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author | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2020-12-02 23:05:28 +0100 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2020-12-02 23:23:23 +0100 |
commit | 72428e38d904a1db746f37c8727ab7b0fbb457bc (patch) | |
tree | d70f6a2849265432270b8495de899def6df271ea /doc | |
parent | df552a26452f4cdf734edcac049187b8fd806153 (diff) |
Generate separate manpages for each nix subcommand
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix | 50 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/local.mk | 28 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in (renamed from doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md) | 2 |
3 files changed, 56 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix b/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix index db266750a..2801e96fa 100644 --- a/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix +++ b/doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix @@ -1,34 +1,40 @@ +command: + with builtins; with import ./utils.nix; let showCommand = - { command, section, def }: - "${section} Name\n\n" + { command, def, filename }: + "# Name\n\n" + "`${command}` - ${def.description}\n\n" - + "${section} Synopsis\n\n" + + "# Synopsis\n\n" + showSynopsis { inherit command; args = def.args; } + + (if def.commands or {} != {} + then + "where *subcommand* is one of the following:\n\n" + # FIXME: group by category + + concatStrings (map (name: + "* [`${command} ${name}`](./${appendName filename name}.md) - ${def.commands.${name}.description}\n") + (attrNames def.commands)) + + "\n" + else "") + (if def ? doc - then "${section} Description\n\n" + def.doc + "\n\n" + then "# Description\n\n" + def.doc + "\n\n" else "") + (let s = showFlags def.flags; in if s != "" - then "${section} Flags\n\n${s}" + then "# Flags\n\n${s}" else "") + (if def.examples or [] != [] then - "${section} Examples\n\n" + "# Examples\n\n" + concatStrings (map ({ description, command }: "${description}\n\n```console\n${command}\n```\n\n") def.examples) - else "") - + (if def.commands or [] != [] - then concatStrings ( - map (name: - "# Subcommand `${command} ${name}`\n\n" - + showCommand { command = command + " " + name; section = "##"; def = def.commands.${name}; }) - (attrNames def.commands)) else ""); + appendName = filename: name: (if filename == "nix" then "nix3" else filename) + "-" + name; + showFlags = flags: concatStrings (map (longName: @@ -48,8 +54,20 @@ let "`${command}` [*flags*...] ${concatStringsSep " " (map (arg: "*${arg.label}*" + (if arg ? arity then "" else "...")) args)}\n\n"; -in + processCommand = { command, def, filename }: + [ { name = filename + ".md"; value = showCommand { inherit command def filename; }; inherit command; } ] + ++ concatMap + (name: processCommand { + filename = appendName filename name; + command = command + " " + name; + def = def.commands.${name}; + }) + (attrNames def.commands or {}); -command: +in -showCommand { command = "nix"; section = "#"; def = command; } +let + manpages = processCommand { filename = "nix"; command = "nix"; def = command; }; + summary = concatStrings (map (manpage: " - [${manpage.command}](command-ref/new-cli/${manpage.name})\n") manpages); +in +(listToAttrs manpages) // { "SUMMARY.md" = summary; } diff --git a/doc/manual/local.mk b/doc/manual/local.mk index bb8b3b60a..b40fa4ed2 100644 --- a/doc/manual/local.mk +++ b/doc/manual/local.mk @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ MANUAL_SRCS := $(call rwildcard, $(d)/src, *.md) # Generate man pages. man-pages := $(foreach n, \ - nix-env.1 nix-build.1 nix-shell.1 nix-store.1 nix-instantiate.1 nix.1 \ + nix-env.1 nix-build.1 nix-shell.1 nix-store.1 nix-instantiate.1 \ nix-collect-garbage.1 \ nix-prefetch-url.1 nix-channel.1 \ nix-hash.1 nix-copy-closure.1 \ @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dummy-env = env -i \ NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/dummy/no-ca-bundle.crt \ NIX_STATE_DIR=/dummy -nix-eval = $(dummy-env) $(bindir)/nix eval --experimental-features nix-command -I nix/corepkgs=corepkgs --store dummy:// --impure --raw --expr +nix-eval = $(dummy-env) $(bindir)/nix eval --experimental-features nix-command -I nix/corepkgs=corepkgs --store dummy:// --impure --raw $(d)/%.1: $(d)/src/command-ref/%.md @printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$(basename $@ .1)" > $^.tmp @@ -42,13 +42,17 @@ $(d)/nix.conf.5: $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md $(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man $^.tmp -o $@ @rm $^.tmp -$(d)/src/command-ref/nix.md: $(d)/nix.json $(d)/generate-manpage.nix $(bindir)/nix - $(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) 'import doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))' > $@.tmp +$(d)/src/SUMMARY.md: $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md.in $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli + $(trace-gen) cat doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in | while IFS= read line; do if [[ $$line = @manpages@ ]]; then cat doc/manual/src/command-ref/new-cli/SUMMARY.md; else echo "$$line"; fi; done > $@.tmp @mv $@.tmp $@ +$(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli: $(d)/nix.json $(d)/generate-manpage.nix $(bindir)/nix + @rm -rf $@ + $(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --write-to $@ --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))' + $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md: $(d)/conf-file.json $(d)/generate-options.nix $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md $(bindir)/nix @cat doc/manual/src/command-ref/conf-file-prefix.md > $@.tmp - $(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) 'import doc/manual/generate-options.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))' >> $@.tmp + $(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-options.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))' >> $@.tmp @mv $@.tmp $@ $(d)/nix.json: $(bindir)/nix @@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ $(d)/conf-file.json: $(bindir)/nix $(d)/src/expressions/builtins.md: $(d)/builtins.json $(d)/generate-builtins.nix $(d)/src/expressions/builtins-prefix.md $(bindir)/nix @cat doc/manual/src/expressions/builtins-prefix.md > $@.tmp - $(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) 'import doc/manual/generate-builtins.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))' >> $@.tmp + $(trace-gen) $(nix-eval) --expr 'import doc/manual/generate-builtins.nix (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile $<))' >> $@.tmp @mv $@.tmp $@ $(d)/builtins.json: $(bindir)/nix @@ -71,7 +75,17 @@ $(d)/builtins.json: $(bindir)/nix # Generate the HTML manual. install: $(docdir)/manual/index.html -$(docdir)/manual/index.html: $(MANUAL_SRCS) $(d)/book.toml $(d)/custom.css $(d)/src/command-ref/nix.md $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md $(d)/src/expressions/builtins.md +# Generate 'nix' manpages. +install: $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli + for i in doc/manual/src/command-ref/new-cli/*.md; do \ + name=$$(basename $$i .md); \ + if [[ $$name = SUMMARY ]]; then continue; fi; \ + printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$name" > $$i.tmp; \ + cat $$i >> $$i.tmp; \ + lowdown -sT man $$i.tmp -o $(mandir)/man1/$$name.1; \ + done + +$(docdir)/manual/index.html: $(MANUAL_SRCS) $(d)/book.toml $(d)/custom.css $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md $(d)/src/expressions/builtins.md $(trace-gen) mdbook build doc/manual -d $(docdir)/manual @cp doc/manual/highlight.pack.js $(docdir)/manual/highlight.js diff --git a/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md b/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in index 8281f683f..b5ae34cfa 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ - [nix-instantiate](command-ref/nix-instantiate.md) - [nix-prefetch-url](command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.md) - [Experimental Commands](command-ref/experimental-commands.md) - - [nix](command-ref/nix.md) +@manpages@ - [Files](command-ref/files.md) - [nix.conf](command-ref/conf-file.md) - [Glossary](glossary.md) |