getopt, fixes, & naming command line options related

15 files changed, 384 insertions, 386 deletions

diff --git a/org/ao_debugs.org b/org/ao_debugs.org
index ee73d1d..be525c3 100644
--- a/org/ao_debugs.org
+++ b/org/ao_debugs.org
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ template SiSUdebugs() {
     <<initialize>>
     <<ao_output_debugs>>
     debug(checkdoc) {
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
         <<ao_output_debugs_summary>>
         <<ao_output_debugs_checkdoc>>
       }
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ debug(summary) {
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 debug(checkdoc) {
   if (auto mfn=match(doc_matters.source_filename, rgx.src_fn)) {
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["assertions"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["assertions"]) {
       switch (mfn.captures[2]) {
       // live manual:
       case "live-manual.ssm":
diff --git a/org/ao_doc_abstraction.org b/org/ao_doc_abstraction.org
index 6a807a2..dae2285 100644
--- a/org/ao_doc_abstraction.org
+++ b/org/ao_doc_abstraction.org
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     Src                  markup_sourcefile_content,
     Make                 dochead_make_aa,
     Meta                 dochead_meta_aa,
-    Opt                  opt_action_bool,
+    Opt                  opt_action,
   ) {
     auto rgx = Rgx();
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(markup_sourcefile_content) == char[][]));
       static assert(is(typeof(dochead_make_aa)           == string[string][string]));
       static assert(is(typeof(dochead_meta_aa)           == string[string][string]));
-      static assert(is(typeof(opt_action_bool)           == bool[string]));
+      static assert(is(typeof(opt_action)                == bool[string]));
     }
     /+ ↓ abstraction init +/
     <<abs_init_rest>>
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ if (line.matchFirst(rgx.heading_biblio)
   type["glossary_section"] = State.off;
   type["biblio_section"] = State.on;
   type["blurb_section"] = State.off;
-  if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_biblio"]) {
+  if (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_biblio"]) {
     _biblio_block_(line, type, bib_entry, biblio_entry_str_json, biblio_arr_json);
     debug(bibliobuild) {
       writeln("-  ", biblio_entry_str_json);
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ if there is a glossary section you need to:
   type["glossary_section"] = State.on;
   type["biblio_section"] = State.off;
   type["blurb_section"] = State.off;
-  if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_glossary"]) {
+  if (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_glossary"]) {
     indent=[
       "hang_position" : 0,
       "base_position" : 0,
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ if there is a blurb section you need to:
   type["glossary_section"] = State.off;
   type["biblio_section"] = State.off;
   type["blurb_section"] = State.on;
-  if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_blurb"]) {
+  if (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_blurb"]) {
     indent=[
       "hang_position" : 0,
       "base_position" : 0,
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ if there is a blurb section you need to:
       comp_obj_heading_.anchor_tags           = ["blurb"];
       the_blurb_section                       ~= comp_obj_heading_;
     } else if (line.matchFirst(rgx.heading)
-    && (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_blurb"])) {
+    && (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_blurb"])) {
       comp_obj_heading_                       = comp_obj_heading_.init;
       comp_obj_heading_.use                   = "backmatter";
       comp_obj_heading_.is_of                 = "para";
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ if (line.matchFirst(rgx.book_index)
 || line.matchFirst(rgx.book_index_open)
 || type["book_index"] == State.on )  {
   /+ book_index +/
-  _book_index_(line, book_idx_tmp, an_object, type, opt_action_bool);
+  _book_index_(line, book_idx_tmp, an_object, type, opt_action);
 #+END_SRC
 
 ******* not book index [+1]
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ if (the_document_body_section.length > 0) {
 #+name: abs_post
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 auto en_tuple =
-  note_section.endnote_objects(obj_cite_number, opt_action_bool);
+  note_section.endnote_objects(obj_cite_number, opt_action);
 static assert(!isTypeTuple!(en_tuple));
 auto the_endnotes_section = en_tuple[0];
 obj_cite_number = en_tuple[1];
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ auto bi_tuple =
   bi.bookindex_build_abstraction_section(
     bookindex_unordered_hashes,
     obj_cite_number,
-    opt_action_bool,
+    opt_action,
   );
 destroy(bookindex_unordered_hashes);
 static assert(!isTypeTuple!(bi_tuple));
@@ -1843,10 +1843,10 @@ foreach (ref obj; the_document_head_section) {
     if (obj.heading_lev_markup <= 4) {
       segnames_0_4 ~= obj.segment_anchor_tag;
     }
-    if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-    || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-    || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-    || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+    if ((opt_action["html"])
+    || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+    || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+    || (opt_action["epub"])) {
       obj.dom_markedup =
         dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
       obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1867,10 +1867,10 @@ if (the_table_of_contents_section["scroll"].length > 1) {
           assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
         }
       }
-      if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+      if ((opt_action["html"])
+      || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+      || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+      || (opt_action["epub"])) {
         obj.dom_markedup =
           dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
         obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1893,10 +1893,10 @@ if (the_table_of_contents_section["scroll"].length > 1) {
           assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
         }
       }
-      if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+      if ((opt_action["html"])
+      || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+      || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+      || (opt_action["epub"])) {
         obj.dom_markedup =
           dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
         obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1924,10 +1924,10 @@ if (the_document_body_section.length > 1) {
           assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
         }
       }
-      if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+      if ((opt_action["html"])
+      || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+      || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+      || (opt_action["epub"])) {
         obj.dom_markedup =
           dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
         obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1961,10 +1961,10 @@ if (the_endnotes_section.length > 1) {
           assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
         }
       }
-      if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+      if ((opt_action["html"])
+      || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+      || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+      || (opt_action["epub"])) {
         obj.dom_markedup =
           dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
         obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1991,10 +1991,10 @@ if (the_glossary_section.length > 1) {
           assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
         }
       }
-      if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+      if ((opt_action["html"])
+      || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+      || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+      || (opt_action["epub"])) {
         obj.dom_markedup =
           dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
         obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -2021,10 +2021,10 @@ if (the_bibliography_section.length > 1) {
           assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
         }
       }
-      if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+      if ((opt_action["html"])
+      || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+      || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+      || (opt_action["epub"])) {
         obj.dom_markedup =
           dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
         obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -2052,10 +2052,10 @@ if (the_bookindex_section["scroll"].length > 1) {
           assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
         }
       }
-      if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+      if ((opt_action["html"])
+      || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+      || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+      || (opt_action["epub"])) {
         obj.dom_markedup =
           dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
         obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -2081,10 +2081,10 @@ if (the_bookindex_section["scroll"].length > 1) {
           assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
         }
       }
-      if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+      if ((opt_action["html"])
+      || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+      || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+      || (opt_action["epub"])) {
         obj.dom_markedup =
           dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
         obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -2111,10 +2111,10 @@ if (the_blurb_section.length > 1) {
           assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
         }
       }
-      if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-      || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+      if ((opt_action["html"])
+      || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+      || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+      || (opt_action["epub"])) {
         obj.dom_markedup =
           dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
         obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -2202,10 +2202,10 @@ if (document_the["blurb"].length > 1) {
