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This folder contains supporting files for converting and/or indexing XML documenting files (which are created using the lgtdoc tool) to final formats such as PDF, ePub, (X)HTML, reStructuredText, Markdown, and plain text files using XSL style sheets. The documenting files may also be viewed directly on a web browser that supports the W3C standards XML, XSLT, CSS, and HTML 4 or XHTML 1.0.

The shell and command-line scripts should be called from the directory containing the XML documenting files that you wish to convert. See the description of each script below for details. The `.sh` files are Bash shell scripts for POSIX systems, the `.ps1` are PowerShell scripts for Windows, and the `.js` files are JScript command-line scripts also for Windows (requiring WSH 5.6 or later version; deprecated). These scripts assume that the LOGTALKHOME and LOGTALKUSER environment variables are defined and that the chosen XSLT processor is available in the path.

MAKE SURE THAT THE XSL PROCESSORS AND ANY ADDITIONAL THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE YOU INTEND TO USE ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND WORKING BEFORE RUNNING THESE SCRIPTS!

Regarding conversion to (X)HTML, the links to the XSL files on the XML files and the links to the CSS files in the generated HTML files assume that all files reside in the same directory.

The default XSL files to use (logtalk_entity_to_xml.xsl and logtalk_index_to_xml.xsl, described below) are set in the lgtdoc tool. You may choose a different default XSL files by using the entity_xsl_file/1 and index_xsl_file/1 options.

The documenting files can be generated either as standalone XML files or containing a reference to either the Logtalk DTD files, logtalk_entity.dtd and logtalk_index.dtd, or to the Logtalk XML Schema files, logtalk_entity.xsd and logtalk_index.xsd. The reference to the XML specification files can be either a local reference or a URI reference. By default, all XML documenting files contain a local reference but that can be changed by using the xml_spec_reference/1 option. Choose the option value that works best with your XSLT tools. To choose between the DTD or XSD specifications use the xml_spec/1 option.

As Logtalk uses a single namespace for all objects, categories, and protocols, you may want to define an alternate, global compilation directory to store all the XML documenting files, thus ensuring proper working of links to other entities in the generated (X)HTML files. See the sample settings file in your Logtalk user folder for details.

Brief description of each directory and file in this folder:

  • css Directory with CSS files for use with generated human readable documentation such as Sphinx
  • logtalk_entity_to_xml.xsl
  • logtalk_index_to_xml.xsl XSLT file for viewing XML files directly in a browser. The links in the (internally generated) HTML 4.01 files point to related XML files. UTF-8 encoding is assumed. Edit the file if you use a different encoding.
  • logtalk_entity_to_html.xsl
  • logtalk_index_to_html.xsl XSLT file to output HTML 4.01 files from the XML files. The links in the generated HTML files point to related HTML files. UTF-8 encoding is assumed. Edit the file if you use a different encoding. This XSLT file adds anchors to each predicate section using as name the predicate indicator.
  • logtalk_entity_to_xhtml.xsl
  • logtalk_index_to_xhtml.xsl XSLT file to output XHTML 1.1 files from the XML files. The links in the generated XHTML files point to related XHTML files. UTF-8 encoding is assumed. Edit the file if you use a different encoding. This XSLT file adds anchors to each predicate section using as name the predicate indicator.
  • logtalk_entity_to_md.xsl
  • logtalk_index_to_md.xsl XSLT file to output Markdown text files from the XML files. UTF-8 encoding is assumed. Edit the file if you use a different encoding.
  • logtalk_entity_to_rst.xsl
  • logtalk_index_to_rst.xsl XSLT file to output reStructuredText files (for use with Sphinx) from the XML files. UTF-8 encoding is assumed. Edit the file if you use a different encoding.
  • logtalk_entity_to_txt.xsl
  • logtalk_index_to_txt.xsl XSLT file to output simple text files from the XML files. UTF-8 encoding is assumed. Edit the file if you use a different encoding.
  • logtalk_entity_to_pdf.xsl
  • logtalk_entity_to_pdf_a4.xsl
  • logtalk_entity_to_pdf_us.xsl XSLT files to generate PDF files from the XML files (formatted either for A4 paper or US Letter paper) using XSL Formatting Objects. Tested with the XSL-FO processors RenderX 4.4 (http://www.renderx.com/) and Apache FOP 0.94 (http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/).

    The logtalk_entity_to_pdf.xsl file defines a parameter for the paper format (either A4 or US Letter). The files logtalk_entity_to_pdf_a4.xsl and logtalk_entity_to_pdf_us.xsl import the logtalk_entity_to_pdf.xsl file and set the paper format parameter to the appropriate value.

