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20 | <H1><a name="pagelayout">Page Layout</a></H1> | |
21 | ||
22 | <p>The section describes the layout of the pages created by | |
23 | MHonArc. Each page's layout is controled by | |
24 | <a href="resources.html">resources</a> | |
25 | (see Section <a href="resources.html">Resources</a>). Layout | |
26 | resources can be changed as you see fit to achieve the | |
27 | appearence you desire for your mail archives. | |
28 | ||
29 | <!--X-TOC-Start--> | |
30 | <ul> | |
31 | <li><a href="#notaion">Notation</a> | |
32 | <li><a href="#mainidxpg">Main Index Page</a> | |
33 | <ul> | |
34 | <li><small><a href="#mainidxlayout">Main index page resource layout</a></small> | |
35 | </ul> | |
36 | <li><a href="#threadidxpg">Thread Index Page</a> | |
37 | <ul> | |
38 | <li><small><a href="#tidxlayout">Thread index page resource layout</a></small> | |
39 | </ul> | |
40 | <li><a href="#msgpg">Message Page</a> | |
41 | <ul> | |
42 | <li><small><a href="#msgpglayout">Message page resource layout</a></small> | |
43 | <li><small><a href="#msgheaderlayout">Converted message header</a></small> | |
44 | <li><small><a href="#msgbodylayout">Converted message body</a></small> | |
45 | <li><small><a href="#tslice">Thread slices</a></small> | |
46 | </ul> | |
47 | </ul> | |
48 | <!--X-TOC-End--> | |
49 | ||
50 | ||
51 | <!-- ******************************************************************** --> | |
52 | <hr> | |
53 | <h2><a name="notaion">Notation</a></h2> | |
54 | ||
55 | <p>To simplify the description of the various pages created | |
56 | by MHonArc, the following notation is used: | |
57 | </p> | |
58 | ||
59 | <dl> | |
60 | <dt><strong>( )</strong></dt> | |
61 | <dd>Parentheses denote a <em>group</em> of resources. | |
62 | </dd> | |
63 | <dt><strong>|</strong></dt> | |
64 | <dd>The vertical bar is use within a <em>group</em> to denote | |
65 | a boolean OR. For example, "<tt>(X | Y | Z)</tt>" | |
66 | states that either X, Y, or Z may apply. | |
67 | </dd> | |
68 | <dt><strong>?</strong></dt> | |
69 | <dd>Denotes that preceding resource, or group, is | |
70 | optional. | |
71 | </dd> | |
72 | <dt><strong>*</strong></dt> | |
73 | <dd>Denotes that preceding resource, or group, can | |
74 | occur zero or more times. | |
75 | </dd> | |
76 | <dt><strong>+</strong></dt> | |
77 | <dd>Denotes that preceding resource, or group, can | |
78 | occur one or more times. | |
79 | </dd> | |
80 | </dl> | |
81 | ||
82 | <!-- ******************************************************************** --> | |
83 | <hr> | |
84 | <h2><a name="mainidxpg">Main Index Page</a></h2> | |
85 | ||
86 | <p>The main index is normally the default index of an | |
87 | archive. The main index list messages by date, | |
88 | subject, author, or message number. | |
89 | Since date listing is the default, the | |
90 | main index is commonly referred to as the date index. | |
91 | </p> | |
92 | ||
93 | <h3><a name="mainidxlayout">Main index page resource layout</a></h3> | |
94 | ||
95 | <pre> | |
96 | <a href="resources/idxpgssmarkup.html"><b>IDXPGSSMARKUP</b></a> | |
97 | <a href="resources/idxpgbegin.html"><b>IDXPGBEGIN</b></a> | |
98 | <a href="resources/listbegin.html"><b>LISTBEGIN</b></a> | |
99 | <b>(</b><a href="resources/authorbegin.html"><b>AUTHORBEGIN</b></a> <b>|</b> | |
100 | <a href="resources/daybegin.html"><b>DAYBEGIN</b></a> <b>|</b> | |
101 | <a href="resources/subjectbegin.html"><b>SUBJECTBEGIN</b></a><b>)?</b> | |
102 | <a href="resources/litemplate.html"><b>LITEMPLATE</b></a><b>+</b> | |
103 | <b>(</b><a href="resources/authorend.html"><b>AUTHOREND</b></a> <b>|</b> | |
104 | <a href="resources/dayend.html"><b>DAYEND</b></a> <b>|</b> | |