   document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "blurb";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "blurb";
 }
-if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-|| (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-|| (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-|| (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+if ((opt_action["html"])
+|| (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+|| (opt_action["html-seg"])
+|| (opt_action["epub"])) {
   document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "tail";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "tail";
 }
@@ -3647,14 +3647,14 @@ auto _book_index_(L,I,O,T,B)(
   return ref I  book_idx_tmp,
   return ref O  an_object,
   return ref T  type,
-  B             opt_action_bool,
+  B             opt_action,
 ) {
   debug(asserts) {
     static assert(is(typeof(line)            == char[]));
     static assert(is(typeof(book_idx_tmp)    == string));
     static assert(is(typeof(an_object)       == string[string]));
     static assert(is(typeof(type)            == int[string]));
-    static assert(is(typeof(opt_action_bool) == bool[string]));
+    static assert(is(typeof(opt_action)      == bool[string]));
   }
   auto rgx = Rgx();
   if (auto m = line.match(rgx.book_index)) {
@@ -3669,7 +3669,7 @@ auto _book_index_(L,I,O,T,B)(
   } else if (auto m = line.match(rgx.book_index_open))  {
     /+ match open book_index +/
     type["book_index"] = State.on;
-    if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_bookindex"]) {
+    if (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_bookindex"]) {
       book_idx_tmp = m.captures[1].to!string;
       debug(bookindexmatch) {                       // book index
         writefln(
@@ -3682,8 +3682,8 @@ auto _book_index_(L,I,O,T,B)(
     /+ book_index flag set +/
     if (auto m = line.match(rgx.book_index_close))  {
       type["book_index"] = State.off;
-      if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"]
-      && opt_action_bool["section_bookindex"]) {
+      if (opt_action["backmatter"]
+      && opt_action["section_bookindex"]) {
         an_object["bookindex_nugget"] = book_idx_tmp ~ m.captures[1].to!string;
         debug(bookindexmatch) {                     // book index
           writefln(
@@ -3694,8 +3694,8 @@ auto _book_index_(L,I,O,T,B)(
       }
       book_idx_tmp = "";
     } else {
-      if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"]
-      && opt_action_bool["section_bookindex"]) {
+      if (opt_action["backmatter"]
+      && opt_action["section_bookindex"]) {
         book_idx_tmp ~= line;
       }
     }
@@ -5852,12 +5852,12 @@ struct BookIndexReportSection {
   auto bookindex_build_abstraction_section(BI,N,B)(
     BI bookindex_unordered_hashes,
     N  obj_cite_number,
-    B  opt_action_bool,
+    B  opt_action,
   ) {
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(bookindex_unordered_hashes)                == string[][string][string]));
       static assert(is(typeof(obj_cite_number)                           == int));
-      static assert(is(typeof(opt_action_bool)                           == bool[string]));
+      static assert(is(typeof(opt_action)                                == bool[string]));
     }
     mixin SiSUnode;
     mixin InternalMarkup;
@@ -5874,8 +5874,8 @@ struct BookIndexReportSection {
     auto node_para_int_ = node_metadata_para_int;
     auto node_para_str_ = node_metadata_para_str;
     if ((mainkeys.length > 0)
-    && (opt_action_bool["backmatter"]
-    && opt_action_bool["section_bookindex"])) {
+    && (opt_action["backmatter"]
+    && opt_action["section_bookindex"])) {
       string bi_tmp_seg, bi_tmp_scroll;
       string[] bi_tmp_tags;
       comp_obj_heading_                       = comp_obj_heading_.init;
@@ -6114,7 +6114,7 @@ struct NotesSection {
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
   private auto endnote_objects(
     int            obj_cite_number,
-    bool[string]   opt_action_bool,
+    bool[string]   opt_action,
   )
   in {
   }
@@ -6128,7 +6128,7 @@ struct NotesSection {
     int[string] indent;
     ObjGenericComposite comp_obj_heading_;
     if ((endnotes_["notes"].length > 0)
-    && (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_endnotes"])) {
+    && (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_endnotes"])) {
       comp_obj_heading_                       = comp_obj_heading_.init;
       comp_obj_heading_.use                   = "backmatter";
       comp_obj_heading_.is_of                 = "para";
@@ -6177,7 +6177,7 @@ struct NotesSection {
       comp_obj_heading_.parent_lev_markup     = 0;
       the_endnotes_section                    ~= comp_obj_heading_;
     }
-    if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_endnotes"]) {
+    if (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_endnotes"]) {
       ObjGenericComposite comp_obj_endnote_;
       comp_obj_endnote_                       = comp_obj_endnote_.init;
       comp_obj_endnote_.use                   = "backmatter";
diff --git a/org/output_hub.org b/org/output_hub.org
index 0cf300a..5855810 100644
--- a/org/output_hub.org
+++ b/org/output_hub.org
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import sdp.output,
 
 #+name: output_options
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) {
+if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) {
   writeln(doc_matters.keys_seq.seg);
 }
 #+END_SRC
@@ -62,20 +62,20 @@ if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) {
 
 #+name: output_options
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"])
-|| (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"])) {
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])
-  && (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]))
-    { write("sisu source processing... "); }
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])
-  && (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]))
-    { write("sisupod source processing... "); }
+if ((doc_matters.opt_action["source"])
+|| (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"])) {
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])
+  && (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]))
+    { writeln("sisu source processing... "); }
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])
+  && (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]))
+    { writeln("sisupod source processing... "); }
   SiSUpod!()(doc_matters);
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])
-  && (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]))
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])
+  && (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]))
     { writeln("sisu source done"); }
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])
-  && (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]))
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])
+  && (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]))
     { writeln("sisupod done"); }
 }
 #+END_SRC
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"])
 
 #+name: output_options
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["text"]) {
+if (doc_matters.opt_action["text"]) {
   /+ mixin outputText; +/
-  writeln("text processing");
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("text processing... "); }
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -96,21 +96,21 @@ if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["text"]) {
 
 #+name: output_options
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["html"]) {
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { write("html scroll processing... "); }
+if (doc_matters.opt_action["html"]) {
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll processing... "); }
   outputHTML!().scroll(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll done"); }
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { write("html seg processing... "); }
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll done"); }
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg processing... "); }
   outputHTML!().seg(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg done"); }
-} else if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["html_seg"]) {
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { write("html seg processing... "); }
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg done"); }
+} else if (doc_matters.opt_action["html-seg"]) {
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg processing... "); }
   outputHTML!().seg(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg done"); }
-} else if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["html_scroll"]) {
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { write("html scroll processing... "); }
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg done"); }
+} else if (doc_matters.opt_action["html-scroll"]) {
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll processing... "); }
   outputHTML!().scroll(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll done"); }
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll done"); }
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["html"]) {
 
 #+name: output_options
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["epub"]) {
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { write("epub3 processing... "); }
+if (doc_matters.opt_action["epub"]) {
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("epub3 processing... "); }
   outputEPub3!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
   // epub.css_write;
-  if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { writeln("epub3 done"); }
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("epub3 done"); }
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["epub"]) {
 
 #+name: output_options
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["pdf"]) {
+if (doc_matters.opt_action["pdf"]) {
   /+ mixin outputPDF; +/
   writeln("pdf processing");
 }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["pdf"]) {
 
 #+name: output_options
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["odt"]) {
+if (doc_matters.opt_action["odt"]) {
   /+ mixin outputODT; +/
   writeln("odt processing");
 }
@@ -151,9 +151,8 @@ if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["odt"]) {
 
 #+name: output_options
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sqlite"]) {
-  /+ mixin outputSQLite; +/
-  writeln("sqlite processing");
+if (doc_matters.opt_action["sqlite"]) {
+  if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("sqlite processing... "); }
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sqlite"]) {
 
 #+name: output_options
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["postgresql"]) {
