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-rw-r--r--lib/default.nix3
-rw-r--r--lib/options.nix15
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index a0d3339ef08e..070c2a67cf07 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ let
getValues getFiles
optionAttrSetToDocList optionAttrSetToDocList'
scrubOptionValue literalExpression literalExample literalDocBook
- showOption showFiles unknownModule mkOption mkPackageOption;
+ showOption showFiles unknownModule mkOption mkPackageOption
+ mdDoc literalMD;
inherit (self.types) isType setType defaultTypeMerge defaultFunctor
isOptionType mkOptionType;
inherit (self.asserts)
diff --git a/lib/options.nix b/lib/options.nix
index 8d82a809083b..50b19e483736 100644
--- a/lib/options.nix
+++ b/lib/options.nix
@@ -280,6 +280,21 @@ rec {
if ! isString text then throw "literalDocBook expects a string."
else { _type = "literalDocBook"; inherit text; };
+ /* Transition marker for documentation that's already migrated to markdown
+ syntax.
+ */
+ mdDoc = text:
+ if ! isString text then throw "mdDoc expects a string."
+ else { _type = "mdDoc"; inherit text; };
+
+ /* For use in the `defaultText` and `example` option attributes. Causes the
+ given MD text to be inserted verbatim in the documentation, for when
+ a `literalExpression` would be too hard to read.
+ */
+ literalMD = text:
+ if ! isString text then throw "literalMD expects a string."
+ else { _type = "literalMD"; inherit text; };
+
# Helper functions.
/* Convert an option, described as a list of the option parts in to a