terminal output verbosity levels, minor rework

26 files changed, 353 insertions, 298 deletions

diff --git a/org/default_paths.org b/org/default_paths.org
index 0084255..4c449cf 100644
--- a/org/default_paths.org
+++ b/org/default_paths.org
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ template PodManifest() {
             _manifest_path = m.captures["podpath"];
           }
         } else  {
-          if (_opt_action.vox_gt1 || _opt_action.debug_do) {
-            writeln("WARNING, src is not a pod, issue with manifest_path: ", _pth); // remove? unless can distinguish pod
+          if (_opt_action.vox_gt_3 || _opt_action.debug_do) {
+            if (exists(_pth) == 0 && (_pth.isFile)) {
+              writeln("WARNING, src file is not .sst or .ssm (nor is it a pod directory): ", _pth); // remove? unless can distinguish pod
+            }
           }
           _manifest_path = "";
         }
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ template PodManifest() {
           _k = pod_manifest_path;
         }
         if (exists(_k)==0) {
-          writeln("ERROR >> Processing Skipped! Manifest not found: ", _k);
+          // writeln("ERROR >> Processing Skipped! Manifest not found: ", _k);
           _k = null;
         }
         return _k;
@@ -1516,6 +1518,7 @@ template spinePathsODT() {
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** _latex_                                                              :latex:
+*** latex
 
 #+NAME: template_paths_latex
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -1565,6 +1568,8 @@ template spinePathsLaTeX() {
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
+*** latex_sty
+
 #+NAME: template_paths_latex_sty
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 template spinePathsLaTeXsty() {
diff --git a/org/default_shared_snippets.org b/org/default_shared_snippets.org
index 6407e4a..8682d97 100644
--- a/org/default_shared_snippets.org
+++ b/org/default_shared_snippets.org
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ template Msg() {
   auto Msg(I)(I doc_matters) {
     struct Msg_ {
       void v()(string message) {
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
           writeln(message);
         }
       }
       void vv()(string message) {
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
           writeln(message);
         }
       }
diff --git a/org/in_source_files.org b/org/in_source_files.org
index 413158a..d907946 100644
--- a/org/in_source_files.org
+++ b/org/in_source_files.org
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ webserv:
           try {
             if (exists(conf_file)) {
               if (conf_file.getLinkAttributes.attrIsFile) {
-                if (_opt_action.vox_gt1 || _opt_action.debug_do) {
+                if (_opt_action.vox_gt_2 || _opt_action.debug_do) {
                   writeln("config file used: \"", conf_file, "\" (cli flag settings override config file's individual settings)");
                 }
                 config_file_str = conf_file.readText;
diff --git a/org/out_latex.org b/org/out_latex.org
index b0e1048..857bded 100644
--- a/org/out_latex.org
+++ b/org/out_latex.org
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void writeOutputLaTeX(T,M)(
   try {
     { /+ debug +/
       if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_latex
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+      && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
         writeln(latex_content.head);
         writeln(latex_content.content);
         writeln(latex_content.tail);
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void writeOutputLaTeX(T,M)(
     if (!exists(pth_latex.latex_path_stuff)) {
       (pth_latex.latex_path_stuff).mkdirRecurse;
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
       writeln(" ", pth_latex.latex_file_with_path(paper_size_orientation));
     }
     {
@@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@ case "backmatter":
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
         if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_latex
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+        && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
diff --git a/org/out_metadata.org b/org/out_metadata.org
index 5c255fa..ebdd19c 100644
--- a/org/out_metadata.org
+++ b/org/out_metadata.org
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ if (doc_matters.opt.action.html_link_curate) {
 metadata_ ~= "</div>" ~ inline_search_form(doc_matters) ~ "</div><hr />";
 if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full.empty)) {
   metadata_ ~= "<p class=\"lev0\">Title: <b><a href=\"" ~ doc_matters.src.filename_base ~ "/toc.html\">" ~ doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full       ~ "</a></b></p>";
-} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
   writeln("ERROR no Title information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
 }
 if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author.empty)) {
@@ -119,18 +119,18 @@ if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author.empty)) {
     metadata_ ~= "<p class=\"lev1\">Author: <b>"
                                                ~ doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author   ~ "</b></p>";
   }
-} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
   writeln("ERROR no Author information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
 }
 metadata_ ~= "<p class=\"lev1\">Published: "   ~ doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.date_published   ~ "</p>";
 if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_copyright.empty)) {
   metadata_ ~= "<p class=\"lev1\">Copyright: "   ~ special_characters_text(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_copyright) ~ "</p>";
-} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
   writeln("WARNING no Copyright information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
 }
 if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_license.empty)) {
   metadata_ ~= "<p class=\"lev1\">License:   "   ~ special_characters_text(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_license) ~ "</p>";
-} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
   writeln("WARNING no License information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
 }
 if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.notes_summary.empty)) {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ void metadata_write_output(M)(M doc_matters, char[] metadata_) {
   } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
     // Handle error
   }
-  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_scroll("metadata." ~ doc_matters.src.filename)); }
+  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_scroll("metadata." ~ doc_matters.src.filename)); }
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
diff --git a/org/out_odt.org b/org/out_odt.org
index b8f40c0..e1ae65b 100644
--- a/org/out_odt.org
+++ b/org/out_odt.org
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 #+HEADER: :tangle "../src/sisudoc/io_out/odt.d" :noweb yes
 #+HEADER: :noweb yes
-#+BEGIN_SRC d
+#+BEGIN_SRC org
 <<doc_header_including_copyright_and_license>>
 module sisudoc.io_out.odt;
 @safe:
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ template outputODT() {
   <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_3>>
   <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_4>>
   <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_5>>
-  <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_6>>
-  <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_7>>
-  <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_8>>
-  <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_9>>
+    <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_6>>
+        <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_7>>
+        <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_8>>
+        <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_9>>
   <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_10>>
   <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_11>>
   <<output_odt_variable_content_xml_12>>
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ string table(O,M)(
           }
         }
       }
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
         writeln(" ", pth_odt.odt_file);
       }
     }
@@ -2320,135 +2320,135 @@ string odt_body(D,I)(
 
 #+NAME: output_odt_variable_content_xml_6
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-  foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.scroll) {
-    foreach (obj; doc_abstraction[part]) {
-      switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_part) {
+foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.scroll) {
+  foreach (obj; doc_abstraction[part]) {
+    switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_part) {
 #+END_SRC
 
 ****** frontmatter
 
 #+NAME: output_odt_variable_content_xml_7
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-      case "frontmatter":              assert(part == "head" || "toc");
-        switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
-        case "para":
-          switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
-          case "heading":
-            _txt = delimit ~ odt_format.heading(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "toc":
-            _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          default:
-            doc_odt ~= _txt;
-            _txt = "";
