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authorChris Ball <cjb@laptop.org>2010-06-22 15:57:58 -0400
committerChris Ball <cjb@laptop.org>2010-06-22 15:57:58 -0400
commit9763adba687a0e8921187702dd55e9a7083c9db4 (patch)
tree5f2bc55869722d7518b0e61e39b6deebe9dec0f4 /doc
parent6edc7b6e25b4b59b45e157d9d55816fa9dcfe494 (diff)
parent7755c210fd7003479f60d5699e6f638bcd370fe6 (diff)
downloadbugseverywhere-9763adba687a0e8921187702dd55e9a7083c9db4.tar.gz
Merge from Trevor.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/generate-libbe-txt.py8
-rw-r--r--doc/hacking.txt47
-rw-r--r--doc/index.txt18
-rw-r--r--doc/install.txt2
-rw-r--r--doc/tutorial.txt15
5 files changed, 47 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/doc/generate-libbe-txt.py b/doc/generate-libbe-txt.py
index 35eb5c4..77f775a 100644
--- a/doc/generate-libbe-txt.py
+++ b/doc/generate-libbe-txt.py
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ def toctree(children):
' %s.txt' % c for c in sorted(children)
] + ['', ''])
-def make_module_txt(modname, children):
- filename = os.path.join('libbe', '%s.txt' % modname)
- if not os.path.exists('libbe'):
- os.mkdir('libbe')
+def make_module_txt(modname, children, subdir='libbe'):
+ filename = os.path.join(subdir, '%s.txt' % modname)
+ if not os.path.exists(subdir):
+ os.mkdir(subdir)
if os.path.exists(filename):
return None # don't overwrite potentially hand-written files.
f = file(filename, 'w')
diff --git a/doc/hacking.txt b/doc/hacking.txt
index 5b075f9..54be7bc 100644
--- a/doc/hacking.txt
+++ b/doc/hacking.txt
@@ -6,15 +6,19 @@ Adding commands
===============
To write a plugin, you simply create a new file in the
-``libbe/commands/`` directory. Take a look at one of the simpler
-plugins (e.g. ``remove.py``) for an example of how that looks, and to
-start getting a feel for the libbe interface.
+:file:`libbe/command/` directory. Take a look at one of the simpler
+plugins (e.g. :mod:`libbe.command.remove`) for an example of how that
+looks, and to start getting a feel for the libbe interface.
-See ``libbe/commands/base.py`` for the definition of the important
-classes ``Option``, ``Argument``, ``Command``, ``InputOutput``,
-``StorageCallbacks``, and ``UserInterface`` classes. You'll be
-subclassing ``Command`` for your command, but all those classes will
-be important.
+See :mod:`libbe.command.base` for the definition of the important
+classes :class:`~libbe.command.base.Option`,
+:class:`~libbe.command.base.Argument`,
+:class:`~libbe.command.base.Command`,
+:class:`~libbe.command.base.InputOutput`,
+:class:`~libbe.command.base.StorageCallbacks`, and
+:class:`~libbe.command.base.UserInterface`. You'll be subclassing
+:class:`~libbe.command.base.Command` for your command, but all those
+classes will be important.
Command completion
@@ -22,21 +26,22 @@ Command completion
BE implements a general framework to make it easy to support command
completion for arbitrary plugins. In order to support this system,
-any of your completable ``Argument()`` instances (in your command's
-``.options`` or ``.args``) should be initialized with some valid
-completion_callback function. Some common cases are defined in
-``libbe.command.util``. If you need more flexibility, see
-``libbe.command.list``'s ``--sort`` option for an example of
-extensions via ``libbe.command.util.Completer``, or write a custom
-completion function from scratch.
+any of your completable :class:`~libbe.command.base.Argument`
+instances (in your command's ``.options`` or ``.args``) should be
+initialized with some valid completion_callback function. Some common
+cases are defined in :mod:`libbe.command.util`. If you need more
+flexibility, see :mod:`libbe.command.list`\'s ``--sort`` option for an
+example of extensions via :class:`libbe.command.util.Completer`, or
+write a custom completion function from scratch.
Adding user interfaces
======================
-Take a look at ``libbe/ui/command_line.py`` for an example. Basically
-you'll need to setup a ``UserInterface`` instance for running commands.
-More details to come after I write an HTML UI...
+Take a look at :mod:`libbe.ui.command_line` for an example.
+Basically you'll need to setup a
+:class:`~libbe.command.base.UserInterface` instance for running
+commands. More details to come after I write an HTML UI...
Testing
@@ -50,11 +55,11 @@ for example:
be$ python test.py libbe.command.merge
-For a definition of "any tests", see ``test.py``'s
+For a definition of "any tests", see :file:`test.py`'s
``add_module_tests()`` function.
Note that you will need to run ``make`` before testing a clean BE
-branch to auto-generate required files like ``libbe/_version.py``.
+branch to auto-generate required files like :file:`libbe/_version.py`.
Profiling
@@ -71,5 +76,5 @@ It's often useful to toss::
import sys, traceback
print >> sys.stderr, '-'*60, '\n', '\n'.join(traceback.format_stack()[-10:])
-into expensive functions (e.g. ``libbe.util.subproc.invoke()``) if
+into expensive functions (e.g. :func:`libbe.util.subproc.invoke`) if
you're not sure why they're being called.
diff --git a/doc/index.txt b/doc/index.txt
index 30b0318..77e756e 100644
--- a/doc/index.txt
+++ b/doc/index.txt
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ Contents:
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
- install.txt
- tutorial.txt
- email.txt
- html.txt
- distributed_bugtracking.txt
- hacking.txt
- spam.txt
- libbe/libbe.txt
- doc.txt
+ install
+ tutorial
+ email
+ html
+ distributed_bugtracking
+ hacking
+ spam
+ libbe/libbe
+ doc
Indices and tables
==================
diff --git a/doc/install.txt b/doc/install.txt
index b1d153e..3749189 100644
--- a/doc/install.txt
+++ b/doc/install.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ need to run::
$ make
-to build some auto-generated files (e.g. ``libbe/_version.py``), and::
+to build some auto-generated files (e.g. :mod:`libbe._version`), and::
$ make install
diff --git a/doc/tutorial.txt b/doc/tutorial.txt
index 46a03de..592aef5 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial.txt
+++ b/doc/tutorial.txt
@@ -15,16 +15,15 @@ and helps keep the bug repository in sync with the code.
However, there are some differences compared to centralized
bugtrackers. Because bugs and comments can be created by several
-users in parallel, they have globally unique IDs_ rather than numbers.
-There is also a developer-friendly command-line_ interface to
-compliment the user-friendly web_ and email_ interfaces. This
-tutorial will focus on the command-line interface as the most
-powerful, and leave the web and email interfaces to other documents.
+users in parallel, they have globally unique
+:mod:`IDs </libbe.util.id>` rather than numbers. There is also a
+developer-friendly command-line_ interface to compliment the
+user-friendly :doc:`web </tutorial-html>` and
+:doc:`email </tutorial-email>` interfaces. This tutorial will focus
+on the command-line interface as the most powerful, and leave the web
+and email interfaces to other documents.
.. _command-line: `Command-line interface`_
-.. _web: tutorial-html.txt
-.. _email: tutorial-email.txt
-.. _IDs: libbe/libbe.util.id.txt
Installation
============