require 'rdoc' ## # RDoc::Markup parses plain text documents and attempts to decompose them into # their constituent parts. Some of these parts are high-level: paragraphs, # chunks of verbatim text, list entries and the like. Other parts happen at # the character level: a piece of bold text, a word in code font. This markup # is similar in spirit to that used on WikiWiki webs, where folks create web # pages using a simple set of formatting rules. # # RDoc::Markup itself does no output formatting: this is left to a different # set of classes. # # RDoc::Markup is extendable at runtime: you can add \new markup elements to # be recognised in the documents that RDoc::Markup parses. # # RDoc::Markup is intended to be the basis for a family of tools which share # the common requirement that simple, plain-text should be rendered in a # variety of different output formats and media. It is envisaged that # RDoc::Markup could be the basis for formatting RDoc style comment blocks, # Wiki entries, and online FAQs. # # == Synopsis # # This code converts +input_string+ to HTML. The conversion takes place in # the +convert+ method, so you can use the same RDoc::Markup converter to # convert multiple input strings. # # require 'rdoc/markup/to_html' # # h = RDoc::Markup::ToHtml.new # # puts h.convert(input_string) # # You can extend the RDoc::Markup parser to recognise new markup # sequences, and to add special processing for text that matches a # regular expression. Here we make WikiWords significant to the parser, # and also make the sequences {word} and \text... signify # strike-through text. When then subclass the HTML output class to deal # with these: # # require 'rdoc/markup' # require 'rdoc/markup/to_html' # # class WikiHtml < RDoc::Markup::ToHtml # def handle_special_WIKIWORD(special) # "" + special.text + "" # end # end # # m = RDoc::Markup.new # m.add_word_pair("{", "}", :STRIKE) # m.add_html("no", :STRIKE) # # m.add_special(/\b([A-Z][a-z]+[A-Z]\w+)/, :WIKIWORD) # # wh = WikiHtml.new # wh.add_tag(:STRIKE, "~~", "~~") # # puts "#{wh.convert ARGF.read}" # # == Encoding # # Where Encoding support is available RDoc will automatically convert all # documents to the same output encoding. The output encoding can be set via # RDoc::Options#encoding and defaults to Encoding.default_external. # # = \RDoc Markup Reference # # == Block Markup # # === Paragraphs and Verbatim # # The markup engine looks for a document's natural left margin. This is # used as the initial margin for the document. # # Consecutive lines starting at this margin are considered to be a # paragraph. Empty lines separate paragraphs. # # Any line that starts to the right of the current margin is treated # as verbatim text. This is useful for code listings: # # 3.times { puts "Ruby" } # # In verbatim text, two or more blank lines are collapsed into one, # and trailing blank lines are removed: # # This is the first line # # # This is the second non-blank line, # after 2 blank lines in the source markup. # # # There were two trailing blank lines right above this paragraph, that # have been removed. In addition, the verbatim text has been shifted # left, so the amount of indentation of verbatim text is unimportant. # # === Headers and Rules # # A line starting with an equal sign (=) is treated as a # heading. Level one headings have one equals sign, level two headings # have two, and so on until level six, which is the maximum # (seven hyphens or more result in a level six heading). # # For example, the above header was obtained with: # == Headers and Rules # # A line starting with three or more hyphens (at the current indent) # generates a horizontal rule. The more hyphens, the thicker the rule # (within reason, and if supported by the output device). # # In the case of HTML output, three dashes generate a 1-pixel high rule, # four dashes result in 2 pixels, and so on. The actual height is limited # to 10 pixels: # # --- # ----- # ----------------------------------------------------- # # produces: # # --- # ----- # ----------------------------------------------------- # # === Simple Lists # # If a paragraph starts with a "*", "-", "." or ".", # then it is taken to be the start of a list. The margin in increased to be # the first non-space following the list start flag. Subsequent lines # should be indented to this new margin until the list ends. For example: # # * this is a list with three paragraphs in # the first item. This is the first paragraph. # # And this is the second paragraph. # # 1. This is an indented, numbered list. # 