rethink verbose & debug flags, introduce show

13 files changed, 373 insertions, 342 deletions

diff --git a/org/out_curate_metadata.org b/org/out_curate_metadata.org
index 1c84bec..a9fc096 100644
--- a/org/out_curate_metadata.org
+++ b/org/out_curate_metadata.org
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ foreach(k0;
   if (k0 != "_a") {
     topics ~= format(q"┃<p class="lev0"><a name="%s" class="lev0">%s</a></p>┃",
       k0.translate([' ' : "_"]), k0,) ~ "\n";
-    if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+    if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
       writeln("", k0);
     }
     if ("_a" in hvst.subject_trees[k0]) {
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ foreach(k0;
           t_a_.path_html_metadata,
           t_a_.language,
         ) ~ "\n";
-        if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+        if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
           writeln("- ", t_a_.title, " - ", t_a_.author);
         }
       }
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ foreach(k0;
         topics ~= format(q"┃<p class="lev1"><a name="%s.%s" class="lev1">%s</a></p>┃",
           k0.translate([' ' : "_"]),
           k1.translate([' ' : "_"]), k1,) ~ "\n";
-        if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+        if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
           writeln("  ", k1);
         }
         if ("_a" in hvst.subject_trees[k0][k1]) {
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ foreach(k0;
               t_a_.path_html_metadata,
               t_a_.language,
             ) ~ "\n";
-            if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+            if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
               writeln("  - ", t_a_.title, " - ", t_a_.author);
             }
           }
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ foreach(k0;
           topics ~= format(q"┃<p class="lev2"><a name="%s.%s.%s" class="lev2">%s</a></p>┃",
             k0.translate([' ' : "_"]), k1.translate([' ' : "_"]),
             k2.translate([' ' : "_"]), k2,) ~ "\n";
-          if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+          if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
             writeln("    ", k2);
           }
           if ("_a" in hvst.subject_trees[k0][k1][k2]) {
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ foreach(k0;
                 t_a_.path_html_metadata,
                 t_a_.language,
               ) ~ "\n";
-              if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+              if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
                 writeln("    - ", t_a_.title, " - ", t_a_.author);
               }
             }
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ foreach(k0;
             topics ~= format(q"┃<p class="lev3"><a name="%s.%s.%s.%s" class="lev3">%s</a></p>┃",
               k0.translate([' ' : "_"]), k1.translate([' ' : "_"]), k2.translate([' ' : "_"]),
               k3.translate([' ' : "_"]), k3,) ~ "\n";
-            if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+            if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
               writeln("      ", k3);
             }
             {
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ foreach(k0;
                   t_a_.path_html_metadata,
                   t_a_.language,
                 ) ~ "\n";
-                if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+                if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
                   writeln("      - ", t_a_.title, " - ", t_a_.author);
                 }
               }
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ template spineMetaDocCuratesAuthors() {
           doc_curate.title,
           doc_curate.path_html_metadata,
           doc_curate.language,
-          (_opt_action.very_verbose) ? "\n  " ~ doc_curate.path_abs_html_scroll : "",
+          (_opt_action.show_curate_authors) ? "\n  " ~ doc_curate.path_abs_html_scroll : "",
         );
       }
       foreach (k; _au.keys.sort) {
@@ -618,9 +618,7 @@ try {
 } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
   // Handle error
 }
-if (_opt_action.verbose
-  || _opt_action.very_verbose
-) {
+if (_opt_action.show_curate_authors) {
   foreach(_adt; _author_date_title.sort) {
     writeln(_adt);
   }
diff --git a/org/out_sqlite.org b/org/out_sqlite.org
index d5fbe7b..113a7c6 100644
--- a/org/out_sqlite.org
+++ b/org/out_sqlite.org
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ template SQLiteDbRun() {
       writeln("ERROR SQLite : ", ex);
     }
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (opt_action.debug_do_sqlite
-      && opt_action.verbose) {
+      if (opt_action.debug_do_sqlite) {
         writeln(note);
         if (opt_action.very_verbose) {
           writeln(db_statement);
@@ -519,8 +518,7 @@ string generic_munge_sanitize_text_for_search(
     _txt ~= _urls;
   }
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
       writeln(_txt, "\n");
     }
   }
@@ -576,8 +574,7 @@ string munge_html(M,O)(
   string _urls;
   string _txt = _html_font_face(_html_special_characters(obj.text));
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
       writeln(_txt, "\n");
     }
   }
@@ -1205,8 +1202,7 @@ string[string] heading(M,O)(
     "html": html_heading(doc_matters, obj)
   ];
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
       debug(sql_txt) {
         writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
       }
@@ -1234,8 +1230,7 @@ string[string] para(M,O)(
     "html": html_para(doc_matters, obj)
   ];
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
       debug(sql_txt) {
         writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
       }
@@ -1263,8 +1258,7 @@ string[string] quote(M,O)(
     "html": html_quote(doc_matters, obj)
   ];
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
       debug(sql_txt) {
         writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
       }
@@ -1291,8 +1285,7 @@ string[string] group(M,O)(
     "html": html_group(doc_matters, obj)
   ];
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
       debug(sql_txt) {
         writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
       }
@@ -1320,8 +1313,7 @@ string[string] block(M,O)(
     "html": html_block(doc_matters, obj)
   ];
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
       debug(sql_txt) {
         writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
       }
@@ -1349,8 +1341,7 @@ string[string] verse(M,O)(
     "html": html_verse(doc_matters, obj)
   ];
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
       debug(sql_txt) {
         writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
       }
@@ -1378,8 +1369,7 @@ string[string] code(M,O)(
     "html": html_code(obj)
   ];
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
       debug(sql_txt) {
         writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
       }
@@ -1407,8 +1397,7 @@ string[string] table(M,O)(
     "html": html_table(doc_matters, obj)
   ];
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
       debug(sql_txt) {
         writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
       }
@@ -1443,8 +1432,7 @@ foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.sql) {
           break;
         default:
           { /+ debug +/
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-            && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
             }
           }
@@ -1453,8 +1441,7 @@ foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.sql) {
         break;
       default:
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
           }
         }
@@ -1478,8 +1465,7 @@ foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.sql) {
           break;
         default:
           { /+ debug +/
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-            && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
             }
           }
@@ -1510,8 +1496,7 @@ foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.sql) {
           break;
         default:
           { /+ debug +/
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-            && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
             }
           }
@@ -1520,8 +1505,7 @@ foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.sql) {
         break;
       default:
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
           }
         }
@@ -1550,8 +1534,7 @@ foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.sql) {
           break;
         default:
           { /+ debug +/
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-            && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
             }
           }
@@ -1560,8 +1543,7 @@ foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.sql) {
         break;
       default:
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
           }
         }
@@ -1572,8 +1554,7 @@ foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.sql) {
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part); // check where empty value could come from
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text); // check where empty value could come from
@@ -1582,7 +1563,10 @@ foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.sql) {
