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9.9.3 Strings specific to a publishing style

Markup strings are strings used for marking up text for a particular style.

These cover the most basic kinds of markup, the handling of which differs little between the various styles.

Available markup strings
image-with-desc
An image and a description.

Argument 1: image. Argument 2: description.

image-link
A link to an image.

Argument 1: image link.

url-with-image
A URL with an image.

Argument 1: link. Argument 2: image.

url-link
A link with a description.

Argument 1: link. Argument 2: description if one exists, or the original link otherwise.

internal-link
A link that refers to an internal anchor.

Argument 1: internal link. Argument 2: description if one exists, or the original link otherwise.

email-addr
A link to an email address.

Argument 1: email address. Argument 2: email address.

emdash
A 2-length dash.
rule
A horizontal line or space.
footnote
Beginning of footnote.
footnote-end
End of footnote.
footnotemark
Mark a reference for the current footnote.

Argument 1: number of this footnote.

footnotetext
Indicate the text of the current footnote.

Argument 1: number of this footnote.

footnotetext-end
End of a footnote text line.
fn-sep
Text used to replace “Footnotes:” line.
enddots
4 dots.
dots
3 dots.
part
Beginning of a part indicator line. This is used by book publishing.
part-end
End of a part indicator line. This is used by book publishing.
chapter
Beginning of a chapter indicator line. This is used by book publishing.
chapter-end
End of a chapter indicator line. This is used by book publishing.
section
Beginning of level 1 section indicator line.

Argument 1: level of section; always 1.

section-end
End of level 1 section indicator line.

Argument 1: level of section; always 1.

subsection
Beginning of level 2 section indicator line.

Argument 1: level of section; always 2.

subsection-end
End of level 2 section indicator line.

Argument 1: level of section; always 2.

subsubsection
Beginning of level 3 section indicator line.

Argument 1: level of section; always 3.

subsubsection-end
End of level 3 section indicator line.

Argument 1: level of section; always 3.

section-other
Beginning of section indicator line, where level is greater than 3.

Argument 1: level of section.

section-other-end
Beginning of section indicator line, where level is greater than 3.

Argument 1: level of section.

begin-underline
Beginning of underlined text.
end-underline
End of underlined text.
begin-literal
Beginning of verbatim text. This includes <code> tags and =teletype text=.
end-literal
End of verbatim text. This includes <code> tags and =teletype text=.
begin-emph
Beginning of the first level of emphasized text.
end-emph
End of the first level of emphasized text.
begin-more-emph
Beginning of the second level of emphasized text.
end-more-emph
End of the second level of emphasized text.
begin-most-emph
Beginning of the third (and final) level of emphasized text.
end-most-emph
End of the third (and final) level of emphasized text.
begin-verse
Beginning of verse text.
verse-space
String used to each space that is further indented than the beginning of the verse.
begin-verse-line
Beginning of a line of verse.
empty-verse-line
End of a line of verse.
begin-last-stanza-line
Beginning of the last line of a verse stanza.
end-last-stanza-line
End of the last line of a verse stanza.
end-verse
End of verse text.
begin-example
Beginning of an example region. To make use of this, an <example> tag is needed.
end-example
End of an example region. To make use of this, an </example> tag is needed.
begin-center
Begin a centered line.
end-center
End a centered line.
begin-quote
Begin a quoted region.
end-quote
End a quoted region.
begin-uli
Begin an unordered list.
end-uli
End an unordered list.
begin-oli
Begin an ordered list.
end-oli
End an ordered list.
begin-ddt
Begin a definition list.
start-dde
Begin a term in a definition list.
end-ddt
End a definition list.