2. This is the second item in that list # # This is the third conventional paragraph in the # first list item. # # * This is the second item in the original list # # produces: # # * this is a list with three paragraphs in # the first item. This is the first paragraph. # # And this is the second paragraph. # # 1. This is an indented, numbered list. # 2. This is the second item in that list # # This is the third conventional paragraph in the # first list item. # # * This is the second item in the original list # # === Labeled Lists # # You can also construct labeled lists, sometimes called description # or definition lists. Do this by putting the label in square brackets # and indenting the list body: # # [cat] a small furry mammal # that seems to sleep a lot # # [ant] a little insect that is known # to enjoy picnics # # produces: # # [cat] a small furry mammal # that seems to sleep a lot # # [ant] a little insect that is known # to enjoy picnics # # If you want the list bodies to line up to the left of the labels, # use two colons: # # cat:: a small furry mammal # that seems to sleep a lot # # ant:: a little insect that is known # to enjoy picnics # # produces: # # cat:: a small furry mammal # that seems to sleep a lot # # ant:: a little insect that is known # to enjoy picnics # # Notice that blank lines right after the label are ignored in labeled lists: # # [one] # # definition 1 # # [two] # # definition 2 # # produces the same output as # # [one] definition 1 # [two] definition 2 # # # === Lists and Verbatim # # If you want to introduce a verbatim section right after a list, it has to be # less indented than the list item bodies, but more indented than the list # label, letter, digit or bullet. For instance: # # * point 1 # # * point 2, first paragraph # # point 2, second paragraph # verbatim text inside point 2 # point 2, third paragraph # verbatim text outside of the list (the list is therefore closed) # regular paragraph after the list # # produces: # # * point 1 # # * point 2, first paragraph # # point 2, second paragraph # verbatim text inside point 2 # point 2, third paragraph # verbatim text outside of the list (the list is therefore closed) # regular paragraph after the list # # # == Text Markup # # === Bold, Italic, Typewriter Text # # You can use markup within text (except verbatim) to change the # appearance of parts of that text. Out of the box, RDoc::Markup # supports word-based and general markup. # # Word-based markup uses flag characters around individual words: # # \*_word_\*:: displays _word_ in a *bold* font # \__word_\_:: displays _word_ in an _emphasized_ font # \+_word_\+:: displays _word_ in a +code+ font # # General markup affects text between a start delimiter and an end # delimiter. Not surprisingly, these delimiters look like HTML markup. # # \_text_:: displays _text_ in a *bold* font # \_text_:: displays _text_ in an _emphasized_ font # (alternate tag: \) # \_text_\:: displays _text_ in a +code+ font # (alternate tag: \) # # Unlike conventional Wiki markup, general markup can cross line # boundaries. You can turn off the interpretation of markup by # preceding the first character with a backslash (see Escaping # Text Markup, below). # # === Hyperlinks # # Hyperlinks to the web starting with +http:+, +mailto:+, +ftp:+ or +www.+ # are recognized. An HTTP url that references an external image file is # converted into an inline . Hyperlinks starting with +link:+ are # assumed to refer to local files whose path is relative to the --op # directory. # # Hyperlinks can also be of the form _label_[_url_], in which # case _label_ is used in the displayed text, and _url_ is # used as the target. If _label_ contains multiple words, # put it in braces: {multi word label}[url]. # # Example hyperlinks: # # link:RDoc.html # http://rdoc.rubyforge.org # mailto:user@example.com # {RDoc Documentation}[http://rdoc.rubyforge.org] # {RDoc Markup}[link:RDoc/Markup.html] # # === Escaping Text Markup # # Text markup can be escaped with a backslash, as in \, which was obtained # with "\\". Except in verbatim sections and between \ tags, # to produce a backslash, you have to double it unless it is followed by a # space, tab or newline. Otherwise, the HTML formatter will discard it, as it # is used to escape potential hyperlinks: # # * The \ must be doubled if not followed by white space: \\. # * But not in \ tags: in a Regexp, \S matches non-space. # * This is a link to {ruby-lang}[www.ruby-lang.org]. # * This is not a link, however: \{ruby-lang.org}[www.ruby-lang.org]. # * This