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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Documentation Style</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /><meta name="keywords" content=" ISO C++ , library " /><link rel="home" href="../spine.html" title="The GNU C++ Library Documentation" /><link rel="up" href="appendix_contributing.html" title="Appendix A. Contributing" /><link rel="prev" href="source_code_style.html" title="Coding Style" /><link rel="next" href="source_design_notes.html" title="Design Notes" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Documentation Style</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="source_code_style.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Appendix A.
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Contributing
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</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="source_design_notes.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" title="Documentation Style"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="contrib.doc_style"></a>Documentation Style</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Doxygen"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc_style.doxygen"></a>Doxygen</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Prerequisites"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.prereq"></a>Prerequisites</h4></div></div></div><p>
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Prerequisite tools are Bash 2.0 or later,
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.doxygen.org/" target="_top">Doxygen</a>, and
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the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/" target="_top">GNU
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coreutils</a>. (GNU versions of find, xargs, and possibly
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sed and grep are used, just because the GNU versions make
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things very easy.)
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</p><p>
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To generate the pretty pictures and hierarchy
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graphs, the
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.graphviz.org" target="_top">Graphviz</a> package
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will need to be installed. For PDF
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output, <a class="ulink" href="http://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex/" target="_top">
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pdflatex</a> is required.
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</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Generating the Doxygen Files"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.rules"></a>Generating the Doxygen Files</h4></div></div></div><p>
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The following Makefile rules run Doxygen to generate HTML
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docs, XML docs, PDF docs, and the man pages.
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-html-doxygen</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-xml-doxygen</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-pdf-doxygen</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-man-doxygen</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p><p>
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Careful observers will see that the Makefile rules simply call
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a script from the source tree, <code class="filename">run_doxygen</code>, which
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does the actual work of running Doxygen and then (most
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importantly) massaging the output files. If for some reason
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you prefer to not go through the Makefile, you can call this
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script directly. (Start by passing <code class="literal">--help</code>.)
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</p><p>
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If you wish to tweak the Doxygen settings, do so by editing
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<code class="filename">doc/doxygen/user.cfg.in</code>. Notes to fellow
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library hackers are written in triple-# comments.
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</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Markup"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="doxygen.markup"></a>Markup</h4></div></div></div><p>
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In general, libstdc++ files should be formatted according to
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the rules found in the
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<a class="link" href="source_code_style.html" title="Coding Style">Coding Standard</a>. Before
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any doxygen-specific formatting tweaks are made, please try to
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make sure that the initial formatting is sound.
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</p><p>
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Adding Doxygen markup to a file (informally called
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<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">doxygenating</span>”</span>) is very simple. The Doxygen manual can be
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found
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/download.html#latestman" target="_top">here</a>.
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We try to use a very-recent version of Doxygen.
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</p><p>
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For classes, use
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<code class="classname">deque</code>/<code class="classname">vector</code>/<code class="classname">list</code>
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and <code class="classname">std::pair</code> as examples. For
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functions, see their member functions, and the free functions
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in <code class="filename">stl_algobase.h</code>. Member functions of
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other container-like types should read similarly to these
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member functions.
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</p><p>
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Some commentary to accompany
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the first list in the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/docblocks.html" target="_top">Special
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Documentation Blocks</a> section of
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the Doxygen manual:
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</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>For longer comments, use the Javadoc style...</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
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...not the Qt style. The intermediate *'s are preferred.
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</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
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Use the triple-slash style only for one-line comments (the
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<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">brief</span>”</span> mode).
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</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
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This is disgusting. Don't do this.
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</p></li></ol></div><p>
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Some specific guidelines:
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</p><p>
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Use the @-style of commands, not the !-style. Please be
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careful about whitespace in your markup comments. Most of the
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time it doesn't matter; doxygen absorbs most whitespace, and
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both HTML and *roff are agnostic about whitespace. However,
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in <pre> blocks and @code/@endcode sections, spacing can
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have <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">interesting</span>”</span> effects.