+if (doc_matters.opt_action["postgresql"]) {
   /+ mixin outputPostgreSQL; +/
   writeln("pgsql processing");
 }
diff --git a/org/output_sisupod.org b/org/output_sisupod.org
index f8047e9..338fc33 100644
--- a/org/output_sisupod.org
+++ b/org/output_sisupod.org
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ assert (doc_matters.source_filename.match(rgx.src_fn));
 #+name: source_sisupod_mkdirs
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ create directory structure +/
-if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]) {
+if (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]) {
   if (!exists(pth_sisupod_filesystem.text_root(doc_matters.source_filename))) {
     pth_sisupod_filesystem.text_root(doc_matters.source_filename).mkdirRecurse;
   }
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ auto fn_sisupod = pth_sisupod.sisupod_filename(doc_matters.source_filename);
     auto fn_out =  pth_sisupod.image_root(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string ~ "/" ~ image;
     auto fn_out_filesystem =  pth_sisupod_filesystem.image_root(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string ~ "/" ~ image;
     if (exists(fn_src)) {
-      if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]) {
         fn_src.copy(fn_out_filesystem);
       }
-      if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]) {
         auto zip_arc_member_file = new ArchiveMember();
         zip_arc_member_file.name = fn_out;
         auto zip_data = new OutBuffer();
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ auto fn_sisupod = pth_sisupod.sisupod_filename(doc_matters.source_filename);
   auto fn_out = pth_sisupod.conf_root(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string ~ "/" ~ "sisu_document_make";
   auto fn_out_filesystem = pth_sisupod_filesystem.conf_root(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string ~ "/" ~ "sisu_document_make";
   if (exists(fn_src)) {
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]) {
       fn_src.copy(fn_out_filesystem);
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]) {
       auto zip_arc_member_file = new ArchiveMember();
       zip_arc_member_file.name = fn_out;
       auto zip_data = new OutBuffer();
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ auto fn_sisupod = pth_sisupod.sisupod_filename(doc_matters.source_filename);
   auto fn_out = pth_sisupod.fn_doc(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string;
   auto fn_out_filesystem = pth_sisupod_filesystem.fn_doc(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string;
   if (exists(fn_src)) {
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]) {
       fn_src.copy(fn_out_filesystem);
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]) {
       auto zip_arc_member_file = new ArchiveMember();
       zip_arc_member_file.name = fn_out;
       auto zip_data = new OutBuffer();
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ auto fn_sisupod = pth_sisupod.sisupod_filename(doc_matters.source_filename);
         insert_file,
       ).to!string;
       if (exists(fn_src)) {
-        if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]) {
           fn_src.copy(fn_out_filesystem);
         }
-        if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]) {
           auto zip_arc_member_file = new ArchiveMember();
           zip_arc_member_file.name = insert_file;
           auto zip_data = new OutBuffer();
diff --git a/org/output_xmls.org b/org/output_xmls.org
index d8681fb..ae58b4b 100644
--- a/org/output_xmls.org
+++ b/org/output_xmls.org
@@ -1321,14 +1321,14 @@ void scroll(D,I)(
             doc_html ~= xhtml_format.para_scroll(obj, _txt, suffix);
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
             }
             break;
           }
           break;
         default:
-          if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+          if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
           }
           break;
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ void scroll(D,I)(
             doc_html ~= xhtml_format.para_scroll(obj, _txt, suffix);
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
             }
             break;
@@ -1374,14 +1374,14 @@ void scroll(D,I)(
             doc_html ~= xhtml_format.table(obj, _txt);
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
             }
             break;
           }
           break;
         default:
-          if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+          if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
           }
           break;
@@ -1411,14 +1411,14 @@ void scroll(D,I)(
             doc_html ~= xhtml_format.para_scroll(obj, _txt, suffix);
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
             }
             break;
           }
           break;
         default:
-          if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+          if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
           }
           break;
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ void scroll(D,I)(
       case "comment":
         break;
       default:
-        if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+        if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.use);
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
@@ -1548,13 +1548,13 @@ void seg(D,I)(
           doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
           break;
         case 8: .. case 9:
-          if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+          if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a, ": ", obj.heading_lev_markup);
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
           }
           break;
         default:
-          if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+          if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a, ": ", obj.heading_lev_markup);
           }
           break;
@@ -1571,14 +1571,14 @@ void seg(D,I)(
               doc_html[segment_filename] ~= to!string(t[0]);
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
             }
             break;
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ void seg(D,I)(
               doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
@@ -1632,14 +1632,14 @@ void seg(D,I)(
               doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= "";
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
             }
             break;
@@ -1675,14 +1675,14 @@ void seg(D,I)(
               doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
             }
             break;
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ void seg(D,I)(
         case "comment":
           break;
         default:
-          if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+          if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.use);
           }
           break;
@@ -2193,13 +2193,13 @@ void outputEPub3(D,I)(
           doc_epub3_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
           break;
         case 8: .. case 9:
-          if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+          if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a, ": ", obj.heading_lev_markup);
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
           }
           break;
         default:
-          if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+          if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a, ": ", obj.heading_lev_markup);
           }
           break;
@@ -2217,14 +2217,14 @@ void outputEPub3(D,I)(
               doc_epub3_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
             }
             break;
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ void outputEPub3(D,I)(
               doc_epub3_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
@@ -2279,14 +2279,14 @@ void outputEPub3(D,I)(
               doc_epub3_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
             }
             break;
@@ -2322,14 +2322,14 @@ void outputEPub3(D,I)(
               doc_epub3_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
             }
             break;
@@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@ void outputEPub3(D,I)(
         case "comment":
           break;
         default:
-          if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+          if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.use);
           }
           break;
diff --git a/org/sdp.org b/org/sdp.org
index 9280f1d..4a7e848 100644
--- a/org/sdp.org
+++ b/org/sdp.org
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ look into using getopt
 
 #+NAME: sdp_args
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-bool[string] _opt_action_bool = [
+bool[string] opts = [
   "assertions"         : false,
   "concordance"        : false,
   "debug"              : false,
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ bool[string] _opt_action_bool = [
   "docbook"            : false,
   "epub"               : false,
   "html"               : false,
-  "html_seg"           : false,
-  "html_scroll"        : false,
+  "html-seg"           : false,
+  "html-scroll"        : false,
   "manifest"           : false,
   "ocn"                : true,
   "odt"                : false,
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ bool[string] _opt_action_bool = [
   "text"               : false,
   "verbose"            : false,
   "xhtml"              : false,
-  "xml_dom"            : false,
-  "xml_sax"            : false,
+  "xml-dom"            : false,
+  "xml-sax"            : false,
   "section_toc"        : true,
   "section_body"       : true,
   "section_endnotes"   : true,
@@ -240,50 +240,50 @@ bool[string] _opt_action_bool = [
   "section_bookindex"  : true,
   "section_blurb"      : true,
   "backmatter"         : true,
-  "skip_output"        : false,
+  "skip-output"        : false,
 ];
 auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   std.getopt.config.passThrough,
-  "assert",             "--assert set optional assertions on",                        &_opt_action_bool["assertions"],
-  "concordance",        "--concordance file for document",                            &_opt_action_bool["concordance"],
-  "debug",             "--debug only relevant when debug options compiled in",        &_opt_action_bool["debug"],
-  "digest",             "--digest hash digest for each object",                       &_opt_action_bool["digest"],
-  "docbook",            "--docbook process docbook output",                           &_opt_action_bool["docbook"],
-  "epub",               "--epub process epub output",                                 &_opt_action_bool["epub"],
-  "html",               "--html process html output",                                 &_opt_action_bool["html"],
