verbosity level, "vox_gt[lv]" (voice greater than)

26 files changed, 147 insertions, 141 deletions

diff --git a/org/default_paths.org b/org/default_paths.org
index b9c9ce6..4b996bc 100644
--- a/org/default_paths.org
+++ b/org/default_paths.org
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ template PodManifest() {
             _manifest_path = m.captures["podpath"];
           }
         } else  {
-          if (_opt_action.verbose || _opt_action.very_verbose || _opt_action.debug_do) {
+          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
           }
           _manifest_path = "";
diff --git a/org/default_shared.org b/org/default_shared.org
index 6c99d61..af850a0 100644
--- a/org/default_shared.org
+++ b/org/default_shared.org
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ template Msg() {
   @safe auto Msg(I)(I doc_matters) {
     struct Msg_ {
       void v()(string message) {
-        if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet) && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
           writeln(message);
         }
       }
       void vv()(string message) {
-        if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet) && doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
           writeln(message);
         }
       }
diff --git a/org/in_source_files.org b/org/in_source_files.org
index ef4cafd..6916f52 100644
--- a/org/in_source_files.org
+++ b/org/in_source_files.org
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ webserv:
           try {
             if (exists(conf_file)) {
               if (conf_file.getLinkAttributes.attrIsFile) {
-                if (_opt_action.verbose || _opt_action.very_verbose || _opt_action.debug_do) {
+                if (_opt_action.vox_gt1 || _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 fcd5061..d24dc31 100644
--- a/org/out_latex.org
+++ b/org/out_latex.org
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void writeOutputLaTeX(T,M)(
   try {
     { /+ debug +/
       if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_latex
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
         writeln(latex_content.head);
         writeln(latex_content.content);
         writeln(latex_content.tail);
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void writeOutputLaTeX(T,M)(
     if (!exists(pth_latex.latex_path_stuff)) {
       (pth_latex.latex_path_stuff).mkdirRecurse;
     }
-    if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
       writeln(" ", pth_latex.latex_file_with_path(paper_size_orientation));
     }
     auto f = File(pth_latex.latex_file_with_path(paper_size_orientation), "w");
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ case "backmatter":
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
         if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_latex
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        && 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);
diff --git a/org/out_metadata.org b/org/out_metadata.org
index c5eddc5..3662700 100644
--- a/org/out_metadata.org
+++ b/org/out_metadata.org
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ if (doc_matters.opt.action.html_curate_link) {
 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.very_verbose) {
+} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
   writeln("ERROR no Title information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
 }
 if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author.empty)) {
@@ -107,18 +107,18 @@ 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.very_verbose) {
+} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
   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: "   ~ doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_copyright ~ "</p>";
-} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose) {
+} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
   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:   "   ~ doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_license   ~ "</p>";
-} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose) {
+} else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
   writeln("WARNING no License information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
 }
 if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.notes_summary.empty)) {
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ metadata_write_output(doc_matters, metadata_);
   } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
     // Handle error
   }
-  if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
     writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_scroll("metadata." ~ doc_matters.src.filename));
   }
 }
diff --git a/org/out_odt.org b/org/out_odt.org
index 4ec4166..a7f490a 100644
--- a/org/out_odt.org
+++ b/org/out_odt.org
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ void writeOutputODT(W,I)(
         }
       }
     }
-    if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
       writeln(" ", pth_odt.odt_file);
     }
   } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
@@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ void dirtree(I)(
       default:
         { /+ debug +/
           if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          && 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);
diff --git a/org/out_sqlite.org b/org/out_sqlite.org
index 113a7c6..cfe7892 100644
--- a/org/out_sqlite.org
+++ b/org/out_sqlite.org
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ template SQLiteHubBuildTablesAndPopulate() {
               M    doc_matters,
       ) {
         <<sqlite_db_statement_composite_collection>>
-        if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
           writeln(" ", pth_sqlite.sqlite_file);
         }
       }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ template SQLiteHubDiscreteBuildTablesAndPopulate() {
               M    doc_matters,
       ) {
         <<sqlite_db_statement_composite_discrete>>
-        if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
           writeln(" ", pth_sqlite.sqlite_file(doc_matters.src.filename));
         }
       }
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ template SQLiteDbRun() {
