Headers may now have automatic numbering if header.numbering is set.

documentation/kettext_rules.ktx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .imply(header.ids)
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-kettext Rules
+Syntax
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 As is the case with most any syntax, the best way to learn is to view the end product and the syntax used to generate it.
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ However, so as to avoid creating examples of every syntax permutation possible,
     * Special rules
     * Example(s) and Source(s)
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-Formatting rules
+1. Formatting rules
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 .imply
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ This line must start at the end and/or the beginning of the document and contain
   * //header.ids// -- create ids for every header from header text. Replaces spaces with underscores.
   * //header.depth// -- set the starting depth of headers. Defaults to 0.
   * //header.reverse// -- sets smaller headers to be considered as greater, e.g., "==== header ====" is greater than "====== header ======"
+  * //header.numbering// -- automatically number headers relative to a parent header and prepend this value to the header content.
   * //version.hide// -- embeds the version of kettext used to create the document in a hidden format. Otherwise is added as a footer.
   * //version.none// -- completely removes version information from the output.
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ The placement of formatters varies between the elements, but the general syntax
 
   # .some_option(some_value).other_option(other_value)
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-Font styling and anchors
+2. Font styling and anchors
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 Font may be styled in any of the following manners:
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ If using an HTML convertor, you can pass CSS styling directly:
 
 [[link]].href(http://kettek.exoss.net).style(border:1px solid red)
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-Headers
+3. Headers
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 A header is some prominently formatted text that precedes a larger section of text and acts as a demarker. Headers are sized in order of precedence, with larger visual headers being considered the parent of smaller headers contained within.
 
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ Formatters are placed at the end of the content line:
 Big Header .class(big_alt)
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-Text Blocks
+4. Text Blocks
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 Text blocks are a larger collection of text that may or may not span multiple lines. kettext uses 4 unique text blocks: **paragraph**, **preformatted**, **code**, and **block quote**.
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kettext.pl

@@ -320,6 +320,13 @@ for (my $h_i = 0; $h_i < scalar @headers; $h_i++) {
   }
 }
 
+# set up our array for header numbering. The first element 
+my @header_numbers;
+for (my $h_i = 0; $h_i < scalar @headers; $h_i++) {
+  $header_numbers[$h_i] = 0;
+}
+my $header_number = 0; # at which numbering depth are we
+
 # print 'em out
 if ($settings{'toc'}) {
   foreach (@elements) {
@@ -334,9 +341,17 @@ if ($settings{'toc'}) {
     if ($_->{type} == TYPE_HEADER) {
       my $hsize = $header_map{$_->{size}};
       my $htext = $_->{text};
+      if ($settings{"header.numbering"}) {
+        $header_number = $hsize;
+        for (my $h_i = $header_number+1; $h_i < scalar @headers; $h_i++) {
+          $header_numbers[$h_i] = 0;
+        }
+        $header_numbers[$header_number]++;
+        $htext = ($settings{"header.numbering"} ? $header_numbers[$header_number].'. ' : '') . $htext;
+      }
       my $hid = $_->{text};
       $hid =~ s/ /_/g;
-      print("<h$hsize".($_->{opts} ? $_->{opts} : '').($settings{'header.ids'} ? " id=\"".$hid."\"" : '').">$_->{text}</h$hsize>\n");
+      print("<h$hsize".($_->{opts} ? $_->{opts} : '').($settings{'header.ids'} ? " id=\"".$hid."\"" : '').">$htext</h$hsize>\n");
     } elsif ($_->{type} == TYPE_BREAK) {
       if ($previous_type == TYPE_BREAK) {
         print("<br />\n");