       break;
     }
     if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "heading") {
-      if ((doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.show_sqlite) {
+        if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup == 0) {
+          writeln(doc_matters.src.filename);
+        }
         writeln(
           "markup: ", obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup,
           "> ", obj.metainfo.dom_structure_markedup_tags_status,
diff --git a/org/out_src_pod.org b/org/out_src_pod.org
index 9d6e54d..a63bdba 100644
--- a/org/out_src_pod.org
+++ b/org/out_src_pod.org
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ if (doc_matters.opt.action.source_or_pod) {
 
 #+NAME: source_pod_archive_prepare_for_zip
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-debug(pod) {
+if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
+&& doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
   writeln(__LINE__, ": ",
     doc_matters.src.filename, " -> ",
     pths_pod.fn_doc(doc_matters.src.filename, doc_matters.src.language).filesystem_open_zpod
diff --git a/org/out_xmls.org b/org/out_xmls.org
index fdb64d9..b017bf7 100644
--- a/org/out_xmls.org
+++ b/org/out_xmls.org
@@ -1769,8 +1769,7 @@ case "frontmatter":              assert(part == "head" || "toc");
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -1779,8 +1778,7 @@ case "frontmatter":              assert(part == "head" || "toc");
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
       }
     }
@@ -1805,8 +1803,7 @@ case "body":                     assert(part == "body" || "head");
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -1837,8 +1834,7 @@ case "body":                     assert(part == "body" || "head");
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -1847,8 +1843,7 @@ case "body":                     assert(part == "body" || "head");
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
       }
     }
@@ -1889,8 +1884,7 @@ case "backmatter":
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -1899,8 +1893,7 @@ case "backmatter":
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
       }
     }
@@ -1911,8 +1904,7 @@ case "comment":
   break;
 default:
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
       writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
       writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
       writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
@@ -2053,8 +2045,7 @@ if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "heading") {
     break;
   case 8: .. case 9:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a, ": ", obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup);
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
       }
@@ -2062,8 +2053,7 @@ if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "heading") {
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a, ": ", obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup);
       }
     }
@@ -2095,8 +2085,7 @@ case "frontmatter":             assert(part == "head" || "toc");
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -2105,8 +2094,7 @@ case "frontmatter":             assert(part == "head" || "toc");
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
       }
     }
@@ -2130,8 +2118,7 @@ case "body":                    assert(part == "body");
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -2170,8 +2157,7 @@ case "body":                    assert(part == "body");
         doc_html[segment_filename] ~= t[0].to!string;
         doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
       } else { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -2180,8 +2166,7 @@ case "body":                    assert(part == "body");
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
       }
     }
@@ -2230,8 +2215,7 @@ case "backmatter":
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -2240,8 +2224,7 @@ case "backmatter":
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
       }
     }
@@ -2252,8 +2235,7 @@ case "comment":
   break;
 default:
   { /+ debug +/
-    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-    && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+    if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
       writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
     }
   }
@@ -2765,8 +2747,7 @@ if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "heading") {
     break;
   case 8: .. case 9:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a, ": ", obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup);
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
       }
@@ -2774,8 +2755,7 @@ if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "heading") {
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a, ": ", obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup);
       }
     }
@@ -2808,8 +2788,7 @@ case "frontmatter":             assert(part == "head" || "toc");
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -2818,8 +2797,7 @@ case "frontmatter":             assert(part == "head" || "toc");
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
       }
     }
@@ -2843,8 +2821,7 @@ case "body":                    assert(part == "body");
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -2884,8 +2861,7 @@ case "body":                    assert(part == "body");
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -2894,8 +2870,7 @@ case "body":                    assert(part == "body");
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
       }
     }
@@ -2944,8 +2919,7 @@ case "backmatter":
       break;
     default:
       { /+ debug +/
-        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
           writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
         }
       }
@@ -2954,8 +2928,7 @@ case "backmatter":
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
       }
     }
@@ -2972,8 +2945,7 @@ case "backmatter":
     break;
   default:
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
         writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
       }
     }
diff --git a/org/spine.org b/org/spine.org
index ae78e86..1e382e3 100644
--- a/org/spine.org
+++ b/org/spine.org
@@ -334,13 +334,18 @@ bool[string] opts = [
   "concordance"                 : false,
   "dark"                        : false,
   "debug"                       : false,
-  "debug-pod"                   : false,
+  "debug-curate"                : false,
+  "debug-curate-authors"        : false,
+  "debug-curate-topics"         : false,
   "debug-epub"                  : false,
   "debug-harvest"               : false,
   "debug-html"                  : false,
   "debug-latex"                 : false,
   "debug-manifest"              : false,
+  "debug-metadata"              : false,
+  "debug-pod"                   : false,
   "debug-sqlite"                : false,
+  "debug-stages"                : false,
   "digest"                      : false,
   "epub"                        : false,
   "curate"                      : false,
@@ -366,10 +371,19 @@ bool[string] opts = [
   "quiet"                       : false,
   "pod"                         : false,
   "serial"                      : false,
-  "show-summary"                : false,
-  "show-metadata"               : false,
-  "show-make"                   : false,
   "show-config"                 : false,
+  "show-curate"                 : false,
+  "show-curate-authors"         : false,
+  "show-curate-topics"          : false,
+  "show-epub"                   : false,
+  "show-html"                   : false,
+  "show-latex"                  : false,
+  "show-make"                   : false,
+  "show-manifest"               : false,
+  "show-metadata"               : false,
+  "show-pod"                    : false,
+  "show-sqlite"                 : false,
+  "show-summary"                : false,
   "source"                      : false,
   "sqlite-discrete"             : false,
   "sqlite-db-create"            : false,
@@ -445,14 +459,6 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "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"],
-  "debug",                      "debug",                                                          &opts["debug"],
-  "debug-pod",                  "debug pod",                                                      &opts["debug-pod"],
-  "debug-epub",                 "debug epub",                                                     &opts["debug-epub"],
-  "debug-harvest",              "debug harvest",                                                  &opts["debug-harvest"],
-  "debug-html",                 "debug html",                                                     &opts["debug-html"],
-  "debug-latex",                "debug latex",                                                    &opts["debug-latex"],
-  "debug-manifest",             "debug manifest",                                                 &opts["debug-manifest"],
-  "debug-sqlite",               "debug sqlite",                                                   &opts["debug-sqlite"],
   "digest",                     "hash digest for each object",                                    &opts["digest"],
   "epub",                       "process epub output",                                            &opts["epub"],
   "hide-ocn",                   "object cite numbers",                                            &opts["hide-ocn"],