     { /+ debug +/
       if (opt_action.debug_do_sqlite) {
         writeln(note);
-        if (opt_action.very_verbose) {
+        if (opt_action.vox_gt2) {
           writeln(db_statement);
         }
       }
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ template SQLiteTablesCreate() {
         ? config.conf.w_srv_db_sqlite_path
         : "";
       if (db_filename.length > 0 && db_path.length > 0) {
-        if ((opt_action.verbose)) {
+        if ((opt_action.vox_gt1)) {
           writeln("db name & path: ", db_path, db_filename);
         }
         auto pth_sqlite = spinePathsSQLite!()(db_filename, db_path);
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ string inline_links(M,O)(
             );
           }
         } else {
-          if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
             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 a63bdba..3536687 100644
--- a/org/out_src_pod.org
+++ b/org/out_src_pod.org
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ if (!exists(pths_pod.pod_dir_())) {
   pths_pod.pod_dir_().mkdirRecurse;
 }
 if (doc_matters.opt.action.source_or_pod) {
-  if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
     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)) {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ if (doc_matters.opt.action.source_or_pod) {
 #+NAME: source_pod_archive_prepare_for_zip
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-&& doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+&& doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
   writeln(__LINE__, ": ",
     doc_matters.src.filename, " -> ",
     pths_pod.fn_doc(doc_matters.src.filename, doc_matters.src.language).filesystem_open_zpod
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ auto fn_pod = pths_pod.pod_filename(doc_matters.src.filename).zpod;
       }
     } else {
       if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
         writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (image): ", fn_src_in);
       }
     }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ auto fn_pod = pths_pod.pod_filename(doc_matters.src.filename).zpod;
     }
   } else {
     if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
       writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (document make): ", fn_src_in);
     }
   }
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ auto fn_pod = pths_pod.pod_filename(doc_matters.src.filename).zpod;
       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.verbose) {
+      && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
         try {
           _pmy = Loader.fromString(_pm).load();
         } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ auto fn_pod = pths_pod.pod_filename(doc_matters.src.filename).zpod;
     }
   } else {
     if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
       writeln("WARNING (io) src in NOT found (markup source): ", fn_src_in);
     }
   }
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ auto fn_pod = pths_pod.pod_filename(doc_matters.src.filename).zpod;
               }
             } else {
               if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
                 writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (insert file): ", _pth_mkup_src_in);
               }
             }
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ auto fn_pod = pths_pod.pod_filename(doc_matters.src.filename).zpod;
           }
         } else {
           if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
             writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (insert file): ", fn_src_in);
           }
         }
@@ -403,10 +403,10 @@ auto fn_pod = pths_pod.pod_filename(doc_matters.src.filename).zpod;
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 if (exists(fn_pod)) {
   try {
-    if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0
     && doc_matters.opt.action.pod) {
       auto data = (cast(byte[]) (fn_pod).read);
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
         writeln(" ", doc_matters.src.filename, " > ");
       }
       if (doc_matters.opt.action.pod) {
diff --git a/org/out_xmls.org b/org/out_xmls.org
index b017bf7..c082a76 100644
--- a/org/out_xmls.org
+++ b/org/out_xmls.org
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ import
             );
           }
         } else {
-          if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
             writeln(
               "WARNING on internal document links, anchor to link <<"
                ~ m.captures["hash"]
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ default:
   } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
     // Handle error
   }
-  if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
     writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_scroll(doc_matters.src.filename));
   }
 }
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ default:
   } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
     // handle error
   }
-  if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
     writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_seg(doc_matters.src.filename, "toc"));
   }
 }
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ default:
       if (exists(fn_src_in)) {
         fn_src_in.copy(fn_src_out);
       } else {
-        if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
           writeln("WARNING image not found: ", fn_src_in);
         }
       }
@@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ 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.very_verbose) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
               writeln(
                 doc_matters.src.image_dir_path, "/", image, " -> ",
                 pth_epub3.dbg_doc_oebps_image(doc_matters.src.filename), "/", image
@@ -3203,7 +3203,7 @@ zip -0 file.epub mimetype && zip -r -9 file.epub META-INF OEBPS
   } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
     // Handle error
   }
-  if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+  if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
     writeln(" ", fn_epub);
