docidx_lang_cmdref(n) Documentation tools docidx_lang_cmdref(n)______________________________________________________________________________NAMEdocidx_lang_cmdref - docidx language command reference
SYNOPSIS
comment plaintext
include filename
index_begin text title
index_end
key text
lb
manpage file text
rb
url url label
vset varname value
vset varname
_________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTION
This document specifies both names and syntax of all the commands which
together are the docidx markup language, version 1. As this document
is intended to be a reference the commands are listed in alphabetical
order, and the descriptions are relatively short. A beginner should
read the much more informally written docidx language introduction
first.
COMMANDS
comment plaintext
Index markup. The argument text is marked up as a comment stand‐
ing outside of the actual text of the document. Main use is in
free-form text.
include filename
Templating. The contents of the named file are interpreted as
text written in the docidx markup and processed in the place of
the include command. The markup in the file has to be self-con‐
tained. It is not possible for a markup command to cross the
file boundaries.
index_begin text title
Document structure. The command to start an index. The arguments
are a label for the whole group of documents the index refers to
(text) and the overall title text for the index (title), without
markup.
The label often is the name of the package (or extension) the
documents belong to.
index_end
Document structure. Command to end an index. Anything in the
document coming after this command is in error.
key text
Index structure. This command adds the keyword text to the
index.
lb Text. The command is replaced with a left bracket. Use in free-
form text. Required to avoid interpretation of a left bracket as
the start of a markup command. Its usage is restricted to the
arguments of other markup commands.
manpage file text
Index structure. This command adds an element to the index which
refers to a document. The document is specified through the sym‐
bolic name file. The text argument is used to label the refer‐
ence.
Symbolic names are used to preserve the convertibility of this
format to any output format. The actual name of the file will be
inserted by the chosen formatting engine when converting the
input. This will be based on a mapping from symbolic to actual
names given to the engine.
rb Text. The command is replaced with a right bracket. Use in free-
form text. Required to avoid interpretation of a right bracket
as the end of a markup command. Its usage is restricted to the
arguments of other commands.
url url label
Index structure. This is the second command to add an element to
the index. To refer to a document it is not using a symbolic
name however, but a (possibly format-specific) url describing
the exact location of the document indexed here.
vset varname value
Templating. In this form the command sets the named document
variable to the specified value. It does not generate output.
I.e. the command is replaced by the empty string.
vset varname
Templating. In this form the command is replaced by the value of
the named document variable
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 SF Trackers [http://source‐
forge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for
enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.
SEE ALSO
docidx_intro, docidx_lang_faq, docidx_lang_intro, docidx_lang_syntax
KEYWORDS
docidx commands, docidx language, docidx markup, markup, semantic
markup
CATEGORY
Documentation tools
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2007 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>
doctools 1.0 docidx_lang_cmdref(n)
