docidx_lang_cmdref(n)						Documentation tools					     docidx_lang_cmdref(n)

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NAME

       docidx_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

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DESCRIPTION

       This  document specifies both names and syntax of all the commands which together are the docidx markup language, version 1.  As this docu-
       ment 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 standing 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-contained. It is not possible for a markup command to cross the file bound-
	      aries.

       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 reference.

	      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://sourceforge.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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2007 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>

doctools								1.0						     docidx_lang_cmdref(n)