `split=--split=chapter'. > > Any ideas upon how to simplify this with just the split > > specification? > > > > Have seen that people override variables when calling a makefile, > > meaning that the variable option override does not include the > > starting --. > > > > Would like to include --split=chapter as a valid option > > > > So I can use > > > > make -f antares.mk --split=chapter html > > > > How can I do such a thing? > > You can do this: > > make -f antares.mk SPLIT=chapter html > > and in the Makefile say > > makeinfo $(opts) --html --split=$(SPLIT) -o $@ $< For an unspecified split, the above would be --split= makeinfo $(opts) --html --split= -o $@ $< I would like to use a variable DECAL for the --split option, so it will be completely empty if the option is not used.