-  "html_seg",           "--html-seg process html output",                             &_opt_action_bool["html_seg"],
-  "html_scroll",        "--html-seg process html output",                             &_opt_action_bool["html_scroll"],
-  "manifest",           "--manifest process manifest output",                         &_opt_action_bool["manifest"],
-  "ocn",                "--ocn object cite numbers (default)",                        &_opt_action_bool["ocn"],
-  "odf",                "--odf process odf:odt output",                               &_opt_action_bool["odt"],
-  "odt",                "--odt process odf:odt output",                               &_opt_action_bool["odt"],
-  "pdf",                "--pdf process pdf output",                                   &_opt_action_bool["pdf"],
-  "pg",                 "--pg process postgresql output",                             &_opt_action_bool["postgresql"],
-  "postgresql",         "--postgresql process postgresql output",                     &_opt_action_bool["postgresql"],
-  "qrcode",             "--qrcode with document metadata",                            &_opt_action_bool["qrcode"],
-  "sisupod",            "--sisupod sisupod source content bundled",                   &_opt_action_bool["sisupod"],
-  "source",             "--source markup source text content",                        &_opt_action_bool["source"],
-  "sqlite",             "--sqlite process sqlite output",                             &_opt_action_bool["sqlite"],
-  "text",               "--text process text output",                                 &_opt_action_bool["text"],
-  "txt",                "--txt process text output",                                  &_opt_action_bool["text"],
-  "verbose|v",          "--verbose output to terminal",                               &_opt_action_bool["verbose"],
-  "xhtml",              "--xhtml process xhtml output",                               &_opt_action_bool["xhtml"],
-  "xml-dom",            "--xml-dom process xml dom output",                           &_opt_action_bool["xml_dom"],
-  "xml-sax",            "--xml-sax process xml sax output",                           &_opt_action_bool["xml_sax"],
-  "section-toc",        "--section-toc process table of contents (default)",          &_opt_action_bool["section_toc"],
-  "section-body",       "--section-body process document body (default)",             &_opt_action_bool["section_body"],
-  "section-endnotes",   "--section-endnotes process document endnotes (default)",     &_opt_action_bool["section_endnotes"],
-  "section-glossary",   "--section-glossary process document glossary (default)",     &_opt_action_bool["section_glossary"],
-  "section-biblio",     "--section-biblio process document biblio (default)",         &_opt_action_bool["section_biblio"],
-  "section-bookindex",  "--section-bookindex process document bookindex (default)",   &_opt_action_bool["section_bookindex"],
-  "section-blurb",      "--section-blurb process document blurb (default)",           &_opt_action_bool["section_blurb"],
-  "backmatter",         "--section-backmatter process document backmatter (default)", &_opt_action_bool["backmatter"],
-  "skip_output",        "--skip-output",                                              &_opt_action_bool["skip_output"],
+  "assert",             "--assert set optional assertions on",                        &opts["assertions"],
+  "concordance",        "--concordance file for document",                            &opts["concordance"],
+  "debug",              "--debug only relevant when debug options compiled in",       &opts["debug"],
+  "digest",             "--digest hash digest for each object",                       &opts["digest"],
+  "docbook",            "--docbook process docbook output",                           &opts["docbook"],
+  "epub",               "--epub process epub output",                                 &opts["epub"],
+  "html",               "--html process html output",                                 &opts["html"],
+  "html-seg",           "--html-seg process html output",                             &opts["html-seg"],
+  "html-scroll",        "--html-seg process html output",                             &opts["html-scroll"],
+  "manifest",           "--manifest process manifest output",                         &opts["manifest"],
+  "ocn",                "--ocn object cite numbers (default)",                        &opts["ocn"],
+  "odf",                "--odf process odf:odt output",                               &opts["odt"],
+  "odt",                "--odt process odf:odt output",                               &opts["odt"],
+  "pdf",                "--pdf process pdf output",                                   &opts["pdf"],
+  "pg",                 "--pg process postgresql output",                             &opts["postgresql"],
+  "postgresql",         "--postgresql process postgresql output",                     &opts["postgresql"],
+  "qrcode",             "--qrcode with document metadata",                            &opts["qrcode"],
+  "sisupod",            "--sisupod sisupod source content bundled",                   &opts["sisupod"],
+  "source",             "--source markup source text content",                        &opts["source"],
+  "sqlite",             "--sqlite process sqlite output",                             &opts["sqlite"],
+  "text",               "--text process text output",                                 &opts["text"],
+  "txt",                "--txt process text output",                                  &opts["text"],
+  "verbose|v",          "--verbose output to terminal",                               &opts["verbose"],
+  "xhtml",              "--xhtml process xhtml output",                               &opts["xhtml"],
+  "xml-dom",            "--xml-dom process xml dom output",                           &opts["xml-dom"],
+  "xml-sax",            "--xml-sax process xml sax output",                           &opts["xml-sax"],
+  "section-toc",        "--section-toc process table of contents (default)",          &opts["section_toc"],
+  "section-body",       "--section-body process document body (default)",             &opts["section_body"],
+  "section-endnotes",   "--section-endnotes process document endnotes (default)",     &opts["section_endnotes"],
+  "section-glossary",   "--section-glossary process document glossary (default)",     &opts["section_glossary"],
+  "section-biblio",     "--section-biblio process document biblio (default)",         &opts["section_biblio"],
+  "section-bookindex",  "--section-bookindex process document bookindex (default)",   &opts["section_bookindex"],
+  "section-blurb",      "--section-blurb process document blurb (default)",           &opts["section_blurb"],
+  "backmatter",         "--section-backmatter process document backmatter (default)", &opts["backmatter"],
+  "skip-output",        "--skip-output",                                              &opts["skip-output"],
 );
 if (helpInfo.helpWanted) {
   defaultGetoptPrinter("Some information about the program.", helpInfo.options);
 }
-foreach(arg; args) {
+foreach(arg; args[1..$]) {
   if (arg.match(rgx.flag_action)) {
     flag_action ~= " " ~ arg;   // flags not taken by getopt
   } else if (arg.match(rgx.src_pth)) {
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ enforce(
 #+NAME: sdp_abstraction
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 auto t =
-  SiSUabstraction!()(fn_src, _opt_action_bool, env);
+  SiSUabstraction!()(fn_src, opts, env);
 static assert(!isTypeTuple!(t));
 static assert(t.length==2);
 auto doc_abstraction = t[dAM.abstraction];
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ auto doc_matters = t[dAM.matters];
 #+NAME: sdp_each_file_do_debugs_checkdoc
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ ↓ debugs +/
-if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"]) {
+if (doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"]) {
   SiSUabstractionSummary!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
 }
 #+END_SRC
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"]) {
 #+NAME: sdp_each_file_do_debugs_checkdoc
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ ↓ debugs +/
-if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])
-|| (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])
+if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])
+|| (doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])
 ) {
   SiSUdebugs!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
 }
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])
 #+NAME: sdp_each_file_do_selected_output
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ ↓ output hub +/
-if (!(_opt_action_bool["skip_output"])) {
+if (!(opts["skip-output"])) {
   outputHub!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
 }
 #+END_SRC
@@ -510,9 +510,9 @@ static assert(_make_and_meta.length==2);
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ ↓ document abstraction: process document, return abstraction as tuple +/
 auto da = SiSUdocAbstraction!()(
-  (_header_body_inserts[headBody.body_content]),
-  (_make_and_meta[makeMeta.make]),
-  (_make_and_meta[makeMeta.meta]),
+  _header_body_inserts[headBody.body_content],
+  _make_and_meta[makeMeta.make],
+  _make_and_meta[makeMeta.meta],
   opts
 );
 static assert(!isTypeTuple!(da));
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ struct DocumentMatters {
     auto _k = _images;
     return _k;
   }
-  auto opt_action_bool() {
+  auto opt_action() {
     bool[string] _k = opts;
     return _k;
   }
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ template SiSUabstractionSummary() {
     <<abstraction_summary_imports>>
     mixin InternalMarkup;
     <<abstraction_summary_initialize>>
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"]) {
       <<ao_abstraction_summary>>
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/sdp/ao/abstract_doc_source.d b/src/sdp/ao/abstract_doc_source.d
index 8b95cc0..f935df3 100644
--- a/src/sdp/ao/abstract_doc_source.d
+++ b/src/sdp/ao/abstract_doc_source.d
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     Src                  markup_sourcefile_content,
     Make                 dochead_make_aa,
     Meta                 dochead_meta_aa,
-    Opt                  opt_action_bool,
+    Opt                  opt_action,
   ) {
     auto rgx = Rgx();
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(markup_sourcefile_content) == char[][]));
       static assert(is(typeof(dochead_make_aa)           == string[string][string]));
       static assert(is(typeof(dochead_meta_aa)           == string[string][string]));
-      static assert(is(typeof(opt_action_bool)           == bool[string]));
+      static assert(is(typeof(opt_action)                == bool[string]));
