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NAME
doctools::idx::export::nroff - nroff export plugin
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.5 9
package require doctools::idx::export::nroff ?0.4?
package require doctools::text
package require doctools::nroff::man_macros
export serial configuration
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DESCRIPTION
This package implements the doctools keyword index export plugin for the generation of nroff markup.
This is an internal package of doctools, for use by the higher level management packages handling keyword
indices, especially doctools::idx::export, the export manager.
Using it from a regular interpreter is possible, however only with contortions, and is not recommended.
The proper way to use this functionality is through the package doctools::idx::export and the export
manager objects it provides.
API
The API provided by this package satisfies the specification of the docidx export plugin API version 2.
export serial configuration
This command takes the canonical serialization of a keyword index, as specified in section Keyword
index serialization format, and contained in serial, the configuration, a dictionary, and
generates nroff markup encoding the index. The created string is then returned as the result of
the command.
CONFIGURATION
The nroff export plugin recognizes the following configuration variables and changes its behaviour as
they specify.
string user
This standard configuration variable contains the name of the user running the process which
invoked the export plugin. The plugin puts this information into the provenance comment at the
beginning of the generated document.
string file
This standard configuration variable contains the name of the file the index came from. This
variable may not be set or contain the empty string. The plugin puts this information, if
defined, i.e. set and not the empty string, into the provenance comment at the beginning of the
generated document.
boolean inline
If this flag is set (default) the plugin will place the definitions of the man macro set directly
into the output.
If this flag is not set, the plugin will place a reference to the definitions of the man macro set
into the output, but not the macro definitions themselves.
Note that this plugin ignores the standard configuration variables format, and map, and their values.
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, referring to
one of the documents the index was made for.
url The identifier of the reference is interpreted as an url, referring 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.
When proposing code changes, please provide unified diffs, i.e the output of diff -u.
Note further that attachments are strongly preferred over inlined patches. Attachments can be made by
going to the Edit form of the ticket immediately after its creation, and then using the left-most button
in the secondary navigation bar.
KEYWORDS
doctools, export, index, nroff, serialization
CATEGORY
Text formatter plugin
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2009-2019 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>