@@ -487,8 +493,17 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "serial",                     "serial processing",                                              &opts["serial"],
   "skip-output",                "skip output",                                                    &opts["skip-output"],
   "show-config",                "show config",                                                    &opts["show-config"],
+  "show-curate",                "show curate",                                                    &opts["show-curate"],
+  "show-curate-authors",        "show curate authors",                                            &opts["show-curate-authors"],
+  "show-curate-topics",         "show curate topics",                                             &opts["show-curate-topics"],
+  "show-epub",                  "show epub",                                                      &opts["show-epub"],
+  "show-html",                  "show html",                                                      &opts["show-html"],
+  "show-latex",                 "show latex",                                                     &opts["show-latex"],
   "show-make",                  "show make",                                                      &opts["show-make"],
+  "show-manifest",              "show manifest",                                                  &opts["show-manifest"],
   "show-metadata",              "show metadata",                                                  &opts["show-metadata"],
+  "show-pod",                   "show pod",                                                       &opts["show-pod"],
+  "show-sqlite",                "show sqlite",                                                    &opts["show-sqlite"],
   "show-summary",               "show summary",                                                   &opts["show-summary"],
   "source",                     "document markup source",                                         &opts["source"],
   "set-digest",                 "default hash digest type (e.g. sha256)",                         &settings["set-digest"],
@@ -516,6 +531,19 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "workon",                     "(reserved for some matters under development & testing)",        &opts["workon"],
   "xhtml",                      "xhtml output",                                                   &opts["xhtml"],
   "config",                     "=/path/to/config/file/including/filename",                       &settings["config"],
+  "debug",                      "debug",                                                          &opts["debug"],
+  "debug-curate",               "debug curate",                                                   &opts["debug-curate"],
+  "debug-curate-authors",       "debug curate authors",                                           &opts["debug-curate-authors"],
+  "debug-curate-topics",        "debug curate topics",                                            &opts["debug-curate-topics"],
+  "debug-epub",                 "debug epub",                                                     &opts["debug-epub"],
+  "debug-harvest",              "debug harvest",                                                  &opts["debug-harvest"],
+  "debug-html",                 "debug html",                                                     &opts["debug-html"],
+  "debug-latex",                "debug latex",                                                    &opts["debug-latex"],
+  "debug-manifest",             "debug manifest",                                                 &opts["debug-manifest"],
+  "debug-metadata",             "debug metadata",                                                 &opts["debug-metadata"],
+  "debug-pod",                  "debug pod",                                                      &opts["debug-pod"],
+  "debug-sqlite",               "debug sqlite",                                                   &opts["debug-sqlite"],
+  "debug-stages",               "debug stages",                                                   &opts["debug-stages"],
   // "sqlite-db-filename",         "=[filename].sql.db",                                             &settings["sqlite-db-filename"],
 );
 if (helpInfo.helpWanted) {
@@ -555,20 +583,19 @@ struct OptActions {
   }
   @trusted bool debug_do() {
     bool _dbg;
-    if (opts["debug"]
-      ||opts["debug-epub"]
-      ||opts["debug-harvest"]
-      ||opts["debug-html"]
-      ||opts["debug-latex"]
-      ||opts["debug-manifest"]
-      ||opts["debug-sqlite"]
-    ) {
+    if (opts["debug"]) {
       _dbg = true;
     } else { _dbg = false; }
     return _dbg;
   }
-  @trusted bool debug_do_pod() {
-    return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-pod"]) ? true : false;
+  @trusted bool debug_do_curate() {
+    return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-curate"]) ? true : false;
+  }
+  @trusted bool debug_do_curate_authors() {
+    return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-curate"] || opts["debug-curate-authors"]) ? true : false;
+  }
+  @trusted bool debug_do_curate_topics() {
+    return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-curate"] || opts["debug-curate-topics"]) ? true : false;
   }
   @trusted bool debug_do_epub() {
     return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-epub"]) ? true : false;
@@ -585,9 +612,18 @@ struct OptActions {
   @trusted bool debug_do_manifest() {
     return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-manifest"]) ? true : false;
   }
+  @trusted bool debug_do_metadata() {
+    return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-metadata"]) ? true : false;
+  }
+  @trusted bool debug_do_pod() {
+    return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-pod"]) ? true : false;
+  }
   @trusted bool debug_do_sqlite() {
     return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-sqlite"]) ? true : false;
   }
+  @trusted bool debug_do_stages() {
+    return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-stages"]) ? true : false;
+  }
   @trusted bool debug_do_xmls() {
     return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-html"] || opts["debug-epub"]) ? true : false;
   }
@@ -648,17 +684,44 @@ struct OptActions {
   @trusted bool pod() {
     return opts["pod"];
   }
-  @trusted bool show_summary() {
-    return opts["show-summary"];
+  @trusted bool show_config() {
+    return opts["show-config"];
+  }
+  @trusted bool show_curate() {
+    return opts["show-curate"];
+  }
+  @trusted bool show_curate_authors() {
+    return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-authors"] || opts["verbose"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+  }
+  @trusted bool show_curate_topics() {
+    return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-topics"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+  }
+  @trusted bool show_epub() {
+    return opts["show-epub"];
+  }
+  @trusted bool show_html() {
+    return opts["show-html"];
+  }
+  @trusted bool show_latex() {
+    return opts["show-latex"];
   }
   @trusted bool show_make() {
     return opts["show-make"];
   }
+  @trusted bool show_manifest() {
+    return opts["show-manifest"];
+  }
   @trusted bool show_metadata() {
     return opts["show-metadata"];
   }
-  @trusted bool show_config() {
-    return opts["show-config"];
+  @trusted bool show_pod() {
+    return opts["show-pod"];
+  }
+  @trusted bool show_sqlite() {
+    return (opts["show-sqlite"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+  }
+  @trusted bool show_summary() {
+    return (opts["show-summary"] || opts["verbose"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
   }
   @trusted bool source() {
     return opts["source"];
@@ -978,13 +1041,13 @@ if (_opt_action.show_config) {
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 if (!(_opt_action.skip_output)) {
   if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-  || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+    || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
   ) {
     writeln("step0 commence → (without processing files)");
   }
   outputHubOp!()(_env, _opt_action, _siteConfig);
   if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-  || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+    || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
   ) {
     writeln("- step0 complete");
   }
@@ -1210,18 +1273,18 @@ enforce(
 #+NAME: spine_each_file_do_abstraction
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-|| (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+  || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
 ) {
-  writeln("--->\nstepX commence → (document abstraction)");
+  writeln("--->\nstepX commence → (document abstraction) [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
 }
 auto t = spineAbstraction!()(_env, program_info, _opt_action, _cfg, manifest, _make_and_meta_struct);
 static assert(t.length==2);
 auto doc_abstraction = t[dAM.abstraction];
 auto doc_matters = t[dAM.matters];
 if ((doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do)
-|| (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
+  || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
 ) {
-  writeln("- stepX complete");
+  writeln("- stepX complete for [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -1244,9 +1307,7 @@ if ((doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do)