     }
     /+ ↓ abstraction init +/
     scope(success) {
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           type["glossary_section"] = State.off;
           type["biblio_section"] = State.on;
           type["blurb_section"] = State.off;
-          if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_biblio"]) {
+          if (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_biblio"]) {
             _biblio_block_(line, type, bib_entry, biblio_entry_str_json, biblio_arr_json);
             debug(bibliobuild) {
               writeln("-  ", biblio_entry_str_json);
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           type["glossary_section"] = State.on;
           type["biblio_section"] = State.off;
           type["blurb_section"] = State.off;
-          if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_glossary"]) {
+          if (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_glossary"]) {
             indent=[
               "hang_position" : 0,
               "base_position" : 0,
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
           type["glossary_section"] = State.off;
           type["biblio_section"] = State.off;
           type["blurb_section"] = State.on;
-          if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_blurb"]) {
+          if (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_blurb"]) {
             indent=[
               "hang_position" : 0,
               "base_position" : 0,
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
               comp_obj_heading_.anchor_tags           = ["blurb"];
               the_blurb_section                       ~= comp_obj_heading_;
             } else if (line.matchFirst(rgx.heading)
-            && (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_blurb"])) {
+            && (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_blurb"])) {
               comp_obj_heading_                       = comp_obj_heading_.init;
               comp_obj_heading_.use                   = "backmatter";
               comp_obj_heading_.is_of                 = "para";
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
             || line.matchFirst(rgx.book_index_open)
             || type["book_index"] == State.on )  {
               /+ book_index +/
-              _book_index_(line, book_idx_tmp, an_object, type, opt_action_bool);
+              _book_index_(line, book_idx_tmp, an_object, type, opt_action);
             } else {
               /+ not book_index +/
               an_object_key="body_nugget";
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     } /+ ← closed: loop markup document/text line by line +/
     /+ ↓ post loop markup document/text +/
     auto en_tuple =
-      note_section.endnote_objects(obj_cite_number, opt_action_bool);
+      note_section.endnote_objects(obj_cite_number, opt_action);
     static assert(!isTypeTuple!(en_tuple));
     auto the_endnotes_section = en_tuple[0];
     obj_cite_number = en_tuple[1];
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       bi.bookindex_build_abstraction_section(
         bookindex_unordered_hashes,
         obj_cite_number,
-        opt_action_bool,
+        opt_action,
       );
     destroy(bookindex_unordered_hashes);
     static assert(!isTypeTuple!(bi_tuple));
@@ -1288,10 +1288,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
         if (obj.heading_lev_markup <= 4) {
           segnames_0_4 ~= obj.segment_anchor_tag;
         }
-        if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-        || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-        || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-        || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+        if ((opt_action["html"])
+        || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+        || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+        || (opt_action["epub"])) {
           obj.dom_markedup =
             dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
           obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1312,10 +1312,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
               assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
             }
           }
-          if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+          if ((opt_action["html"])
+          || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+          || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+          || (opt_action["epub"])) {
             obj.dom_markedup =
               dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
             obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1338,10 +1338,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
               assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
             }
           }
-          if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+          if ((opt_action["html"])
+          || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+          || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+          || (opt_action["epub"])) {
             obj.dom_markedup =
               dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
             obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1369,10 +1369,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
               assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
             }
           }
-          if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+          if ((opt_action["html"])
+          || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+          || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+          || (opt_action["epub"])) {
             obj.dom_markedup =
               dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
             obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1406,10 +1406,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
               assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
             }
           }
-          if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+          if ((opt_action["html"])
+          || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+          || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+          || (opt_action["epub"])) {
             obj.dom_markedup =
               dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
             obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1436,10 +1436,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
               assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
             }
           }
-          if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+          if ((opt_action["html"])
+          || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+          || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+          || (opt_action["epub"])) {
             obj.dom_markedup =
               dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
             obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1466,10 +1466,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
               assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
             }
           }
-          if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+          if ((opt_action["html"])
+          || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+          || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+          || (opt_action["epub"])) {
             obj.dom_markedup =
               dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
             obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1497,10 +1497,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
               assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
             }
           }
-          if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+          if ((opt_action["html"])
+          || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+          || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+          || (opt_action["epub"])) {
             obj.dom_markedup =
               dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
             obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1526,10 +1526,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
               assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
             }
           }
-          if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+          if ((opt_action["html"])
+          || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+          || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+          || (opt_action["epub"])) {
             obj.dom_markedup =
               dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
             obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1556,10 +1556,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
               assert(obj.segment_anchor_tag == html_segnames[obj.ptr_html_segnames]);
             }
           }
-          if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-          || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+          if ((opt_action["html"])
+          || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+          || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+          || (opt_action["epub"])) {
             obj.dom_markedup =
               dom_set_markup_tags(dom_markedup, obj.heading_lev_markup).dup;
             obj.dom_collapsed =
@@ -1634,10 +1634,10 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "blurb";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "blurb";
     }
-    if ((opt_action_bool["html"])
-    || (opt_action_bool["html_scroll"])
-    || (opt_action_bool["html_seg"])
-    || (opt_action_bool["epub"])) {
+    if ((opt_action["html"])
+    || (opt_action["html-scroll"])
+    || (opt_action["html-seg"])
+    || (opt_action["epub"])) {
       document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "tail";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "tail";
     }
@@ -2812,14 +2812,14 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     return ref I  book_idx_tmp,
     return ref O  an_object,
     return ref T  type,
-    B             opt_action_bool,
+    B             opt_action,
   ) {
     debug(asserts) {
       static assert(is(typeof(line)            == char[]));
       static assert(is(typeof(book_idx_tmp)    == string));
       static assert(is(typeof(an_object)       == string[string]));
       static assert(is(typeof(type)            == int[string]));
-      static assert(is(typeof(opt_action_bool) == bool[string]));
+      static assert(is(typeof(opt_action)      == bool[string]));
     }
