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| 55 | 6.7 Module-specific Markup |
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| 58 | <P> |
| 59 | The markup described in this section is used to provide information |
| 60 | about a module being documented. Each module should be documented |
| 61 | in its own <tt class='macro'>\section</tt>. A typical use of this markup |
| 62 | appears at the top of that section and might look like this: |
| 63 | |
| 64 | <P> |
| 65 | <div class="verbatim"><pre> |
| 66 | \section{\module{spam} --- |
| 67 | Access to the SPAM facility} |
| 68 | |
| 69 | \declaremodule{extension}{spam} |
| 70 | \platform{Unix} |
| 71 | \modulesynopsis{Access to the SPAM facility of \UNIX.} |
| 72 | \moduleauthor{Jane Doe}{jane.doe@frobnitz.org} |
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| 76 | Python packages<a id='l2h-4' xml:id='l2h-4'></a> -- collections of modules that can |
| 77 | be described as a unit -- are documented using the same markup as |
| 78 | modules. The name for a module in a package should be typed in |
| 79 | ``fully qualified'' form (it should include the package name). |
| 80 | For example, a module ``foo'' in package ``bar'' should be marked as |
| 81 | <code>\module{bar.foo}</code>, and the beginning of the reference |
| 82 | section would appear as: |
| 83 | |
| 84 | <P> |
| 85 | <div class="verbatim"><pre> |
| 86 | \section{\module{bar.foo} --- |
| 87 | Module from the \module{bar} package} |
| 88 | |
| 89 | \declaremodule{extension}{bar.foo} |
| 90 | \modulesynopsis{Nifty module from the \module{bar} package.} |
| 91 | \moduleauthor{Jane Doe}{jane.doe@frobnitz.org} |
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| 93 | |
| 94 | <P> |
| 95 | Note that the name of a package is also marked using |
| 96 | <tt class='macro'>\module</tt>. |
| 97 | |
| 98 | <P> |
| 99 | |
| 100 | <dl class='macrodesc'> |
| 101 | <dt><b><tt class='macro'>\declaremodule</tt></b> |
| 102 | <tt>[</tt><var>key</var><tt>]</tt><tt>{</tt><var>type</var><tt>}</tt><tt>{</tt><var>name</var><tt>}</tt></dt> |
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| 104 | Requires two parameters: module type ("<tt class="samp">standard</tt>", |
| 105 | "<tt class="samp">builtin</tt>", "<tt class="samp">extension</tt>", or "<tt class="samp"></tt>"), and the module |
| 106 | name. An optional parameter should be given as the basis for the |
| 107 | module's ``key'' used for linking to or referencing the section. |
| 108 | The ``key'' should only be given if the module's name contains any |
| 109 | underscores, and should be the name with the underscores stripped. |
| 110 | Note that the <var>type</var> parameter must be one of the values |
| 111 | listed above or an error will be printed. For modules which are |
| 112 | contained in packages, the fully-qualified name should be given as |
| 113 | <var>name</var> parameter. This should be the first thing after the |
| 114 | <tt class='macro'>\section</tt> used to introduce the module. |
| 115 | </dd></dl> |
| 116 | |
| 117 | <P> |
| 118 | |
| 119 | <dl class='macrodesc'> |
| 120 | <dt><b><tt class='macro'>\platform</tt></b> |
| 121 | <tt>{</tt><var>specifier</var><tt>}</tt></dt> |
| 122 | <dd> |
| 123 | Specifies the portability of the module. <var>specifier</var> is a |
| 124 | comma-separated list of keys that specify what platforms the |
| 125 | module is available on. The keys are short identifiers; |
| 126 | examples that are in use include "<tt class="samp">IRIX</tt>", "<tt class="samp">Mac</tt>", |
| 127 | "<tt class="samp">Windows</tt>", and "<tt class="samp">Unix</tt>". It is important to use a key |
| 128 | which has already been used when applicable. This is used to |
| 129 | provide annotations in the Module Index and the HTML and GNU info |
| 130 | output. |
| 131 | </dd></dl> |
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| 134 | |
| 135 | <dl class='macrodesc'> |
| 136 | <dt><b><tt class='macro'>\modulesynopsis</tt></b> |
| 137 | <tt>{</tt><var>text</var><tt>}</tt></dt> |
| 138 | <dd> |
| 139 | The <var>text</var> is a short, ``one line'' description of the |
| 140 | module that can be used as part of the chapter introduction. |
| 141 | This is must be placed after <tt class='macro'>\declaremodule</tt>. |
| 142 | The synopsis is used in building the contents of the table |
| 143 | inserted as the <tt class='macro'>\localmoduletable</tt>. No text is |
| 144 | produced at the point of the markup. |
| 145 | </dd></dl> |
| 146 | |
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| 148 | |
| 149 | <dl class='macrodesc'> |
| 150 | <dt><b><tt class='macro'>\moduleauthor</tt></b> |
| 151 | <tt>{</tt><var>name</var><tt>}</tt><tt>{</tt><var>email</var><tt>}</tt></dt> |
| 152 | <dd> |
| 153 | This macro is used to encode information about who authored a |
| 154 | module. This is currently not used to generate output, but can be |
| 155 | used to help determine the origin of the module. |
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