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

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION

       This  document  specifies  both names and syntax of all the commands which together are the docidx markup
       language, version 1.  As this document 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 boundaries.

       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 symbolic 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 Trackers [http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/reportlist].
       Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.

       When proposing code changes, please provide unified diffs, i.e the output of diff -u.

       Note further that attachments are strongly preferred over inlined patches. Attachments  can  be  made  by
       going  to the Edit form of the ticket immediately after its creation, and then using the left-most button
       in the secondary navigation bar.

SEE ALSO

       docidx_intro, docidx_lang_faq, docidx_lang_intro, docidx_lang_syntax

KEYWORDS

       docidx commands, docidx language, docidx markup, markup, semantic markup

CATEGORY

       Documentation tools

COPYRIGHT

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

tcllib                                                 1.0                              docidx_lang_cmdref(3tcl)