-            break;
-          }
-          break;
-        default: break;
-        }
-        break;
+case "frontmatter":              assert(part == "head" || "toc");
+  switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
+  case "para":
+    switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+    case "heading":
+      _txt = delimit ~ odt_format.heading(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "toc":
+      _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    default:
+      doc_odt ~= _txt;
+      _txt = "";
+      break;
+    }
+    break;
+  default: break;
+  }
+  break;
 #+END_SRC
 
 ****** body
 
 #+NAME: output_odt_variable_content_xml_8
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-      case "body":                     assert(part == "body" || "head"); // surprise
-        switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
-        case "para":
-          switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
-          case "heading":
-            _txt = delimit ~ odt_format.heading(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "para":
-            _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          default:
-            doc_odt ~= _txt;
-            _txt = "";
-            break;
-          }
-          break;
-        case "block":
-          switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
-          case "quote":
-            _txt = odt_format.quote(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "group":
-            _txt = odt_format.group(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "block":
-            _txt = odt_format.block(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "verse":
-            _txt = odt_format.verse(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "code":
-            _txt = odt_format.code(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "table":
-            _txt = odt_format.table(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          default:
-            doc_odt ~= _txt;
-            _txt = "";
-            break;
-          }
-          break;
-        default: break;
-        }
-        break;
+case "body":                     assert(part == "body" || "head"); // surprise
+  switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
+  case "para":
+    switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+    case "heading":
+      _txt = delimit ~ odt_format.heading(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "para":
+      _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    default:
+      doc_odt ~= _txt;
+      _txt = "";
+      break;
+    }
+    break;
+  case "block":
+    switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+    case "quote":
+      _txt = odt_format.quote(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "group":
+      _txt = odt_format.group(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "block":
+      _txt = odt_format.block(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "verse":
+      _txt = odt_format.verse(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "code":
+      _txt = odt_format.code(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "table":
+      _txt = odt_format.table(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    default:
+      doc_odt ~= _txt;
+      _txt = "";
+      break;
+    }
+    break;
+  default: break;
+  }
+  break;
 #+END_SRC
 
 ****** backmatter
 
 #+NAME: output_odt_variable_content_xml_9
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-      case "backmatter":
-        assert(part == "endnotes" || "glossary" || "bibliography" || "bookindex" || "blurb" || "tail");
-        switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
-        case "para":
-          switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
-          case "heading":
-            _txt = delimit ~ odt_format.heading(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "endnote":              assert(part == "endnotes");
-            _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "glossary":             assert(part == "glossary");
-            _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "bibliography":         assert(part == "bibliography");
-            _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "bookindex":            assert(part == "bookindex");
-            _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          case "blurb":                assert(part == "blurb");
-            _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
-            goto default;
-          default:
-            doc_odt ~= _txt;
-            _txt = "";
-            break;
-          }
-          break;
-        default: break;
-        }
-        break;
-      case "comment":
-        break;
-      default:
-        { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
-            writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
-            writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
-            writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
-          }
-        }
-        break;
+case "backmatter":
+  assert(part == "endnotes" || "glossary" || "bibliography" || "bookindex" || "blurb" || "tail");
+  switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
+  case "para":
+    switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+    case "heading":
+      _txt = delimit ~ odt_format.heading(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "endnote":              assert(part == "endnotes");
+      _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "glossary":             assert(part == "glossary");
+      _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "bibliography":         assert(part == "bibliography");
+      _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "bookindex":            assert(part == "bookindex");
+      _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    case "blurb":                assert(part == "blurb");
+      _txt = odt_format.para(obj, doc_matters);
+      goto default;
+    default:
+      doc_odt ~= _txt;
+      _txt = "";
+      break;
+    }
+    break;
+  default: break;
+  }
+  break;
+case "comment":
+  break;
+default:
+  { /+ debug +/
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do
+    && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
+      writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
+      writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
+      writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
+    }
+  }
+  break;
 #+END_SRC
 
 ***** closings & post loop
diff --git a/org/out_sqlite.org b/org/out_sqlite.org
index e170cdb..fb36b34 100644
--- a/org/out_sqlite.org
+++ b/org/out_sqlite.org
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ template SQLiteHubBuildTablesAndPopulate() {
         D    doc
       ) {
         <<sqlite_db_statement_composite_collection>>
-        if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+        if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
           writeln(" ", pth_sqlite.sqlite_file);
         }
       }
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ template SQLiteHubDiscreteBuildTablesAndPopulate() {
           import core.runtime;
           core.runtime.Runtime.terminate();
         }
-        if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+        if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
           writeln(" ", pth_sqlite.sqlite_file(doc.matters.src.filename));
         }
       }
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ template SQLiteDbRun() {
     { /+ debug +/
       if (opt_action.debug_do_sqlite) {
         writeln(note);
-        if (opt_action.vox_gt2) {
+        if (opt_action.vox_gt_3) {
           writeln(db_statement);
         }
       }
@@ -436,12 +436,12 @@ if (opt_action.sqlite_db_create) {
     ? config.conf.w_srv_db_sqlite_path
     : "";
   if (db_filename.length > 0 && db_path.length > 0) {
-    if (opt_action.vox_gt2) {
+    if (opt_action.vox_gt_3) {
       writeln("db name: ", db_filename);
       writeln("db path: ", db_path);
       writeln("db name & path: ", db_path, "/", db_filename);
     }
-    if (opt_action.vox_gt1) {
+    if (opt_action.vox_gt_2) {
       writeln("attempting to create db: ", db_path, "/", db_filename);
     }
     auto pth_sqlite = spinePathsSQLite!()(db_filename, db_path);
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ string inline_links(M,O)(
             );
           }
         } else {
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
             writeln(
               "WARNING on internal document links, anchor to link <<"
                ~ m.captures["hash"]
diff --git a/org/out_src_pod.org b/org/out_src_pod.org
index 4657391..f656708 100644
--- a/org/out_src_pod.org
+++ b/org/out_src_pod.org
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ assert (doc_matters.src.filename.match(rgx_files.src_fn));
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 auto pod_zipMakeReady(M,P,S)(M doc_matters, P pths_pod, S _st) {
   auto pth_dr_doc_src = doc_matters.src_path_info;
-  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) { // correct
+  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) { // correct
     writeln(__LINE__, ":", __FILE__, ":\n",
       doc_matters.src.filename, " -> ",
       pths_pod.fn_doc(doc_matters.src.filename, doc_matters.src.language).filesystem_open_zpod
