Tweak table styling to make individual rows cohere better.
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@@ -860,26 +860,37 @@ default values are in footnotes to keep the table reasonably narrow.
 ----
 Element                   Widget    Type    Default   Description
 --------                  ------    -----   --------- ------------
-auth_hostname             _global_
+auth_hostname             _global_  string            If provided, overrides the `pp2_hostname` setting when constructing the
+                                                      Service Proxy authentication URL. This need only be used when authentication
+                                                      is performed on a different host from the remaining operations (search,
+                                                      retrieve, etc.)
 
-autosearch                facet,
-                          facets,
+autosearch                facet,    string            If provided, this setting contains a query which is immediately run on behalf
+                          facets,                     of the team. Often used with an [indirect setting](#indirect-settings).
                           record,
                           records,
                           results
 
-facet                     facet
+facet                     facet     string            For a `facet` widget, this setting is mandatory, and indicates which field to
+                                                      list terms for. Three fields are supported: `subject`, `author` and
+                                                      `xtargets` -- the latter a special case which treats the target providing a
+                                                      record as a facet. Any other field may also be used, but the default caption
+                                                      and maximum term-count may not be appropriate, needing to be overridden by
+                                                      `facet_caption_*` and `facet_max_*` settings.
 
-facet_caption_*           facet
+facet_caption_*           facet     string            Specifies what on-screen caption is to be used for the named facet: for
+                                                      example, if a `date` facet is generated, then `facet_caption_date` can be
+                                                      used to set the caption to "Year".
 
-facet_max_*               facet
+facet_max_*               facet     int               Specifies how many terms are to be displayed for the named facet: for
+                                                      example, if a `publisher` facet is generated, then `facet_max_publisher` can
+                                                      be used to limit the list to the top six.
 
-facets                    _team_    array   *Note 1*  Ordered list of names of facets to display. Supported facet names are
-                                                      `xtargets`, `subject` and `author`.
+facets                    _team_    array   *Note 1*  Ordered list of names of facets to display.
 
-lang                      _team_    string  en        Code of the default language to display the UI in. Supported language codes
-                                                      are `en` = English, `de` = German, `da` = Danish, and whatever additional
-                                                      languages are configured using `language_*` entries (see below).
+lang                      _team_    string  en        Two-letter ISO code of the default language to display the UI in. Supported
+                                                      language codes are `en` = English, `de` = German, `da` = Danish, and whatever
+                                                      additional languages are configured using `language_*` entries (see below).
 
 lang_options              lang      array   []        A list of the languages to offer as options. If empty (the default), then all
                                                       configured languages are listed.
@@ -888,22 +899,22 @@ language_*                _global_  hash              Support for any number of
                                                       name is `language_` followed by the code of the language. See the separate
                                                       section below for details.
 
-limit                     facet,
-                          facets,
-                          record,
+limit                     facet,    string            ### See the Search section in
+                          facets,                     [the Protocol chapter of the Pazpar2 manual
+                          record,                     ](http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2/doc/pazpar2_protocol.html)
                           records,
                           results
 
 log_level                 _global_  int     1         Level of debugging output to emit. 0 = none, 1 = messages, 2 = messages with
                                                       datestamps, 3 = messages with datestamps and stack-traces.
 
-maxrecs                   facet,
+maxrecs                   facet,    int
                           facets,
                           record,
                           records,
                           results
 
-paragraphs                reference
+paragraphs                reference int
 
 pazpar2_url               _global_  string  *Note 2*  The URL used to access the metasearch middleware. This service must be
                                                       configured to provide search results, facets, etc. It may be either
@@ -911,7 +922,7 @@ pazpar2_url               _global_  string  *Note 2*  The URL used to access the
                                                       an underlying Pazpar2 instance. In the latter case, `service_proxy_auth` must
                                                       be provided.
 
-perpage                   facet,
+perpage                   facet,    int
                           facets,
                           record,
                           records,
@@ -922,9 +933,9 @@ perpage_default           _team_    string  20        The initial value for the
 perpage_options           ranking   array   *Note 3*  A list of candidate page sizes. Users can choose between these to determine
                                                       how many records are displayed on each page of results.
 
-pp2_hostname              _global_
+pp2_hostname              _global_  string
 
-pp2_path                  _global_
+pp2_path                  _global_  string
 
 query_width               _search_  int     50        The width of the query box, in characters.
 
@@ -933,9 +944,9 @@ responsive_design_width   _global_  int               If defined, then the facet
                                                       threshhold width, in pixels, at which the facets move between their two
                                                       locations.
 
-scan_all_nodes            _global_
+scan_all_nodes            _global_  bool
 
-sentences                 reference
+sentences                 reference int
 
 service_proxy_auth        _global_  url     *Note 4*  A URL which, when `use_service_proxy` is true, is fetched once at the
                                                       beginning of each session to authenticate the user and establish a session
@@ -955,7 +966,7 @@ show_sort                ranking    bool    true      Indicates whether or not t
 show_switch              switch     bool    true      Indicates whether or not to display the switch menu, for switching between
                                                       showing retrieved records and target information.
 
-sort                      facet,
+sort                      facet,    string
                           facets,
                           record,
                           records,
@@ -969,31 +980,31 @@ sort_options              ranking   array   *Note 6*  List of supported sort cri
                                                       sort-expression such as `data:0` and the second is a human-readable label
                                                       such as `newest`.
 
-sp_auth_credentials       _global_
+sp_auth_credentials       _global_  string
 
-sp_auth_path              _global_
+sp_auth_path              _global_  string
 
-sp_auth_query             _global_
+sp_auth_query             _global_  string
 
-target                    facet,
+target                    facet,    string
                           facets,
                           record,
                           records,
                           results
 
-targetfilter              facet,
+targetfilter              facet,    string
                           facets,
                           record,
                           records,
                           results
 
-targets                   facet,
+targets                   facet,    string
                           facets,
                           record,
                           records,
                           results
 
-template                  details,
+template                  details,  string
                           done,
                           facet,
                           facets,
@@ -1012,18 +1023,18 @@ template                  details,
                           switch,
                           targets
 
-text                      builder
+text                      builder   string
 
 use_service_proxy         _global_  bool    true      If true, then a Service Proxy is used to deliver searching services rather
                                                       than raw Pazpar2.
 ----
 
-Perhaps we should get rid of the `show_lang`, `show_perpage`,
+(Perhaps we should get rid of the `show_lang`, `show_perpage`,
 `show_sort` and `show_switch` configuration settings, as we display the relevant menus
 only when their containers are provided -- e.g. an `mkws-lang` element
 for the language menu. But for now we retain these, as an easier route
 to lightly customise the display than by providing a full HTML
-structure.
+structure.)
 
 ### Notes
 
@@ -1039,6 +1050,9 @@ structure.
 
 6. [["relevance"], ["title:1", "title"], ["date:0", "newest"], ["date:1", "oldest"]]
 
+### Indirect settings
+
+FIXME !query!q, !path!2, etc.
 
 Language specification
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