NAME

       mdoc assemble - Compile documentation for use in monodoc(1)

SYNOPSIS

       mdoc assemble [OPTIONS]+ PATHS+

DESCRIPTION

       mdoc assemble creates .tree and .zip files from PATHS for use in the monodoc(1) documentation browser.

       The input files must have a supported format, specified with the --format option.

       The  .tree  and .zip files are copied into monodoc's sources directory, alongside a .source file which is
       used by monodoc(1) to specify where the documentation should be displayed.

       The .source file has the following format:

         <?xml version="1.0"?>
         <monodoc>
           <node label="LABEL" name="PATH" parent="PARENT">
             <node label="LABEL2" name="PATH2" />
             <!-- ... -->
           </node>
           <source provider="PROVIDER" basefile="BASEFILE" path="PATH" />
           <!-- other <source/> elements -->
         </monodoc>

       The /monodoc/node node is an optional node that specifies where in the  monodoc  tree  the  documentation
       should  be  displayed,  and //node elements may be nested to any depth to create trees.  //node/@label is
       the label that will be displayed within the monodoc tree.

       //node/@name  is  the  name  of  the  monodoc  tree  node,  and  may  be  used  as  the  value   of   the
       /monodoc/source/@path value.

       //node/@parent  is the node name to use as the parent node.  $MONO_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/monodoc/monodoc.xml
       contains a list of such names, and this can be any //node/@name value.  If the //node/@parent value isn't
       found, then it's inserted under the "Various" tree node.

       The  /monodoc/source/@provider  attribute specifies which format provider should be used when reading the
       .tree and .zip files; this must correspond to one of the --format values.

       The /monodoc/source/@basefile attribute specifies the filename prefix for the documentation files.   This
       must  be the same prefix as used with the --out parameter.  There should be no filename extension on this
       value.

       The /monodoc/source/@path attribute specifies the  parent  node  in  monodoc(1)'s  tree  view  where  the
       documentation  will be inserted.  See the $MONO_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/monodoc/monodoc.xml file for a list of
       PATH values (the //node/@name values), or it may be a //node/@name value in the same .source file.

       Once the BASEFILE.source has been written, the documentation can be installed  so  that  monodoc(1)  will
       display the documentation with the command:

         cp BASEFILE.source BASEFILE.tree BASEFILE.zip \
           `pkg-config monodoc --variable=sourcesdir`

OPTIONS

       -f, --format=FORMAT
              Specifies  the  documentation  format  used  within  PATHS.   Valid  FORMAT  values include: ecma,
              ecmaspec, error, hb, man, simple, and xhtml.

              See the FORMATS section below for more information about these formats.

              The default format (if none is specifed) is ecma.

              The --format option may be interleaved with PATHS to change the  format  used  for  the  remaining
              parameters (until the next --format option is seen), e.g.:

                mdoc assemble -o PREFIX A B --format=man C D --format=xhtml E

              will  assemble  directories  A  and  B with the ecma format, files C and D with the man formt, and
              directory E with the xhtml format.

       -o, --out=PREFIX
              Specify the output file prefix.  mdoc assemble creates the files PREFIX.zip and PREFIX.tree.

       -h, -?, --help
              Display a help message and exit.

FORMATS

       The following documentation formats are supported:

   ecma
       The Mono ECMA Documentation Format, an XML documentation format with one file per type.

       See the mdoc(5) man page for more information.

   ecmaspec
       The Mono ECMA Specification Documentation Format.  This is not the format you're looking for; it  is  the
       format  used  to represent the ECMA-334 (C#) standard within monodoc(1).  It is not used to display class
       library documentation; for class library documentation, use the ecma format.

   error
       The Error Documentation Format is used to present detailed error messages, and is  used  in  monodoc(1)'s
       "C# Compiler Error Reference" tree.

       In this format, PATHS is a configuration file, containing the XML:

           <ErrorProviderConfig>
               <FilesPath>../../mcs/errors</FilesPath>
               <Match>cs????*.cs</Match>
               <ErrorNumSubstringStart>2</ErrorNumSubstringStart>
               <ErrorNumSubstringLength>4</ErrorNumSubstringLength>
               <FriendlyFormatString>CS{0:0###}</FriendlyFormatString>
           </ErrorProviderConfig>

       The elements mean:

       /ErrorProviderConfig/FilesPath
              Specifies where to look for files.

       /ErrorProviderConfig/Match
              Specifies the filename pattern to look for within the /ErrorProviderConfig/FilesPath directory.

       /ErrorProviderConfig/ErrorNumSubstringStart
              Specifies where within the filename the error number starts.

       /ErrorProviderConfig/ErrorNumSubstringLength
              Specifies  how  many  characters  after /ErrorProviderConfig/ErrorNumSubstringStart to use for the
              error number.

       /ErrorProviderConfig/FriendlyFormatString
              Specifies the formatting/display of the node in the monodoc(1) tree.

       For each file found, it is converted to HTML with C# syntax coloring applied.

   simple
       The Simple Documentation Format file format recursively adds all files and directories underneath  PATHS.
       When  displayed,  HTML files are displayed as-is.  Text files are converted into HTML by translating each
       newline into an HTML <br> element.  No other file type is supported.

   man
       The Man Page Documentation Format displays groff man pages.  (This is not a full groff parser,  and  only
       handles the man page constructs used within the mono man pages.)

       PATHS is a set of XML files containing:

         <?xml version="1.0"?>
         <manpages>
           <manpage name="NAME" page="FILE" />
         </manpages>

       There may be multiple //manpage elements within the root /manpage element.

       The /manpages/manpage/@name attribute contains the display name for the tree view node, which is also the
       URL of the man page when using monodoc(1)'s Lookup URL command (before prefixing  with  a  man:  prefix).
       Thus, if /manpages/manpage/@name contains mono(1), then man:mono(1) can be used in the Lookup URL command
       to view the mono(1) man page.

       The /manpages/manpage/@page attribute is the filename that contains the man page.  If this file does  not
       exist, then /manpages/manpage/@name will not be displayed within the tree view.

   xhtml
       The  XHTML  provider  interprets  PATHS  as  a  Windows Help file XHTML TOC file and looks for referenced
       documents to create the help source.

SEE ALSO

       mdoc(1), mdoc(5), monodoc(1)

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WEB SITE

       See also: http://www.mono-project.com/docs/tools+libraries/tools/mdoc/

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