--- /usr/bin/jw	Fri Feb 23 20:17:41 2001
+++ jw	Tue Mar  6 16:22:45 2001
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 \040 -i|--include <section>: \t Specify a SGML marked section to include\n\
 \040 \t\t\t\t (should be marked as \"ignore\" in the SGML text)\n\
 \040 -h|--help: \t\t\t Print this help message and exit\n\
+\040 -V <variable[=value]>: \t Set a variable\n\
 \040 -v|--version: \t\t Print the version and exit"
 
 # Get name of main SGML configuration file
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
 SGML_CURRENT_DIRECTORY=`pwd`
 
 # Set option: do not output many chunks
-SGML_NOCHUNKS=""
+SGML_OPTIONS=""
 
 # Set list of "include" marked sections
 SGML_INCLUDE=""
@@ -112,9 +113,12 @@
   -o|--output)	SGML_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=$2
 		shift 2
 		;;
-  -u|--nochunks) SGML_NOCHUNKS="-V nochunks"
+  -u|--nochunks) SGML_OPTIONS="$SGML_OPTIONS -V nochunks"
 		shift 1
 		;;
+  -V)		SGML_OPTIONS="$SGML_OPTIONS -V $2"
+		shift 2
+		;;
   -i|--include)	case $2 in
 		  print|html)	echo "The marked section named \"$2\" is reserved for internal use by `basename $0`."
 				exit 1
@@ -298,7 +296,7 @@
 fi
 
 # Prepare the parser's arguments
-SGML_ARGUMENTS="$SGML_INCLUDE -i $SGML_TYPE -d $SGML_STYLESHEET $SGML_NOCHUNKS $SGML_DECL $SGML_FILE"
+SGML_ARGUMENTS="$SGML_INCLUDE -i $SGML_TYPE -d $SGML_STYLESHEET $SGML_OPTIONS $SGML_DECL $SGML_FILE"
 
 # Call the backend
 echo "Using catalogs: `echo $SGML_CATALOG_FILES | sed 's/:/, /g'`"