 #+NAME: spine_each_file_do_debugs_checkdoc_0
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ ↓ debugs +/
-if (doc_matters.opt.action.verbose
-  || doc_matters.opt.action.show_summary
-) {
+if (doc_matters.opt.action.show_summary) {
   import doc_reform.meta.metadoc_show_summary;
   spineMetaDocSummary!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
 }
@@ -1302,7 +1363,8 @@ if (doc_matters.opt.action.curate) {
     hvst.curates ~= _hvst;
   } else {
     if ((doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do)
-    || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_curate)
+      || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
     ) {
       writeln("WARNING curate: document header yaml does not contain information related to: title or author: ", _hvst.path_html_segtoc);
     }
@@ -1329,15 +1391,15 @@ if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do) {
 /+ ↓ output hub +/
 if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.skip_output)) {
   if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-  || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+    || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
   ) {
-    writeln("step5 commence → (process outputs)");
+    writeln("step5 commence → (process outputs) [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
   }
   doc_abstraction.outputHub!()(doc_matters);
   if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-  || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+    || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
   ) {
-    writeln("- step5 complete");
+    writeln("- step5 complete for [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
   }
 }
 #+END_SRC
@@ -1440,18 +1502,17 @@ if build source pod requested all information needed to build it available at th
 /+ ↓ read file (filename with path) +/
 /+ ↓ file tuple of header and content +/
 if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-|| (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+  || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
 ) {
-  writeln("step1 commence → (get document header & body & insert file list & if needed image list)"
-  );
+  writeln("step1 commence → (get document header & body & insert file list & if needed image list) [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
 }
 auto _header_body_insertfilelist_imagelist
   = spineRawMarkupContent!()(_opt_action, _manifest.src.path_and_fn);
 static assert(_header_body_insertfilelist_imagelist.length==4);
 if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-|| (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+  || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
 ) {
-  writeln("- step1 complete");
+  writeln("- step1 complete for [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
 }
 debug(header_and_body) {
   writeln(header);
@@ -1477,9 +1538,9 @@ debug(header_and_body) {
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ ↓ split header into make and meta +/
 if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-|| (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+  || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
 ) {
-  writeln("step2 commence → (read document header (yaml) return struct)");
+  writeln("step2 commence → (read document header (yaml) return struct) [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
 }
 import doc_reform.meta.conf_make_meta_yaml;
 _make_and_meta_struct =
@@ -1491,9 +1552,9 @@ _make_and_meta_struct =
     _cfg,
   );
 if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-|| (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+  || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
 ) {
-  writeln("- step2 complete");
+  writeln("- step2 complete for [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -1514,9 +1575,9 @@ if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ ↓ document abstraction: process document, return abstraction as tuple +/
 if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-|| (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+  || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
 ) {
-  writeln("step3 commence → (document abstraction (da); da keys; segnames; doc_matters)");
+  writeln("step3 commence → (document abstraction (da); da keys; segnames; doc_matters) [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
 }
 auto da = docAbstraction!()(
   _header_body_insertfilelist_imagelist[headBody.body_content],
@@ -1529,9 +1590,9 @@ static assert(da.length==2);
 auto doc_abstraction = da[docAbst.doc_abstract_obj]; /+ head ~ toc ~ body ~ endnotes_seg ~ glossary ~ bibliography ~ bookindex ~ blurb; +/
 auto _doc_has_struct = da[docAbst.doc_has];
 if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-|| (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+  || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
 ) {
-  writeln("- step3 complete");
+  writeln("- step3 complete for [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -1545,9 +1606,9 @@ if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
 #+NAME: spine_each_file_do_document_matters_msg_step4_start
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-|| (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+  || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
 ) {
-  writeln("step4 commence → (doc_matters)");
+  writeln("step4 commence → (doc_matters) [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -1738,9 +1799,9 @@ auto doc_matters = DocumentMatters();
 #+NAME: spine_each_file_do_document_matters_msg_step4_end
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-|| (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+  || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
 ) {
-  writeln("- step4 complete");
+  writeln("- step4 complete for [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d
index 39fcafe..eb5e46a 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
             break;
           case 8: .. case 9:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a, ": ", obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup);
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
               }
@@ -374,8 +373,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
             break;
           default:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a, ": ", obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup);
               }
             }
@@ -396,8 +394,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
                 break;
               default:
                 { /+ debug +/
-                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-                  && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
                     writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                   }
                 }
@@ -406,8 +403,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
                 }
               }
@@ -425,8 +421,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
                 break;
               default:
                 { /+ debug +/
-                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-                  && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
                     writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                   }
                 }
@@ -466,8 +461,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
                 break;
               default:
                 { /+ debug +/
-                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-                  && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
                     writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                   }
                 }
@@ -476,8 +470,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
                 }
               }
@@ -520,8 +513,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
                 break;
               default:
                 { /+ debug +/
-                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-                  && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
                     writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                   }
                 }
@@ -530,8 +522,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
                 }
               }
@@ -542,8 +533,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
             break;
           default:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_epub) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
               }
             }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/html.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/html.d
index 0227de0..2e6d0ad 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/html.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/html.d
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                 }
               }
@@ -100,8 +99,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
             break;
           default:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
               }
             }
@@ -120,8 +118,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                 }
               }
@@ -152,8 +149,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                 }
               }
@@ -162,8 +158,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