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ auto pod_zipMakeReady(M,P,S)(M doc_matters, P pths_pod, S _st) {
   string[string][string] _digests;
   { // bundle images - get digest
     foreach (image; doc_matters.srcs.image_list) {
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
         writeln(
           pth_dr_doc_src.image_root.to!string, "/", image, " -> ",
           pths_pod.image_root(doc_matters.src.filename).zpod, "/", image
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ auto pod_zipMakeReady(M,P,S)(M doc_matters, P pths_pod, S _st) {
           zip = podArchive("file_path_bin", fn_src_in, fn_src_out_pod_zip_base, zip);
         }
       } else {
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
           writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (image): ", fn_src_in);
         }
       }
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ auto pod_zipMakeReady(M,P,S)(M doc_matters, P pths_pod, S _st) {
         zip = podArchive("file_path_text", fn_src_in, fn_src_out_pod_zip_base, zip);
       }
     } else {
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
         writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (document make): ", fn_src_in);
       }
     }
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ auto pod_zipMakeReady(M,P,S)(M doc_matters, P pths_pod, S _st) {
           = File(pths_pod.fn_pod_filelist(doc_matters.src.filename).filesystem_open_zpod, "w");
         Node _pmy;
         string _pm = "doc:\n  filename: " ~ doc_matters.src.filename ~ "\n  language: " ~ doc_matters.pod.manifest_list_of_languages.to!string ~ "\n";
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
           try {
             _pmy = Loader.fromString(_pm).load();
           } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ auto pod_zipMakeReady(M,P,S)(M doc_matters, P pths_pod, S _st) {
             }
           }
         } else {
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
             writeln("WARNING (io) src in NOT found (markup source): \n", _sstm, "or in", fn_src_in);
           }
         }
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ auto pod_zipMakeReady(M,P,S)(M doc_matters, P pths_pod, S _st) {
                    zip = podArchive("file_path_text", _pth_mkup_src_in, _pth_mkup_src_out, zip);
                 }
               } else {
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
                   writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (insert file): ", _pth_mkup_src_in);
                 }
               }
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ auto pod_zipMakeReady(M,P,S)(M doc_matters, P pths_pod, S _st) {
               zip = podArchive("file_path_text", fn_src_in, fn_src_out_pod_zip_base, zip);
             }
           } else {
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
               writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (insert file): ", fn_src_in);
             }
           }
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ void podArchive_directory_tree(M,P)(M doc_matters, P pths_pod) { // create direc
     pths_pod.pod_dir_().mkdirRecurse;
   }
   if (doc_matters.opt.action.source_or_pod) {
-    // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.fn_pod_filelist(doc_matters.src.filename).filesystem_open_zpod); }
+    // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.fn_pod_filelist(doc_matters.src.filename).filesystem_open_zpod); }
     if (!exists(pths_pod.text_root(doc_matters.src.filename).filesystem_open_zpod)) {
       pths_pod.text_root(doc_matters.src.filename).filesystem_open_zpod.mkdirRecurse;
     }
@@ -477,19 +477,19 @@ void zipArchiveDigest(M,F,D)(M doc_matters, F fn_pod, D _digests) {
     // Handle error
   }
   try {
-    // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.pod_dir_(), "/", doc_matters.src.filename_base, ".digests.txt"); }
+    // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.pod_dir_(), "/", doc_matters.src.filename_base, ".digests.txt"); }
     string _digest_fn = pths_pod.pod_dir_() ~ "/" ~ doc_matters.src.filename_base ~ ".digests.txt";
-    // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(_digest_fn); }
+    // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(_digest_fn); }
     auto f = File(_digest_fn, "w");
     if (exists(fn_pod)) {
       try {
         auto data = (cast(byte[]) (fn_pod).read);
-        // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(" ", doc_matters.src.filename, " > ", doc_matters.src.filename_base, ".zip"); }
+        // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(" ", doc_matters.src.filename, " > ", doc_matters.src.filename_base, ".zip"); }
         if (doc_matters.opt.action.pod) {
           _zip_digest = (data.sha256Of.toHexString ~ "::" ~ data.length.to!string ~ " - " ~ doc_matters.src.filename_base ~ ".zip");
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(" ", _zip_digest); }
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.pod_dir_(), "/", doc_matters.src.filename_base, "/"); }
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(" ", _digest_fn); }
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(" ", _zip_digest); }
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.pod_dir_(), "/", doc_matters.src.filename_base, "/"); }
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(" ", _digest_fn); }
           f.writeln(_zip_digest);
         }
       } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
@@ -499,18 +499,18 @@ void zipArchiveDigest(M,F,D)(M doc_matters, F fn_pod, D _digests) {
     foreach (_lang; doc_matters.pod.manifest_list_of_languages) {
       if (_lang in _digests) {
         if (("sstm" in _digests[_lang]) && (_digests[_lang]["sstm"].length > 0)) {
-          // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(_digests[_lang]["sstm"]); }
+          // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(_digests[_lang]["sstm"]); }
           f.writeln(_digests[_lang]["sstm"]);
         }
         if (("ssi" in _digests[_lang]) && (_digests[_lang]["ssi"].length > 0)) {
-          // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(_digests[_lang]["ssi"]); }
+          // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(_digests[_lang]["ssi"]); }
           f.writeln(_digests[_lang]["ssi"]);
         }
       }
     }
     if ("shared" in _digests) {
       if (("images" in _digests["shared"]) && (_digests["shared"]["images"].length > 0)) {
-        // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(_digests["shared"]["images"]); }
+        // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(_digests["shared"]["images"]); }
         f.writeln(_digests["shared"]["images"]);
       }
     }
diff --git a/org/out_xmls.org b/org/out_xmls.org
index 311828b..0e6707e 100644
--- a/org/out_xmls.org
+++ b/org/out_xmls.org
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ string inline_links(O,M)(
             );
           }
         } else {
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
             writeln(
               "WARNING on internal document links, anchor to link <<"
                ~ m.captures["hash"]
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ scroll_write_output(doc_out, doc.matters);
   } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
     // Handle error
   }
-  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
     writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_scroll(doc_matters.src.filename));
   }
 }
@@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@ seg_write_output(doc_html, doc_html_endnotes, doc.matters);
   } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
     // handle error
   }
-  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
     writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_seg(doc_matters.src.filename, "toc"));
   }
 }
@@ -2422,7 +2422,7 @@ void css(M)(M doc_matters) {
       if (exists(fn_src_in)) {
         fn_src_in.copy(fn_src_out);
       } else {
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
           writeln("WARNING image not found: ", fn_src_in);
         }
       }
@@ -3271,7 +3271,7 @@ zip -0 file.epub mimetype && zip -r -9 file.epub META-INF OEBPS
       foreach (image; doc_matters.srcs.image_list) {
         { /+ debug +/
           if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
               writeln(
                 doc_matters.src.image_dir_path, "/", image, " -> ",
                 pth_epub3.dbg_doc_oebps_image(doc_matters.src.filename), "/", image
@@ -3318,7 +3318,7 @@ zip -0 file.epub mimetype && zip -r -9 file.epub META-INF OEBPS
   } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
     // Handle error
   }
-  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
     writeln(" ", fn_epub);
   }
 #+END_SRC
diff --git a/org/output_hub.org b/org/output_hub.org
index c188197..681f72e 100644
--- a/org/output_hub.org
+++ b/org/output_hub.org
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ template outputHub() {
       <<output_scheduled_task_odt>>
       <<output_scheduled_task_sqlite>>
     }
-    if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(doc.matters.src.filename_base); }
+    if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(doc.matters.src.filename_base); }
     if (!(doc.matters.opt.action.parallelise_subprocesses)) {
       foreach(schedule; doc.matters.opt.action.output_task_scheduler) {
         Scheduled!()(schedule, doc);
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ if (doc.matters.opt.action.sqlite_update) {