   }
 #+END_SRC
diff --git a/org/output_hub.org b/org/output_hub.org
index e9088b3..7aa7fa3 100644
--- a/org/output_hub.org
+++ b/org/output_hub.org
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ template outputHub() {
       <<output_scheduled_task_odt>>
       <<output_scheduled_task_sqlite>>
     }
-    if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
       writeln(" ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
     }
     if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.parallelise_subprocesses)) {
@@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ 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.verbose)) {
+  if ((opt_action.vox_gt1)) {
     writeln("sqlite drop db...");
   }
   import doc_reform.io_out.sqlite;
   SQLiteDbDrop!()(opt_action, config);
-  if ((opt_action.very_verbose)) {
+  if ((opt_action.vox_gt2)) {
     writeln("sqlite drop db done");
   }
 }
@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@ 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.verbose)) {
+  if ((opt_action.vox_gt1)) {
     auto pth_sqlite_db = spinePathsSQLite!()(opt_action.cgi_sqlite_search_filename, opt_action.output_dir_set);
     writeln("sqlite create table...");
   }
   import doc_reform.io_out.sqlite;
   SQLiteTablesCreate!()(env, opt_action, config);
-  if ((opt_action.very_verbose)) {
+  if ((opt_action.vox_gt2)) {
     writeln("sqlite create table done");
   }
 }
diff --git a/org/output_show.org b/org/output_show.org
index 0452b1b..6cd0328 100644
--- a/org/output_show.org
+++ b/org/output_show.org
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ template spineMetaDocSummary() {
     <<metadoc_show_imports_shared>>
     mixin InternalMarkup;
     <<metadoc_show_initialize>>
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.verbose
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1
     || 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 1e382e3..59e178c 100644
--- a/org/spine.org
+++ b/org/spine.org
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
       }
     } else {                                           // note cannot parallelise sqlite shared db
       foreach(manifest; _manifests[1..$]) {
-        if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+        if (_opt_action.vox_gt2) {
           writeln("parallelisation off: actions include sqlite shared db");
         }
         if (!empty(manifest.src.filename)) {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     if (_opt_action.curate_authors) {
       spineMetaDocCuratesAuthors!()(hvst.curates, _make_and_meta_struct, _opt_action);
     }
-    if (!(_opt_action.quiet)) {
+    if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
       import doc_reform.io_out.paths_output;
       auto out_pth = spinePathsHTML!()(_make_and_meta_struct.conf.output_path, "");
       if (_opt_action.curate_authors) {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
         writeln("- ", out_pth.curate("topics.html"));
       }
     }
-  } else { writeln("NO HARVESTS"); }
+  } else { writeln("NO METADATA CURATED"); }
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ bool[string] opts = [
   "parallel-subprocesses"       : false,
   "pdf"                         : false,
   "pdf-color-links"             : false,
-  "quiet"                       : false,
   "pod"                         : false,
   "serial"                      : false,
   "show-config"                 : false,
@@ -393,8 +392,9 @@ bool[string] opts = [
   "sqlite-insert"               : false,
   "sqlite-update"               : false,
   "text"                        : false,
-  "verbose"                     : false,
-  "very-verbose"                : false,
+  "vox_is0"                     : false,
+  "vox_gt1"                     : false,
+  "vox_gt2"                     : false,
   "xhtml"                       : false,
   "section_toc"                 : true,
   "section_body"                : true,
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "cgi-search-title",           "if generating a cgi search form the title to use for it",        &settings["cgi-search-title"],
   "cgi-sqlite-search-filename", "=[filename] default is spine-search",                            &settings["cgi-sqlite-search-filename"],
   "concordance",                "file for document",                                              &opts["concordance"],
-  "curate",                    "extract info on authors & topics from document header metadata",  &opts["curate"],
-  "curate-authors",            "extract info on authors from document header metadata",           &opts["curate-authors"],
-  "curate-topics",             "extract info on topics from document header metadata",            &opts["curate-topics"],
+  "curate",                     "extract info on authors & topics from document header metadata", &opts["curate"],
+  "curate-authors",             "extract info on authors from document header metadata",          &opts["curate-authors"],
+  "curate-topics",              "extract info on topics from document header metadata",           &opts["curate-topics"],
   "dark",                       "alternative dark theme",                                         &opts["dark"],
   "digest",                     "hash digest for each object",                                    &opts["digest"],
   "epub",                       "process epub output",                                            &opts["epub"],
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "pdf",                        "latex output for pdfs",                                          &opts["pdf"],
   "pdf-color-links",            "mono or color links for pdfs",                                   &opts["pdf-color-links"],
   "pod",                        "spine (doc reform) pod source content bundled",                  &opts["pod"],
-  "quiet|q",                    "output to terminal",                                             &opts["quiet"],
+  "quiet|q",                    "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is0"],
   "section-backmatter",         "document backmatter (default)" ,                                 &opts["backmatter"],
