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NAME

       mdoc assemble - Compile documentation for use in monodoc(1)

SYNOPSIS

       mdoc assemble [OPTIONS]+ PATHS+

DESCRIPTION

       mdoc assemble creates .tree and .zip files from PATHS for use in the monodoc(1) documentation browser.

       The input files must have a supported format, specified with the --format option.

       The .tree and .zip files are copied into monodoc's sources directory, alongside a .source file which is used by monodoc(1) to specify where
       the documentation should be displayed.

       The .source file has the following format:

	 <?xml version="1.0"?>
	 <monodoc>
	   <node label="LABEL" name="PATH" parent="PARENT">
	     <node label="LABEL2" name="PATH2" />
	     <!-- ... -->
	   </node>
	   <source provider="PROVIDER" basefile="BASEFILE" path="PATH" />
	   <!-- other <source/> elements -->
	 </monodoc>

       The /monodoc/node node is an optional node that specifies where in the monodoc tree the documentation should be displayed, and //node  ele-
       ments may be nested to any depth to create trees.  //node/@label is the label that will be displayed within the monodoc tree.

       //node/@name is the name of the monodoc tree node, and may be used as the value of the /monodoc/source/@path value.

       //node/@parent is the node name to use as the parent node.  $MONO_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/monodoc/monodoc.xml contains a list of such names, and
       this can be any //node/@name value.  If the //node/@parent value isn't found, then it's inserted under the "Various" tree node.

       The /monodoc/source/@provider attribute specifies which format provider should be used when reading the .tree and  .zip	files;	this  must
       correspond to one of the --format values.

       The  /monodoc/source/@basefile  attribute  specifies the filename prefix for the documentation files.  This must be the same prefix as used
       with the --out parameter.  There should be no filename extension on this value.

       The /monodoc/source/@path attribute specifies the parent node in monodoc(1)'s tree view where the documentation will be inserted.  See  the
       $MONO_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/monodoc/monodoc.xml file for a list of PATH values (the //node/@name values), or it may be a //node/@name value in
       the same .source file.

       Once the BASEFILE.source has been written, the documentation can be installed so that monodoc(1) will display the  documentation  with  the
       command:

	 cp BASEFILE.source BASEFILE.tree BASEFILE.zip 
	   `pkg-config monodoc --variable=sourcesdir`

OPTIONS

       -f, --format=FORMAT
	      Specifies  the  documentation  format  used  within PATHS.  Valid FORMAT values include: ecma, ecmaspec, error, hb, man, simple, and
	      xhtml.

	      See the FORMATS section below for more information about these formats.

	      The default format (if none is specifed) is ecma.

	      The --format option may be interleaved with PATHS to change the format used for the remaining parameters (until  the  next  --format
	      option is seen), e.g.:

		mdoc assemble -o PREFIX A B --format=man C D --format=xhtml E

	      will assemble directories A and B with the ecma format, files C and D with the man formt, and directory E with the xhtml format.

       -o, --out=PREFIX
	      Specify the output file prefix.  mdoc assemble creates the files PREFIX.zip and PREFIX.tree.

       -h, -?, --help
	      Display a help message and exit.

FORMATS

       The following documentation formats are supported:

   ecma
       The Mono ECMA Documentation Format, an XML documentation format with one file per type.

       See the mdoc(5) man page for more information.

   ecmaspec
       The  Mono  ECMA	Specification  Documentation  Format.	This  is not the format you're looking for; it is the format used to represent the
       ECMA-334 (C#) standard within monodoc(1).  It is not used to display class library documentation; for class library documentation, use  the
       ecma format.

   error
       The Error Documentation Format is used to present detailed error messages, and is used in monodoc(1)'s "C# Compiler Error Reference" tree.

       In this format, PATHS is a configuration file, containing the XML:

	   <ErrorProviderConfig>
	       <FilesPath>../../mcs/errors</FilesPath>
	       <Match>cs????*.cs</Match>
	       <ErrorNumSubstringStart>2</ErrorNumSubstringStart>
	       <ErrorNumSubstringLength>4</ErrorNumSubstringLength>
	       <FriendlyFormatString>CS{0:0###}</FriendlyFormatString>
	   </ErrorProviderConfig>

       The elements mean:

       /ErrorProviderConfig/FilesPath
	      Specifies where to look for files.

       /ErrorProviderConfig/Match
	      Specifies the filename pattern to look for within the /ErrorProviderConfig/FilesPath directory.

       /ErrorProviderConfig/ErrorNumSubstringStart
	      Specifies where within the filename the error number starts.

       /ErrorProviderConfig/ErrorNumSubstringLength
	      Specifies how many characters after /ErrorProviderConfig/ErrorNumSubstringStart to use for the error number.

       /ErrorProviderConfig/FriendlyFormatString
	      Specifies the formatting/display of the node in the monodoc(1) tree.

       For each file found, it is converted to HTML with C# syntax coloring applied.

   simple
       The  Simple  Documentation  Format file format recursively adds all files and directories underneath PATHS.  When displayed, HTML files are
       displayed as-is.  Text files are converted into HTML by translating each newline into an HTML <br> element.  No other  file  type  is  sup-
       ported.

   man
       The  Man  Page  Documentation  Format displays groff man pages.	(This is not a full groff parser, and only handles the man page constructs
       used within the mono man pages.)

       PATHS is a set of XML files containing:

	 <?xml version="1.0"?>
	 <manpages>
	   <manpage name="NAME" page="FILE" />
	 </manpages>

       There may be multiple //manpage elements within the root /manpage element.

       The /manpages/manpage/@name attribute contains the display name for the tree view node, which is also the URL of the man  page  when  using
       monodoc(1)'s Lookup URL command (before prefixing with a man: prefix).  Thus, if /manpages/manpage/@name contains mono(1), then man:mono(1)
       can be used in the Lookup URL command to view the mono(1) man page.

       The /manpages/manpage/@page attribute is the filename that contains the man page.   If  this  file  does  not  exist,  then  /manpages/man-
       page/@name will not be displayed within the tree view.

   xhtml
       The XHTML provider interprets PATHS as a Windows Help file XHTML TOC file and looks for referenced documents to create the help source.

SEE ALSO

       mdoc(1), mdoc(5), monodoc(1)

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WEB SITE

       See also: http://www.mono-project.com/mdoc

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