Provided by: publican_4.3.2-4_all bug

NAME

       Publican - Used to control settings for sub modules.

VERSION

       This document describes Publican version $VERSION

SYNOPSIS

           use Publican;

           my $publican = Publican->new({DEBUG => 1});

DESCRIPTION

       Handles general configuration of all sub modules.

INTERFACE

   _load_config
       Private method for loading a config file

   _validate_config
       Private method for validating configuration

   new
       Create a Publican object.

       my $publican = Publican->new({debug => 1});

       Parameters:

          configfile       Override Configuration file to use.
          debug            Use debug mode for messages.
          common_config    Override path to coomo configuration files.
          common_content   Override path to common content files.

   debug_msg
       Print out debugging information.

   param
       Return the current value of a configuration parameter

       $publican->param('debug');

   help_config
       Display a list of config file parameters and a short description of them.

   dir_list
       list all the files in a directory, and its sub-directories, matching the supplied regex.

   get_all_langs
       Get all valid language directories.

   logger
       Log something, currently emits to STDOUT

       TODO: consider using Log::Dispatch or similar

   valid_lang
       Is the requested language valid according to I18N::LangTags::List

   maketext
       Get localised strings

   run_xslt
       Apply the supplied xslt file to the supplied XML and return a string of the output.

   new_tree
       Create a new XML::TreeBuilder object with the required attributes for DocBook.

       TODO: Make XmlClean use this.

   dtd_string
       Returns a valid DTD for the DocBook tag supplied.

       Parameters:      tag   The root tag for this file      dtdver     The DTD version
            ent_file An entity file to include (optional)

       ## BUGBUG this should be moved to the DocBook sub classes

   print_banned_tags
       Print a list of tags that are not supported.

   add_revision
       Add a full entry in to the revision history.

       ## BUGBUG this should be moved to the DocBook sub classes

   get_ed_rev
       Get the current edition (version) and release from the Revision History file.

       Parameters: language, bump.

       If bump is set the returned revision will increment before it's returned.

       ## BUGBUG this should be moved to the DocBook sub classes

   fcopy
       UTF8 escape calls to File::Copy::Recursive

   fmove
       UTF8 escape calls to File::Copy::Recursive

   rcopy
       UTF8 escape calls to File::Copy::Recursive

   rcopy_glob
       UTF8 escape calls to File::Copy::Recursive

   dircopy
       UTF8 escape calls to File::Copy::Recursive

   dirmove
       UTF8 escape calls to File::Copy::Recursive

   params_as_docbook
       Returns DocBook chunks describing all the configuration options. Used to generate
       autodocs.

DIAGNOSTICS

       "unknown args %s"
           All subs with named parameters will return this error when unexpected named arguments
           are provided.

       "%s is a required argument"
           Any sub with a mandatory parameter will return this error if the parameter is undef.

       "Config file not found: %s"
           publican can not find the named configuration file.

       "Failed to load config file: %s"
           The named configuration file could not be loaded.

       "Can't locate required file: %s"
           A file required for processing could not be found.

       "title not found in Info file"
           The <type>_Info.xml file does not contain a title tag.

       "productname not found in Info file"
           The <type>_Info.xml file does not contain a productname tag.

       "productnumber not found in Info file"
           The <type>_Info.xml file does not contain a productnumber tag.

       "pubsnumber not found in Info file"
           The <type>_Info.xml file does not contain a pubsnumber tag.

       "Failed to load brand default config file"
           A detected defaults.cfg for the current brand could not be loaded.

       "Failed to load brand overrides config file"
           A detected overrides.cfg for the current brand could not be loaded.

       "Could not create a Publican::Localise object"
           Could not create a Publican::Localise object

       "Can't open directory"

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

       Publican requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

       Carp version Config::Simple XML::TreeBuilder I18N::LangTags::List Term::ANSIColor
       File::Find::Rule; Publican::Localise;

INCOMPATIBILITIES

       None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       No bugs have been reported.

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "publican-list@redhat.com", or through the
       web interface at
       <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Publican&amp;component=publican>.

AUTHOR

       Jeff Fearn  "<jfearn@redhat.com>"