     auto rgx = Rgx();
     if (auto m = line.match(rgx.book_index)) {
@@ -2834,7 +2834,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     } else if (auto m = line.match(rgx.book_index_open))  {
       /+ match open book_index +/
       type["book_index"] = State.on;
-      if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_bookindex"]) {
+      if (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_bookindex"]) {
         book_idx_tmp = m.captures[1].to!string;
         debug(bookindexmatch) {                       // book index
           writefln(
@@ -2847,8 +2847,8 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       /+ book_index flag set +/
       if (auto m = line.match(rgx.book_index_close))  {
         type["book_index"] = State.off;
-        if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"]
-        && opt_action_bool["section_bookindex"]) {
+        if (opt_action["backmatter"]
+        && opt_action["section_bookindex"]) {
           an_object["bookindex_nugget"] = book_idx_tmp ~ m.captures[1].to!string;
           debug(bookindexmatch) {                     // book index
             writefln(
@@ -2859,8 +2859,8 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
         }
         book_idx_tmp = "";
       } else {
-        if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"]
-        && opt_action_bool["section_bookindex"]) {
+        if (opt_action["backmatter"]
+        && opt_action["section_bookindex"]) {
           book_idx_tmp ~= line;
         }
       }
@@ -4648,12 +4648,12 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     auto bookindex_build_abstraction_section(BI,N,B)(
       BI bookindex_unordered_hashes,
       N  obj_cite_number,
-      B  opt_action_bool,
+      B  opt_action,
     ) {
       debug(asserts) {
         static assert(is(typeof(bookindex_unordered_hashes)                == string[][string][string]));
         static assert(is(typeof(obj_cite_number)                           == int));
-        static assert(is(typeof(opt_action_bool)                           == bool[string]));
+        static assert(is(typeof(opt_action)                                == bool[string]));
       }
       mixin SiSUnode;
       mixin InternalMarkup;
@@ -4670,8 +4670,8 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       auto node_para_int_ = node_metadata_para_int;
       auto node_para_str_ = node_metadata_para_str;
       if ((mainkeys.length > 0)
-      && (opt_action_bool["backmatter"]
-      && opt_action_bool["section_bookindex"])) {
+      && (opt_action["backmatter"]
+      && opt_action["section_bookindex"])) {
         string bi_tmp_seg, bi_tmp_scroll;
         string[] bi_tmp_tags;
         comp_obj_heading_                       = comp_obj_heading_.init;
@@ -4881,7 +4881,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
     }
     private auto endnote_objects(
       int            obj_cite_number,
-      bool[string]   opt_action_bool,
+      bool[string]   opt_action,
     )
     in {
     }
@@ -4895,7 +4895,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
       int[string] indent;
       ObjGenericComposite comp_obj_heading_;
       if ((endnotes_["notes"].length > 0)
-      && (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_endnotes"])) {
+      && (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_endnotes"])) {
         comp_obj_heading_                       = comp_obj_heading_.init;
         comp_obj_heading_.use                   = "backmatter";
         comp_obj_heading_.is_of                 = "para";
@@ -4944,7 +4944,7 @@ template SiSUdocAbstraction() {
         comp_obj_heading_.parent_lev_markup     = 0;
         the_endnotes_section                    ~= comp_obj_heading_;
       }
-      if (opt_action_bool["backmatter"] && opt_action_bool["section_endnotes"]) {
+      if (opt_action["backmatter"] && opt_action["section_endnotes"]) {
         ObjGenericComposite comp_obj_endnote_;
         comp_obj_endnote_                       = comp_obj_endnote_.init;
         comp_obj_endnote_.use                   = "backmatter";
diff --git a/src/sdp/ao/abstraction.d b/src/sdp/ao/abstraction.d
index 483ceb8..c592436 100644
--- a/src/sdp/ao/abstraction.d
+++ b/src/sdp/ao/abstraction.d
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ template SiSUabstraction() {
     static assert(_make_and_meta.length==2);
     /+ ↓ document abstraction: process document, return abstraction as tuple +/
     auto da = SiSUdocAbstraction!()(
-      (_header_body_inserts[headBody.body_content]),
-      (_make_and_meta[makeMeta.make]),
-      (_make_and_meta[makeMeta.meta]),
+      _header_body_inserts[headBody.body_content],
+      _make_and_meta[makeMeta.make],
+      _make_and_meta[makeMeta.meta],
       opts
     );
     static assert(!isTypeTuple!(da));
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ template SiSUabstraction() {
         auto _k = _images;
         return _k;
       }
-      auto opt_action_bool() {
+      auto opt_action() {
         bool[string] _k = opts;
         return _k;
       }
diff --git a/src/sdp/ao/abstraction_summary.d b/src/sdp/ao/abstraction_summary.d
index 2cc6967..2b909c7 100644
--- a/src/sdp/ao/abstraction_summary.d
+++ b/src/sdp/ao/abstraction_summary.d
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ template SiSUabstractionSummary() {
       std.conv : to;
     mixin InternalMarkup;
     auto markup = InlineMarkup();
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"]) {
       string[string] check = [
         "last_obj_cite_number" : "NA [debug \"checkdoc\" not run]",
       ];
diff --git a/src/sdp/ao/doc_debugs.d b/src/sdp/ao/doc_debugs.d
index d42d903..419f5cd 100644
--- a/src/sdp/ao/doc_debugs.d
+++ b/src/sdp/ao/doc_debugs.d
@@ -458,10 +458,10 @@ template SiSUdebugs() {
       ];
     }
     debug(checkdoc) {
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
         debug(checkdoc) {
           if (auto mfn=match(doc_matters.source_filename, rgx.src_fn)) {
-            if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["assertions"]) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt_action["assertions"]) {
               switch (mfn.captures[2]) {
               // live manual:
               case "live-manual.ssm":
diff --git a/src/sdp/output/epub3.d b/src/sdp/output/epub3.d
index 00814d4..25f25d5 100644
--- a/src/sdp/output/epub3.d
+++ b/src/sdp/output/epub3.d
@@ -356,13 +356,13 @@ template outputEPub3() {
             doc_epub3_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
             break;
           case 8: .. case 9:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a, ": ", obj.heading_lev_markup);
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a, ": ", obj.heading_lev_markup);
             }
             break;
@@ -380,14 +380,14 @@ template outputEPub3() {
                 doc_epub3_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
                 break;
               default:
-                if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+                if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
                 }
                 break;
               }
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
               }
               break;
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
                 doc_epub3_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
                 break;
               default:
-                if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+                if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
                 }
                 break;
@@ -442,14 +442,14 @@ template outputEPub3() {
                 doc_epub3_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
                 break;
               default:
-                if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+                if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
                 }
                 break;
               }
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
               }
               break;
@@ -485,14 +485,14 @@ template outputEPub3() {
                 doc_epub3_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
                 break;
               default:
-                if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+                if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
                 }
                 break;
               }
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
               }
               break;
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
           case "comment":
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.use);
             }
             break;
diff --git a/src/sdp/output/html.d b/src/sdp/output/html.d
index b12be65..8903e51 100644
--- a/src/sdp/output/html.d
+++ b/src/sdp/output/html.d
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ template outputHTML() {
               doc_html ~= xhtml_format.para_scroll(obj, _txt, suffix);
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
             }
             break;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
               doc_html ~= xhtml_format.para_scroll(obj, _txt, suffix);
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ template outputHTML() {
               doc_html ~= xhtml_format.table(obj, _txt);
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
             }
             break;
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ template outputHTML() {
               doc_html ~= xhtml_format.para_scroll(obj, _txt, suffix);
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
             }
             break;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
         case "comment":
           break;
         default:
-          if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+          if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.use);
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
@@ -251,13 +251,13 @@ template outputHTML() {
             doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
             break;
           case 8: .. case 9:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a, ": ", obj.heading_lev_markup);
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
             }
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a, ": ", obj.heading_lev_markup);
             }
             break;
@@ -274,14 +274,14 @@ template outputHTML() {
                 doc_html[segment_filename] ~= to!string(t[0]);
                 break;
               default:
-                if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+                if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
                 }
                 break;
               }