   "section-biblio",             "document biblio (default)",                                      &opts["section_biblio"],
   "section-blurb",              "document blurb (default)",                                       &opts["section_blurb"],
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "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["verbose"],
-  "very-verbose",               "output to terminal",                                             &opts["very-verbose"],
+  "verbose|v",                  "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_gt1"],
+  "very-verbose",               "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_gt2"],
   "workon",                     "(reserved for some matters under development & testing)",        &opts["workon"],
   "xhtml",                      "xhtml output",                                                   &opts["xhtml"],
   "config",                     "=/path/to/config/file/including/filename",                       &settings["config"],
@@ -678,9 +678,6 @@ struct OptActions {
   @trusted bool ocn_off() {
     return opts["ocn-off"];
   }
-  @trusted bool quiet() {
-    return opts["quiet"];
-  }
   @trusted bool pod() {
     return opts["pod"];
   }
@@ -691,10 +688,10 @@ struct OptActions {
     return opts["show-curate"];
   }
   @trusted bool show_curate_authors() {
-    return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-authors"] || opts["verbose"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+    return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-authors"] || opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
   }
   @trusted bool show_curate_topics() {
-    return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-topics"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+    return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-topics"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
   }
   @trusted bool show_epub() {
     return opts["show-epub"];
@@ -718,10 +715,10 @@ struct OptActions {
     return opts["show-pod"];
   }
   @trusted bool show_sqlite() {
-    return (opts["show-sqlite"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+    return (opts["show-sqlite"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
   }
   @trusted bool show_summary() {
-    return (opts["show-summary"] || opts["verbose"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+    return (opts["show-summary"] || opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
   }
   @trusted bool source() {
     return opts["source"];
@@ -753,14 +750,20 @@ struct OptActions {
       || opts["sqlite-update"]
     ) ? true : false;
   }
-  @trusted bool text() {
-    return opts["text"];
+  @trusted bool vox_is0() { // --quiet -q
+    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 verbose() {
-    return (opts["verbose"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+  @trusted bool vox_gt1() { // -- verbose -v
+    return (opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
   }
-  @trusted bool very_verbose() {
-    return opts["very-verbose"];
+  @trusted bool vox_gt2() { // --very-verbose
+    return opts["vox_gt2"];
+  }
+  @trusted bool text() {
+    return opts["text"];
   }
   @trusted bool xhtml() {
     return opts["xhtml"];
@@ -1240,7 +1243,7 @@ foreach(arg; args[1..$]) {
 #+NAME: spine_each_file_do_scope
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 scope(success) {
-  if (!(_opt_action.quiet)) {
+  if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
     writefln(
       "%s",
       "-- ~ document complete, ok ~ ------------------------------------",
@@ -1364,7 +1367,7 @@ if (doc_matters.opt.action.curate) {
   } else {
     if ((doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do)
       || (_opt_action.debug_do_curate)
-      || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
+      || (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2)
     ) {
       writeln("WARNING curate: document header yaml does not contain information related to: title or author: ", _hvst.path_html_segtoc);
     }
@@ -1409,7 +1412,7 @@ if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.skip_output)) {
 #+NAME: spine_each_file_do_scope_exit
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 scope(exit) {
-  if (!(_opt_action.quiet)) {
+  if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
     writefln(
       "processed file: %s [%s]",
       manifest.src.filename,
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_in/paths_source.d b/src/doc_reform/io_in/paths_source.d
index a50f386..c34ac43 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_in/paths_source.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_in/paths_source.d
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ template PodManifest() {
             _manifest_path = m.captures["podpath"];
           }
         } else  {
-          if (_opt_action.verbose || _opt_action.very_verbose || _opt_action.debug_do) {
+          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
           }
           _manifest_path = "";
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_in/read_config_files.d b/src/doc_reform/io_in/read_config_files.d
index c112d1e..8813e16 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_in/read_config_files.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_in/read_config_files.d
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ webserv:
           try {
             if (exists(conf_file)) {
               if (conf_file.getLinkAttributes.attrIsFile) {
-                if (_opt_action.verbose || _opt_action.very_verbose || _opt_action.debug_do) {
+                if (_opt_action.vox_gt1 || _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/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d
index eb5e46a..0444aed 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
         foreach (image; doc_matters.srcs.image_list) {
           { /+ debug +/
             if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
                 writeln(
                   doc_matters.src.image_dir_path, "/", image, " -> ",
                   pth_epub3.dbg_doc_oebps_image(doc_matters.src.filename), "/", image