             break;
           default:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
               }
             }
@@ -198,8 +193,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                 }
               }
@@ -208,8 +202,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
             break;
           default:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
               }
             }
@@ -220,8 +213,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
           break;
         default:
           { /+ debug +/
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-            && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
@@ -331,8 +323,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
             break;
           case 8: .. case 9:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a, ": ", obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup);
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
               }
@@ -340,8 +331,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
             break;
           default:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a, ": ", obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup);
               }
             }
@@ -361,8 +351,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
                 break;
               default:
                 { /+ debug +/
-                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                  && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                     writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                   }
                 }
@@ -371,8 +360,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                 }
               }
@@ -390,8 +378,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
                 break;
               default:
                 { /+ debug +/
-                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                  && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                     writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                   }
                 }
@@ -430,8 +417,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
                   doc_html[segment_filename] ~= t[0].to!string;
                   doc_html_endnotes[segment_filename] ~= t[1];
                 } else { /+ debug +/
-                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                  && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                     writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                   }
                 }
@@ -440,8 +426,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
                 }
               }
@@ -484,8 +469,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
                 break;
               default:
                 { /+ debug +/
-                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                  && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                  if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                     writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                   }
                 }
@@ -494,8 +478,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
                 }
               }
@@ -506,8 +489,7 @@ template outputHTML() {
             break;
           default:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_html) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
               }
             }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/source_pod.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/source_pod.d
index 3b21000..4b59116 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/source_pod.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/source_pod.d
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ template spinePod() {
           pths_pod.doc_lng(doc_matters.src.filename, doc_matters.src.language).filesystem_open_zpod.mkdirRecurse;
         }
       }
-      debug(pod) {
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_pod
+      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
         writeln(__LINE__, ": ",
           doc_matters.src.filename, " -> ",
           pths_pod.fn_doc(doc_matters.src.filename, doc_matters.src.language).filesystem_open_zpod
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d
index 3acd39e..7e4d605 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ template SQLiteDbRun() {
       writeln("ERROR SQLite : ", ex);
     }
     { /+ debug +/
-      if (opt_action.debug_do_sqlite
-      && opt_action.verbose) {
+      if (opt_action.debug_do_sqlite) {
         writeln(note);
         if (opt_action.very_verbose) {
           writeln(db_statement);
@@ -221,8 +220,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
           _txt ~= _urls;
         }
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             writeln(_txt, "\n");
           }
         }
@@ -265,8 +263,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
         string _urls;
         string _txt = _html_font_face(_html_special_characters(obj.text));
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             writeln(_txt, "\n");
           }
         }
@@ -755,8 +752,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
           "html": html_heading(doc_matters, obj)
         ];
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             debug(sql_txt) {
               writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
             }
@@ -778,8 +774,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
           "html": html_para(doc_matters, obj)
         ];
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             debug(sql_txt) {
               writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
             }
@@ -801,8 +796,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
           "html": html_quote(doc_matters, obj)
         ];
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             debug(sql_txt) {
               writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
             }
@@ -824,8 +818,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
           "html": html_group(doc_matters, obj)
         ];
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             debug(sql_txt) {
               writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
             }
@@ -847,8 +840,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
           "html": html_block(doc_matters, obj)
         ];
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             debug(sql_txt) {
               writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
             }
@@ -870,8 +862,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
           "html": html_verse(doc_matters, obj)
         ];
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             debug(sql_txt) {
               writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
             }
@@ -893,8 +884,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
           "html": html_code(obj)
         ];
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             debug(sql_txt) {
               writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
             }
@@ -916,8 +906,7 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
           "html": html_table(doc_matters, obj)
         ];
         { /+ debug +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
             debug(sql_txt) {
               writeln(obj_txt["text"]);
             }
@@ -1297,8 +1286,7 @@ template SQLiteInsertDocObjectsLoop() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                 }
               }
@@ -1307,8 +1295,7 @@ template SQLiteInsertDocObjectsLoop() {
             break;
           default:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
               }
             }
@@ -1332,8 +1319,7 @@ template SQLiteInsertDocObjectsLoop() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                 }
               }
@@ -1364,8 +1350,7 @@ template SQLiteInsertDocObjectsLoop() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                 }
               }
@@ -1374,8 +1359,7 @@ template SQLiteInsertDocObjectsLoop() {
             break;
           default:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
               }
             }
@@ -1404,8 +1388,7 @@ template SQLiteInsertDocObjectsLoop() {
               break;
             default:
               { /+ debug +/
-                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-                && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+                if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
                   writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
                 }
               }
@@ -1414,8 +1397,7 @@ template SQLiteInsertDocObjectsLoop() {
             break;
           default:
             { /+ debug +/
-              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-              && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
                 writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_type);
               }
             }
@@ -1426,8 +1408,7 @@ template SQLiteInsertDocObjectsLoop() {
           break;
         default:
           { /+ debug +/
