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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/meta-attributes.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/development/meta-attributes.section.md index 946c08efd0a35..7129cf8723e68 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/meta-attributes.section.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/meta-attributes.section.md @@ -40,6 +40,26 @@ file. $ nix-build nixos/release.nix -A manual.x86_64-linux ``` + This file should *not* usually be written by hand. Instead it is preferred + to write documentation using CommonMark and converting it to CommonMark + using pandoc. The simplest documentation can be converted using just + + ```ShellSession + $ pandoc doc.md -t docbook --top-level-division=chapter -f markdown+smart > doc.xml + ``` + + More elaborate documentation may wish to add one or more of the pandoc + filters used to build the remainder of the manual, for example the GNOME + desktop uses + + ```ShellSession + $ pandoc gnome.md -t docbook --top-level-division=chapter \ + --extract-media=media -f markdown+smart \ + --lua-filter ../../../../../doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/myst-reader/roles.lua \ + --lua-filter ../../../../../doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/docbook-writer/rst-roles.lua \ + > gnome.xml + ``` + - `buildDocsInSandbox` indicates whether the option documentation for the module can be built in a derivation sandbox. This option is currently only honored for modules shipped by nixpkgs. User modules and modules taken from diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/meta-attributes.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/meta-attributes.section.xml index 9cc58afa1fdda..450a5f670f3a8 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/meta-attributes.section.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/meta-attributes.section.xml @@ -51,6 +51,27 @@ <programlisting> $ nix-build nixos/release.nix -A manual.x86_64-linux </programlisting> + <para> + This file should <emphasis>not</emphasis> usually be written by + hand. Instead it is preferred to write documentation using + CommonMark and converting it to CommonMark using pandoc. The + simplest documentation can be converted using just + </para> + <programlisting> +$ pandoc doc.md -t docbook --top-level-division=chapter -f markdown+smart > doc.xml +</programlisting> + <para> + More elaborate documentation may wish to add one or more of the + pandoc filters used to build the remainder of the manual, for + example the GNOME desktop uses + </para> + <programlisting> +$ pandoc gnome.md -t docbook --top-level-division=chapter \ + --extract-media=media -f markdown+smart \ + --lua-filter ../../../../../doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/myst-reader/roles.lua \ + --lua-filter ../../../../../doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters/docbook-writer/rst-roles.lua \ + > gnome.xml +</programlisting> </listitem> <listitem> <para> |