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<H1><a name="pagelayout">Page Layout</a></H1>
<p>The section describes the layout of the pages created by
MHonArc. Each page's layout is controled by
<a href="resources.html">resources</a>. Layout
resources can be changed as you see fit to achieve the
appearance you desire.
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<li><a href="#notaion">Notation</a>
<li><a href="#mainidxpg">Main Index Page</a>
<ul>
<li><small><a href="#mainidxlayout">Main index page resource layout</a></small>
</ul>
<li><a href="#threadidxpg">Thread Index Page</a>
<ul>
<li><small><a href="#tidxlayout">Thread index page resource layout</a></small>
</ul>
<li><a href="#msgpg">Message Page</a>
<ul>
<li><small><a href="#msgpglayout">Message page resource layout</a></small>
<li><small><a href="#msgheaderlayout">Converted message header</a></small>
<li><small><a href="#msgbodylayout">Converted message body</a></small>
<li><small><a href="#tslice">Thread slices</a></small>
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<h2><a name="notaion">Notation</a></h2>
<p>To simplify the description of the various pages created
by MHonArc, the following notation is used:
</p>
<dl>
<dt><strong>( )</strong></dt>
<dd>Parentheses denote a <em>group</em> of resources.
</dd>
<dt><strong>|</strong></dt>
<dd>The vertical bar is use within a <em>group</em> to denote
a boolean OR. For example, "<tt>(X | Y | Z)</tt>"
states that either X, Y, or Z may apply.
</dd>
<dt><strong>?</strong></dt>
<dd>Denotes that preceding resource, or group, is
optional.
</dd>
<dt><strong>*</strong></dt>
<dd>Denotes that preceding resource, or group, can
occur zero or more times.
</dd>
<dt><strong>+</strong></dt>
<dd>Denotes that preceding resource, or group, can
occur one or more times.
</dd>
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<h2><a name="mainidxpg">Main Index Page</a></h2>
<p>The main index is normally the default index of an
archive. The main index list messages by date,
subject, author, or message number.
Since date listing is the default, the
main index is commonly referred to as the date index.
</p>
<h3><a name="mainidxlayout">Main index page resource layout</a></h3>
<pre class="code">
<a href="resources/idxpgssmarkup.html"><b>IDXPGSSMARKUP</b></a>
<a href="resources/idxpgbegin.html"><b>IDXPGBEGIN</b></a>
<a href="resources/listbegin.html"><b>LISTBEGIN</b></a>
<b>(</b><a href="resources/authorbegin.html"><b>AUTHORBEGIN</b></a> <b>|</b>
<a href="resources/daybegin.html"><b>DAYBEGIN</b></a> <b>|</b>
<a href="resources/subjectbegin.html"><b>SUBJECTBEGIN</b></a><b>)?</b>
<a href="resources/litemplate.html"><b>LITEMPLATE</b></a><b>+</b>
<b>(</b><a href="resources/authorend.html"><b>AUTHOREND</b></a> <b>|</b>
<a href="resources/dayend.html"><b>DAYEND</b></a> <b>|</b>
<a href="resources/subjectend.html"><b>SUBJECTEND</b></a><b>)?</b>
<a href="resources/listend.html"><b>LISTEND</b></a>
<a href="resources/doc.html"><b>DOC</b></a><b>?</b>
<a href="resources/idxpgend.html"><b>IDXPGEND</b></a>
</pre>
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<h2><a name="threadidxpg">Thread Index Page</a></h2>
<p>The thread index list messages by thread. Threads
are based upon <tt>In-Reply-To</tt> and <tt>References</tt> fields of
messages and by same <tt>Subject</tt>s.
</p>
<p>The layout of a thread index page is more complicated
than the main index layout since threading is more
complex.
Also, MHonArc tries to provide the greatest
flexibility for customizing thread listing layout.