-            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite
-            && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_sqlite) {
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part); // check where empty value could come from
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
               writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text); // check where empty value could come from
@@ -1436,7 +1417,10 @@ template SQLiteInsertDocObjectsLoop() {
           break;
         }
         if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "heading") {
-          if ((doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.show_sqlite) {
+            if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup == 0) {
+              writeln(doc_matters.src.filename);
+            }
             writeln(
               "markup: ", obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup,
               "> ", obj.metainfo.dom_structure_markedup_tags_status,
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc.d
index d8b252e..b912c24 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc.d
@@ -36,18 +36,17 @@ template spineAbstraction() {
     /+ ↓ read file (filename with path) +/
     /+ ↓ file tuple of header and content +/
     if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-    || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
     ) {
-      writeln("step1 commence → (get document header & body & insert file list & if needed image list)"
-      );
+      writeln("step1 commence → (get document header & body & insert file list & if needed image list) [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
     }
     auto _header_body_insertfilelist_imagelist
       = spineRawMarkupContent!()(_opt_action, _manifest.src.path_and_fn);
     static assert(_header_body_insertfilelist_imagelist.length==4);
     if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-    || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
     ) {
-      writeln("- step1 complete");
+      writeln("- step1 complete for [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
     }
     debug(header_and_body) {
       writeln(header);
@@ -56,9 +55,9 @@ template spineAbstraction() {
     }
     /+ ↓ split header into make and meta +/
     if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-    || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
     ) {
-      writeln("step2 commence → (read document header (yaml) return struct)");
+      writeln("step2 commence → (read document header (yaml) return struct) [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
     }
     import doc_reform.meta.conf_make_meta_yaml;
     _make_and_meta_struct =
@@ -70,15 +69,15 @@ template spineAbstraction() {
         _cfg,
       );
     if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-    || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
     ) {
-      writeln("- step2 complete");
+      writeln("- step2 complete for [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
     }
     /+ ↓ document abstraction: process document, return abstraction as tuple +/
     if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-    || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
     ) {
-      writeln("step3 commence → (document abstraction (da); da keys; segnames; doc_matters)");
+      writeln("step3 commence → (document abstraction (da); da keys; segnames; doc_matters) [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
     }
     auto da = docAbstraction!()(
       _header_body_insertfilelist_imagelist[headBody.body_content],
@@ -91,14 +90,14 @@ template spineAbstraction() {
     auto doc_abstraction = da[docAbst.doc_abstract_obj]; /+ head ~ toc ~ body ~ endnotes_seg ~ glossary ~ bibliography ~ bookindex ~ blurb; +/
     auto _doc_has_struct = da[docAbst.doc_has];
     if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-    || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
     ) {
-      writeln("- step3 complete");
+      writeln("- step3 complete for [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
     }
     if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-    || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
     ) {
-      writeln("step4 commence → (doc_matters)");
+      writeln("step4 commence → (doc_matters) [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
     }
     struct DocumentMatters {
       @safe auto generator_program() {
@@ -241,9 +240,9 @@ template spineAbstraction() {
     }
     auto doc_matters = DocumentMatters();
     if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-    || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
     ) {
-      writeln("- step4 complete");
+      writeln("- step4 complete for [", _manifest.src.filename, "]");
     }
     auto t = tuple(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
     return t;
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_curate_authors.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_curate_authors.d
index f3c1138..16669b2 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_curate_authors.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_curate_authors.d
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
           doc_curate.title,
           doc_curate.path_html_metadata,
           doc_curate.language,
-          (_opt_action.very_verbose) ? "\n  " ~ doc_curate.path_abs_html_scroll : "",
+          (_opt_action.show_curate_authors) ? "\n  " ~ doc_curate.path_abs_html_scroll : "",
         );
       }
       foreach (k; _au.keys.sort) {
@@ -489,9 +489,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
     } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
       // Handle error
     }
-    if (_opt_action.verbose
-      || _opt_action.very_verbose
-    ) {
+    if (_opt_action.show_curate_authors) {
       foreach(_adt; _author_date_title.sort) {
         writeln(_adt);
       }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_curate_topics.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_curate_topics.d
index a8b0db0..07e1a56 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_curate_topics.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_curate_topics.d
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
         if (k0 != "_a") {
           topics ~= format(q"┃<p class="lev0"><a name="%s" class="lev0">%s</a></p>┃",
             k0.translate([' ' : "_"]), k0,) ~ "\n";
-          if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+          if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
             writeln("", k0);
           }
           if ("_a" in hvst.subject_trees[k0]) {
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
                 t_a_.path_html_metadata,
                 t_a_.language,
               ) ~ "\n";
-              if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+              if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
                 writeln("- ", t_a_.title, " - ", t_a_.author);
               }
             }
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
               topics ~= format(q"┃<p class="lev1"><a name="%s.%s" class="lev1">%s</a></p>┃",
                 k0.translate([' ' : "_"]),
                 k1.translate([' ' : "_"]), k1,) ~ "\n";
-              if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+              if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
                 writeln("  ", k1);
               }
               if ("_a" in hvst.subject_trees[k0][k1]) {
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
                     t_a_.path_html_metadata,
                     t_a_.language,
                   ) ~ "\n";
-                  if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+                  if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
                     writeln("  - ", t_a_.title, " - ", t_a_.author);
                   }
                 }
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
                 topics ~= format(q"┃<p class="lev2"><a name="%s.%s.%s" class="lev2">%s</a></p>┃",
                   k0.translate([' ' : "_"]), k1.translate([' ' : "_"]),
                   k2.translate([' ' : "_"]), k2,) ~ "\n";
-                if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+                if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
                   writeln("    ", k2);
                 }
                 if ("_a" in hvst.subject_trees[k0][k1][k2]) {
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
                       t_a_.path_html_metadata,
                       t_a_.language,
                     ) ~ "\n";
-                    if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+                    if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
                       writeln("    - ", t_a_.title, " - ", t_a_.author);
                     }
                   }
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
                   topics ~= format(q"┃<p class="lev3"><a name="%s.%s.%s.%s" class="lev3">%s</a></p>┃",
                     k0.translate([' ' : "_"]), k1.translate([' ' : "_"]), k2.translate([' ' : "_"]),
                     k3.translate([' ' : "_"]), k3,) ~ "\n";
-                  if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+                  if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
