[Texi2html-bug] init_out() function is called only after the TOC is generated!

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

Hi Patrice,
I'm trying to tweak the layout of our table-of-contents frame, depending on 
some command-line switch (-D short_toc). I'm trying to set a global perl 
variable in the .init file via (or of course via @set short_toc 1 in the 
texinfo file):

my $page_toc_depth = 2;
sub lilypond_init_out()
{
  my $rval = t2h_default_init_out();
  if (exists($main::value{'short_toc'})) {
    $page_toc_depth = 1;
  }
  return $rval;
}

This works mainly, except that the toc_body is called before the init_out, so 
there is no way to influence the default TOC generation by variables using 
@set... 
Thus, this setting (and all other settings done in the recommended init_out 
hook) will not have any effect on the toc.
The other entry point wout be a command_handler_init, but unfortunately they 
are executed before the variables set using @set are available, so I can't use 
that, either.

Or am I missing anything here? 

Cheers,
Reinhold
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