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+</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="internals.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="appendix.porting.doc"></a>Writing and Generating Documentation</h2></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc.intro"></a>Introduction</h3></div></div></div><p>
Documentation for the GNU C++ Library is created from three
independent sources: a manual, a FAQ, and an API reference.
</p><p>
as per
<a class="link" href="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Documentation" target="_top">
GNU Manuals</a>.
- </p></div><div class="section" title="Generating Documentation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc.generation"></a>Generating Documentation</h3></div></div></div><p>
+ </p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc.generation"></a>Generating Documentation</h3></div></div></div><p>
Certain Makefile rules are required by the GNU Coding
Standards. These standard rules generate HTML, PDF, XML, or man
files. For each of the generative rules, there is an additional
<code class="literal">BUILD_PDF</code>, and <code class="literal">BUILD_EPUB</code>.
</p><p>
Supported Makefile rules:
- </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">
<span class="emphasis"><em>make html</em></span>
, </span><span class="term">
<span class="emphasis"><em>make install-html</em></span>
supported, and are always aliased to dummy rules. These
unsupported formats are: <span class="emphasis"><em>info</em></span>,
<span class="emphasis"><em>ps</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>dvi</em></span>.
- </p></div><div class="section" title="Doxygen"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc.doxygen"></a>Doxygen</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Prerequisites"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.prereq"></a>Prerequisites</h4></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="idp22126320"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table B.1. Doxygen Prerequisites</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Doxygen Prerequisites" border="1"><colgroup><col align="center" class="c1" /><col align="center" class="c2" /><col align="center" class="c3" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Tool</th><th align="center">Version</th><th align="center">Required By</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">coreutils</td><td align="center">8.5</td><td align="center">all</td></tr><tr><td align="center">bash</td><td align="center">4.1</td><td align="center">all</td></tr><tr><td align="center">doxygen</td><td align="center">1.7.6.1</td><td align="center">all</td></tr><tr><td align="center">graphviz</td><td align="center">2.26</td><td align="center">graphical hierarchies</td></tr><tr><td align="center">pdflatex</td><td align="center">2007-59</td><td align="center">pdf output</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
+ </p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc.doxygen"></a>Doxygen</h3></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.prereq"></a>Prerequisites</h4></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="idp22162432"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table B.1. Doxygen Prerequisites</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Doxygen Prerequisites" border="1"><colgroup><col align="center" class="c1" /><col align="center" class="c2" /><col align="center" class="c3" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Tool</th><th align="center">Version</th><th align="center">Required By</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">coreutils</td><td align="center">8.5</td><td align="center">all</td></tr><tr><td align="center">bash</td><td align="center">4.1</td><td align="center">all</td></tr><tr><td align="center">doxygen</td><td align="center">1.7.6.1</td><td align="center">all</td></tr><tr><td align="center">graphviz</td><td align="center">2.26</td><td align="center">graphical hierarchies</td></tr><tr><td align="center">pdflatex</td><td align="center">2007-59</td><td align="center">pdf output</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
Prerequisite tools are Bash 2.0 or later,
<a class="link" href="http://www.doxygen.org/" target="_top">Doxygen</a>, and
the <a class="link" href="http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/" target="_top">GNU
capacity. Specifically, the <code class="literal">pool_size</code>
variable in the configuration file <code class="filename">texmf.cnf</code> may
need to be increased by a minimum factor of two.
- </p></div><div class="section" title="Generating the Doxygen Files"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.rules"></a>Generating the Doxygen Files</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ </p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.rules"></a>Generating the Doxygen Files</h4></div></div></div><p>
The following Makefile rules run Doxygen to generate HTML
docs, XML docs, XML docs as a single file, PDF docs, and the
man pages. These rules are not conditional! If the required
If you wish to tweak the Doxygen settings, do so by editing
<code class="filename">doc/doxygen/user.cfg.in</code>. Notes to fellow
library hackers are written in triple-# comments.
- </p></div><div class="section" title="Debugging Generation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.debug"></a>Debugging Generation</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ </p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.debug"></a>Debugging Generation</h4></div></div></div><p>
Sometimes, mis-configuration of the pre-requisite tools can
lead to errors when attempting to build the
documentation. Here are some of the obvious errors, and ways
contents of the following build directory:
<code class="filename">build/target/libstdc++-v3/doc/doxygen/latex</code>.
Pay attention to three files enclosed within, annotated as follows.
- </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>
+ </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
<span class="emphasis"><em>refman.tex</em></span>
</p><p>
The actual latex file, or partial latex file. This is generated
directories of header files, until the offending header is
identified. Then, read the latex log files to try and find
surround text, and look for that in the offending header.
