skribe [options] [input]...

This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for the programming language Skribe can be found at the following URL. This manual page only documents the skribe compiler that compiles Skribe programs into HTML, TeX, Info or Nroff formats.

The skribe compiler uses file suffixes in order to select amongst its possible targets which one to choose. These suffixes are:

.skb

a Skribe source file.

.html

an HTML target file.

.tex

a TeX target file.

.sui

a Skribe url index file.

-h,--help

This message.

--options

Display the skribe options and exit.

--version

The version of Skribe.

-q,--query

Display informations about the Skribe configuration.

-c,--custom KEY=VAL

Preset custom value.

-vLEVEL

Increase or set verbosity level (-v0 for crystal silence).

-wLEVEL

Increase or set warning level (-w0 for crystal silence).

-gLEVEL

Increase or set debug level.

--no-color

Disable coloring for debug.

-t,--target E

The output target format.

-I PATH

Add <path> to skribe path.

-B PATH

Add <path> to skribe bibliography path.

-S PATH

Add <path> to skribe source path.

-P PATH

Add <path> to skribe image path.

-C,--split-chapter CHAPTER

Emit chapter's sections in separate files.

--eval EXPR

Evaluate expression.

--no-init-file

Dont load rc Skribe file.

-p,--preload FILE

Preload file.

-u,--use-variant VARIANT

use <variant> output format.

-o,--output O

The output target name.

-b,--base BASE

The base prefix to be removed from hyperlinks.

-d,--rc-dir DIR

Set the skribe RC directory.

Some shell variables control the Skribe search path:

SKRIBEPATH

Search path for source and style files.