 #+NAME: output_options_op_sqlite_db_drop
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 if ((opt_action.sqlite_db_drop)) {
-  if ((opt_action.vox_gt1)) {
+  if ((opt_action.vox_gt_2)) {
     writeln("sqlite drop db...");
   }
   import sisudoc.io_out.sqlite;
   SQLiteDbDrop!()(opt_action, config);
-  if ((opt_action.vox_gt2)) {
+  if ((opt_action.vox_gt_3)) {
     writeln("sqlite drop db done");
   }
 }
@@ -295,13 +295,13 @@ if ((opt_action.sqlite_db_drop)) {
 #+NAME: output_options_op_sqlite_db_create
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 if ((opt_action.sqlite_db_create)) {
-  if ((opt_action.vox_gt1)) {
+  if ((opt_action.vox_gt_2)) {
     auto pth_sqlite_db = spinePathsSQLite!()(opt_action.cgi_sqlite_search_filename, opt_action.output_dir_set);
     writeln("sqlite create table...");
   }
   import sisudoc.io_out.sqlite;
   SQLiteTablesCreate!()(env, opt_action, config);
-  if ((opt_action.vox_gt2)) {
+  if ((opt_action.vox_gt_3)) {
     writeln("sqlite create table done");
   }
 }
diff --git a/org/output_show.org b/org/output_show.org
index d13116c..feedeb3 100644
--- a/org/output_show.org
+++ b/org/output_show.org
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ template spineMetaDocSummary() {
     <<metadoc_show_imports_shared>>
     mixin InternalMarkup;
     <<metadoc_show_initialize>>
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2
     || doc_matters.opt.action.show_summary) {
       <<meta_metadoc_show_summary_document_check_counts>>
       <<meta_metadoc_show_summary_document>>
diff --git a/org/spine.org b/org/spine.org
index 74fe0a0..cfc9722 100644
--- a/org/spine.org
+++ b/org/spine.org
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
       }
     } else {                                           // note cannot parallelise sqlite shared db
       foreach(manifest; _manifests[1..$]) {
-        if (_opt_action.vox_gt2) { writeln("parallelisation off: actions include sqlite shared db"); }
+        if (_opt_action.vox_gt_3) { writeln("parallelisation off: actions include sqlite shared db"); }
         if (!empty(manifest.src.filename)) {
           <<spine_each_file_do_scope>>
           <<spine_each_file_do_abstraction>>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     if (_opt_action.curate_authors) {
       spineMetaDocCuratesAuthors!()(hvst.curates, _make_and_meta_struct, _opt_action);
     }
-    if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
+    if (_opt_action.vox_gt_1) {
       import sisudoc.io_out.paths_output;
       auto out_pth = spinePathsHTML!()(_make_and_meta_struct.conf.output_path, "");
       if (_opt_action.curate_authors) {
@@ -352,9 +352,11 @@ bool[string] opts = [
   "sqlite-insert"               : false,
   "sqlite-update"               : false,
   "text"                        : false,
-  "vox_is0"                     : false,
-  "vox_gt1"                     : false,
-  "vox_gt2"                     : false,
+  "vox_is0"                     : false, // silent
+  "vox_is1"                     : false, // quiet
+  "vox_is2"                     : false, // default (unset)
+  "vox_is3"                     : false, // verbose
+  "vox_is4"                     : false, // very verbose
   "xhtml"                       : false,
   "section_toc"                 : true,
   "section_body"                : true,
@@ -449,7 +451,7 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "pdf-color-links",            "mono or color links for pdfs",                                   &opts["pdf-color-links"],
   "pdf-init",                   "initialise latex shared files (see latex-header-sty)",           &opts["pdf-init"],
   "pod",                        "spine (doc reform) pod source content bundled",                  &opts["pod"],
-  "quiet|q",                    "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is0"],
+  "quiet|q",                    "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is1"],
   "section-backmatter",         "document backmatter (default)" ,                                 &opts["backmatter"],
   "section-biblio",             "document biblio (default)",                                      &opts["section_biblio"],
   "section-blurb",              "document blurb (default)",                                       &opts["section_blurb"],
@@ -474,6 +476,7 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "show-sqlite",                "show sqlite",                                                    &opts["show-sqlite"],
   "show-summary",               "show summary",                                                   &opts["show-summary"],
   "source",                     "document markup source",                                         &opts["source"],
+  "silent",                     "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is0"],
   "set-digest",                 "default hash digest type (e.g. sha256)",                         &settings["set-digest"],
   "set-papersize",              "default papersize (latex pdf eg. a4 or a5 or b4 or letter)",     &settings["set-papersize"],
   "set-textwrap",               "default textwrap (e.g. 80 (characters)",                         &settings["set-textwrap"],
@@ -486,16 +489,16 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "sqlite-delete",              "sqlite output",                                                  &opts["sqlite-delete"],
   "sqlite-insert",              "sqlite output",                                                  &opts["sqlite-insert"],
   "sqlite-update",              "sqlite output",                                                  &opts["sqlite-update"],
+  "text",                       "text output",                                                    &opts["text"],
+  "txt",                        "text output",                                                    &opts["text"],
   "www-http",                   "http or https",                                                  &settings["www-http"],
   "www-host",                   "web server host (domain) name",                                  &settings["www-host"],
   "www-host-doc-root",          "web host host (domain) name with path to doc root",              &settings["www-host-doc-root"],
   "www-url-doc-root",           "e.g. http://localhost",                                          &settings["www-url-doc-root"],
-  "text",                       "text output",                                                    &opts["text"],
   "theme-dark",                 "alternative dark theme",                                         &opts["theme-dark"],
   "theme-light",                "default light theme",                                            &opts["theme-light"],
-  "txt",                        "text output",                                                    &opts["text"],
-  "verbose|v",                  "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_gt1"],
-  "very-verbose",               "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_gt2"],
+  "verbose|v",                  "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is3"],
+  "very-verbose",               "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is4"],
   "workon",                     "(reserved for some matters under development & testing)",        &opts["workon"],
   "xhtml",                      "xhtml output",                                                   &opts["xhtml"],
   "config",                     "=/path/to/config/file/including/filename",                       &settings["config"],
@@ -674,10 +677,10 @@ struct OptActions {
     return opts["show-curate"];
   }
   @trusted bool show_curate_authors() {
-    return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-authors"] || opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+    return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-authors"] || vox_gt_2) ? true : false;
   }
   @trusted bool show_curate_topics() {
-    return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-topics"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+    return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-topics"] || vox_gt_3) ? true : false;
   }
   @trusted bool show_epub() {
     return opts["show-epub"];
@@ -701,10 +704,10 @@ struct OptActions {
     return opts["show-pod"];
   }
   @trusted bool show_sqlite() {
-    return (opts["show-sqlite"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+    return (opts["show-sqlite"] || vox_gt_3) ? true : false;
   }
   @trusted bool show_summary() {
-    return (opts["show-summary"] || opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+    return (opts["show-summary"] || vox_gt_2) ? true : false;
   }
   @trusted bool source() {
     return opts["source"];
@@ -736,18 +739,42 @@ struct OptActions {
       || opts["sqlite-update"]
     ) ? true : false;
   }
-  @trusted bool vox_is0() { // --quiet -q
+  @trusted bool vox_0() { // --silent
     return opts["vox_is0"];
   }
-  @trusted bool vox_gt0() { // normal, minimal, without flag
-    return (!(opts["vox_is0"]) || opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+  @trusted bool vox_1() { // --quiet -q
+    return opts["vox_is1"];
+  }
+  @trusted bool vox_2() { // normal, minimal, without flag
+    bool _vox_default = true;
+    if  (opts["vox_is0"] || opts["vox_is1"] || opts["vox_is3"] || opts["vox_is4"]) { _vox_default = false;
+    } else {                                                                         _vox_default = true;
+    }
+    return _vox_default;
+  }