                     writeln("      ", k3);
                   }
                   {
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ string theme_light_1 = format(q"┃
                         t_a_.path_html_metadata,
                         t_a_.language,
                       ) ~ "\n";
-                      if (_opt_action.very_verbose) {
+                      if (_opt_action.show_curate_topics) {
                         writeln("      - ", t_a_.title, " - ", t_a_.author);
                       }
                     }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/spine.d b/src/doc_reform/spine.d
index 97cc6b0..91184dc 100755
--- a/src/doc_reform/spine.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/spine.d
@@ -116,13 +116,18 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "concordance"                 : false,
     "dark"                        : false,
     "debug"                       : false,
-    "debug-pod"                   : false,
+    "debug-curate"                : false,
+    "debug-curate-authors"        : false,
+    "debug-curate-topics"         : false,
     "debug-epub"                  : false,
     "debug-harvest"               : false,
     "debug-html"                  : false,
     "debug-latex"                 : false,
     "debug-manifest"              : false,
+    "debug-metadata"              : false,
+    "debug-pod"                   : false,
     "debug-sqlite"                : false,
+    "debug-stages"                : false,
     "digest"                      : false,
     "epub"                        : false,
     "curate"                      : false,
@@ -148,10 +153,19 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "quiet"                       : false,
     "pod"                         : false,
     "serial"                      : false,
-    "show-summary"                : false,
-    "show-metadata"               : false,
-    "show-make"                   : false,
     "show-config"                 : false,
+    "show-curate"                 : false,
+    "show-curate-authors"         : false,
+    "show-curate-topics"          : false,
+    "show-epub"                   : false,
+    "show-html"                   : false,
+    "show-latex"                  : false,
+    "show-make"                   : false,
+    "show-manifest"               : false,
+    "show-metadata"               : false,
+    "show-pod"                    : false,
+    "show-sqlite"                 : false,
+    "show-summary"                : false,
     "source"                      : false,
     "sqlite-discrete"             : false,
     "sqlite-db-create"            : false,
@@ -213,14 +227,6 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "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"],
-    "debug",                      "debug",                                                          &opts["debug"],
-    "debug-pod",                  "debug pod",                                                      &opts["debug-pod"],
-    "debug-epub",                 "debug epub",                                                     &opts["debug-epub"],
-    "debug-harvest",              "debug harvest",                                                  &opts["debug-harvest"],
-    "debug-html",                 "debug html",                                                     &opts["debug-html"],
-    "debug-latex",                "debug latex",                                                    &opts["debug-latex"],
-    "debug-manifest",             "debug manifest",                                                 &opts["debug-manifest"],
-    "debug-sqlite",               "debug sqlite",                                                   &opts["debug-sqlite"],
     "digest",                     "hash digest for each object",                                    &opts["digest"],
     "epub",                       "process epub output",                                            &opts["epub"],
     "hide-ocn",                   "object cite numbers",                                            &opts["hide-ocn"],
@@ -255,8 +261,17 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "serial",                     "serial processing",                                              &opts["serial"],
     "skip-output",                "skip output",                                                    &opts["skip-output"],
     "show-config",                "show config",                                                    &opts["show-config"],
+    "show-curate",                "show curate",                                                    &opts["show-curate"],
+    "show-curate-authors",        "show curate authors",                                            &opts["show-curate-authors"],
+    "show-curate-topics",         "show curate topics",                                             &opts["show-curate-topics"],
+    "show-epub",                  "show epub",                                                      &opts["show-epub"],
+    "show-html",                  "show html",                                                      &opts["show-html"],
+    "show-latex",                 "show latex",                                                     &opts["show-latex"],
     "show-make",                  "show make",                                                      &opts["show-make"],
+    "show-manifest",              "show manifest",                                                  &opts["show-manifest"],
     "show-metadata",              "show metadata",                                                  &opts["show-metadata"],
+    "show-pod",                   "show pod",                                                       &opts["show-pod"],
+    "show-sqlite",                "show sqlite",                                                    &opts["show-sqlite"],
     "show-summary",               "show summary",                                                   &opts["show-summary"],
     "source",                     "document markup source",                                         &opts["source"],
     "set-digest",                 "default hash digest type (e.g. sha256)",                         &settings["set-digest"],
@@ -284,6 +299,19 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     "workon",                     "(reserved for some matters under development & testing)",        &opts["workon"],
     "xhtml",                      "xhtml output",                                                   &opts["xhtml"],
     "config",                     "=/path/to/config/file/including/filename",                       &settings["config"],
+    "debug",                      "debug",                                                          &opts["debug"],
+    "debug-curate",               "debug curate",                                                   &opts["debug-curate"],
+    "debug-curate-authors",       "debug curate authors",                                           &opts["debug-curate-authors"],
+    "debug-curate-topics",        "debug curate topics",                                            &opts["debug-curate-topics"],
+    "debug-epub",                 "debug epub",                                                     &opts["debug-epub"],
+    "debug-harvest",              "debug harvest",                                                  &opts["debug-harvest"],
+    "debug-html",                 "debug html",                                                     &opts["debug-html"],
+    "debug-latex",                "debug latex",                                                    &opts["debug-latex"],
+    "debug-manifest",             "debug manifest",                                                 &opts["debug-manifest"],
+    "debug-metadata",             "debug metadata",                                                 &opts["debug-metadata"],
+    "debug-pod",                  "debug pod",                                                      &opts["debug-pod"],
+    "debug-sqlite",               "debug sqlite",                                                   &opts["debug-sqlite"],
+    "debug-stages",               "debug stages",                                                   &opts["debug-stages"],
     // "sqlite-db-filename",         "=[filename].sql.db",                                             &settings["sqlite-db-filename"],
   );
   if (helpInfo.helpWanted) {
@@ -316,20 +344,19 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     }
     @trusted bool debug_do() {
       bool _dbg;
-      if (opts["debug"]
-        ||opts["debug-epub"]
-        ||opts["debug-harvest"]
-        ||opts["debug-html"]
-        ||opts["debug-latex"]
-        ||opts["debug-manifest"]
-        ||opts["debug-sqlite"]
-      ) {
+      if (opts["debug"]) {
         _dbg = true;
       } else { _dbg = false; }
       return _dbg;
     }
-    @trusted bool debug_do_pod() {
-      return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-pod"]) ? true : false;
+    @trusted bool debug_do_curate() {
+      return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-curate"]) ? true : false;
+    }
+    @trusted bool debug_do_curate_authors() {
+      return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-curate"] || opts["debug-curate-authors"]) ? true : false;
+    }
+    @trusted bool debug_do_curate_topics() {
