Update all default values. Rework several notes.
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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_  string
+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,    string
-                          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     string
+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     string
+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     int
+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            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.
@@ -888,32 +899,32 @@ 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,    string            ### See http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2/doc/pazpar2_protocol.html
-                          facets,
-                          record,
-                          records,
-                          results
+limit                     facet,    string            Allows a partial search to be included in the specification of an
+                          facets,                     auto-executing widget. This is ANDed with the submitted query, as though it
+                          record,                     had been selected from a facet. See the Search section in [the Protocol
+                          records,                    chapter of the Pazpar2 manual
+                          results                     ](http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2/doc/pazpar2_protocol.html)
 
 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,    int
-                          facets,
+maxrecs                   facet,    int               Limits the metasearching middleware to retrieving no more than the specified
+                          facets,                     number of records from each target.
                           record,
                           records,
                           results
 
-paragraphs                reference int
+paragraphs                reference int               Limits the number of paragraphs rendered to the specified number.
 
-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
-                                                      unmediated or Pazpar2 the MasterKey Service Proxy, which mediates access to
-                                                      an underlying Pazpar2 instance. In the latter case, `service_proxy_auth` must
-                                                      be provided.
+pazpar2_url               _global_  string            If specified, this is the URL used to access the metasearch middleware. This
+                                                      service must be configured to provide search results, facets, etc. It may be
+                                                      either unmediated Pazpar2 or the MasterKey Service Proxy, which mediates
+                                                      access to an underlying Pazpar2 instance. When not specified, the URL is
+                                                      assembled from `pp2_hostname` and `pp2_path`. See *Note 2*
 
-perpage                   facet,    int
-                          facets,
-                          record,
+perpage                   facet,    int               Specifies the number of records to show per page in an auto-executing
+                          facets,                     widget. Contrast with `perpage_default`, which is used to prime the dropdown
+                          record,                     which which a user chooses the page-size in an interactive session.
                           records,
                           results
 
@@ -922,9 +933,15 @@ 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_  string
+pp2_hostname              _global_  string  *Note 7*  Unless overridden by the `pazpar2_url` setting, this is used together with
+                                                      `pp2_path` to construct the URL to the Pazpar2 service (or Service
+                                                      Proxy). Set this to connect to a service on a different host from the
+                                                      default.
 
-pp2_path                  _global_  string
+pp2_path                  _global_  string  *Note 8*  Unless overridden by the `pazpar2_url` setting, this is used together with
+                                                      `pp2_hostname` to construct the URL to the Pazpar2 service (or Service
+                                                      Proxy). Set this to connect to a service on a different host from the
+                                                      default.
 
 query_width               _search_  int     50        The width of the query box, in characters.
 
@@ -935,11 +952,14 @@ responsive_design_width   _global_  int               If defined, then the facet
 
 scan_all_nodes            _global_  bool
 
-sentences                 reference int
+sentences                 reference int               Limits the number of paragraphs rendered to the specified number.
 
-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
-                                                      that encompasses a defined set of targets to search in.
+service_proxy_auth        _global_  url               If defined, this is the 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 that encompasses a defined set of targets to search
+                                                      in. When not defined, the URL is assembled from `auth_hostname` or
+                                                      `pp2_hostname`, `sp_auth_path`, `sp_auth_query` and
+                                                      `sp_auth_credentials`. See *Note 4* for details.
 
 service_proxy_auth_domain _global_  domain            Can be set to the domain for which `service_proxy_auth` proxies
                                                       authentication, so that cookies are rewritten to appear to be from this
@@ -971,9 +991,9 @@ sort_options              ranking   array   *Note 6*  List of supported sort cri
 
 sp_auth_credentials       _global_  string
 
-sp_auth_path              _global_  string
+sp_auth_path              _global_  string  *Note 9*
 
-sp_auth_query             _global_  string
+sp_auth_query             _global_  string  *Note 10*
 
 target                    facet,    string
                           facets,
@@ -1027,18 +1047,30 @@ structure.)
 
 ### Notes
 
-1. ["sources", "subjects", "authors"]
+1. ["xtargets", "subject", "author"]
 
-2. /pazpar2/search.pz2
+2. ### describe how `pazpar2_url` is assembled from `pp2_hostname` and `pp2_path`.
 
 3. [10, 20, 30, 50]
 
-4. http://sp-mkws.indexdata.com/service-proxy-auth
+4. ### describe how `service_proxy_auth` is assembled from `auth_hostname` or `pp2_hostname`, `sp_auth_path`, `sp_auth_query` and
+`sp_auth_credentials`.
 
-5. http://sp-mkws.indexdata.com/service-proxy/
+5. "http://sp-mkws.indexdata.com/service-proxy/"
 
 6. [["relevance"], ["title:1", "title"], ["date:0", "newest"], ["date:1", "oldest"]]
 
+7. "sp-mkws.indexdata.com"
+
+8. "service-proxy"
+
+9. The default for `sp_auth_path` is `"service-proxy/"`.
+
+10. The default for `sp_auth_query` is `"command=auth&action=perconfig"`.
+
+### Indirect settings
+
+FIXME !query!q, !path!2, etc.
 
 Language specification
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