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(GNU versions of find, xargs, and possibly sed and grep are used, just because the GNU versions make things very easy.) </p><p> To generate the pretty pictures and hierarchy graphs, the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/download.html" target="_top">Graphviz</a> package will need to be installed. </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><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, and the man pages. </p><p> </p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-html-doxygen</code></strong></pre><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-xml-doxygen</code></strong></pre><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-man-doxygen</code></strong></pre><p> </p><p> Careful observers will see that the Makefile rules simply call a script from the source tree, <code class="filename">run_doxygen</code>, which does the actual work of running Doxygen and then (most importantly) massaging the output files. If for some reason you prefer to not go through the Makefile, you can call this script directly. (Start by passing <code class="literal">--help</code>.) </p><p> 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="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><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 any doxygen-specific formatting tweaks are made, please try to make sure that the initial formatting is sound. </p><p> Adding Doxygen markup to a file (informally called “<span class="quote">doxygenating</span>”) is very simple. The Doxygen manual can be found <a class="ulink" href="http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/download.html#latestman" target="_top">here</a>. We try to use a very-recent version of Doxygen. </p><p> For classes, use <code class="classname">deque</code>/<code class="classname">vector</code>/<code class="classname">list</code> and <code class="classname">std::pair</code> as examples. For functions, see their member functions, and the free functions in <code class="filename">stl_algobase.h</code>. Member functions of other container-like types should read similarly to these member functions. </p><p> These points accompany the first list in section 3.1 of the Doxygen manual: </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p>Use the Javadoc style...</p></li><li><p> ...not the Qt style. The intermediate *'s are preferred. </p></li><li><p> Use the triple-slash style only for one-line comments (the “<span class="quote">brief</span>” mode). Very recent versions of Doxygen permit full-mode comments in triple-slash blocks, but the formatting still comes out wonky. </p></li><li><p> This is disgusting. Don't do this. </p></li></ol></div><p> Use the @-style of commands, not the !-style. Please be careful about whitespace in your markup comments. Most of the time it doesn't matter; doxygen absorbs most whitespace, and both HTML and *roff are agnostic about whitespace. However, in <pre> blocks and @code/@endcode sections, spacing can have “<span class="quote">interesting</span>” effects. </p><p> Use either kind of grouping, as appropriate. <code class="filename">doxygroups.cc</code> exists for this purpose. See <code class="filename">stl_iterator.h</code> for a good example of the “<span class="quote">other</span>” kind of grouping. </p><p> Please use markup tags like @p and @a when referring to things such as the names of function parameters. Use @e for emphasis when necessary. Use @c to refer to other standard names. (Examples of all these abound in the present code.) </p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc_style.docbook"></a>Docbook</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.prereq"></a>Prerequisites</h4></div></div></div><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>, or <span class="application">Conglomerate</span>. </p><p> Some editors support special “<span class="quote">XML Validation</span>” modes that can validate the file as it is produced. Recommended is the <span class="command"><strong>nXML Mode</strong></span> for <span class="command"><strong>emacs</strong></span>. </p><p> Besides an editor, additional DocBook files and XML tools are also required. </p><p> Access to the DocBook stylesheets and DTD is required. The stylesheets are usually packaged by vendor, in something like <code class="filename">docbook-style-xsl</code>. To exactly match generated output, please use a version of the stylesheets equivalent to <code class="filename">docbook-style-xsl-1.74.0-5</code>. The installation directory for this package corresponds to the <code class="literal">XSL_STYLE_DIR</code> in <code class="filename">doc/Makefile.am</code> and defaults to <code class="filename">/usr/share/sgml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets</code>. </p><p> For processing XML, an XML processor and some style sheets are necessary. Defaults are <span class="command"><strong>xsltproc</strong></span> provided by <code class="filename">libxslt</code>. </p><p> For validating the XML document, you'll need something like <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> and access to the DocBook DTD. These are provided by a vendor package like <code class="filename">lixml2</code>. </p><p> For PDF output, something that transforms valid XML to PDF is required. Possible solutions include <span class="command"><strong>xmlto</strong></span>, <a class="ulink" href="http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/" target="_top">Apache FOP</a>, or <span class="command"><strong>prince</strong></span>. Other options are listed on the DocBook web <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.docbook.org/topic/DocBookPublishingTools" target="_top">pages</a>. Please consult the <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org">libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org</a>></code> list when preparing printed manuals for current best practice and suggestions. </p><p> Make sure that the XML documentation and markup is valid for any change. This can be done easily, with the validation rules in the <code class="filename">Makefile</code>, which is equivalent to doing: </p><pre class="screen"> <strong class="userinput"><code> xmllint --noout --valid <code class="filename">xml/index.xml</code> </code></strong> </pre></div><div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><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 documentation, a PDF version of the same, a single XML document, and the result of validating the entire XML document. </p><p> </p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-html</code></strong></pre><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-pdf</code></strong></pre><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-xml-single</code></strong></pre><p> </p><p> </p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-xml-validate</code></strong></pre><p> </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><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 /> libstdc++-v3/doc/xml<br /> <br /> Inside this directory, the files of importance:<br /> spine.xml - index to documentation set<br /> manual/spine.xml - index to manual<br /> manual/*.xml - individual chapters and sections of the manual<br /> faq.xml - index to FAQ<br /> api.xml - index to source level / API <br /> <br /> All *.txml files are template xml files, i.e., otherwise empty files with<br /> the correct structure, suitable for filling in with new information.<br /> <br /> <span class="emphasis"><em>Canonical Writing Style</em></span><br /> <br /> class template<br /> function template<br /> member function template<br /> (via C++ Templates, Vandevoorde)<br /> <br /> class in namespace std: allocator, not std::allocator<br /> <br /> header file: iostream, not <iostream><br /> <br /> <br /> <span class="emphasis"><em>General structure</em></span><br /> <br /> <set><br /> <book><br /> </book><br /> <br /> <book><br /> <chapter><br /> </chapter><br /> </book><br /> <br /> <book> <br /> <part><br /> <chapter><br /> <section><br /> </section><br /> <br /> <sect1><br /> </sect1><br /> <br /> <sect1><br /> <sect2><br /> </sect2><br /> </sect1><br /> </chapter><br /> <br /> <chapter><br /> </chapter><br /> </part> <br /> </book><br /> <br /> </set><br /> </p></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><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="ulink" 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="id435551"></a><p class="title"><b>Table A.1. HTML to Docbook XML markup comparison</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="HTML to Docbook XML markup comparison" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" /><col align="left" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">HTML</th><th align="left">XML</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="id500888"></a><p class="title"><b>Table A.2. Docbook XML Element Use</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Docbook XML Element Use" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" /><col align="left" /></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"> <p><literal>-Weffc++</literal></p> <p><literal>rel_ops</literal></p> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"><constant></td><td align="left"> <p><constant>_GNU_SOURCE</constant></p> <p><constant>3.0</constant></p> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"><command></td><td align="left"><command>g++</command></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><errortext></td><td align="left"><errortext>In instantiation of</errortext></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><filename></td><td align="left"> <p><filename class="headerfile">ctype.h</filename></p> <p><filename class="directory">/home/gcc/build</filename></p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="source_code_style.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="appendix_contributing.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="source_design_notes.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Coding Style </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../spine.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Design Notes</td></tr></table></div></body></html>