+  @trusted bool vox_3() { // --verbose -v
+    return opts["vox_is3"];
+  }
+  @trusted bool vox_4() { // --very-verbose
+    return opts["vox_is4"];
+  }
+  @trusted bool vox_gt_0() { // --quiet -q and above
+    return ( vox_1 || vox_2 || vox_3 || vox_4) ? true : false;
+  }
+  @trusted bool vox_gt_1() { // normal, and above
+    return (vox_2 || vox_3 || vox_4) ? true : false;
   }
-  @trusted bool vox_gt1() { // -- verbose -v
-    return (opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+  @trusted bool vox_gt_2() { // --verbose -v and above
+    return ( vox_3 || vox_4) ? true : false;
   }
-  @trusted bool vox_gt2() { // --very-verbose
-    return opts["vox_gt2"];
+  @trusted bool vox_gt_3() { // --very-verbose
+    return (vox_4) ? true : false;
   }
+  @trusted bool vox_silent()       { return vox_0; }    // --silent
+  @trusted bool vox_quiet()        { return vox_gt_0; } // --quiet -q & above
+  @trusted bool vox_default()      { return vox_gt_1; } // defalt, & above
+  @trusted bool vox_verbose()      { return vox_gt_2; } // --verbose -v & above
+  @trusted bool vox_very_verbose() { return vox_gt_3; } // --very-verbose
   @trusted bool text() {
     return opts["text"];
   }
@@ -1234,7 +1261,7 @@ foreach(arg; args[1..$]) {
 #+NAME: spine_each_file_do_scope
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 scope(success) {
-  if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) { writeln("-- ~ document complete, ok ~ ------------------------------------"); }
+  if (_opt_action.vox_gt_1) { writeln("-- ~ document complete, ok ~ ------------------------------------"); }
 }
 scope(failure) {
   debug(checkdoc) {
@@ -1351,7 +1378,7 @@ if (doc.matters.opt.action.curate) {
   } else {
     if ((doc.matters.opt.action.debug_do)
       || (_opt_action.debug_do_curate)
-      || (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt2)
+      || (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3)
     ) {
       writeln("WARNING curate: document header yaml does not contain information related to: title or author: ", _hvst.path_html_segtoc);
     }
@@ -1400,7 +1427,7 @@ if (!(doc.matters.opt.action.skip_output)) {
 #+NAME: spine_each_file_do_scope_exit
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 scope(exit) {
-  if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
+  if (_opt_action.vox_gt_1) {
     writefln(
       "processed file: %s [%s]",
       manifest.src.filename,
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_in/paths_source.d b/src/sisudoc/io_in/paths_source.d
index c30b5d5..2c0d545 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_in/paths_source.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_in/paths_source.d
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ template PodManifest() {
             _manifest_path = m.captures["podpath"];
           }
         } else  {
-          if (_opt_action.vox_gt1 || _opt_action.debug_do) {
-            writeln("WARNING, src is not a pod, issue with manifest_path: ", _pth); // remove? unless can distinguish pod
+          if (_opt_action.vox_gt_3 || _opt_action.debug_do) {
+            if (exists(_pth) == 0 && (_pth.isFile)) {
+              writeln("WARNING, src file is not .sst or .ssm (nor is it a pod directory): ", _pth); // remove? unless can distinguish pod
+            }
           }
           _manifest_path = "";
         }
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ template PodManifest() {
           _k = pod_manifest_path;
         }
         if (exists(_k)==0) {
-          writeln("ERROR >> Processing Skipped! Manifest not found: ", _k);
+          // writeln("ERROR >> Processing Skipped! Manifest not found: ", _k);
           _k = null;
         }
         return _k;
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_in/read_config_files.d b/src/sisudoc/io_in/read_config_files.d
index 9a390d5..531dc72 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_in/read_config_files.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_in/read_config_files.d
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ webserv:
           try {
             if (exists(conf_file)) {
               if (conf_file.getLinkAttributes.attrIsFile) {
-                if (_opt_action.vox_gt1 || _opt_action.debug_do) {
+                if (_opt_action.vox_gt_2 || _opt_action.debug_do) {
                   writeln("config file used: \"", conf_file, "\" (cli flag settings override config file's individual settings)");
                 }
                 config_file_str = conf_file.readText;
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_out/epub3.d b/src/sisudoc/io_out/epub3.d
index 77bf040..c8ca757 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_out/epub3.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_out/epub3.d
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
         foreach (image; doc_matters.srcs.image_list) {
           { /+ debug +/
             if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
                 writeln(
                   doc_matters.src.image_dir_path, "/", image, " -> ",
                   pth_epub3.dbg_doc_oebps_image(doc_matters.src.filename), "/", image
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
     } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
       // Handle error
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
       writeln(" ", fn_epub);
     }
     debug(epub_archive) {
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_out/html.d b/src/sisudoc/io_out/html.d
index 5ca320c..fc9ef54 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_out/html.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_out/html.d
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
     } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
       // Handle error
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
       writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_scroll(doc_matters.src.filename));
     }
   }
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
     } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
       // handle error
     }
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
       writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_seg(doc_matters.src.filename, "toc"));
     }
   }
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
         if (exists(fn_src_in)) {
           fn_src_in.copy(fn_src_out);
         } else {
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
             writeln("WARNING image not found: ", fn_src_in);
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_out/hub.d b/src/sisudoc/io_out/hub.d
index 8c41ce5..0e25811 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_out/hub.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_out/hub.d
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ template outputHub() {
         msg.vv("sqlite done");
       }
     }
-    if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(doc.matters.src.filename_base); }
+    if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(doc.matters.src.filename_base); }
     if (!(doc.matters.opt.action.parallelise_subprocesses)) {
       foreach(schedule; doc.matters.opt.action.output_task_scheduler) {
         Scheduled!()(schedule, doc);
@@ -203,23 +203,23 @@ template outputHubOp() {
     sisudoc.io_out.paths_output;
   @system void outputHubOp(E,O,C)(E env, O opt_action, C config) {
     if ((opt_action.sqlite_db_drop)) {
-      if ((opt_action.vox_gt1)) {
+      if ((opt_action.vox_gt_2)) {
         writeln("sqlite drop db...");
       }
       import sisudoc.io_out.sqlite;
       SQLiteDbDrop!()(opt_action, config);
-      if ((opt_action.vox_gt2)) {
+      if ((opt_action.vox_gt_3)) {
         writeln("sqlite drop db done");
       }
     }
     if ((opt_action.sqlite_db_create)) {
-      if ((opt_action.vox_gt1)) {
+      if ((opt_action.vox_gt_2)) {
         auto pth_sqlite_db = spinePathsSQLite!()(opt_action.cgi_sqlite_search_filename, opt_action.output_dir_set);
         writeln("sqlite create table...");
       }
       import sisudoc.io_out.sqlite;
       SQLiteTablesCreate!()(env, opt_action, config);
-      if ((opt_action.vox_gt2)) {
+      if ((opt_action.vox_gt_3)) {
         writeln("sqlite create table done");
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_out/latex.d b/src/sisudoc/io_out/latex.d
index d895e25..02e434e 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_out/latex.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_out/latex.d
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ template outputLaTeX() {
         default:
           { /+ debug +/
             if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_latex
-            && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+            && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ template outputLaTeX() {
     try {
       { /+ debug +/
         if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_latex
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+        && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
           writeln(latex_content.head);
           writeln(latex_content.content);
           writeln(latex_content.tail);
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ template outputLaTeX() {
       if (!exists(pth_latex.latex_path_stuff)) {
         (pth_latex.latex_path_stuff).mkdirRecurse;
       }
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
         writeln(" ", pth_latex.latex_file_with_path(paper_size_orientation));