- </p></div><div class="section" title="Markup"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.markup"></a>Markup</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ </p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.markup"></a>Markup</h4></div></div></div><p>
In general, libstdc++ files should be formatted according to
the rules found in the
<a class="link" href="source_code_style.html" title="Coding Style">Coding Standard</a>. Before
writing Doxygen comments. Single and double quotes, and
separators in filenames are two common trouble spots. When in
doubt, consult the following table.
- </p><div class="table"><a id="idp22201984"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table B.2. HTML to Doxygen Markup Comparison</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="HTML to Doxygen Markup Comparison" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" class="c1" /><col align="left" class="c2" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">HTML</th><th align="left">Doxygen</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left">\</td><td align="left">\\</td></tr><tr><td align="left">"</td><td align="left">\"</td></tr><tr><td align="left">'</td><td align="left">\'</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i></td><td align="left">@a word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b></td><td align="left">@b word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><code></td><td align="left">@c word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><em></td><td align="left">@a word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><em></td><td align="left"><em>two words or more</em></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div></div><div class="section" title="Docbook"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc.docbook"></a>Docbook</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Prerequisites"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.prereq"></a>Prerequisites</h4></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="idp22221360"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table B.3. Docbook Prerequisites</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Docbook Prerequisites" border="1"><colgroup><col align="center" class="c1" /><col align="center" class="c2" /><col align="center" class="c3" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Tool</th><th align="center">Version</th><th align="center">Required By</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">docbook5-style-xsl</td><td align="center">1.76.1</td><td align="center">all</td></tr><tr><td align="center">xsltproc</td><td align="center">1.1.26</td><td align="center">all</td></tr><tr><td align="center">xmllint</td><td align="center">2.7.7</td><td align="center">validation</td></tr><tr><td align="center">dblatex</td><td align="center">0.3</td><td align="center">pdf output</td></tr><tr><td align="center">pdflatex</td><td align="center">2007-59</td><td align="center">pdf output</td></tr><tr><td align="center">docbook2X</td><td align="center">0.8.8</td><td align="center">info output</td></tr><tr><td align="center">epub3 stylesheets</td><td align="center">b3</td><td align="center">epub output</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
+ </p><div class="table"><a id="idp22238096"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table B.2. HTML to Doxygen Markup Comparison</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="HTML to Doxygen Markup Comparison" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" class="c1" /><col align="left" class="c2" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">HTML</th><th align="left">Doxygen</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left">\</td><td align="left">\\</td></tr><tr><td align="left">"</td><td align="left">\"</td></tr><tr><td align="left">'</td><td align="left">\'</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i></td><td align="left">@a word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b></td><td align="left">@b word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><code></td><td align="left">@c word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><em></td><td align="left">@a word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><em></td><td align="left"><em>two words or more</em></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc.docbook"></a>Docbook</h3></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.prereq"></a>Prerequisites</h4></div></div></div><div class="table"><a id="idp22257536"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table B.3. Docbook Prerequisites</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Docbook Prerequisites" border="1"><colgroup><col align="center" class="c1" /><col align="center" class="c2" /><col align="center" class="c3" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Tool</th><th align="center">Version</th><th align="center">Required By</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">docbook5-style-xsl</td><td align="center">1.76.1</td><td align="center">all</td></tr><tr><td align="center">xsltproc</td><td align="center">1.1.26</td><td align="center">all</td></tr><tr><td align="center">xmllint</td><td align="center">2.7.7</td><td align="center">validation</td></tr><tr><td align="center">dblatex</td><td align="center">0.3</td><td align="center">pdf output</td></tr><tr><td align="center">pdflatex</td><td align="center">2007-59</td><td align="center">pdf output</td></tr><tr><td align="center">docbook2X</td><td align="center">0.8.8</td><td align="center">info output</td></tr><tr><td align="center">epub3 stylesheets</td><td align="center">b3</td><td align="center">epub output</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
Editing the DocBook sources requires an XML editor. Many
exist: some notable options
include <span class="command"><strong>emacs</strong></span>, <span class="application">Kate</span>,
XML to Texinfo is required. The default choice is <a class="link" href="http://docbook2x.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">docbook2X</a>.
</p><p>
For epub output, the <a class="link" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/docbook/files/epub3/" target="_top">stylesheets</a> for EPUB3 are required. These stylesheets are still in development. To validate the created file, <a class="link" href="https://code.google.com/p/epubcheck/" target="_top">epubcheck</a> is necessary.