will not be hyperlinked to \RDoc::RDoc#document # # generates: # # * The \ must be doubled if not followed by white space: \\. # * But not in \ tags: in a Regexp, \S matches non-space. # * This is a link to {ruby-lang}[www.ruby-lang.org] # * This is not a link, however: \{ruby-lang.org}[www.ruby-lang.org] # * This will not be hyperlinked to \RDoc::RDoc#document # # Inside \ tags, more precisely, leading backslashes are removed # only if followed by a markup character (<*_+), a backslash, # or a known hyperlink reference (a known class or method). So in the # example above, the backslash of \S would be removed # if there was a class or module named +S+ in the current context. # # This behavior is inherited from RDoc version 1, and has been kept # for compatibility with existing RDoc documentation. # # === Conversion of characters # # HTML will convert two/three dashes to an em-dash. Other common characters are # converted as well: # # em-dash:: -- or --- # ellipsis:: ... # # single quotes:: 'text' or `text' # double quotes:: "text" or ``text'' # # copyright:: (c) # registered trademark:: (r) # # produces: # # em-dash:: -- or --- # ellipsis:: ... # # single quotes:: 'text' or `text' # double quotes:: "text" or ``text'' # # copyright:: (c) # registered trademark:: (r) # # # == Documenting Source Code # # Comment blocks can be written fairly naturally, either using # on # successive lines of the comment, or by including the comment in # a =begin/=end block. If you use the latter form, # the =begin line _must_ be flagged with an +rdoc+ tag: # # =begin rdoc # Documentation to be processed by RDoc. # # ... # =end # # RDoc stops processing comments if it finds a comment line starting # with -- right after the # character (otherwise, # it will be treated as a rule if it has three dashes or more). # This can be used to separate external from internal comments, # or to stop a comment being associated with a method, class, or module. # Commenting can be turned back on with a line that starts with ++. # # ## # # Extract the age and calculate the date-of-birth. # #-- # # FIXME: fails if the birthday falls on February 29th # #++ # # The DOB is returned as a Time object. # # def get_dob(person) # # ... # end # # Names of classes, files, and any method names containing an # underscore or preceded by a hash character are automatically hyperlinked # from comment text to their description. This hyperlinking works inside # the current class or module, and with ancestor methods (in included modules # or in the superclass). # # Method parameter lists are extracted and displayed with the method # description. If a method calls +yield+, then the parameters passed to yield # will also be displayed: # # def fred # ... # yield line, address # # This will get documented as: # # fred() { |line, address| ... } # # You can override this using a comment containing ':yields: ...' immediately # after the method definition # # def fred # :yields: index, position # # ... # # yield line, address # # which will get documented as # # fred() { |index, position| ... } # # +:yields:+ is an example of a documentation directive. These appear # immediately after the start of the document element they are modifying. # # RDoc automatically cross-references words with underscores or camel-case. # To suppress cross-references, prefix the word with a \ character. To # include special characters like "\n", you'll need to use # two \ characters in normal text, but only one in \ text: # # "\\n" or "\n" # # produces: # # "\\n" or "\n" # # == Directives # # Directives are keywords surrounded by ":" characters. # # === Controlling what is documented # # [+:nodoc:+ / :nodoc: all] # This directive prevents documentation for the element from # being generated. For classes and modules, the methods, aliases, # constants, and attributes directly within the affected class or # module also will be omitted. By default, though, modules and # classes within that class of module _will_ be documented. This is # turned off by adding the +all+ modifier. # # module MyModule # :nodoc: # class Input # end # end # # module OtherModule # :nodoc: all # class Output # end # end # # In the above code, only class MyModule::Input will be documented. # # The +:nodoc:+ directive, like +:enddoc:+, +:stopdoc:+ and +:startdoc:+ # presented below, is local to the current file: if you do not want to # document a module that appears in several files, specify +:nodoc:+ on each # appearance, at least once per file. # # [+:stopdoc:+ / +:startdoc:+] # Stop and start