105 | <a href="resources/subjectend.html"><b>SUBJECTEND</b></a><b>)?</b> | |
106 | <a href="resources/listend.html"><b>LISTEND</b></a> | |
107 | <a href="resources/doc.html"><b>DOC</b></a><b>?</b> | |
108 | <a href="resources/idxpgend.html"><b>IDXPGEND</b></a> | |
109 | </pre> | |
110 | ||
111 | <!-- ******************************************************************** --> | |
112 | <hr> | |
113 | <h2><a name="threadidxpg">Thread Index Page</a></h2> | |
114 | ||
115 | <p>The thread index list messages by thread. Threads | |
116 | are based upon <tt>In-Reply-To</tt> and <tt>References</tt> fields of | |
117 | messages and by same <tt>Subject</tt>s. | |
118 | </p> | |
119 | ||
120 | <p>The layout of a thread index page is more complicated | |
121 | than the main index layout since threading is more | |
122 | complex. | |
123 | Also, MHonArc tries to provide the greatest | |
124 | flexibility for customizing thread listing layout. | |
125 | </p> | |
126 | ||
127 | <h3><a name="tidxlayout">Thread index page resource layout</a></h3> | |
128 | ||
129 | <pre> | |
130 | <a href="resources/tidxpgssmarkup.html"><b>TIDXPGSSMARKUP</b></a> | |
131 | <a href="resources/tidxpgbegin.html"><b>TIDXPGBEGIN</b></a> | |
132 | <a href="resources/thead.html"><b>THEAD</b></a> | |
133 | <b>((</b><a href="resources/ttopbegin.html"><b>TTOPBEGIN</b></a> | |
134 | <a href="resources/tsublistbeg.html"><b>TSUBLISTBEG</b></a> | |
135 | <b>((</b><a href="resources/tlitxt.html"><b>TLITXT</b></a> | |
136 | <small>[possible subthread listing]</small> | |
137 | <a href="resources/tliend.html"><b>TLIEND</b></a><b>)|</b> | |
138 | <b>(</b><a href="resources/tlinone.html"><b>TLINONE</b></a> | |
139 | <small>[possible subthread listing]</small> | |
140 | <a href="resources/tlinoneend.html"><b>TLINONEEND</b></a><b>))+</b> | |
141 | <b>(</b><a href="resources/tsubjectbeg.html"><b>TSUBJECTBEG</b></a> | |
142 | <b>((</b><a href="resources/tlitxt.html"><b>TLITXT</b></a> | |
143 | <small>[possible subthread listing]</small> | |
144 | <a href="resources/tliend.html"><b>TLIEND</b></a><b>)|</b> | |
145 | <b>(</b><a href="resources/tlinone.html"><b>TLINONE</b></a> | |
146 | <small>[possible subthread listing]</small> | |
147 | <a href="resources/tlinoneend.html"><b>TLINONEEND</b></a><b>))+</b> | |
148 | <a href="resources/tsubjectend.html"><b>TSUBJECTEND</b></a><b>)?</b> | |
149 | <a href="resources/tsublistend.html"><b>TSUBLISTEND</b></a><b></b> | |
150 | <a href="resources/ttopend.html"><b>TTOPEND</b></a><b>)</b> | |
151 | <b>|</b> | |
152 | <a href="resources/tsingletxt.html"><b>TSINGLETXT</b></a><b>)*</b> <small>[message w/o references or follow-ups]</small> | |
153 | <a href="resources/tfoot.html"><b>TFOOT</b></a> | |
154 | <a href="resources/doc.html"><b>DOC</b></a><b>?</b> | |
155 | <a href="resources/tidxpgend.html"><b>TIDXPGEND</b></a> | |
156 | </pre> | |
157 | ||
158 | <p>If the previous is not confusing enough, there are four other resources | |
159 | for controlling the thread index page layout: | |
160 | <a href="resources/tcontbegin.html">TCONTBEGIN</a>, | |
161 | <a href="resources/tcontend.html">TCONTEND</a>, | |
162 | <a href="resources/tindentbegin.html">TINDENTBEGIN</a>, | |
163 | <a href="resources/tindentend.html">TINDENTEND</a>. | |
164 | If the <a href="resources/multipg.html">multiple page resource</a> is | |
165 | set, it is possible that a thread can span more than one page. These | |
166 | resources are used to restart a thread that has been clipped due to | |
167 | a page boundary. | |
168 | </p> | |
169 | ||
170 | <!-- ******************************************************************** --> | |
171 | <hr> | |
172 | <h2><a name="msgpg">Message Page</a></h2> | |
173 | ||