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</p><p>
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Use either kind of grouping, as
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appropriate. <code class="filename">doxygroups.cc</code> exists for this
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purpose. See <code class="filename">stl_iterator.h</code> for a good example
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of the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">other</span>”</span> kind of grouping.
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</p><p>
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Please use markup tags like @p and @a when referring to things
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such as the names of function parameters. Use @e for emphasis
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when necessary. Use @c to refer to other standard names.
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(Examples of all these abound in the present code.)
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</p><p>
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Complicated math functions should use the multi-line
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format. An example from <code class="filename">random.h</code>:
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</p><p>
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</p><div class="literallayout"><p><br />
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/**<br />
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* @brief A model of a linear congruential random number generator.<br />
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*<br />
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* @f[<br />
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* x_{i+1}\leftarrow(ax_{i} + c) \bmod m<br />
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* @f]<br />
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*/<br />
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</p></div><p>
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</p><p>
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Be careful about using certain, special characters when
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writing Doxygen comments. Single and double quotes, and
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separators in filenames are two common trouble spots. When in
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doubt, consult the following table.
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</p><div class="table"><a id="id569176"></a><p class="title"><b>Table A.1. HTML to Doxygen Markup Comparison</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="HTML to Doxygen Markup Comparison" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" /><col align="left" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">HTML</th><th align="left">Doxygen</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left">\</td><td align="left">\\</td></tr><tr><td align="left">"</td><td align="left">\"</td></tr><tr><td align="left">'</td><td align="left">\'</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i></td><td align="left">@a word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b></td><td align="left">@b word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><code></td><td align="left">@c word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><em></td><td align="left">@a word</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><em></td><td align="left"><em>two words or more</em></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Docbook"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc_style.docbook"></a>Docbook</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Prerequisites"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.prereq"></a>Prerequisites</h4></div></div></div><p>
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Editing the DocBook sources requires an XML editor. Many
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exist: some notable options
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include <span class="command"><strong>emacs</strong></span>, <span class="application">Kate</span>,
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or <span class="application">Conglomerate</span>.
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</p><p>
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Some editors support special <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">XML Validation</span>”</span>
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modes that can validate the file as it is
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produced. Recommended is the <span class="command"><strong>nXML Mode</strong></span>
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for <span class="command"><strong>emacs</strong></span>.
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</p><p>
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Besides an editor, additional DocBook files and XML tools are
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also required.
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</p><p>
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Access to the DocBook stylesheets and DTD is required. The
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stylesheets are usually packaged by vendor, in something
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like <code class="filename">docbook-style-xsl</code>. To exactly match
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generated output, please use a version of the stylesheets
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equivalent
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to <code class="filename">docbook-style-xsl-1.74.0-5</code>. The
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installation directory for this package corresponds to
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the <code class="literal">XSL_STYLE_DIR</code>
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in <code class="filename">doc/Makefile.am</code> and defaults
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to <code class="filename">/usr/share/sgml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets</code>.
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</p><p>
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For processing XML, an XML processor and some style
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sheets are necessary. Defaults are <span class="command"><strong>xsltproc</strong></span>
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provided by <code class="filename">libxslt</code>.
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</p><p>
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For validating the XML document, you'll need
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something like <span class="command"><strong>xmllint</strong></span> and access to the
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DocBook DTD. These are provided
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by a vendor package like <code class="filename">libxml2</code>.
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</p><p>
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For PDF output, something that transforms valid XML to PDF is
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required. Possible solutions include
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<a class="ulink" href="http://dblatex.sourceforge.net" target="_top">dblatex</a>,
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<span class="command"><strong>xmlto</strong></span>, or <span class="command"><strong>prince</strong></span>. Other
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options are listed on the DocBook
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web <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.docbook.org/topic/DocBookPublishingTools" target="_top">pages</a>. Please
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consult the <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org">libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org</a>></code> list when
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preparing printed manuals for current best practice and
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suggestions.