       }
       {
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_out/metadata.d b/src/sisudoc/io_out/metadata.d
index 0d586d2..6e6183b 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_out/metadata.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_out/metadata.d
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
       } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
         // Handle error
       }
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_scroll("metadata." ~ doc_matters.src.filename)); }
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_scroll("metadata." ~ doc_matters.src.filename)); }
     }
     static auto mkup = InlineMarkup();
     import sisudoc.io_out.html_snippet;
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
     metadata_ ~= "</div>" ~ inline_search_form(doc_matters) ~ "</div><hr />";
     if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full.empty)) {
       metadata_ ~= "<p class=\"lev0\">Title: <b><a href=\"" ~ doc_matters.src.filename_base ~ "/toc.html\">" ~ doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full       ~ "</a></b></p>";
-    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
       writeln("ERROR no Title information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
     }
     if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author.empty)) {
@@ -453,18 +453,18 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
         metadata_ ~= "<p class=\"lev1\">Author: <b>"
                                                    ~ doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author   ~ "</b></p>";
       }
-    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
       writeln("ERROR no Author information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
     }
     metadata_ ~= "<p class=\"lev1\">Published: "   ~ doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.date_published   ~ "</p>";
     if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_copyright.empty)) {
       metadata_ ~= "<p class=\"lev1\">Copyright: "   ~ special_characters_text(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_copyright) ~ "</p>";
-    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
       writeln("WARNING no Copyright information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
     }
     if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_license.empty)) {
       metadata_ ~= "<p class=\"lev1\">License:   "   ~ special_characters_text(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_license) ~ "</p>";
-    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
       writeln("WARNING no License information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
     }
     if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.notes_summary.empty)) {
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_out/odt.d b/src/sisudoc/io_out/odt.d
index 8740d44..c8f5fe9 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_out/odt.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_out/odt.d
@@ -50,20 +50,17 @@
 module sisudoc.io_out.odt;
 @safe:
 template formatODT() {
-  import
-    sisudoc.io_out,
-    sisudoc.io_out.rgx,
-    sisudoc.io_out.rgx_xhtml;
-  import
-    std.file,
-    std.outbuffer,
-    std.uri,
-    std.zip,
-    std.conv : to;
-  import
-    sisudoc.io_out.create_zip_file,
-    sisudoc.io_out.xmls,
-    sisudoc.io_out.xmls_css;
+  import sisudoc.io_out;
+  import sisudoc.io_out.rgx;
+  import sisudoc.io_out.rgx_xhtml;
+  import std.file;
+  import std.outbuffer;
+  import std.uri;
+  import std.zip;
+  import std.conv : to;
+  import sisudoc.io_out.create_zip_file;
+  import sisudoc.io_out.xmls;
+  import sisudoc.io_out.xmls_css;
   mixin spineRgxOut;
   mixin spineRgxXHTML;
   struct formatODT {
@@ -645,20 +642,17 @@ template formatODT() {
   }
 }
 template outputODT() {
-  import
-    sisudoc.io_out,
-    sisudoc.io_out.rgx,
-    sisudoc.io_out.rgx_xhtml;
-  import
-    std.file,
-    std.outbuffer,
-    std.uri,
-    std.zip,
-    std.conv : to;
-  import
-    sisudoc.io_out.create_zip_file,
-    sisudoc.io_out.xmls,
-    sisudoc.io_out.xmls_css;
+  import sisudoc.io_out;
+  import sisudoc.io_out.rgx;
+  import sisudoc.io_out.rgx_xhtml;
+  import std.file;
+  import std.outbuffer;
+  import std.uri;
+  import std.zip;
+  import std.conv : to;
+  import sisudoc.io_out.create_zip_file;
+  import sisudoc.io_out.xmls;
+  import sisudoc.io_out.xmls_css;
   mixin InternalMarkup;
   mixin spineRgxOut;
   mixin spineRgxXHTML;
@@ -886,7 +880,7 @@ template outputODT() {
         default:
           { /+ debug +/
             if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do
-            && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+            && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
@@ -2099,7 +2093,7 @@ template outputODT() {
             }
           }
         }
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
           writeln(" ", pth_odt.odt_file);
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_out/source_pod.d b/src/sisudoc/io_out/source_pod.d
index 6ac2590..bfc2fac 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_out/source_pod.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_out/source_pod.d
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ template spinePod() {
       pths_pod.pod_dir_().mkdirRecurse;
     }
     if (doc_matters.opt.action.source_or_pod) {
-      // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.fn_pod_filelist(doc_matters.src.filename).filesystem_open_zpod); }
+      // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.fn_pod_filelist(doc_matters.src.filename).filesystem_open_zpod); }
       if (!exists(pths_pod.text_root(doc_matters.src.filename).filesystem_open_zpod)) {
         pths_pod.text_root(doc_matters.src.filename).filesystem_open_zpod.mkdirRecurse;
       }
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ template spinePod() {
   }
   auto pod_zipMakeReady(M,P,S)(M doc_matters, P pths_pod, S _st) {
     auto pth_dr_doc_src = doc_matters.src_path_info;
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) { // correct
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) { // correct
       writeln(__LINE__, ":", __FILE__, ":\n",
         doc_matters.src.filename, " -> ",
         pths_pod.fn_doc(doc_matters.src.filename, doc_matters.src.language).filesystem_open_zpod
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ template spinePod() {
     string[string][string] _digests;
     { // bundle images - get digest
       foreach (image; doc_matters.srcs.image_list) {
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
           writeln(
             pth_dr_doc_src.image_root.to!string, "/", image, " -> ",
             pths_pod.image_root(doc_matters.src.filename).zpod, "/", image
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ template spinePod() {
             zip = podArchive("file_path_bin", fn_src_in, fn_src_out_pod_zip_base, zip);
           }
         } else {
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
             writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (image): ", fn_src_in);
           }
         }
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ template spinePod() {
           zip = podArchive("file_path_text", fn_src_in, fn_src_out_pod_zip_base, zip);
         }
       } else {
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
           writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (document make): ", fn_src_in);
         }
       }
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ template spinePod() {
             = File(pths_pod.fn_pod_filelist(doc_matters.src.filename).filesystem_open_zpod, "w");
           Node _pmy;
           string _pm = "doc:\n  filename: " ~ doc_matters.src.filename ~ "\n  language: " ~ doc_matters.pod.manifest_list_of_languages.to!string ~ "\n";
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
             try {
               _pmy = Loader.fromString(_pm).load();
             } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ template spinePod() {
               }
             }
           } else {
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
               writeln("WARNING (io) src in NOT found (markup source): \n", _sstm, "or in", fn_src_in);
             }
           }
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ template spinePod() {
                      zip = podArchive("file_path_text", _pth_mkup_src_in, _pth_mkup_src_out, zip);
                   }
                 } else {
-                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
                     writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (insert file): ", _pth_mkup_src_in);
                   }
                 }
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ template spinePod() {
                 zip = podArchive("file_path_text", fn_src_in, fn_src_out_pod_zip_base, zip);
               }
             } else {
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
                 writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (insert file): ", fn_src_in);
               }
             }
@@ -446,19 +446,19 @@ template spinePod() {
       // Handle error
     }
     try {
-      // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.pod_dir_(), "/", doc_matters.src.filename_base, ".digests.txt"); }
+      // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.pod_dir_(), "/", doc_matters.src.filename_base, ".digests.txt"); }