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
               }
               break;
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
                 doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
                 break;
               default:
-                if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+                if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
                 }
                 break;
@@ -335,14 +335,14 @@ template outputHTML() {
                 doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= "";
                 break;
               default:
-                if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+                if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
                 }
                 break;
               }
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
               }
               break;
@@ -378,14 +378,14 @@ template outputHTML() {
                 doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
                 break;
               default:
-                if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+                if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_a);
                 }
                 break;
               }
               break;
             default:
-              if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+              if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.is_of);
               }
               break;
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
           case "comment":
             break;
           default:
-            if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])) {
+            if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.use);
             }
             break;
diff --git a/src/sdp/output/hub.d b/src/sdp/output/hub.d
index 79b8996..fd64851 100644
--- a/src/sdp/output/hub.d
+++ b/src/sdp/output/hub.d
@@ -14,64 +14,63 @@ template outputHub() {
   void outputHub(D,I)(D doc_abstraction, I doc_matters) {
     mixin SiSUoutputRgxInit;
     auto rgx = Rgx();
-    if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) {
+    if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) {
       writeln(doc_matters.keys_seq.seg);
     }
-    if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"])
-    || (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"])) {
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])
-      && (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]))
-        { write("sisu source processing... "); }
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])
-      && (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]))
-        { write("sisupod source processing... "); }
+    if ((doc_matters.opt_action["source"])
+    || (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"])) {
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])
+      && (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]))
+        { writeln("sisu source processing... "); }
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])
+      && (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]))
+        { writeln("sisupod source processing... "); }
       SiSUpod!()(doc_matters);
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])
-      && (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]))
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])
+      && (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]))
         { writeln("sisu source done"); }
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])
-      && (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]))
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])
+      && (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]))
         { writeln("sisupod done"); }
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["text"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["text"]) {
       /+ mixin outputText; +/
-      writeln("text processing");
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("text processing... "); }
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["html"]) {
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { write("html scroll processing... "); }
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["html"]) {
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll processing... "); }
       outputHTML!().scroll(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll done"); }
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { write("html seg processing... "); }
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll done"); }
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg processing... "); }
       outputHTML!().seg(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg done"); }
-    } else if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["html_seg"]) {
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { write("html seg processing... "); }
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg done"); }
+    } else if (doc_matters.opt_action["html-seg"]) {
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg processing... "); }
       outputHTML!().seg(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg done"); }
-    } else if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["html_scroll"]) {
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { write("html scroll processing... "); }
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html seg done"); }
+    } else if (doc_matters.opt_action["html-scroll"]) {
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll processing... "); }
       outputHTML!().scroll(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll done"); }
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("html scroll done"); }
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["epub"]) {
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { write("epub3 processing... "); }
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["epub"]) {
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("epub3 processing... "); }
       outputEPub3!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
       // epub.css_write;
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])) { writeln("epub3 done"); }
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("epub3 done"); }
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["pdf"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["pdf"]) {
       /+ mixin outputPDF; +/
       writeln("pdf processing");
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["odt"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["odt"]) {
       /+ mixin outputODT; +/
       writeln("odt processing");
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sqlite"]) {
-      /+ mixin outputSQLite; +/
-      writeln("sqlite processing");
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["sqlite"]) {
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])) { writeln("sqlite processing... "); }
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["postgresql"]) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt_action["postgresql"]) {
       /+ mixin outputPostgreSQL; +/
       writeln("pgsql processing");
     }
diff --git a/src/sdp/output/source_sisupod.d b/src/sdp/output/source_sisupod.d
index 6c326ac..bb8ea80 100644
--- a/src/sdp/output/source_sisupod.d
+++ b/src/sdp/output/source_sisupod.d
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ template SiSUpod() {
     assert (doc_matters.source_filename.match(rgx.src_fn));
     try {
       /+ create directory structure +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]) {
         if (!exists(pth_sisupod_filesystem.text_root(doc_matters.source_filename))) {
           pth_sisupod_filesystem.text_root(doc_matters.source_filename).mkdirRecurse;
         }
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ template SiSUpod() {
           auto fn_out =  pth_sisupod.image_root(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string ~ "/" ~ image;
           auto fn_out_filesystem =  pth_sisupod_filesystem.image_root(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string ~ "/" ~ image;
           if (exists(fn_src)) {
-            if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]) {
               fn_src.copy(fn_out_filesystem);
             }
-            if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]) {
               auto zip_arc_member_file = new ArchiveMember();
               zip_arc_member_file.name = fn_out;
               auto zip_data = new OutBuffer();
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ template SiSUpod() {
         auto fn_out = pth_sisupod.conf_root(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string ~ "/" ~ "sisu_document_make";
         auto fn_out_filesystem = pth_sisupod_filesystem.conf_root(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string ~ "/" ~ "sisu_document_make";
         if (exists(fn_src)) {
-          if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]) {
             fn_src.copy(fn_out_filesystem);
           }
-          if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]) {
             auto zip_arc_member_file = new ArchiveMember();
             zip_arc_member_file.name = fn_out;
             auto zip_data = new OutBuffer();
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ template SiSUpod() {
         auto fn_out = pth_sisupod.fn_doc(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string;
         auto fn_out_filesystem = pth_sisupod_filesystem.fn_doc(doc_matters.source_filename).to!string;
         if (exists(fn_src)) {
-          if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]) {
             fn_src.copy(fn_out_filesystem);
           }
-          if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]) {
             auto zip_arc_member_file = new ArchiveMember();
             zip_arc_member_file.name = fn_out;
             auto zip_data = new OutBuffer();
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ template SiSUpod() {
               insert_file,
             ).to!string;
             if (exists(fn_src)) {
-              if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["source"]) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt_action["source"]) {
                 fn_src.copy(fn_out_filesystem);
               }
-              if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["sisupod"]) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt_action["sisupod"]) {
                 auto zip_arc_member_file = new ArchiveMember();
                 zip_arc_member_file.name = insert_file;
                 auto zip_data = new OutBuffer();
diff --git a/src/sdp/sdp.d b/src/sdp/sdp.d
index 234bc3f..3816f9b 100755
--- a/src/sdp/sdp.d
+++ b/src/sdp/sdp.d