</p>
<h3><a name="tidxlayout">Thread index page resource layout</a></h3>
<pre class="code">
<a href="resources/tidxpgssmarkup.html"><b>TIDXPGSSMARKUP</b></a>
<a href="resources/tidxpgbegin.html"><b>TIDXPGBEGIN</b></a>
<a href="resources/thead.html"><b>THEAD</b></a>
<b>((</b><a href="resources/ttopbegin.html"><b>TTOPBEGIN</b></a>
<a href="resources/tsublistbeg.html"><b>TSUBLISTBEG</b></a>
<b>((</b><a href="resources/tlitxt.html"><b>TLITXT</b></a>
<small>[possible subthread listing]</small>
<a href="resources/tliend.html"><b>TLIEND</b></a><b>)|</b>
<b>(</b><a href="resources/tlinone.html"><b>TLINONE</b></a>
<small>[possible subthread listing]</small>
<a href="resources/tlinoneend.html"><b>TLINONEEND</b></a><b>))+</b>
<b>(</b><a href="resources/tsubjectbeg.html"><b>TSUBJECTBEG</b></a>
<b>((</b><a href="resources/tlitxt.html"><b>TLITXT</b></a>
<small>[possible subthread listing]</small>
<a href="resources/tliend.html"><b>TLIEND</b></a><b>)|</b>
<b>(</b><a href="resources/tlinone.html"><b>TLINONE</b></a>
<small>[possible subthread listing]</small>
<a href="resources/tlinoneend.html"><b>TLINONEEND</b></a><b>))+</b>
<a href="resources/tsubjectend.html"><b>TSUBJECTEND</b></a><b>)?</b>
<a href="resources/tsublistend.html"><b>TSUBLISTEND</b></a><b></b>
<a href="resources/ttopend.html"><b>TTOPEND</b></a><b>)</b>
<b>|</b>
<a href="resources/tsingletxt.html"><b>TSINGLETXT</b></a><b>)*</b> <small>[message w/o references or follow-ups]</small>
<a href="resources/tfoot.html"><b>TFOOT</b></a>
<a href="resources/doc.html"><b>DOC</b></a><b>?</b>
<a href="resources/tidxpgend.html"><b>TIDXPGEND</b></a>
</pre>
<p>If the previous is not confusing enough, there are four other resources
for controlling the thread index page layout:
<a href="resources/tcontbegin.html">TCONTBEGIN</a>,
<a href="resources/tcontend.html">TCONTEND</a>,
<a href="resources/tindentbegin.html">TINDENTBEGIN</a>,
<a href="resources/tindentend.html">TINDENTEND</a>.
If the <a href="resources/multipg.html">multiple page resource</a> is
set, it is possible that a thread can span more than one page. These
resources are used to restart a thread that has been clipped due to
a page boundary.
</p>
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<h2><a name="msgpg">Message Page</a></h2>
<p>The message page contains a single message converted
to HTML and archive navigational links.
</p>
<h3><a name="msgpglayout">Message page resource layout</a></h3>
<pre class="code">
<a href="resources/msgpgssmarkup.html"><b>MSGPGSSMARKUP</b></a>
<a href="resources/msgpgbegin.html"><b>MSGPGBEGIN</b></a>
<a href="resources/msghead.html"><b>MSGHEAD</b></a>
<a href="resources/toplinks.html"><b>TOPLINKS</b></a>
<a href="resources/subjectheader.html"><b>SUBJECTHEADER</b></a>
<a href="#msgheaderlayout"><i>Converted message header</i></a>
<a href="resources/headbodysep.html"><b>HEADBODYSEP</b></a>
<a href="#msgbodylayout"><i>Converted message body</i></a>
<a href="resources/msgbodyend.html"><b>MSGBODYEND</b></a>
<b>(</b><a href="resources/folupbegin.html"><b>FOLUPBEGIN</b></a>
<a href="resources/foluplitxt.html"><b>FOLUPLITXT</b></a><b>+</b>
<a href="resources/folupend.html"><b>FOLUPEND</b></a><b>)?</b>
<b>(</b><a href="resources/refsbegin.html"><b>REFSBEGIN</b></a>
<a href="resources/refslitxt.html"><b>REFSLITXT</b></a><b>+</b>
<a href="resources/refsend.html"><b>REFSEND</b></a><b>)?</b>
<a href="resources/botlinks.html"><b>BOTLINKS</b></a>
<a href="resources/msgfoot.html"><b>MSGFOOT</b></a>
<a href="resources/msgpgend.html"><b>MSGPGEND</b></a>
</pre>
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<td><strong>NOTE:</strong></td>
<td width="100%"><p>If the <a href="resources/single.html">SINGLE</a> resource
is set, <a href="resources/toplinks.html">TOPLINKS</a>
and <a href="resources/botlinks.html">BOTLINKS</a>
are are not applicable. If the
<a href="resources/folrefs.html">FOLREFS</a> is off,
<a href="resources/folupbegin.html">FOLUPBEGIN</a>,
<a href="resources/foluplitxt.html">FOLUPLITXT</a>,
<a href="resources/folupend.html">FOLUPEND</a>,
<a href="resources/refsbegin.html">REFSBEGIN</a>,
<a href="resources/refslitxt.html">REFSLITXT</a>, and
<a href="resources/refsend.html">REFSEND</a> resources
are not applicable.