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</p><p>
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Make sure that the XML documentation and markup is valid for
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any change. This can be done easily, with the validation rules
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in the <code class="filename">Makefile</code>, which is equivalent to doing:
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</p><pre class="screen">
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<strong class="userinput"><code>
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xmllint --noout --valid <code class="filename">xml/index.xml</code>
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</code></strong>
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</pre></div><div class="sect3" title="Generating the DocBook Files"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.rules"></a>Generating the DocBook Files</h4></div></div></div><p>
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The following Makefile rules generate (in order): an HTML
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version of all the DocBook documentation, a PDF version of the same, a
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single XML document, and the result of validating the entire XML
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document.
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-html-docbook</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-pdf-docbook</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-xml-single-docbook</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-xml-validate-docbook</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p></div><div class="sect3" title="File Organization and Basics"><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 />
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Which files are important</em></span><br />
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<br />
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All Docbook files are in the directory<br />
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libstdc++-v3/doc/xml<br />
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<br />
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Inside this directory, the files of importance:<br />
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spine.xml - index to documentation set<br />
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manual/spine.xml - index to manual<br />
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manual/*.xml - individual chapters and sections of the manual<br />
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faq.xml - index to FAQ<br />
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api.xml - index to source level / API<br />
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<br />
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All *.txml files are template xml files, i.e., otherwise empty files with<br />
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the correct structure, suitable for filling in with new information.<br />
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<br />
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Canonical Writing Style</em></span><br />
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<br />
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class template<br />
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function template<br />
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member function template<br />
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(via C++ Templates, Vandevoorde)<br />
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<br />
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class in namespace std: allocator, not std::allocator<br />
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<br />
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header file: iostream, not <iostream><br />
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<br />
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<br />
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<span class="emphasis"><em>General structure</em></span><br />
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<br />
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<set><br />
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<book><br />
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</book><br />
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<br />
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<book><br />
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<chapter><br />
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</chapter><br />
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</book><br />
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<br />
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<book><br />
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<part><br />
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<chapter><br />
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<section><br />
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</section><br />
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<br />
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<sect1><br />
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</sect1><br />
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<br />
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<sect1><br />
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<sect2><br />
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</sect2><br />
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</sect1><br />
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</chapter><br />
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<br />
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<chapter><br />
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</chapter><br />
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</part><br />
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</book><br />
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<br />
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</set><br />
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</p></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Markup By Example"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="docbook.markup"></a>Markup By Example</h4></div></div></div><p>
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Complete details on Docbook markup can be found in the DocBook
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Element Reference,
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/part2.html" target="_top">online</a>.
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An incomplete reference for HTML to Docbook conversion is
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detailed in the table below.
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</p><div class="table"><a id="id662369"></a><p class="title"><b>Table A.2. 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">Docbook</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>,
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<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>
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And examples of detailed markup for which there are no real HTML
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equivalents are listed in the table below.
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</p><div class="table"><a id="id640551"></a><p class="title"><b>Table A.3. 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">
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<p><function>clear()</function></p>
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<p><function>fs.clear()</function></p>
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</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">
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<p><literal>-Weffc++</literal></p>
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<p><literal>rel_ops</literal></p>
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</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><constant></td><td align="left">
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<p><constant>_GNU_SOURCE</constant></p>
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<p><constant>3.0</constant></p>
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</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">
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<p><filename class="headerfile">ctype.h</filename></p>
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<p><filename class="directory">/home/gcc/build</filename></p>
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<p><filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++.so</filename></p>
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</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Combines"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="doc_style.combines"></a>Combines</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Generating Combines and Assemblages"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="combines.rules"></a>Generating Combines and Assemblages</h4></div></div></div><p>
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The following Makefile rules are defaults, and are usually
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aliased to variable rules.
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-html</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-man</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p><p>
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</p><pre class="screen"><strong class="userinput"><code>make doc-pdf</code></strong></pre><p>
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</p></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>
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