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
     } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
       // Handle error
     }
-    if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
       writeln(" ", fn_epub);
     }
     debug(epub_archive) {
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/html.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/html.d
index 2e6d0ad..26636ba 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/html.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/html.d
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
     } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
       // Handle error
     }
-    if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
       writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_scroll(doc_matters.src.filename));
     }
   }
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
     } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
       // handle error
     }
-    if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
       writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_seg(doc_matters.src.filename, "toc"));
     }
   }
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
         if (exists(fn_src_in)) {
           fn_src_in.copy(fn_src_out);
         } else {
-          if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
             writeln("WARNING image not found: ", fn_src_in);
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/hub.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/hub.d
index 5ecaf0e..55dce8e 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/hub.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/hub.d
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ template outputHub() {
         msg.vv("sqlite done");
       }
     }
-    if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
       writeln(" ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
     }
     if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.parallelise_subprocesses)) {
@@ -167,23 +167,23 @@ template outputHubOp() {
     mixin spineRgxOut;
     static auto rgx = RgxO();
     if ((opt_action.sqlite_db_drop)) {
-      if ((opt_action.verbose)) {
+      if ((opt_action.vox_gt1)) {
         writeln("sqlite drop db...");
       }
       import doc_reform.io_out.sqlite;
       SQLiteDbDrop!()(opt_action, config);
-      if ((opt_action.very_verbose)) {
+      if ((opt_action.vox_gt2)) {
         writeln("sqlite drop db done");
       }
     }
     if ((opt_action.sqlite_db_create)) {
-      if ((opt_action.verbose)) {
+      if ((opt_action.vox_gt1)) {
         auto pth_sqlite_db = spinePathsSQLite!()(opt_action.cgi_sqlite_search_filename, opt_action.output_dir_set);
         writeln("sqlite create table...");
       }
       import doc_reform.io_out.sqlite;
       SQLiteTablesCreate!()(env, opt_action, config);
-      if ((opt_action.very_verbose)) {
+      if ((opt_action.vox_gt2)) {
         writeln("sqlite create table done");
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/latex.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/latex.d
index e876eab..68ac2f9 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/latex.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/latex.d
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ string table(O,M)(
         default:
           { /+ debug +/
             if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_latex
-            && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+            && 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);
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ string table(O,M)(
     try {
       { /+ debug +/
         if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_latex
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
           writeln(latex_content.head);
           writeln(latex_content.content);
           writeln(latex_content.tail);
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ string table(O,M)(
       if (!exists(pth_latex.latex_path_stuff)) {
         (pth_latex.latex_path_stuff).mkdirRecurse;
       }
-      if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
         writeln(" ", pth_latex.latex_file_with_path(paper_size_orientation));
       }
       auto f = File(pth_latex.latex_file_with_path(paper_size_orientation), "w");
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/metadata.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/metadata.d
index 6eab92e..9d6d57a 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/metadata.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/metadata.d
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
       } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
         // Handle error
       }
-      if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
         writeln(" ", pth_html.fn_scroll("metadata." ~ doc_matters.src.filename));
       }
     }
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ 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.very_verbose) {
+    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
       writeln("ERROR no Title information provided in document header ", doc_matters.src.filename_base);
     }
     if (!(doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author.empty)) {
@@ -374,18 +374,18 @@ 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.very_verbose) {
+    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
       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: "   ~ doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_copyright ~ "</p>";
-    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose) {
+    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
       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:   "   ~ doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_license   ~ "</p>";
-    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose) {
+    } else if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do || doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
       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/doc_reform/io_out/odt.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/odt.d
