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- Updated links with working https versions from http. - Removed rotten links. - Updated links that have since resolved to new addresses. - Generated all new po's and pot from existing headers. - Updated the regression tests to account for the new https:// URLS, and the changed reference to specification.
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# Tidy Config Options
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Tidy supports a quite large number of configuration options. The full list can be output using `-help-config`. This will show the option to be used either on the command line or in a configuration file, the type of option, and the value(s) that can be used. The current default value for each option can be seen using `-show-config`.
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The options can also be listed in xml format. `-xml-help` will output each option plus a description. `-xml-config` will not only output the option and a description, but will include the type, default and examples. These xml outputs are used, with the aid of `xsltproc` and `doxygen`, to generate the [API Documentation](https://api.html-tidy.org/).
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These options can also be used by application linking with `libtidy`. For each option there is a `TidyOptionId` enumeration in the `tidyenum.h` file, and get/set functions for each option type.
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This file indicates how to add a new option to tidy, here adding an option `TidyEscapeScripts`. In essence it consists of 4 steps:
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1. Add the option `ID` to `tidyenum.h`.
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2. Add to the `table` `TidyOptionImpl option_defs[]` in `config.c`
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3. Add the id, with a `description` to `language_en.h`
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4. Use the option in the code.
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#### 1. Option ID
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In `tidyenum.h` the `TidyOptionId` can be in any order, but please try to keep things alphabetical, and keep in mind that `N_TIDY_OPTIONS` must remain the last. Choosing the id name can be any string, but by convention it will commence with `Tidy` followed by brief descriptive text.
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Naturally it can not be the same as any existing option. That is, it must be unique. And it will be followed by a brief descriptive special doxygen formatted comment. So for this new option I have chosen -
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~~~
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TidyEscapeScripts, /**< Escape items that look like closing tags */
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~~~
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#### 2. Table Definition
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In `config.c`, added in `TidyOptionImpl option_defs[]`. Again it can be in any order, but normally a new option would be added just before the last `N_TIDY_OPTIONS`, which must remain the last.
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The structure definition of the table entries is simple -
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~~~
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struct _tidy_option
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{
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TidyOptionId id;
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TidyConfigCategory category; /* put 'em in groups */
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ctmbstr name; /* property name */
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TidyOptionType type; /* string, int or bool */
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ulong dflt; /* default for TidyInteger and TidyBoolean */
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ParseProperty* parser; /* parsing method, read-only if NULL */
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PickListItems* pickList; /* pick list */
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ctmbstr pdflt; /* default for TidyString */
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};
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~~~
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Naturally it will commence with the above chosen unique `id`.
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The `category` will be one of this enumeration -
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typedef enum
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{
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TidyMarkup, /**< Markup options: (X)HTML version, etc */
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TidyDiagnostics, /**< Diagnostics */
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TidyPrettyPrint, /**< Output layout */
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TidyEncoding, /**< Character encodings */
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TidyMiscellaneous, /**< File handling, message format, etc. */
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TidyInternalCategory /**< Option is internal only. */
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} TidyConfigCategory;
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~~~
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Care, each of these enumeration strings have been equated to 2 uppercase letters. If you feel there should be another `category` or group then this can be discussed, and added.
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The `name` can be anything, but should try to be somewhat descriptive of the option. Again this string must be unique. It should be lowercase alphanumeric characters, and can contain a `-` separator. Remember this is the name places on the command line, or in a configuration file to set the option.
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The `type` is one of the following enumeration items -
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typedef enum
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{
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TidyString, /**< String */
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TidyInteger, /**< Integer or enumeration */
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TidyBoolean /**< Boolean flag */
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} TidyOptionType;
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~~~
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Care, each of these enumeration strings have been equated to two uppercase letters. If you feel there should be another `type` then this can be discussed, but would require other additional things. And also note the `TidyTriState` is the same as a `TidyInteger` except uses its own parser.
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The next item is the `default` value for a boolean, tristate or integer. Note tidy set `no=0` and `yes=1` as its own `Bool` enumeration.
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There are a number of `parser` for the options. Likewise a number of `pickList`. Find another option similar to your new option and use the same values. The `parser` is the function that parses config file or command line text input, and the `picklist` constitutes the canonical values for the option. Some types of values logically don't have picklists, such as strings or pure integers.
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Presently no options have the final `default` string, and it is left out of the table. The compiler will add a NULL.
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The final table entry added. Note in here the spacing has been compressed, but in the actual code the current column settings should be maintained if possible -
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{ TidyEscapeScripts, PP, "escape-scripts", BL, yes, ParseBool, boolPicks[, NULL] }, /* 20160227 - Issue #348 */
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~~~
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#### 3. Option Description
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In `language_en.h`, in the section labelled **Options Documentation**. Please try to keep this in alphabetical order.
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Each entry is a structure with 3 members -
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typedef struct languageDictionaryEntry {
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uint key;
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uint pluralForm;
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ctmbstr value;
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} languageDictionaryEntry;
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~~~
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The `key` is the option `ID`; The `pluralForm` is not used for options, and should be `0`; The `value` is the description string.
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Some care has to be taken with the description string. The only html allowed here is `<code>...</code>`, `<var>...</var>`, `<em>...</em>`, `<strong>...</strong>`, and `<br/>`. Entities, tags, attributes, etc., should be enclosed in `<code>...</code>`. Option values should be enclosed in `<var>...</var>`. It's very important that `<br/>` be self-closing! This string is processed to build the API documentation.
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This is the description added for this new option.
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{
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TidyEscapeScripts, 0,
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"This option causes items that look like closing tags, like <code></g</code> to be "
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"escaped to <code><\\/g</code>. Set this option to 'no' if you do not want this."
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},
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~~~
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#### 4. Use in Code
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This can be added anywhere in the code to change the current code action. While the testing of the option depends on the option type, the most common is `cfgBool( doc, id )`. Here is an example of where this new option is used -
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/*\ if javascript insert backslash before /
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* Issue #348 - Add option, escape-scripts, to skip
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\*/
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if ((TY_(IsJavaScript)(container)) && cfgBool(doc, TidyEscapeScripts))
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{
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~~~
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#### Summary
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That's about it. Just 4 places. Obviously the best idea it to search for an existing option `ID`, and follow where it is all defined and used, and copy that. It is not difficult.
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; eof 20160310
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