</p>
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<p>Message pages also contain comment declarations. Some of the
comment declarations are vital markers to allow MHonArc
to properly edit the message during updates.
</p>
<h3><a name="msgheaderlayout">Converted message header</a></h3>
<p>The format of converted message headers is determined by the
following resource layout:
</p>
<pre class="code">
<a href="resources/fieldsbeg.html">FIELDSBEG</a>
(<a href="resources/labelbeg.html">LABELBEG</a>
<i>label text</i>
<a href="resources/labelend.html">LABELEND</a>
<a href="resources/fldbeg.html">FLDBEG</a>
<i>field text</i>
<a href="resources/fldend.html">FLDEND</a>)*
<a href="resources/fieldsend.html">FIELDSEND</a>
</pre>
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<td><strong>NOTE:</strong></td>
<td width="100%"><p>The line breaks above are used to show the sequence order of
the resources and do not indicate any actual line breaks in the final
markup generated.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<p> </p>
<table class="note" width="100%">
<tr valign="baseline">
<td><strong>NOTE:</strong></td>
<td width="100%"><p>After a message is initially converted, the message
header data is static. Changes to resources that affect message header
layout will only affect new messages and not existing archived messages.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3><a name="msgbodylayout">Converted message body</a></h3>
<p>The formatting of message body data is controled by filter routines.
See the <a href="resources/mimefilters.html">MIMEFILTERS</a> resource
page for more information.
</p>
<table class="note" width="100%">
<tr valign="baseline">
<td><strong>NOTE:</strong></td>
<td width="100%"><p>After a message is initially converted, the message
body data is static. Changes to resources that affect message body
appearance will only affect news messages and not existing archived
messages.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<h3><a name="tslice">Thread slices</a></h3>
<p>MHonArc supports the ability to include thread listings on messages
pages via the
<a href="rcvars.html#TSLICE"><tt>$TSLICE$</tt></a> resource variable.
The formatting of the <tt>$TSLICE$</tt> resource variable is controled
by the following resources:
<a href="resources/tslicebeg.html">TSLICEBEG</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicecontbeg.html">TSLICECONTBEG</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicecontend.html">TSLICECONTEND</a>,
<a href="resources/tsliceend.html">TSLICEEND</a>,
<a href="resources/tsliceindentbeg.html">TSLICEINDENTBEG</a>,
<a href="resources/tsliceindentend.html">TSLICEINDENTEND</a>,
<a href="resources/tsliceliend.html">TSLICELIEND</a>,
<a href="resources/tsliceliendcur.html">TSLICELIENDCUR</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicelinone.html">TSLICELINONE</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicelinoneend.html">TSLICELINONEEND</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicelitxt.html">TSLICELITXT</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicelitxtcur.html">TSLICELITXTCUR</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicesingletxt.html">TSLICESINGLETXT</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicesingletxtcur.html">TSLICESINGLETXTCUR</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicesubjectbeg.html">TSLICESUBJECTBEG</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicesubjectend.html">TSLICESUBJECTEND</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicesublistbeg.html">TSLICESUBLISTBEG</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicesublistend.html">TSLICESUBLISTEND</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicetopbeg.html">TSLICETOPBEG</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicetopbegcur.html">TSLICETOPBEGCUR</a>,
<a href="resources/tslicetopend.html">TSLICETOPEND</a>, and
<a href="resources/tslicetopendcur.html">TSLICETOPENDCUR</a>
</p>
<p>The structure of the resources parallels the thread resource
layout structure described for the <a href="#threadidxpg">thread
index page</a>, and the above thread slice resources will default to
the corresponding non-tslice resources, allowing you to provide a
consistent look to all thread listings without having to define two
sets of resources.
</p>
<p>One key difference to the <tt>TSLICE</tt>* resources is the ability
to customize the look for current message item in the
the slice listing. I.e. You can actually highlight, grey-out, etc,
the current message to give the reader a visual cue of where they are
in the thread. See
<a href="resources/tslicetopbegcur.html">TSLICETOPBEGCUR</a> for
an example.
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