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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-05-14 16:50:11 +0200
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-05-16 13:44:19 +0200
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docs: update old references for DocBook from the documentation
DocBook is mentioned several times at the documentation. Update the obsolete references from it at the DocBook. Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj38.park@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index 104740ea0041..c23e2c5ab80d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ The format for this documentation is called the kernel-doc format.
It is documented in this Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt file.
This style embeds the documentation within the source files, using
-a few simple conventions. The scripts/kernel-doc perl script, some
-SGML templates in Documentation/DocBook, and other tools understand
+a few simple conventions. The scripts/kernel-doc perl script, the
+Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py Sphinx extension and other tools understand
these conventions, and are used to extract this embedded documentation
into various documents.
@@ -122,15 +122,9 @@ are:
- scripts/kernel-doc
This is a perl script that hunts for the block comments and can mark
- them up directly into DocBook, man, text, and HTML. (No, not
+ them up directly into DocBook, ReST, man, text, and HTML. (No, not
texinfo.)
-- Documentation/DocBook/*.tmpl
-
- These are SGML template files, which are normal SGML files with
- special place-holders for where the extracted documentation should
- go.
-
- scripts/docproc.c
This is a program for converting SGML template files into SGML
@@ -145,25 +139,18 @@ are:
- Makefile
- The targets 'xmldocs', 'psdocs', 'pdfdocs', and 'htmldocs' are used
- to build XML DocBook files, PostScript files, PDF files, and html files
- in Documentation/DocBook. The older target 'sgmldocs' is equivalent
- to 'xmldocs'.
-
-- Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
-
- This is where C files are associated with SGML templates.
-
+ The targets 'xmldocs', 'latexdocs', 'pdfdocs', 'epubdocs'and 'htmldocs'
+ are used to build XML DocBook files, LaTeX files, PDF files,
+ ePub files and html files in Documentation/.
How to extract the documentation
--------------------------------
If you just want to read the ready-made books on the various
-subsystems (see Documentation/DocBook/*.tmpl), just type 'make
-psdocs', or 'make pdfdocs', or 'make htmldocs', depending on your
-preference. If you would rather read a different format, you can type
-'make xmldocs' and then use DocBook tools to convert
-Documentation/DocBook/*.xml to a format of your choice (for example,
+subsystems, just type 'make epubdocs', or 'make pdfdocs', or 'make htmldocs',
+depending on your preference. If you would rather read a different format,
+you can type 'make xmldocs' and then use DocBook tools to convert
+Documentation/output/*.xml to a format of your choice (for example,
'db2html ...' if 'make htmldocs' was not defined).
If you want to see man pages instead, you can do this:
@@ -329,37 +316,7 @@ This is done by using a DOC: section keyword with a section title. E.g.:
* hardware, software, or its subject(s).
*/
-DOC: sections are used in SGML templates files as indicated below.
-
-
-How to make new SGML template files
------------------------------------
-
-SGML template files (*.tmpl) are like normal SGML files, except that
-they can contain escape sequences where extracted documentation should
-be inserted.
-
-!E<filename> is replaced by the documentation, in <filename>, for
-functions that are exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL: the function list is
-collected from files listed in Documentation/DocBook/Makefile.
-
-!I<filename> is replaced by the documentation for functions that are
-_not_ exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL.
-
-!D<filename> is used to name additional files to search for functions
-exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL.
-
-!F<filename> <function [functions...]> is replaced by the
-documentation, in <filename>, for the functions listed.
-
-!P<filename> <section title> is replaced by the contents of the DOC:
-section titled <section title> from <filename>.
-Spaces are allowed in <section title>; do not quote the <section title>.
-
-!C<filename> is replaced by nothing, but makes the tools check that
-all DOC: sections and documented functions, symbols, etc. are used.
-This makes sense to use when you use !F/!P only and want to verify
-that all documentation is included.
+DOC: sections are used in ReST files.
Tim.
*/ <twaugh@redhat.com>