diff --git a/reference/var/book.xml b/reference/var/book.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..721b4295a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/var/book.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- Purpose: basic.vartype -->
+<!-- Membership: core -->
+
+<book xml:id="book.var" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+ <title>Variable Handling &Functions;</title>
+ <titleabbrev>Variables handling</titleabbrev>
+
+ <preface xml:id="intro.var">
+  &reftitle.intro;
+  <para>
+   For information on how variables behave, see
+   the <link linkend="language.variables">Variables</link> entry in 
+   the <link linkend="langref">Language Reference</link> section of the manual.
+  </para>
+ </preface>
+
+ &reference.var.setup;
+ &reference.var.constants;
+ &reference.var.reference;
+
+</book>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
+
diff --git a/reference/var/constants.xml b/reference/var/constants.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1123b681e3
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+++ b/reference/var/constants.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+
+<appendix xml:id="var.constants" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ &reftitle.constants;
+ &no.constants;
+</appendix>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
+
diff --git a/reference/var/reference.xml b/reference/var/reference.xml
index b35c0196a1..633869a421 100644
--- a/reference/var/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/var/reference.xml
@@ -1,49 +1,13 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
-<!-- Purpose: basic.vartype -->
-<!-- Membership: core -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
 
- <reference xml:id="ref.var" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
-  <title>Variable Handling Functions</title>
-  <titleabbrev>Variables handling</titleabbrev>
+<reference xml:id="ref.var" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+ <title>Variable handling &Functions;</title>
 
-  <partintro>
-   <section xml:id="var.intro">
-    &reftitle.intro;
-    <para>
-     For information on how variables behave, see
-     the <link linkend="language.variables">Variables</link> entry in 
-     the <link linkend="langref">Language Reference</link> section of the manual.
-    </para>
-   </section>
+ &reference.var.entities.functions;
 
-   <section xml:id="var.requirements">
-    &reftitle.required;
-    &no.requirement;
-   </section>
-   
-   <section xml:id="var.installation">
-    &reftitle.install;
-    &no.install;
-   </section>
+</reference>
 
-   &reference.var.ini;
-
-   <section xml:id="var.resources">
-    &reftitle.resources;
-    &no.resource;
-   </section>
-
-   <section xml:id="var.constants">
-    &reftitle.constants;
-    &no.constants;
-   </section>
-
-  </partintro>
-
-&reference.var.entities.functions;
-
- </reference>
 <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
 Local variables:
 mode: sgml
diff --git a/reference/var/setup.xml b/reference/var/setup.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e386c8226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/var/setup.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+
+<chapter xml:id="var.setup">
+ &reftitle.setup;
+
+ <section xml:id="var.requirements">
+  &reftitle.required;
+  &no.requirement;
+ </section>
+
+ <section xml:id="var.installation">
+  &reftitle.install;
+  &no.install;
+ </section>
+
+ &reference.var.ini;
+
+ <section xml:id="var.resources">
+  &reftitle.resources;
+  &no.resource;
+ </section>
+
+</chapter>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
+