174 | <p>The message page contains a single message converted | |
175 | to HTML and archive navigational links. | |
176 | </p> | |
177 | ||
178 | <h3><a name="msgpglayout">Message page resource layout</a></h3> | |
179 | ||
180 | <pre> | |
181 | <a href="resources/msgpgssmarkup.html"><b>MSGPGSSMARKUP</b></a> | |
182 | <a href="resources/msgpgbegin.html"><b>MSGPGBEGIN</b></a> | |
183 | <a href="resources/msghead.html"><b>MSGHEAD</b></a> | |
184 | <a href="resources/toplinks.html"><b>TOPLINKS</b></a> | |
185 | <a href="resources/subjectheader.html"><b>SUBJECTHEADER</b></a> | |
186 | <a href="#msgheaderlayout"><i>Converted message header</i></a> | |
187 | <a href="resources/headbodysep.html"><b>HEADBODYSEP</b></a> | |
188 | <a href="#msgbodylayout"><i>Converted message body</i></a> | |
189 | <a href="resources/msgbodyend.html"><b>MSGBODYEND</b></a> | |
190 | <b>(</b><a href="resources/folupbegin.html"><b>FOLUPBEGIN</b></a> | |
191 | <a href="resources/foluplitxt.html"><b>FOLUPLITXT</b></a><b>+</b> | |
192 | <a href="resources/folupend.html"><b>FOLUPEND</b></a><b>)?</b> | |
193 | <b>(</b><a href="resources/refsbegin.html"><b>REFSBEGIN</b></a> | |
194 | <a href="resources/refslitxt.html"><b>REFSLITXT</b></a><b>+</b> | |
195 | <a href="resources/refsend.html"><b>REFSEND</b></a><b>)?</b> | |
196 | <a href="resources/botlinks.html"><b>BOTLINKS</b></a> | |
197 | <a href="resources/msgfoot.html"><b>MSGFOOT</b></a> | |
198 | <a href="resources/msgpgend.html"><b>MSGPGEND</b></a> | |
199 | </pre> | |
200 | ||
201 | <table border=0 cellpadding=4> | |
202 | <tr valign=top> | |
203 | <td><strong>NOTE</strong></td> | |
204 | <td><p>If the <a href="resources/single.html">SINGLE</a> resource | |
205 | is set, <a href="resources/toplinks.html">TOPLINKS</a> | |
206 | and <a href="resources/botlinks.html">BOTLINKS</a> | |
207 | are are not applicable. If the | |
208 | <a href="resources/folrefs.html">FOLREFS</a> is off, | |
209 | <a href="resources/folupbegin.html">FOLUPBEGIN</a>, | |
210 | <a href="resources/foluplitxt.html">FOLUPLITXT</a>, | |
211 | <a href="resources/folupend.html">FOLUPEND</a>, | |
212 | <a href="resources/refsbegin.html">REFSBEGIN</a>, | |
213 | <a href="resources/refslitxt.html">REFSLITXT</a>, and | |
214 | <a href="resources/refsend.html">REFSEND</a> resources | |
215 | are not applicable. | |
216 | </p> | |
217 | </td> | |
218 | </tr> | |
219 | </table> | |
220 | ||
221 | <p>Message pages also contain comment declarations. Some of the | |
222 | comment declarations are vital markers to allow MHonArc | |
223 | to properly edit the message when needed during updates. | |
224 | </p> | |
225 | ||
226 | <h3><a name="msgheaderlayout">Converted message header</a></h3> | |
227 | ||
228 | <p>The format of converted message headers are determined by the | |
229 | following resource layout: | |
230 | </p> | |
231 | <pre> | |
232 | <a href="resources/fieldsbeg.html">FIELDSBEG</a> | |
233 | (<a href="resources/labelbeg.html">LABELBEG</a> | |
234 | <i>label text</i> | |
235 | <a href="resources/labelend.html">LABELEND</a> | |
236 | <a href="resources/fldbeg.html">FLDBEG</a> | |
237 | <i>field text</i> | |
238 | <a href="resources/fldend.html">FLDEND</a>)* | |
239 | <a href="resources/fieldsend.html">FIELDSEND</a> | |
240 | </pre> | |
241 | ||
242 | <table border=0 cellpadding=4> | |
243 | <tr valign=top> | |
244 | <td><strong>NOTE</strong></td> | |
245 | <td><p>The line breaks above are used to show the sequence order of | |
246 | the resources and do not indicate any actual line breaks in the final | |
247 | markup generated. | |
248 | </p> | |
249 | </td> | |
250 | </tr> | |
251 | </table> | |
252 | ||
253 | <h3><a name="msgbodylayout">Converted message body</a></h3> | |