  • ie50.xsl XSLT file for viewing XML files in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x (using the outdated Microsoft XML Parser; works with both Macintosh and Windows versions). The links in the (internally generated) HTML files point to related XML files. It can be used to browse and view the XML files directly.
  • logtalk_entity.dtd
  • logtalk_index.dtd DTD files describing the structure of the entity and index XML files generated by Logtalk documenting tools.
  • custom.ent Document type description defining XML entities for personal data that may be used on Logtalk documenting directives.
  • logtalk_entity.rng
  • logtalk_index.rng RELAX NG file describing the structure of the entity and index XML files by Logtalk documenting tools.
  • logtalk_entity.xsd
  • logtalk_index.xsd XML Schema file describing the structure of the entity and index XML files generated by Logtalk documenting tools.
  • logtalk.css Cascade style sheet file to render the HTML/XHTML output of the XSL files in a web browser.
  • lgt2pdf.sh, lgt2pdf.ps1, and lgt2pdf.js Sample scripts to batch convert XML files to PDF files

    Supported XSL-FO processors:

    FOP 2.x is also supported but requires generating the XML documentation files using the option xml_spec(xsd) or xml_spec_reference(standalone).

    The scripts should be called from the directory containing the XML files you wish to convert. Call the scripts with the help option for a description of the available optional parameters (type `cscript lgt2pdf.js help or lgt2pdf.sh -h`; depending on your Logtalk installation, you may simply need to type lgt2pdf in order to run the script).

  • lgt2html.sh, lgt2html.ps1, and lgt2html.js Sample scripts to batch convert XML files to HTML files. These scripts also generate an index.html file which contains links to all the converted files.

    Supported XSLT processors for Bash and JScript scripts:

    • xsltproc (tested with version 1.1.8)
    • Xalan (tested with version 1.7.0)
    • Microsoft MSXSL (only for the Windows JScript script)
    • Saxon (tested with version 9.5.1.1; JAR version)

    The PowerShell scripts use the .Net XSLT classes.

    The scripts should be called from the directory containing the XML files you wish to convert. Call the scripts with the help option for a description of the available optional parameters (type `cscript lgt2html.js help or lgt2html.sh -h`; depending on your Logtalk installation, you may simply need to type lgt2html in order to run the script).

  • lgt2xml.sh, lgt2xml.ps1, and lgt2xml.js 
    Sample scripts for indexing the XML files in the current directory by
generating an `index.html` file which contains links to all the files.
In addition, these scripts also copies of the used XML specs, XSL, and
CSS files to the current directory, allowing direct visualization of
the XML files on a supported web browser. Unfortunately, this does not
work in recent versions of Google Chrome and Apple Safari using their
default security settings.

The scripts should be called from the directory containing the XML files
you wish to index. Call the scripts with the help option for a description
of the available optional parameters (type `cscript lgt2xml.js help` or
`lgt2xml.sh -h`; depending on your Logtalk installation, you may simply
need to type `lgt2xml` in order to run the script).
  • lgt2md.sh, lgt2md.ps1, and lgt2md.js Sample scripts to batch convert XML files to Markdown text files.

    The scripts should be called from the directory containing the XML files you wish to convert. Call the scripts with the help option for a description of the available optional parameters (type `cscript lgt2md.js help or lgt2md.sh -h`; depending on your Logtalk installation, you may simply need to type lgt2md in order to run the script).

  • lgt2rst.sh, lgt2rst.ps1, and lgt2rst.js Sample scripts to batch convert XML files to reStructuredText files and optionally generate Sphinx HTML files.

    The scripts should be called from the directory containing the XML files you wish to convert. Call the scripts with the help option for a description of the available optional parameters (type `cscript lgt2rst.js help or lgt2rst.sh -h`; depending on your Logtalk installation, you may simply need to type lgt2rst in order to run the script). The generated files are expected to be used with Sphinx. Assuming that Sphinx and the Read the Docs Sphinx theme are both installed, lgt2rst -s calls the sphinx-quickstart interactive script using the conf.py_t file in this directory as the conf.py template and using the css/sphinx/custom.css to customize the Read the Docs Sphinx Theme. You can edit the conf.py_t to customize it; see the Sphinx documentation for more details. To use the sphinx-quickstart script in non-interactive mode pass the options to it using the syntax `lgt2rst -s -- -q` followed by -p, -a and -v options. For example `lgt2rst -s -- -q -p "My Project" -a "J. Doe" -v "1.12"`. This use in non-interactive mode is currently only supported by the lgt2rst.sh POSIX script. To add links from library APIs to library descriptions, update the used conf.py to define a Intersphinx mapping and optionally use the script -l option to explicitly qualify the links to the library descriptions. The library description files musts have a reStructuredText target in the first line with the name of the library prefixed by library_.

    Required software:

    • Sphinx (tested with version 4.5.0)
    • Pygments (tested with version 2.11.2)

    Sphinx includes default themes. The Logtalk documentation uses the Read the Docs theme (tested with version 1.0.0) with some CSS changes.

  • lgt2txt.sh, lgt2txt.ps1, and lgt2txt.js Sample scripts to batch convert XML files to plain text files.

    The scripts should be called from the directory containing the XML files you wish to convert. Call the scripts with the help option for a description of the available optional parameters (type `cscript lgt2txt.js help or lgt2txt.sh -h`; depending on your Logtalk installation, you may simply need to type lgt2txt in order to run the script).

    Note that you can write other XSL files for converting the XML files to other formats besides PDF or (X)HTML. You can also write alternative CSS and XSL files to change the appearance of the (X)HTML and PDF files.