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authorpennae <github@quasiparticle.net>2022-08-29 18:01:47 +0200
committerpennae <github@quasiparticle.net>2022-08-31 16:21:10 +0200
commit9c3c13b50d02380cda1c834bc15cff3346956ea4 (patch)
tree3a0c8e1a1319664ec7daf67f7ccc76965a0db32d /doc
parent9bb82c35b750b5ffdebb906b696b135ef028b4f6 (diff)
nixos/make-options-doc: add inline roles for varname/envar
both of these render distinctly from plain literals in the manpage, and
manpages even semantically distinguish between the two.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/docbook-writer/rst-roles.lua4
-rw-r--r--doc/contributing/contributing-to-documentation.chapter.md4
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/docbook-writer/rst-roles.lua b/doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/docbook-writer/rst-roles.lua
index 1c745393a04b4..5c1b034d0792d 100644
--- a/doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/docbook-writer/rst-roles.lua
+++ b/doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/docbook-writer/rst-roles.lua
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ function Code(elem)
       tag = 'command'
     elseif elem.attributes['role'] == 'option' then
       tag = 'option'
+    elseif elem.attributes['role'] == 'var' then
+      tag = 'varname'
+    elseif elem.attributes['role'] == 'env' then
+      tag = 'envar'
     end
 
     if tag ~= nil then
diff --git a/doc/contributing/contributing-to-documentation.chapter.md b/doc/contributing/contributing-to-documentation.chapter.md
index db16f13b474b8..81482523cd0ec 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/contributing-to-documentation.chapter.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/contributing-to-documentation.chapter.md
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ Additional syntax extensions are available, though not all extensions can be use
   A few markups for other kinds of literals are also available:
 
   - `` {command}`rm -rfi` `` turns into {command}`rm -rfi`
-  - `` {option}`networking.useDHCP` `` turns into {option}`networking.useDHCP`
+  - `` {env}`XDG_DATA_DIRS` `` turns into {env}`XDG_DATA_DIRS`
   - `` {file}`/etc/passwd` `` turns into {file}`/etc/passwd`
+  - `` {option}`networking.useDHCP` `` turns into {option}`networking.useDHCP`
+  - `` {var}`/etc/passwd` `` turns into {var}`/etc/passwd`
 
   These literal kinds are used mostly in NixOS option documentation.