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diff --git a/spo256/speak.conf.7 b/spo256/speak.conf.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ccc3e57 --- /dev/null +++ b/spo256/speak.conf.7 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.TH "speak.conf" "7" "January 1997" "Speak 0.2" "Text-to-Speech" +.PP +.SH NAME +.PP +\fBspeak.conf\fP - configuration file for text-to-speech services. +.PP +.SH SYNOPSIS +.PP +\fBspeak.conf\fP +.PP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +The \fBspeak.conf\fP file is a text edit-able configuration file used by the +text-to-speech server and various text-to-speech utilities. +.PP +\fBspeak.conf\fP is divided into sections, donated with "[]"'s. These +sections include hardware parameters for the text-to-speech server used on the +local machine, translation tables used for phonetic dictionaries by text-to- +speech servers, and runtime default information for specific programs. On +machines that do not run their own text-to-speech server, \fBspeak.conf\fP +will still be used to specify runtime defaults for utility programs that are +present. +.PP +.SH FILE FORMAT +.PP +The file consists of sections and parameters. A section begins with the +name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next section +begins. Sections contain parameters of the form \'name = value`'. +.PP +The file is line-based text - that is, each newline-terminated line +represents either a comment, a section name, or a parameter. Parameters +in the .conf file normally do not appear on multiple lines, except for +several specific exceptions (lists and tables) that are not used in this +package. +.PP +Section and parameter names are not case sensitive. +.PP +Only the first equal sign in a parameter is significant. Whitepsaces before +or after the = are ignored. Leading and trailing whitespaces are ignored. +Whitepaces within a parameter name are also ignored, while whitespaces +within a parameter value are preserved. +.PP +Any line beginning with a semicolon or a pound sign is treated as a comment +and is ignored. +.PP +Any line containing a list, in the form 'name = { v1 v2 v3 }' may be +continued over multiple lines if the terminating '}' is not found in the +current line. +.PP +Any line beginning with a plus is considered a repeat of the "name =" portion +of the last parameter line. This is often used to build up hostname lists +when multiple hostnames may be specified. +.PP +The parameter value may either be quoted or unquoted. Quoted parameters +values may be used to specify lead or trailing spaces which would otherwise +be ignored. Either matching single or double quotes may be used, and the +quotes are not kept as part of the value returned to the application. +.PP +Parameter values may either be strings, numeric values, or boolean flags. +When a boolean parameter is used, the characters "T" for 'true' and "F" for +'false' may be used. The full word, "true" and "false", may also be +spelled out. "Y" or "Yes" and "N" or "No" may also be used for "true" or +"false". +.PP +.SH SEE ALSO +.PP +.BR speak (1) +.PP +.SH AUTHOR +.PP +David Sugar (dyfet@tycho.com) +.PP |