       string _digest_fn = pths_pod.pod_dir_() ~ "/" ~ doc_matters.src.filename_base ~ ".digests.txt";
-      // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(_digest_fn); }
+      // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(_digest_fn); }
       auto f = File(_digest_fn, "w");
       if (exists(fn_pod)) {
         try {
           auto data = (cast(byte[]) (fn_pod).read);
-          // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(" ", doc_matters.src.filename, " > ", doc_matters.src.filename_base, ".zip"); }
+          // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(" ", doc_matters.src.filename, " > ", doc_matters.src.filename_base, ".zip"); }
           if (doc_matters.opt.action.pod) {
             _zip_digest = (data.sha256Of.toHexString ~ "::" ~ data.length.to!string ~ " - " ~ doc_matters.src.filename_base ~ ".zip");
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(" ", _zip_digest); }
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.pod_dir_(), "/", doc_matters.src.filename_base, "/"); }
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) { writeln(" ", _digest_fn); }
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(" ", _zip_digest); }
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(" ", pths_pod.pod_dir_(), "/", doc_matters.src.filename_base, "/"); }
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) { writeln(" ", _digest_fn); }
             f.writeln(_zip_digest);
           }
         } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
@@ -468,18 +468,18 @@ template spinePod() {
       foreach (_lang; doc_matters.pod.manifest_list_of_languages) {
         if (_lang in _digests) {
           if (("sstm" in _digests[_lang]) && (_digests[_lang]["sstm"].length > 0)) {
-            // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(_digests[_lang]["sstm"]); }
+            // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(_digests[_lang]["sstm"]); }
             f.writeln(_digests[_lang]["sstm"]);
           }
           if (("ssi" in _digests[_lang]) && (_digests[_lang]["ssi"].length > 0)) {
-            // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(_digests[_lang]["ssi"]); }
+            // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(_digests[_lang]["ssi"]); }
             f.writeln(_digests[_lang]["ssi"]);
           }
         }
       }
       if ("shared" in _digests) {
         if (("images" in _digests["shared"]) && (_digests["shared"]["images"].length > 0)) {
-          // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) { writeln(_digests["shared"]["images"]); }
+          // if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) { writeln(_digests["shared"]["images"]); }
           f.writeln(_digests["shared"]["images"]);
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_out/sqlite.d b/src/sisudoc/io_out/sqlite.d
index 486b87e..a62e658 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_out/sqlite.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_out/sqlite.d
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ template SQLiteHubBuildTablesAndPopulate() {
           _db_statement = [];
         }
         db.close;
-        if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+        if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
           writeln(" ", pth_sqlite.sqlite_file);
         }
       }
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ template SQLiteHubDiscreteBuildTablesAndPopulate() {
           import core.runtime;
           core.runtime.Runtime.terminate();
         }
-        if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+        if (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
           writeln(" ", pth_sqlite.sqlite_file(doc.matters.src.filename));
         }
       }
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ template SQLiteDbRun() {
     { /+ debug +/
       if (opt_action.debug_do_sqlite) {
         writeln(note);
-        if (opt_action.vox_gt2) {
+        if (opt_action.vox_gt_3) {
           writeln(db_statement);
         }
       }
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
                   );
                 }
               } else {
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
                   writeln(
                     "WARNING on internal document links, anchor to link <<"
                      ~ m.captures["hash"]
@@ -1658,12 +1658,12 @@ template SQLiteTablesCreate() {
           ? config.conf.w_srv_db_sqlite_path
           : "";
         if (db_filename.length > 0 && db_path.length > 0) {
-          if (opt_action.vox_gt2) {
+          if (opt_action.vox_gt_3) {
             writeln("db name: ", db_filename);
             writeln("db path: ", db_path);
             writeln("db name & path: ", db_path, "/", db_filename);
           }
-          if (opt_action.vox_gt1) {
+          if (opt_action.vox_gt_2) {
             writeln("attempting to create db: ", db_path, "/", db_filename);
           }
           auto pth_sqlite = spinePathsSQLite!()(db_filename, db_path);
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/io_out/xmls.d b/src/sisudoc/io_out/xmls.d
index 1091aa5..bf52524 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/io_out/xmls.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/io_out/xmls.d
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ string tail(M)(M doc_matters) {
                 );
               }
             } else {
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_1) {
                 writeln(
                   "WARNING on internal document links, anchor to link <<"
                    ~ m.captures["hash"]
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/meta/metadoc_show_summary.d b/src/sisudoc/meta/metadoc_show_summary.d
index 923473c..ceb4fd5 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/meta/metadoc_show_summary.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/meta/metadoc_show_summary.d
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ template spineMetaDocSummary() {
     char_repeat_number = (char_repeat_number > min_repeat_number)
     ? char_repeat_number
     : min_repeat_number;
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2
     || doc_matters.opt.action.show_summary) {
       string[string] check = [
         "last_object_number" : "NA [debug \"checkdoc\" not run]",
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/share/defaults.d b/src/sisudoc/share/defaults.d
index 502aca0..c285260 100644
--- a/src/sisudoc/share/defaults.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/share/defaults.d
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ template Msg() {
   auto Msg(I)(I doc_matters) {
     struct Msg_ {
       void v()(string message) {
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_2) {
           writeln(message);
         }
       }
       void vv()(string message) {
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3) {
           writeln(message);
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/sisudoc/spine.d b/src/sisudoc/spine.d
index 2b6096b..eceaf51 100755
--- a/src/sisudoc/spine.d
+++ b/src/sisudoc/spine.d
@@ -185,9 +185,11 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "sqlite-insert"               : false,
     "sqlite-update"               : false,
     "text"                        : false,
-    "vox_is0"                     : false,
-    "vox_gt1"                     : false,
-    "vox_gt2"                     : false,
+    "vox_is0"                     : false, // silent
+    "vox_is1"                     : false, // quiet
+    "vox_is2"                     : false, // default (unset)
+    "vox_is3"                     : false, // verbose
+    "vox_is4"                     : false, // very verbose
     "xhtml"                       : false,
     "section_toc"                 : true,
     "section_body"                : true,
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "pdf-color-links",            "mono or color links for pdfs",                                   &opts["pdf-color-links"],
     "pdf-init",                   "initialise latex shared files (see latex-header-sty)",           &opts["pdf-init"],
     "pod",                        "spine (doc reform) pod source content bundled",                  &opts["pod"],
-    "quiet|q",                    "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is0"],
+    "quiet|q",                    "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is1"],
     "section-backmatter",         "document backmatter (default)" ,                                 &opts["backmatter"],
     "section-biblio",             "document biblio (default)",                                      &opts["section_biblio"],
     "section-blurb",              "document blurb (default)",                                       &opts["section_blurb"],
@@ -293,6 +295,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "show-sqlite",                "show sqlite",                                                    &opts["show-sqlite"],
     "show-summary",               "show summary",                                                   &opts["show-summary"],
     "source",                     "document markup source",                                         &opts["source"],
+    "silent",                     "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is0"],
     "set-digest",                 "default hash digest type (e.g. sha256)",                         &settings["set-digest"],
