doctools::changelog(n)						Documentation tools					    doctools::changelog(n)

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NAME

       doctools::changelog - Processing text in Emacs ChangeLog format

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.2

       package require textutil

       package require doctools::changelog  ?1?

       ::doctools::changelog::scan text

       ::doctools::changelog::toDoctools title module version entries

       ::doctools::changelog::merge entries...

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DESCRIPTION

       This package provides Tcl commands for the processing and reformatting of text in the "ChangeLog" format generated by emacs.

API

       ::doctools::changelog::scan text
	      The  command takes the text and parses it under the assumption that it contains a ChangeLog as generated by emacs. It returns a data
	      structure describing the contents of this ChangeLog.

	      This data structure is a list where each element describes one entry in the ChangeLog. Each element/entry is then a  list  of  three
	      elements	describing  the  date of the entry, its author, and the comments made, in this order. The last item in each element/entry,
	      the comments, is a list of sections. Each section is described by a list containing two elements, a list of file names, and a string
	      containing the true comment associated with the files of the section.

		  {
		   {
		       date
		       author
		       {
			{
			    {file ...}
			    commenttext
			}
			...
		       }
		   }
		   {...}
		  }

       ::doctools::changelog::toDoctools title module version entries
	      This  command  converts  the pre-parsed ChangeLog entries as generated by the command ::doctools::changelog::scan into a document in
	      doctools format and returns it as the result of the command.

	      The other three arguments supply the information for the header of that document which is not available from the changelog itself.

       ::doctools::changelog::merge entries...
	      Each argument of the command is assumed to be a pre-parsed Changelog as generated by the command	::doctools::changelog::scan.  This
	      command merges all of them into a single structure, and collapses multiple entries for the same date and author into a single entry.
	      The new structure is returned as the result of the command.

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.

KEYWORDS

       changelog, doctools, emacs

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>

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