+      return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-curate"] || opts["debug-curate-topics"]) ? true : false;
     }
     @trusted bool debug_do_epub() {
       return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-epub"]) ? true : false;
@@ -346,9 +373,18 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     @trusted bool debug_do_manifest() {
       return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-manifest"]) ? true : false;
     }
+    @trusted bool debug_do_metadata() {
+      return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-metadata"]) ? true : false;
+    }
+    @trusted bool debug_do_pod() {
+      return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-pod"]) ? true : false;
+    }
     @trusted bool debug_do_sqlite() {
       return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-sqlite"]) ? true : false;
     }
+    @trusted bool debug_do_stages() {
+      return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-stages"]) ? true : false;
+    }
     @trusted bool debug_do_xmls() {
       return (opts["debug"] || opts["debug-html"] || opts["debug-epub"]) ? true : false;
     }
@@ -409,17 +445,44 @@ string program_name = "spine";
     @trusted bool pod() {
       return opts["pod"];
     }
-    @trusted bool show_summary() {
-      return opts["show-summary"];
+    @trusted bool show_config() {
+      return opts["show-config"];
+    }
+    @trusted bool show_curate() {
+      return opts["show-curate"];
+    }
+    @trusted bool show_curate_authors() {
+      return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-authors"] || opts["verbose"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+    }
+    @trusted bool show_curate_topics() {
+      return (opts["show-curate"] || opts["show-curate-topics"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+    }
+    @trusted bool show_epub() {
+      return opts["show-epub"];
+    }
+    @trusted bool show_html() {
+      return opts["show-html"];
+    }
+    @trusted bool show_latex() {
+      return opts["show-latex"];
     }
     @trusted bool show_make() {
       return opts["show-make"];
     }
+    @trusted bool show_manifest() {
+      return opts["show-manifest"];
+    }
     @trusted bool show_metadata() {
       return opts["show-metadata"];
     }
-    @trusted bool show_config() {
-      return opts["show-config"];
+    @trusted bool show_pod() {
+      return opts["show-pod"];
+    }
+    @trusted bool show_sqlite() {
+      return (opts["show-sqlite"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
+    }
+    @trusted bool show_summary() {
+      return (opts["show-summary"] || opts["verbose"] || opts["very-verbose"]) ? true : false;
     }
     @trusted bool source() {
       return opts["source"];
@@ -720,13 +783,13 @@ string program_name = "spine";
   }
   if (!(_opt_action.skip_output)) {
     if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-    || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
     ) {
       writeln("step0 commence → (without processing files)");
     }
     outputHubOp!()(_env, _opt_action, _siteConfig);
     if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-    || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+      || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
     ) {
       writeln("- step0 complete");
     }
@@ -924,23 +987,21 @@ string program_name = "spine";
             manifest.src.filename ~ "»"
           );
           if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-          || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+            || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
           ) {
-            writeln("--->\nstepX commence → (document abstraction)");
+            writeln("--->\nstepX commence → (document abstraction) [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
           }
           auto t = spineAbstraction!()(_env, program_info, _opt_action, _cfg, manifest, _make_and_meta_struct);
           static assert(t.length==2);
           auto doc_abstraction = t[dAM.abstraction];
           auto doc_matters = t[dAM.matters];
           if ((doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do)
-          || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
+            || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
           ) {
-            writeln("- stepX complete");
+            writeln("- stepX complete for [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
           }
           /+ ↓ debugs +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.verbose
-            || doc_matters.opt.action.show_summary
-          ) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.show_summary) {
             import doc_reform.meta.metadoc_show_summary;
             spineMetaDocSummary!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
           }
@@ -968,7 +1029,8 @@ string program_name = "spine";
               hvst.curates ~= _hvst;
             } else {
               if ((doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do)
-              || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
+                || (_opt_action.debug_do_curate)
+                || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
               ) {
                 writeln("WARNING curate: document header yaml does not contain information related to: title or author: ", _hvst.path_html_segtoc);
               }
@@ -981,15 +1043,15 @@ string program_name = "spine";
           /+ ↓ output hub +/
           if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.skip_output)) {
             if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-            || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+              || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
             ) {
-              writeln("step5 commence → (process outputs)");
+              writeln("step5 commence → (process outputs) [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
             }
             doc_abstraction.outputHub!()(doc_matters);
             if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-            || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+              || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
             ) {
-              writeln("- step5 complete");
+              writeln("- step5 complete for [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
             }
           }
           scope(exit) {
@@ -1038,23 +1100,21 @@ string program_name = "spine";
             manifest.src.filename ~ "»"
           );
           if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-          || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+            || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
           ) {
-            writeln("--->\nstepX commence → (document abstraction)");
+            writeln("--->\nstepX commence → (document abstraction) [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
           }
           auto t = spineAbstraction!()(_env, program_info, _opt_action, _cfg, manifest, _make_and_meta_struct);
           static assert(t.length==2);
           auto doc_abstraction = t[dAM.abstraction];
           auto doc_matters = t[dAM.matters];
           if ((doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do)
-          || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
+            || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
           ) {
-            writeln("- stepX complete");
+            writeln("- stepX complete for [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
           }
           /+ ↓ debugs +/
-          if (doc_matters.opt.action.verbose
-            || doc_matters.opt.action.show_summary
-          ) {
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.show_summary) {
             import doc_reform.meta.metadoc_show_summary;
             spineMetaDocSummary!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
           }
@@ -1082,7 +1142,8 @@ string program_name = "spine";
               hvst.curates ~= _hvst;
             } else {
               if ((doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do)
-              || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
+                || (_opt_action.debug_do_curate)
+                || (doc_matters.opt.action.very_verbose)
               ) {
                 writeln("WARNING curate: document header yaml does not contain information related to: title or author: ", _hvst.path_html_segtoc);
               }
@@ -1095,15 +1156,15 @@ string program_name = "spine";
           /+ ↓ output hub +/
           if (!(doc_matters.opt.action.skip_output)) {
             if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-            || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+              || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
             ) {
-              writeln("step5 commence → (process outputs)");
+              writeln("step5 commence → (process outputs) [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
             }
             doc_abstraction.outputHub!()(doc_matters);
             if ((_opt_action.debug_do)
-            || (_opt_action.very_verbose)
+              || (_opt_action.debug_do_stages)
             ) {
-              writeln("- step5 complete");
+              writeln("- step5 complete for [", manifest.src.filename, "]");
             }
           }
           scope(exit) {