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Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/doc/manual/development/meta-attributes.section.md')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/meta-attributes.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/development/meta-attributes.section.md index 7129cf8723e6..33b41fe74d29 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/meta-attributes.section.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/meta-attributes.section.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ file. meta = { maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ericsagnes ]; - doc = ./default.xml; + doc = ./default.md; buildDocsInSandbox = true; }; } @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ file. - `maintainers` contains a list of the module maintainers. -- `doc` points to a valid DocBook file containing the module +- `doc` points to a valid [Nixpkgs-flavored CommonMark]( + https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#sec-contributing-markup + ) file containing the module documentation. Its contents is automatically added to [](#ch-configuration). Changes to a module documentation have to be checked to not break building the NixOS manual: @@ -40,26 +42,6 @@ file. $ nix-build nixos/release.nix -A manual.x86_64-linux ``` - This file should *not* usually be written by hand. Instead it is preferred - to write documentation using CommonMark and converting it to CommonMark - using pandoc. The simplest documentation can be converted using just - - ```ShellSession - $ pandoc doc.md -t docbook --top-level-division=chapter -f markdown+smart > doc.xml - ``` - - More elaborate documentation may wish to add one or more of the pandoc - filters used to build the remainder of the manual, for example the GNOME - desktop uses - - ```ShellSession - $ pandoc gnome.md -t docbook --top-level-division=chapter \ - --extract-media=media -f markdown+smart \ - --lua-filter ../../../../../doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/myst-reader/roles.lua \ - --lua-filter ../../../../../doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/docbook-writer/rst-roles.lua \ - > gnome.xml - ``` - - `buildDocsInSandbox` indicates whether the option documentation for the module can be built in a derivation sandbox. This option is currently only honored for modules shipped by nixpkgs. User modules and modules taken from |