254 | ||
255 | <p>The formatting of message body data is controled by filter routines. | |
256 | See the <a href="resources/mimefilters.html">MIMEFILTERS</a> resource | |
257 | page for more information. | |
258 | </p> | |
259 | ||
260 | <h3><a name="tslice">Thread slices</a></h3> | |
261 | ||
262 | <p>MHonArc supports the ability to include thread listings on messages | |
263 | pages via the | |
264 | <a href="rcvars.html#TSLICE"><tt>$TSLICE$</tt></a> resource variable. | |
265 | The formatting of the <tt>$TSLICE$</tt> resource variable is controled | |
266 | by the following resources: | |
267 | <a href="resources/tslicebeg.html">TSLICEBEG</a>, | |
268 | <a href="resources/tslicecontbeg.html">TSLICECONTBEG</a>, | |
269 | <a href="resources/tslicecontend.html">TSLICECONTEND</a>, | |
270 | <a href="resources/tsliceend.html">TSLICEEND</a>, | |
271 | <a href="resources/tsliceindentbeg.html">TSLICEINDENTBEG</a>, | |
272 | <a href="resources/tsliceindentend.html">TSLICEINDENTEND</a>, | |
273 | <a href="resources/tsliceliend.html">TSLICELIEND</a>, | |
274 | <a href="resources/tsliceliendcur.html">TSLICELIENDCUR</a>, | |
275 | <a href="resources/tslicelinone.html">TSLICELINONE</a>, | |
276 | <a href="resources/tslicelinoneend.html">TSLICELINONEEND</a>, | |
277 | <a href="resources/tslicelitxt.html">TSLICELITXT</a>, | |
278 | <a href="resources/tslicelitxtcur.html">TSLICELITXTCUR</a>, | |
279 | <a href="resources/tslicesingletxt.html">TSLICESINGLETXT</a>, | |
280 | <a href="resources/tslicesingletxtcur.html">TSLICESINGLETXTCUR</a>, | |
281 | <a href="resources/tslicesubjectbeg.html">TSLICESUBJECTBEG</a>, | |
282 | <a href="resources/tslicesubjectend.html">TSLICESUBJECTEND</a>, | |
283 | <a href="resources/tslicesublistbeg.html">TSLICESUBLISTBEG</a>, | |
284 | <a href="resources/tslicesublistend.html">TSLICESUBLISTEND</a>, | |
285 | <a href="resources/tslicetopbeg.html">TSLICETOPBEG</a>, | |
286 | <a href="resources/tslicetopbegcur.html">TSLICETOPBEGCUR</a>, | |
287 | <a href="resources/tslicetopend.html">TSLICETOPEND</a>, and | |
288 | <a href="resources/tslicetopendcur.html">TSLICETOPENDCUR</a> | |
289 | </p> | |
290 | ||
291 | <p>The structure of the resources parallels the thread resource | |
292 | layout structure described for the <a href="#threadidxpg">thread | |
293 | index page</a>, and the above thread slice resources will default to | |
294 | the corresponding non-tslice resources, allowing you to provide a | |
295 | consistent look to all thread listings without having to define two | |
296 | sets of resources. | |
297 | </p> | |
298 | ||
299 | <p>One key difference to the <tt>TSLICE</tt>* resources is the ability | |
300 | to customize the look for current message item in the | |
301 | the slice listing. I.e. You can actually highlight, grey-out, etc, | |
302 | the current message to give the reader a visual cue of where they are | |
303 | in the thread. See | |
304 | <a href="resources/tslicetopbegcur.html">TSLICETOPBEGCUR</a> for | |
305 | an example. | |
306 | </p> | |
307 | ||
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314 | ||
315 | <!-- ******************************************************************** --> | |
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317 | <address> | |
318 | $Date: 2002/06/27 00:06:14 $ <br> | |
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320 | <a href="http://www.mhonarc.org" | |
321 | ><strong>MHonArc</strong></a><br> | |
322 | Copyright © 1997-1999, <a href="http://www.mhonarc.org/~ehood/" | |
323 | >Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc@mhonarc.org" | |
324 | >mhonarc@mhonarc.org</a><br> | |
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