@c
@c This file is part of the ``Texinfo to HTML Converter'' manual
@c which is part of the ``texi2html'' distribution.
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@c Author:
@c   Karl Heinz Marbaise <khmarbaise@gmx.de>
@c
@c Description:
@c   Here you can find the description on the
@c   initialization files.
@c
@c ========================================================
@chapter Initialization file
@c
@cindex configure
@cindex texi2html.init
@cindex texi2htmlrc, global initialization
@cindex .texi2htmlrc, user initialization
@c
@opindex sysconfdir
@opindex init_file
@file{texi2html.init}


@menu
* InitFileBasics::     The basics about
                         initialization files.
* InitFileGlobal::     Global initialization file.
* InitFileUser::       User initialization file.
* InitFileLoad::       Loadable initialization file.
@end menu

@c --------------------------------------------------------
@node InitFileBasics,InitFileGlobal,InitFile,InitFile
@section The basics about init files

Initialization options are read first from
@file{/usr/local/etc/texi2htmlrc} (the exact location being
changeable with the @option{--sysconfdir=dir} option to the
@command{configure} script), then from
@file{$HOME/.texi2htmlrc}, then any command-line options
including @option{-init_file} option; with later settings
overriding earlier ones.

The default initialization options are defined in the
@file{texi2html.init} file contained in the @b{Texi2html}
distribution (which gets included near the beginning of the
@command{texi2html} script that gets installed).

To customize @file{texi2html} it is best if you copy the
appropriate sections from the @file{texi2html.init}
contents into an appropriate local initialization file,
make the necessary changes there, and then have
@command{texi2html} read this initialization file by one of
the means described above.

For an example on what you can produces with
@command{texi2html} have a look at the following sites:
@uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/Manual/html/}


@c --------------------------------------------------------
@node InitFileGlobal,InitFileUser,InitFileBasics,InitFile
@section Global initialization file
@c --------------------------------------------------------
@node InitFileUser,InitFileLoad,InitFileGlobal,InitFile
@section User initialization file
@c --------------------------------------------------------
@node InitFileLoad,,InitFileUser,InitFile
@section Loadable initialization file
@opindex init_file
@option{-init_file}

@c @ref{InitFile}