index 2c0ae66..b80b9f0 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/odt.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/odt.d
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ template outputODT() {
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
       if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      && 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);
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@ template outputODT() {
           }
         }
       }
-      if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
         writeln(" ", pth_odt.odt_file);
       }
     } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/source_pod.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/source_pod.d
index 4b59116..14d63d7 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/source_pod.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/source_pod.d
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ template spinePod() {
         pths_pod.pod_dir_().mkdirRecurse;
       }
       if (doc_matters.opt.action.source_or_pod) {
-        if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
           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)) {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ template spinePod() {
         }
       }
       if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
         writeln(__LINE__, ": ",
           doc_matters.src.filename, " -> ",
           pths_pod.fn_doc(doc_matters.src.filename, doc_matters.src.language).filesystem_open_zpod
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ template spinePod() {
             }
           } else {
             if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-            && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+            && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
               writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (image): ", fn_src_in);
             }
           }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ template spinePod() {
           }
         } else {
           if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
             writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (document make): ", fn_src_in);
           }
         }
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ template spinePod() {
             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.verbose) {
+            && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
               try {
                 _pmy = Loader.fromString(_pm).load();
               } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ template spinePod() {
           }
         } else {
           if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
             writeln("WARNING (io) src in NOT found (markup source): ", fn_src_in);
           }
         }
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ template spinePod() {
                     }
                   } else {
                     if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-                    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                    && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
                       writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (insert file): ", _pth_mkup_src_in);
                     }
                   }
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ template spinePod() {
                 }
               } else {
                 if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                && doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
                   writeln("WARNING (io) src out NOT found (insert file): ", fn_src_in);
                 }
               }
@@ -377,10 +377,10 @@ template spinePod() {
       }
       if (exists(fn_pod)) {
         try {
-          if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0
           && doc_matters.opt.action.pod) {
             auto data = (cast(byte[]) (fn_pod).read);
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
               writeln(" ", doc_matters.src.filename, " > ");
             }
             if (doc_matters.opt.action.pod) {
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d
index 7e4d605..06a764f 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ template SQLiteHubBuildTablesAndPopulate() {
           }
           db.close;
         }
-        if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
           writeln(" ", pth_sqlite.sqlite_file);
         }
       }
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ template SQLiteHubDiscreteBuildTablesAndPopulate() {
           }
           db.close;
         }
-        if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
           writeln(" ", pth_sqlite.sqlite_file(doc_matters.src.filename));
         }
       }
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ template SQLiteDbRun() {
     { /+ debug +/
       if (opt_action.debug_do_sqlite) {
         writeln(note);
-        if (opt_action.very_verbose) {
+        if (opt_action.vox_gt2) {
           writeln(db_statement);
         }
       }
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
                   );
                 }
               } else {
-                if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
                   writeln(
                     "WARNING on internal document links, anchor to link <<"
                      ~ m.captures["hash"]
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ template SQLiteTablesCreate() {
         ? config.conf.w_srv_db_sqlite_path
         : "";
       if (db_filename.length > 0 && db_path.length > 0) {
-        if ((opt_action.verbose)) {
+        if ((opt_action.vox_gt1)) {
           writeln("db name & path: ", db_path, db_filename);
         }
         auto pth_sqlite = spinePathsSQLite!()(db_filename, db_path);
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/xmls.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/xmls.d
index 5ad5724..b9d5a1b 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/xmls.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/xmls.d
