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[PATCH v6 17/21] docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt: Update to new rST backend
From: |
Peter Maydell |
Subject: |
[PATCH v6 17/21] docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt: Update to new rST backend conventions |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:23:12 +0100 |
Update the documentation of QAPI document comment syntax to match
the new rST backend requirements. The principal changes are:
* whitespace is now significant, and multiline definitions
must have their second and subsequent lines indented to
match the first line
* general rST format markup is permitted, not just the small
set of markup the old texinfo generator handled. For most
things (notably bulleted and itemized lists) the old format
is the same as rST was.
* Specific things that might trip people up:
- instead of *bold* and _italic_ rST has **bold** and *italic*
- lists need a preceding and following blank line
- a lone literal '*' will need to be backslash-escaped to
avoid a rST syntax error
* the old leading '|' for example (literal text) blocks is
replaced by the standard rST '::' literal block.
* we support arbitrary levels of sub- and sub-sub-heading, not
just a main and sub-heading like the old texinfo generator
Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
index 69eaffac376..7d2479dde82 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -824,23 +824,37 @@ See below for more on definition documentation.
Free-form documentation may be used to provide additional text and
structuring content.
+==== Headings and subheadings ====
+
+A free-form documentation comment containing a line which starts with
+some '=' symbols and then a space defines a section heading:
+
+ ##
+ # = This is a top level heading
+ #
+ # This is a free-form comment which will go under the
+ # top level heading.
+ ##
+
+ ##
+ # == This is a second level heading
+ ##
+
+A heading line must be the first line of the documentation
+comment block.
+
+Section headings must always be correctly nested, so you can only
+define a third-level heading inside a second-level heading, and so on.
==== Documentation markup ====
-Comment text starting with '=' is a section title:
+Documentation comments can use most rST markup. In particular,
+a '::' literal block can be used for examples:
- # = Section title
-
-Double the '=' for a subsection title:
-
- # == Subsection title
-
-Both are only permitted in free-form documentation.
-
-'|' denotes examples:
-
- # | Text of the example, may span
- # | multiple lines
+ # ::
+ #
+ # Text of the example, may span
+ # multiple lines
'*' starts an itemized list:
@@ -856,34 +870,33 @@ A decimal number followed by '.' starts a numbered list:
# multiple lines
# 2. Second item
-The actual number doesn't matter. You could even use '*' instead of
-'2.' for the second item.
+The actual number doesn't matter.
-Lists can't be nested. Blank lines are currently not supported within
-lists.
+Lists of either kind must be preceded and followed by a blank line.
+If a list item's text spans multiple lines, then the second and
+subsequent lines must be correctly indented to line up with the
+first character of the first line.
-Additional whitespace between the initial '#' and the comment text is
-permitted.
-
-*foo* and _foo_ are for strong and emphasis styles respectively (they
-do not work over multiple lines). @foo is used to reference a name in
-the schema.
+The usual '**strong**', '*emphasised*' and '``literal``' markup should
+be used. If you need a single literal '*' you will need to
+backslash-escape it. As an extension beyond the usual rST syntax, you
+can also use '@foo' to reference a name in the schema; this is
+rendered the same way as '``foo``'.
Example:
##
-# = Section
-# == Subsection
-#
-# Some text foo with *strong* and _emphasis_
+# Some text foo with **bold** and *emphasis*
# 1. with a list
# 2. like that
#
# And some code:
-# | $ echo foo
-# | -> do this
-# | <- get that
#
+# ::
+#
+# $ echo foo
+# -> do this
+# <- get that
##
@@ -937,6 +950,16 @@ multiline argument descriptions.
A 'Since: x.y.z' tagged section lists the release that introduced the
definition.
+The text of a section can start on a new line, in
+which case it must not be indented at all. It can also start
+on the same line as the 'Note:', 'Returns:', etc tag. In this
+case if it spans multiple lines then second and subsequent
+lines must be indented to match the first.
+
+An 'Example' or 'Examples' section is automatically rendered
+entirely as literal fixed-width text. In other sections,
+the text is formatted, and rST markup can be used.
+
For example:
##
--
2.20.1
- Re: [PATCH v6 15/21] tests/qapi-schema: Add test of the rST QAPI doc-comment outputn, (continued)
- [PATCH v6 14/21] meson.build: Make manuals depend on source to Sphinx extensions, Peter Maydell, 2020/09/25
- [PATCH v6 10/21] qapi: Use rST markup for literal blocks, Peter Maydell, 2020/09/25
- [PATCH v6 20/21] configure: Drop texinfo requirement, Peter Maydell, 2020/09/25
- [PATCH v6 12/21] tests/qapi-schema: Convert doc-good.json to rST-style strong/emphasis, Peter Maydell, 2020/09/25
- [PATCH v6 13/21] meson.build: Move SPHINX_ARGS to top level meson.build file, Peter Maydell, 2020/09/25
- [PATCH v6 17/21] docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt: Update to new rST backend conventions,
Peter Maydell <=
- [PATCH v6 16/21] scripts/qapi: Remove texinfo generation support, Peter Maydell, 2020/09/25
- [PATCH v6 18/21] scripts/texi2pod: Delete unused script, Peter Maydell, 2020/09/25
- [PATCH v6 19/21] Remove Texinfo related line from git.orderfile, Peter Maydell, 2020/09/25
- [PATCH v6 21/21] Remove texinfo dependency from docker and CI configs, Peter Maydell, 2020/09/25