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->3. Documentation Guidelines</A
-></H1
+NAME="DOCUMENTATION">3. Documentation Guidelines</H1
><P
> All formal documents are maintained in Docbook SGML and located in the
<TT
<I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>privoxy.1</I
-> (man page) files are also now maintained
- as Docbook SGML. The finished files are all in the top-level source
- directory are generated files! Also, <TT
+> (man page), and
+ <I
+CLASS="CITETITLE"
+>config</I
+> files are also now maintained as Docbook
+ SGML. These files, when built, in the top-level source directory are
+ generated files! Also, the <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>index.html</TT
->, the
+> (and a
+ variation on this file, <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>privoxy-index.html</TT
+>,
+ meant for inclusion with doc packages), are maintained as SGML as well.
<SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> home page, is maintained as SGML.
- <I
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>DO NOT edit these directly</I
+></SPAN
>. Edit the SGML source, or
- contact someone involved in the documentation (at present Stefan and
- Hal).
+ contact someone involved in the documentation (at present Hal).
+ </P
+><P
+> <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>config</TT
+> requires some special handling. The reason it
+ is maintained this way is so that the extensive comments in the file
+ mirror those in <I
+CLASS="CITETITLE"
+>user-manual</I
+>. But the conversion
+ process requires going from SGML to HTML to text to special formatting
+ required for the embedded comments. Some of this does not survive so
+ well. Especially some of the examples that are longer than 80 characters.
+ The build process for this file outputs to <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>config.new</TT
+>,
+ which should be reviewed for errors and mis-formatting. Once satisfied
+ that it is correct, then it should be hand copied to
+ <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>config</TT
+>.
</P
><P
> Other, less formal documents (e.g. <TT
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>make
redhat-dok</TT
->).
+>). For PDF docs, do <TT
+CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
+>make
+ dok-pdf</TT
+>.
</P
></LI
><LI
>) so that those without
the ability to build them locally, have access to them if needed.
This is especially important just prior to a new release! Please
- do this <I
+ do this <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>after</I
+></SPAN
> the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>$VERSION</TT
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="SGML"
->3.1. Quickstart to Docbook and SGML</A
-></H2
+NAME="SGML">3.1. Quickstart to Docbook and SGML</H2
><P
> If you are not familiar with SGML, it is a markup language similar to HTML.
Actually, not a mark up language per se, but a language used to define
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
><para></para></I
+></SPAN
>, paragraph delimiter. Most
text needs to be within paragraph elements (there are some exceptions).
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
><emphasis></emphasis></I
+></SPAN
>, the stylesheets
make this italics.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
><filename></filename></I
+></SPAN
>, files and directories.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
><command></command></I
+></SPAN
>, command examples.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
><literallayout></literallayout></I
+></SPAN
>, like
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
><itemizedlist></itemizedlist></I
+></SPAN
>, list with bullets.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
><listitem></listitem></I
+></SPAN
>, member of the above.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
><screen></screen></I
+></SPAN
>, screen output, implies
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
><ulink url="example.com"></ulink></I
+></SPAN
>, like
HTML <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
><quote></quote></I
+></SPAN
>, for, doh, quoting text.
</TD
></TR
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="DOCSTYLE"
->3.2. <SPAN
+NAME="DOCSTYLE">3.2. <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> Documentation Style</A
-></H2
+> Documentation Style</H2
><P
> It will be easier if everyone follows a similar writing style. This
just makes it easier to read what someone else has written if it
></LI
><LI
><P
-> Tags delimiting a <I
+> Tags delimiting a <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>block</I
+></SPAN
> of text (even small
blocks) should be on their own line. Like:
<P
><LI
><P
> Our documents are available in differing formats. Right now, they
- are just plain text, and HTML, but PDF, and others is always a
+ are just plain text, TML, and PDF, but others are always a
future possibility. Be careful with URLs (<ulink>), and avoid
this mistake:
</P
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN209"
->3.3. Privoxy Custom Entities</A
-></H2
+NAME="AEN233">3.3. Privoxy Custom Entities</H2
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
that is used by multiple docs. This way we can write something once, and use
it repeatedly without having to re-write the same content over and over again.
If editing such a file, keep in mind that it should be
- <I
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>generic</I
+></SPAN
>. That is the purpose; so it can be used in varying
contexts without additional modifications.
</P
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>p-version</I
+></SPAN
>: the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>
version string, e.g. <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
->"2.9.15"</SPAN
+>"3.1.1"</SPAN
>.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>p-status</I
+></SPAN
>: the project status, either
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>p-not-stable</I
+></SPAN
>: use to conditionally include
text in <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>p-stable</I
+></SPAN
>: just the opposite.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
-> <I
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>p-text</I
+></SPAN
>: this doc is only generated as text.
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