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ template outputXHTMLs() {
                 );
               }
             } else {
-              if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet)) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt0) {
                 writeln(
                   "WARNING on internal document links, anchor to link <<"
                    ~ m.captures["hash"]
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_show_summary.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_show_summary.d
index 5fd9655..6bd4a48 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_show_summary.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_show_summary.d
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ template spineMetaDocSummary() {
     char_repeat_number = (char_repeat_number > min_repeat_number)
     ? char_repeat_number
     : min_repeat_number;
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.verbose
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1
     || doc_matters.opt.action.show_summary) {
       string[string] check = [
         "last_object_number" : "NA [debug \"checkdoc\" not run]",
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/share/defaults.d b/src/doc_reform/share/defaults.d
index 05f2bd1..d7825e8 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/share/defaults.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/share/defaults.d
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ template Msg() {
   @safe auto Msg(I)(I doc_matters) {
     struct Msg_ {
       void v()(string message) {
-        if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet) && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt1) {
           writeln(message);
         }
       }
       void vv()(string message) {
-        if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.quiet) && doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2) {
           writeln(message);
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/spine.d b/src/doc_reform/spine.d
index 91184dc..6f6f168 100755
--- a/src/doc_reform/spine.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/spine.d
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "parallel-subprocesses"       : false,
     "pdf"                         : false,
     "pdf-color-links"             : false,
-    "quiet"                       : false,
     "pod"                         : false,
     "serial"                      : false,
     "show-config"                 : false,
@@ -175,8 +174,9 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "sqlite-insert"               : false,
     "sqlite-update"               : false,
     "text"                        : false,
-    "verbose"                     : false,
-    "very-verbose"                : false,
+    "vox_is0"                     : false,
+    "vox_gt1"                     : false,
+    "vox_gt2"                     : false,
     "xhtml"                       : false,
     "section_toc"                 : true,
     "section_body"                : true,
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "cgi-search-title",           "if generating a cgi search form the title to use for it",        &settings["cgi-search-title"],
     "cgi-sqlite-search-filename", "=[filename] default is spine-search",                            &settings["cgi-sqlite-search-filename"],
     "concordance",                "file for document",                                              &opts["concordance"],
-    "curate",                    "extract info on authors & topics from document header metadata",  &opts["curate"],
-    "curate-authors",            "extract info on authors from document header metadata",           &opts["curate-authors"],
-    "curate-topics",             "extract info on topics from document header metadata",            &opts["curate-topics"],
+    "curate",                     "extract info on authors & topics from document header metadata", &opts["curate"],
+    "curate-authors",             "extract info on authors from document header metadata",          &opts["curate-authors"],
+    "curate-topics",              "extract info on topics from document header metadata",           &opts["curate-topics"],
     "dark",                       "alternative dark theme",                                         &opts["dark"],
     "digest",                     "hash digest for each object",                                    &opts["digest"],
     "epub",                       "process epub output",                                            &opts["epub"],
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "pdf",                        "latex output for pdfs",                                          &opts["pdf"],
     "pdf-color-links",            "mono or color links for pdfs",                                   &opts["pdf-color-links"],
     "pod",                        "spine (doc reform) pod source content bundled",                  &opts["pod"],
-    "quiet|q",                    "output to terminal",                                             &opts["quiet"],
+    "quiet|q",                    "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_is0"],
     "section-backmatter",         "document backmatter (default)" ,                                 &opts["backmatter"],
     "section-biblio",             "document biblio (default)",                                      &opts["section_biblio"],
     "section-blurb",              "document blurb (default)",                                       &opts["section_blurb"],
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "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["verbose"],
-    "very-verbose",               "output to terminal",                                             &opts["very-verbose"],
+    "verbose|v",                  "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_gt1"],
+    "very-verbose",               "output to terminal",                                             &opts["vox_gt2"],
     "workon",                     "(reserved for some matters under development & testing)",        &opts["workon"],