adding new documentation elements to the current container. # For example, if a class has a number of constants that you don't want to # document, put a +:stopdoc:+ before the first, and a +:startdoc:+ after the # last. If you don't specify a +:startdoc:+ by the end of the container, # disables documentation for the rest of the current file. # # [+:doc:+] # Forces a method or attribute to be documented even if it wouldn't be # otherwise. Useful if, for example, you want to include documentation of a # particular private method. # # [+:enddoc:+] # Document nothing further at the current level: directives +:startdoc:+ and # +:doc:+ that appear after this will not be honored for the current container # (file, class or module), in the current file. # # [+:notnew:+ / +:not_new:+ / +:not-new:+ ] # Only applicable to the +initialize+ instance method. Normally RDoc # assumes that the documentation and parameters for +initialize+ are # actually for the +new+ method, and so fakes out a +new+ for the class. # The +:notnew:+ directive stops this. Remember that +initialize+ is private, # so you won't see the documentation unless you use the +-a+ command line # option. # # === Other directives # # [+:include:+ _filename_] # Include the contents of the named file at this point. This directive # must appear alone on one line, possibly preceded by spaces. In this # position, it can be escapd with a \ in front of the first colon. # # The file will be searched for in the directories listed by the +--include+ # option, or in the current directory by default. The contents of the file # will be shifted to have the same indentation as the ':' at the start of # the +:include:+ directive. # # [+:title:+ _text_] # Sets the title for the document. Equivalent to the --title # command line parameter. (The command line parameter overrides any :title: # directive in the source). # # [+:main:+ _name_] # Equivalent to the --main command line parameter. # # [:section: title] # Starts a new section in the output. The title following +:section:+ is # used as the section heading, and the remainder of the comment containing # the section is used as introductory text. Subsequent methods, aliases, # attributes, and classes will be documented in this section. A :section: # comment block may have one or more lines before the :section: directive. # These will be removed, and any identical lines at the end of the block are # also removed. This allows you to add visual cues such as: # # # ---------------------------------------- # # :section: My Section # # This is the section that I wrote. # # See it glisten in the noon-day sun. # # ---------------------------------------- # # Note: Current formatters to not take sections into account. # # [+:call-seq:+] # Lines up to the next blank line in the comment are treated as the method's # calling sequence, overriding the default parsing of method parameters and # yield arguments. # # Further directives can be found in RDoc::Parser::Ruby and RDoc::Parser::C. #-- # Original Author:: Dave Thomas, dave@pragmaticprogrammer.com # License:: Ruby license class RDoc::Markup ## # An AttributeManager which handles inline markup. attr_reader :attribute_manager ## # Take a block of text and use various heuristics to determine it's # structure (paragraphs, lists, and so on). Invoke an event handler as we # identify significant chunks. def initialize attribute_manager = nil @attribute_manager = attribute_manager || RDoc::Markup::AttributeManager.new @output = nil end ## # Add to the sequences used to add formatting to an individual word (such # as *bold*). Matching entries will generate attributes that the output # formatters can recognize by their +name+. def add_word_pair(start, stop, name) @attribute_manager.add_word_pair(start, stop, name) end ## # Add to the sequences recognized as general markup. def add_html(tag, name) @attribute_manager.add_html(tag, name) end ## # Add to other inline sequences. For example, we could add WikiWords using # something like: # # parser.add_special(/\b([A-Z][a-z]+[A-Z]\w+)/, :WIKIWORD) # # Each wiki word will be presented to the output formatter via the # accept_special method. def add_special(pattern, name) @attribute_manager.add_special(pattern, name) end ## # We take +text+, parse it then invoke the output +formatter+ using a # Visitor to render the result. def convert text, formatter document = RDoc::Markup::Parser.parse text document.accept formatter end end require 'rdoc/markup/parser' require 'rdoc/markup/attribute_manager' require 'rdoc/markup/inline'