     "set-papersize",              "default papersize (latex pdf eg. a4 or a5 or b4 or letter)",     &settings["set-papersize"],
     "set-textwrap",               "default textwrap (e.g. 80 (characters)",                         &settings["set-textwrap"],
@@ -305,16 +308,16 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "sqlite-delete",              "sqlite output",                                                  &opts["sqlite-delete"],
     "sqlite-insert",              "sqlite output",                                                  &opts["sqlite-insert"],
     "sqlite-update",              "sqlite output",                                                  &opts["sqlite-update"],
+    "text",                       "text output",                                                    &opts["text"],
+    "txt",                        "text output",                                                    &opts["text"],
     "www-http",                   "http or https",                                                  &settings["www-http"],
     "www-host",                   "web server host (domain) name",                                  &settings["www-host"],
     "www-host-doc-root",          "web host host (domain) name with path to doc root",              &settings["www-host-doc-root"],
     "www-url-doc-root",           "e.g. http://localhost",                                          &settings["www-url-doc-root"],
-    "text",                       "text output",                                                    &opts["text"],
     "theme-dark",                 "alternative dark theme",                                         &opts["theme-dark"],
     "theme-light",                "default light theme",                                            &opts["theme-light"],
-    "txt",                        "text output",                                                    &opts["text"],
-    "verbose|v",                  "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_gt1"],
-    "very-verbose",               "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_gt2"],
+    "verbose|v",                  "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is3"],
+    "very-verbose",               "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is4"],
     "workon",                     "(reserved for some matters under development & testing)",        &opts["workon"],
     "xhtml",                      "xhtml output",                                                   &opts["xhtml"],
     "config",                     "=/path/to/config/file/including/filename",                       &settings["config"],
@@ -486,10 +489,10 @@ string program_name = "spine";
       return opts["show-curate"];
     }
     @trusted bool show_curate_authors() {
-      return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-authors"] || opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+      return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-authors"] || vox_gt_2) ? true : false;
     }
     @trusted bool show_curate_topics() {
-      return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-topics"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+      return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-topics"] || vox_gt_3) ? true : false;
     }
     @trusted bool show_epub() {
       return opts["show-epub"];
@@ -513,10 +516,10 @@ string program_name = "spine";
       return opts["show-pod"];
     }
     @trusted bool show_sqlite() {
-      return (opts["show-sqlite"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+      return (opts["show-sqlite"] || vox_gt_3) ? true : false;
     }
     @trusted bool show_summary() {
-      return (opts["show-summary"] || opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+      return (opts["show-summary"] || vox_gt_2) ? true : false;
     }
     @trusted bool source() {
       return opts["source"];
@@ -548,18 +551,42 @@ string program_name = "spine";
         || opts["sqlite-update"]
       ) ? true : false;
     }
-    @trusted bool vox_is0() { // --quiet -q
+    @trusted bool vox_0() { // --silent
       return opts["vox_is0"];
     }
-    @trusted bool vox_gt0() { // normal, minimal, without flag
-      return (!(opts["vox_is0"]) || opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+    @trusted bool vox_1() { // --quiet -q
+      return opts["vox_is1"];
+    }
+    @trusted bool vox_2() { // normal, minimal, without flag
+      bool _vox_default = true;
+      if  (opts["vox_is0"] || opts["vox_is1"] || opts["vox_is3"] || opts["vox_is4"]) { _vox_default = false;
+      } else {                                                                         _vox_default = true;
+      }
+      return _vox_default;
+    }
+    @trusted bool vox_3() { // --verbose -v
+      return opts["vox_is3"];
+    }
+    @trusted bool vox_4() { // --very-verbose
+      return opts["vox_is4"];
+    }
+    @trusted bool vox_gt_0() { // --quiet -q and above
+      return ( vox_1 || vox_2 || vox_3 || vox_4) ? true : false;
+    }
+    @trusted bool vox_gt_1() { // normal, and above
+      return (vox_2 || vox_3 || vox_4) ? true : false;
     }
-    @trusted bool vox_gt1() { // -- verbose -v
-      return (opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
+    @trusted bool vox_gt_2() { // --verbose -v and above
+      return ( vox_3 || vox_4) ? true : false;
     }
-    @trusted bool vox_gt2() { // --very-verbose
-      return opts["vox_gt2"];
+    @trusted bool vox_gt_3() { // --very-verbose
+      return (vox_4) ? true : false;
     }
+    @trusted bool vox_silent()       { return vox_0; }    // --silent
+    @trusted bool vox_quiet()        { return vox_gt_0; } // --quiet -q & above
+    @trusted bool vox_default()      { return vox_gt_1; } // defalt, & above
+    @trusted bool vox_verbose()      { return vox_gt_2; } // --verbose -v & above
+    @trusted bool vox_very_verbose() { return vox_gt_3; } // --very-verbose
     @trusted bool text() {
       return opts["text"];
     }
@@ -1013,7 +1040,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
       foreach(manifest; parallel(_manifests[1..$])) {
         if (!empty(manifest.src.filename)) {
           scope(success) {
-            if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) { writeln("-- ~ document complete, ok ~ ------------------------------------"); }
+            if (_opt_action.vox_gt_1) { writeln("-- ~ document complete, ok ~ ------------------------------------"); }
           }
           scope(failure) {
             debug(checkdoc) {
@@ -1071,7 +1098,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
             } else {
               if ((doc.matters.opt.action.debug_do)
                 || (_opt_action.debug_do_curate)
-                || (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt2)
+                || (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3)
               ) {
                 writeln("WARNING curate: document header yaml does not contain information related to: title or author: ", _hvst.path_html_segtoc);
               }
@@ -1092,7 +1119,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
             }
           }
           scope(exit) {
-            if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
+            if (_opt_action.vox_gt_1) {
               writefln(
                 "processed file: %s [%s]",
                 manifest.src.filename,
@@ -1109,10 +1136,10 @@ string program_name = "spine";
       }
     } else {                                           // note cannot parallelise sqlite shared db
       foreach(manifest; _manifests[1..$]) {
-        if (_opt_action.vox_gt2) { writeln("parallelisation off: actions include sqlite shared db"); }
+        if (_opt_action.vox_gt_3) { writeln("parallelisation off: actions include sqlite shared db"); }
         if (!empty(manifest.src.filename)) {
           scope(success) {
-            if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) { writeln("-- ~ document complete, ok ~ ------------------------------------"); }
+            if (_opt_action.vox_gt_1) { writeln("-- ~ document complete, ok ~ ------------------------------------"); }
           }
           scope(failure) {
             debug(checkdoc) {
@@ -1170,7 +1197,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
             } else {
               if ((doc.matters.opt.action.debug_do)
                 || (_opt_action.debug_do_curate)
-                || (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt2)
+                || (doc.matters.opt.action.vox_gt_3)
               ) {
                 writeln("WARNING curate: document header yaml does not contain information related to: title or author: ", _hvst.path_html_segtoc);
               }
@@ -1191,7 +1218,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
             }
           }
           scope(exit) {
-            if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
+            if (_opt_action.vox_gt_1) {
               writefln(
                 "processed file: %s [%s]",
                 manifest.src.filename,
@@ -1215,7 +1242,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     if (_opt_action.curate_authors) {
       spineMetaDocCuratesAuthors!()(hvst.curates, _make_and_meta_struct, _opt_action);
     }
-    if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
+    if (_opt_action.vox_gt_1) {
       import sisudoc.io_out.paths_output;
       auto out_pth = spinePathsHTML!()(_make_and_meta_struct.conf.output_path, "");
       if (_opt_action.curate_authors) {