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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Halibut
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1.1 Output formats supported by Halibut
1.2 Features supported by Halibut
Chapter 2: Running Halibut
2.1 Command-line options
Chapter 3: Halibut input format
3.1 The basics
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3.2 Simple inline formatting commands
3.2.1 \e: Emphasising text
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3.2.2 \c and \cw: Displaying computer code inline
3.2.3 \q: Quotation marks
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3.2.4 \- and \_: Non-breaking hyphens and spaces
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3.2.5 \date: Automatic date generation
3.2.6 \W: WWW hyperlinks
3.2.7 \u: Specifying arbitrary Unicode characters
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3.2.8 \k and \K: Cross-references to other sections
3.2.9 \#: Inline comments
3.3 Paragraph-level commands
3.3.1 \c: Displaying whole paragraphs of computer code
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3.3.2.1 \b: Bulletted lists
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3.3.2.2 \n: Numbered lists
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3.3.2 \b, \n, \dt, \dd, \lcont: Lists
3.3.2.3 \dt and \dd: Description lists
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3.3.2.4 Continuing list items into further paragraphs
3.3.3 \rule: Horizontal rules
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