     "xhtml",                      "xhtml output",                                                   &opts["xhtml"],
     "config",                     "=/path/to/config/file/including/filename",                       &settings["config"],
@@ -439,9 +439,6 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     @trusted bool ocn_off() {
       return opts["ocn-off"];
     }
-    @trusted bool quiet() {
-      return opts["quiet"];
-    }
     @trusted bool pod() {
       return opts["pod"];
     }
@@ -452,10 +449,10 @@ string program_name = "spine";
       return opts["show-curate"];
     }
     @trusted bool show_curate_authors() {
-      return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-authors"] || opts["verbose"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+      return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-authors"] || opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
     }
     @trusted bool show_curate_topics() {
-      return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-topics"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+      return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-topics"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
     }
     @trusted bool show_epub() {
       return opts["show-epub"];
@@ -479,10 +476,10 @@ string program_name = "spine";
       return opts["show-pod"];
     }
     @trusted bool show_sqlite() {
-      return (opts["show-sqlite"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+      return (opts["show-sqlite"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
     }
     @trusted bool show_summary() {
-      return (opts["show-summary"] || opts["verbose"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+      return (opts["show-summary"] || opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
     }
     @trusted bool source() {
       return opts["source"];
@@ -514,14 +511,20 @@ string program_name = "spine";
         || opts["sqlite-update"]
       ) ? true : false;
     }
-    @trusted bool text() {
-      return opts["text"];
+    @trusted bool vox_is0() { // --quiet -q
+      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 verbose() {
-      return (opts["verbose"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+    @trusted bool vox_gt1() { // -- verbose -v
+      return (opts["vox_gt1"] || opts["vox_gt2"]) ? true : false;
     }
-    @trusted bool very_verbose() {
-      return opts["very-verbose"];
+    @trusted bool vox_gt2() { // --very-verbose
+      return opts["vox_gt2"];
+    }
+    @trusted bool text() {
+      return opts["text"];
     }
     @trusted bool xhtml() {
       return opts["xhtml"];
@@ -964,7 +967,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
       foreach(manifest; parallel(_manifests[1..$])) {
         if (!empty(manifest.src.filename)) {
           scope(success) {
-            if (!(_opt_action.quiet)) {
+            if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
               writefln(
                 "%s",
                 "-- ~ document complete, ok ~ ------------------------------------",
@@ -1030,7 +1033,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
             } else {
               if ((doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do)
                 || (_opt_action.debug_do_curate)
-                || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
+                || (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2)
               ) {
                 writeln("WARNING curate: document header yaml does not contain information related to: title or author: ", _hvst.path_html_segtoc);
               }
@@ -1055,7 +1058,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
             }
           }
           scope(exit) {
-            if (!(_opt_action.quiet)) {
+            if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
               writefln(
                 "processed file: %s [%s]",
                 manifest.src.filename,
@@ -1072,12 +1075,12 @@ string program_name = "spine";
       }
     } else {                                           // note cannot parallelise sqlite shared db
       foreach(manifest; _manifests[1..$]) {
-        if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+        if (_opt_action.vox_gt2) {
           writeln("parallelisation off: actions include sqlite shared db");
         }
         if (!empty(manifest.src.filename)) {
           scope(success) {
-            if (!(_opt_action.quiet)) {
+            if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
               writefln(
                 "%s",
                 "-- ~ document complete, ok ~ ------------------------------------",
@@ -1143,7 +1146,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
             } else {
               if ((doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do)
                 || (_opt_action.debug_do_curate)
-                || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
+                || (doc_matters.opt.action.vox_gt2)
               ) {
                 writeln("WARNING curate: document header yaml does not contain information related to: title or author: ", _hvst.path_html_segtoc);
               }
@@ -1168,7 +1171,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
             }
           }
           scope(exit) {
-            if (!(_opt_action.quiet)) {
+            if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
               writefln(
                 "processed file: %s [%s]",
                 manifest.src.filename,
@@ -1192,7 +1195,7 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     if (_opt_action.curate_authors) {
       spineMetaDocCuratesAuthors!()(hvst.curates, _make_and_meta_struct, _opt_action);
     }
-    if (!(_opt_action.quiet)) {
+    if (_opt_action.vox_gt0) {
       import doc_reform.io_out.paths_output;
       auto out_pth = spinePathsHTML!()(_make_and_meta_struct.conf.output_path, "");
       if (_opt_action.curate_authors) {
@@ -1202,5 +1205,5 @@ string program_name = "spine";
         writeln("- ", out_pth.curate("topics.html"));
       }
     }
-  } else { writeln("NO HARVESTS"); }
+  } else { writeln("NO METADATA CURATED"); }
 }