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void main(string[] args) {
       );
     }
   }
-  bool[string] _opt_action_bool = [
+  bool[string] opts = [
     "assertions"         : false,
     "concordance"        : false,
     "debug"              : false,
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ void main(string[] args) {
     "docbook"            : false,
     "epub"               : false,
     "html"               : false,
-    "html_seg"           : false,
-    "html_scroll"        : false,
+    "html-seg"           : false,
+    "html-scroll"        : false,
     "manifest"           : false,
     "ocn"                : true,
     "odt"                : false,
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ void main(string[] args) {
     "text"               : false,
     "verbose"            : false,
     "xhtml"              : false,
-    "xml_dom"            : false,
-    "xml_sax"            : false,
+    "xml-dom"            : false,
+    "xml-sax"            : false,
     "section_toc"        : true,
     "section_body"       : true,
     "section_endnotes"   : true,
@@ -91,50 +91,50 @@ void main(string[] args) {
     "section_bookindex"  : true,
     "section_blurb"      : true,
     "backmatter"         : true,
-    "skip_output"        : false,
+    "skip-output"        : false,
   ];
   auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
     std.getopt.config.passThrough,
-    "assert",             "--assert set optional assertions on",                        &_opt_action_bool["assertions"],
-    "concordance",        "--concordance file for document",                            &_opt_action_bool["concordance"],
-    "debug",             "--debug only relevant when debug options compiled in",        &_opt_action_bool["debug"],
-    "digest",             "--digest hash digest for each object",                       &_opt_action_bool["digest"],
-    "docbook",            "--docbook process docbook output",                           &_opt_action_bool["docbook"],
-    "epub",               "--epub process epub output",                                 &_opt_action_bool["epub"],
-    "html",               "--html process html output",                                 &_opt_action_bool["html"],
-    "html_seg",           "--html-seg process html output",                             &_opt_action_bool["html_seg"],
-    "html_scroll",        "--html-seg process html output",                             &_opt_action_bool["html_scroll"],
-    "manifest",           "--manifest process manifest output",                         &_opt_action_bool["manifest"],
-    "ocn",                "--ocn object cite numbers (default)",                        &_opt_action_bool["ocn"],
-    "odf",                "--odf process odf:odt output",                               &_opt_action_bool["odt"],
-    "odt",                "--odt process odf:odt output",                               &_opt_action_bool["odt"],
-    "pdf",                "--pdf process pdf output",                                   &_opt_action_bool["pdf"],
-    "pg",                 "--pg process postgresql output",                             &_opt_action_bool["postgresql"],
-    "postgresql",         "--postgresql process postgresql output",                     &_opt_action_bool["postgresql"],
-    "qrcode",             "--qrcode with document metadata",                            &_opt_action_bool["qrcode"],
-    "sisupod",            "--sisupod sisupod source content bundled",                   &_opt_action_bool["sisupod"],
-    "source",             "--source markup source text content",                        &_opt_action_bool["source"],
-    "sqlite",             "--sqlite process sqlite output",                             &_opt_action_bool["sqlite"],
-    "text",               "--text process text output",                                 &_opt_action_bool["text"],
-    "txt",                "--txt process text output",                                  &_opt_action_bool["text"],
-    "verbose|v",          "--verbose output to terminal",                               &_opt_action_bool["verbose"],
-    "xhtml",              "--xhtml process xhtml output",                               &_opt_action_bool["xhtml"],
-    "xml-dom",            "--xml-dom process xml dom output",                           &_opt_action_bool["xml_dom"],
-    "xml-sax",            "--xml-sax process xml sax output",                           &_opt_action_bool["xml_sax"],
-    "section-toc",        "--section-toc process table of contents (default)",          &_opt_action_bool["section_toc"],
-    "section-body",       "--section-body process document body (default)",             &_opt_action_bool["section_body"],
-    "section-endnotes",   "--section-endnotes process document endnotes (default)",     &_opt_action_bool["section_endnotes"],
-    "section-glossary",   "--section-glossary process document glossary (default)",     &_opt_action_bool["section_glossary"],
-    "section-biblio",     "--section-biblio process document biblio (default)",         &_opt_action_bool["section_biblio"],
-    "section-bookindex",  "--section-bookindex process document bookindex (default)",   &_opt_action_bool["section_bookindex"],
-    "section-blurb",      "--section-blurb process document blurb (default)",           &_opt_action_bool["section_blurb"],
-    "backmatter",         "--section-backmatter process document backmatter (default)", &_opt_action_bool["backmatter"],
-    "skip_output",        "--skip-output",                                              &_opt_action_bool["skip_output"],
+    "assert",             "--assert set optional assertions on",                        &opts["assertions"],
+    "concordance",        "--concordance file for document",                            &opts["concordance"],
+    "debug",              "--debug only relevant when debug options compiled in",       &opts["debug"],
+    "digest",             "--digest hash digest for each object",                       &opts["digest"],
+    "docbook",            "--docbook process docbook output",                           &opts["docbook"],
+    "epub",               "--epub process epub output",                                 &opts["epub"],
+    "html",               "--html process html output",                                 &opts["html"],
+    "html-seg",           "--html-seg process html output",                             &opts["html-seg"],
+    "html-scroll",        "--html-seg process html output",                             &opts["html-scroll"],
+    "manifest",           "--manifest process manifest output",                         &opts["manifest"],
+    "ocn",                "--ocn object cite numbers (default)",                        &opts["ocn"],
+    "odf",                "--odf process odf:odt output",                               &opts["odt"],
+    "odt",                "--odt process odf:odt output",                               &opts["odt"],
+    "pdf",                "--pdf process pdf output",                                   &opts["pdf"],
+    "pg",                 "--pg process postgresql output",                             &opts["postgresql"],
+    "postgresql",         "--postgresql process postgresql output",                     &opts["postgresql"],
+    "qrcode",             "--qrcode with document metadata",                            &opts["qrcode"],
+    "sisupod",            "--sisupod sisupod source content bundled",                   &opts["sisupod"],
+    "source",             "--source markup source text content",                        &opts["source"],
+    "sqlite",             "--sqlite process sqlite output",                             &opts["sqlite"],
+    "text",               "--text process text output",                                 &opts["text"],
+    "txt",                "--txt process text output",                                  &opts["text"],
+    "verbose|v",          "--verbose output to terminal",                               &opts["verbose"],
+    "xhtml",              "--xhtml process xhtml output",                               &opts["xhtml"],
+    "xml-dom",            "--xml-dom process xml dom output",                           &opts["xml-dom"],
+    "xml-sax",            "--xml-sax process xml sax output",                           &opts["xml-sax"],
+    "section-toc",        "--section-toc process table of contents (default)",          &opts["section_toc"],
+    "section-body",       "--section-body process document body (default)",             &opts["section_body"],
+    "section-endnotes",   "--section-endnotes process document endnotes (default)",     &opts["section_endnotes"],
+    "section-glossary",   "--section-glossary process document glossary (default)",     &opts["section_glossary"],
+    "section-biblio",     "--section-biblio process document biblio (default)",         &opts["section_biblio"],
+    "section-bookindex",  "--section-bookindex process document bookindex (default)",   &opts["section_bookindex"],
+    "section-blurb",      "--section-blurb process document blurb (default)",           &opts["section_blurb"],
+    "backmatter",         "--section-backmatter process document backmatter (default)", &opts["backmatter"],
+    "skip-output",        "--skip-output",                                              &opts["skip-output"],
   );
   if (helpInfo.helpWanted) {
     defaultGetoptPrinter("Some information about the program.", helpInfo.options);
   }
-  foreach(arg; args) {
+  foreach(arg; args[1..$]) {
     if (arg.match(rgx.flag_action)) {
       flag_action ~= " " ~ arg;   // flags not taken by getopt
     } else if (arg.match(rgx.src_pth)) {
@@ -177,23 +177,23 @@ void main(string[] args) {
         "not a sisu markup filename"
       );
       auto t =
-        SiSUabstraction!()(fn_src, _opt_action_bool, env);
+        SiSUabstraction!()(fn_src, opts, env);
       static assert(!isTypeTuple!(t));
       static assert(t.length==2);
       auto doc_abstraction = t[dAM.abstraction];
       auto doc_matters = t[dAM.matters];
       /+ ↓ debugs +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"]) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"]) {
         SiSUabstractionSummary!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
       }
       /+ ↓ debugs +/
-      if ((doc_matters.opt_action_bool["debug"])
-      || (doc_matters.opt_action_bool["verbose"])
+      if ((doc_matters.opt_action["debug"])
+      || (doc_matters.opt_action["verbose"])
       ) {
         SiSUdebugs!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
       }
       /+ ↓ output hub +/
-      if (!(_opt_action_bool["skip_output"])) {
+      if (!(opts["skip-output"])) {
         outputHub!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
       }
       scope(exit) {