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NAME

       doctools::idx::parse - Parsing text in docidx format

SYNOPSIS

       package require doctools::idx::parse  ?0.1?

       package require Tcl  8.4

       package require doctools::idx::structure

       package require doctools::msgcat

       package require doctools::tcl::parse

       package require fileutil

       package require logger

       package require snit

       package require struct::list

       package require struct::stack

       ::doctools::idx::parse text text

       ::doctools::idx::parse file path

       ::doctools::idx::parse includes

       ::doctools::idx::parse include add path

       ::doctools::idx::parse include remove path

       ::doctools::idx::parse include clear

       ::doctools::idx::parse vars

       ::doctools::idx::parse var set name value

       ::doctools::idx::parse var unset name

       ::doctools::idx::parse var clear ?pattern?

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DESCRIPTION

       This  package  provides  commands  to parse text written in the docidx markup language and
       convert it into the canonical serialization of the keyword index encoded in the text.  See
       the section Keyword index serialization format for specification of their format.

       This  is  an  internal  package of doctools, for use by the higher level packages handling
       docidx documents.

API

       ::doctools::idx::parse text text
              The command takes the string contained in text and parses it under  the  assumption
              that  it  contains a document written using the docidx markup language. An error is
              thrown if this assumption is found to be false.  The  format  of  these  errors  is
              described in section Parse errors.

              When  successful  the  command  returns  the canonical serialization of the keyword
              index which was encoded in the text.  See the section Keyword  index  serialization
              format for specification of that format.

       ::doctools::idx::parse file path
              The  same as text, except that the text to parse is read from the file specified by
              path.

       ::doctools::idx::parse includes
              This method returns the current list of search paths used when looking for  include
              files.

       ::doctools::idx::parse include add path
              This method adds the path to the list of paths searched when looking for an include
              file. The call is ignored if the path is already in the list of paths.  The  method
              returns the empty string as its result.

       ::doctools::idx::parse include remove path
              This  method  removes  the path from the list of paths searched when looking for an
              include file. The call is ignored if the path is  not  contained  in  the  list  of
              paths. The method returns the empty string as its result.

       ::doctools::idx::parse include clear
              This method clears the list of search paths for include files.

       ::doctools::idx::parse vars
              This method returns a dictionary containing the current set of predefined variables
              known to the vset markup command during processing.

       ::doctools::idx::parse var set name value
              This method adds the variable name to the set of predefined variables known to  the
              vset markup command during processing, and gives it the specified value. The method
              returns the empty string as its result.

       ::doctools::idx::parse var unset name
              This method removes the variable name from the set of predefined variables known to
              the  vset  markup command during processing. The method returns the empty string as
              its result.

       ::doctools::idx::parse var clear ?pattern?
              This method removes all variables matching the pattern from the set  of  predefined
              variables  known  to  the vset markup command during processing. The method returns
              the empty string as its result.

              The pattern matching is done with string match, and the default pattern  used  when
              none is specified, is *.

PARSE ERRORS

The format of the parse error messages thrown when encountering violations of the docidx
markup syntax is human readable and not intended for processing by machines. As such it is
not documented.

However, the errorCode attached to the message is machine-readable and has the following
format:

[1] The error code will be a list, each element describing a single error found in the
input. The list has at least one element, possibly more.

[2] Each error element will be a list containing six strings describing an error in
detail. The strings will be

[1] The path of the file the error occured in. This may be empty.

[2] The range of the token the error was found at. This range is a two-element
list containing the offset of the first and last character in the range,
counted from the beginning of the input (file). Offsets are counted from
zero.

[3] The line the first character after the error is on. Lines are counted from
one.

[4] The column the first character after the error is at. Columns are counted
from zero.

[5] The message code of the error. This value can be used as argument to
msgcat::mc to obtain a localized error message, assuming that the
application had a suitable call of doctools::msgcat::init to initialize the
necessary message catalogs (See package doctools::msgcat).

[6] A list of details for the error, like the markup command involved. In the
case of message code docidx/include/syntax this value is the set of errors
found in the included file, using the format described here.

[DOCIDX] NOTATION OF KEYWORD INDICES

       The docidx format for keyword indices, also called the  docidx  markup  language,  is  too
       large  to  be  covered  in  single  section.   The interested reader should start with the
       document

       [1]    docidx language introduction

       and then proceed from there to the formal specifications, i.e. the documents

       [1]    docidx language syntax and

       [2]    docidx language command reference.

       to get a thorough understanding of the language.

KEYWORD INDEX SERIALIZATION FORMAT

Here we specify the format used by the doctools v2 packages to serialize keyword indices
as immutable values for transport, comparison, etc.

We distinguish between regular and canonical serializations. While a keyword index may
have more than one regular serialization only exactly one of them will be canonical.

regular serialization

[1] An index serialization is a nested Tcl dictionary.

[2] This dictionary holds a single key, doctools::idx, and its value. This value
holds the contents of the index.

[3] The contents of the index are a Tcl dictionary holding the title of the
index, a label, and the keywords and references. The relevant keys and their
values are

title The value is a string containing the title of the index.

label The value is a string containing a label for the index.

keywords
The value is a Tcl dictionary, using the keywords known to the index
as keys. The associated values are lists containing the identifiers
of the references associated with that particular keyword.

Any reference identifier used in these lists has to exist as a key in
the references dictionary, see the next item for its definition.

references
The value is a Tcl dictionary, using the identifiers for the
references known to the index as keys. The associated values are
2-element lists containing the type and label of the reference, in
this order.

Any key here has to be associated with at least one keyword, i.e.
occur in at least one of the reference lists which are the values in
the keywords dictionary, see previous item for its definition.

[4] The type of a reference can be one of two values,

manpage
The identifier of the reference is interpreted as symbolic file name,
refering to one of the documents the index was made for.

url The identifier of the reference is interpreted as an url, refering to
some external location, like a website, etc.

canonical serialization
The canonical serialization of a keyword index has the format as specified in the
previous item, and then additionally satisfies the constraints below, which make it
unique among all the possible serializations of the keyword index.

[1] The keys found in all the nested Tcl dictionaries are sorted in ascending
dictionary order, as generated by Tcl's builtin command lsort -increasing
-dict.

[2] The references listed for each keyword of the index, if any, are listed in
ascending dictionary order of their labels, as generated by Tcl's builtin
command lsort -increasing -dict.

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK

       This  document,  and  the  package  it  describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other
       problems.   Please  report  such  in  the  category  doctools  of  the   Tcllib   Trackers
       [http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/reportlist].  Please also report any ideas for enhancements you
       may have for either package and/or documentation.

KEYWORDS

       docidx, doctools, lexer, parser

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2009 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>