- </p></div><div class="section" title="Generating the DocBook Files"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.rules"></a>Generating the DocBook Files</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ </p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.rules"></a>Generating the DocBook Files</h4></div></div></div><p>
The following Makefile rules generate (in order): an HTML
version of all the DocBook documentation, a PDF version of the
same, and a single XML document. These rules are not
<strong class="userinput"><code>
make <code class="literal">XSL_STYLE_DIR="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh"</code> doc-html-docbook
</code></strong>
- </pre></div><div class="section" title="Debugging Generation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.debug"></a>Debugging Generation</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ </pre></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.debug"></a>Debugging Generation</h4></div></div></div><p>
Sometimes, mis-configuration of the pre-requisite tools can
lead to errors when attempting to build the
documentation. Here are some of the obvious errors, and ways
contents of the following build directory:
<code class="filename">build/target/libstdc++-v3/doc/docbook/latex</code>.
Pay attention to three files enclosed within, annotated as follows.
- </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>
+ </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
<span class="emphasis"><em>spine.tex</em></span>
</p><p>
The actual latex file, or partial latex file. This is generated
commenting out each of the largest parts of the
<code class="filename">spine.xml</code> file, section by section,
until the offending section is identified.
- </p></div><div class="section" title="Editing and Validation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.validation"></a>Editing and Validation</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ </p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.validation"></a>Editing and Validation</h4></div></div></div><p>
After editing the xml sources, please make sure that the XML
documentation and markup is still valid. This can be
done easily, with the following validation rule:
validation on the entire manual fails.
</p><p>
All Docbook xml sources should always validate. No excuses!
- </p></div><div class="section" title="File Organization and Basics"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.examples"></a>File Organization and Basics</h4></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p><br />
+ </p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.examples"></a>File Organization and Basics</h4></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p><br />
<span class="emphasis"><em>Which files are important</em></span><br />
<br />
All Docbook files are in the directory<br />
</book><br />
<br />
</set><br />
- </p></div></div><div class="section" title="Markup By Example"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.markup"></a>Markup By Example</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ </p></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.markup"></a>Markup By Example</h4></div></div></div><p>
Complete details on Docbook markup can be found in the DocBook
Element Reference,
<a class="link" href="http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/part2.html" target="_top">online</a>.
An incomplete reference for HTML to Docbook conversion is
detailed in the table below.
- </p><div class="table"><a id="idp22298992"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table B.4. HTML to Docbook XML Markup Comparison</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="HTML to Docbook XML Markup Comparison" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" class="c1" /><col align="left" class="c2" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">HTML</th><th align="left">Docbook</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p></td><td align="left"><para></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><pre></td><td align="left"><computeroutput>, <programlisting>,
+ </p><div class="table"><a id="idp22335040"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table B.4. HTML to Docbook XML Markup Comparison</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="HTML to Docbook XML Markup Comparison" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" class="c1" /><col align="left" class="c2" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">HTML</th><th align="left">Docbook</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p></td><td align="left"><para></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><pre></td><td align="left"><computeroutput>, <programlisting>,
<literallayout></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><ul></td><td align="left"><itemizedlist></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><ol></td><td align="left"><orderedlist></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><il></td><td align="left"><listitem></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><dl></td><td align="left"><variablelist></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><dt></td><td align="left"><term></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><dd></td><td align="left"><listitem></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a href=""></td><td align="left"><ulink url=""></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><code></td><td align="left"><literal>, <programlisting></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><strong></td><td align="left"><emphasis></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><em></td><td align="left"><emphasis></td></tr><tr><td align="left">"</td><td align="left"><quote></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
And examples of detailed markup for which there are no real HTML
equivalents are listed in the table below.
-</p><div class="table"><a id="idp22323136"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table B.5. Docbook XML Element Use</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Docbook XML Element Use" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" class="c1" /><col align="left" class="c2" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Element</th><th align="left">Use</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left"><structname></td><td align="left"><structname>char_traits</structname></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><classname></td><td align="left"><classname>string</classname></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><function></td><td align="left">
+</p><div class="table"><a id="idp22359184"></a><p class="title"><strong>Table B.5. Docbook XML Element Use</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Docbook XML Element Use" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" class="c1" /><col align="left" class="c2" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Element</th><th align="left">Use</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left"><structname></td><td align="left"><structname>char_traits</structname></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><classname></td><td align="left"><classname>string</classname></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><function></td><td align="left">
<p><function>clear()</function></p>
<p><function>fs.clear()</function></p>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><type></td><td align="left"><type>long long</type></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><varname></td><td align="left"><varname>fs</varname></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><literal></td><td align="left">
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