Tidy documentation

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* Documentation/gsdoc/NSScanner.gsdoc: fleshed out * Documentation/gsdoc/NSScanner.gsdoc: fleshed out
* Tools/Makefile.postamble: Added documentation target - build before * Tools/Makefile.postamble: Added documentation target - build before
install install
* Tools/gsdoc-0_6_6.dtd: New dtd under development - add java support * Tools/gsdoc-0_6_6.dtd: New dtd under development - add java support,
permit multiple indices at end of document, permit <br/> element.
* Tools/gsdoc.m: Update to work with current dtd * Tools/gsdoc.m: Update to work with current dtd
* Tools/gsdoc.gsdoc: Add a little more text on document body structure. * Tools/gsdoc.gsdoc: Add a little more text on document body structure.

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cp $$f ../snap/Tools ; \ cp $$f ../snap/Tools ; \
done done
documentation: $(GNUSTEP_OBJ_DIR)/gsdoc documentation: gsdoc
$(GNUSTEP_OBJ_DIR)/gsdoc gsdoc $(GNUSTEP_OBJ_DIR)/gsdoc gsdoc

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<!-- Unnumbered parts appearing in the front, such as a preface. --> <!-- Unnumbered parts appearing in the front, such as a preface. -->
<!ELEMENT front (contents?, chapter*)> <!ELEMENT front (contents?, chapter*)>
<!-- Unnumbered parts appearing in the back, such as an afterword or <!-- Unnumbered parts appearing in the back, such as an afterword and/or
indices. indices.
--> -->
<!ELEMENT back (chapter*, index?)> <!ELEMENT back (chapter*, index*)>
<!--***** The topmost structures for the document. *****--> <!--***** The topmost structures for the document. *****-->

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&lt;chapter&gt; &lt;chapter&gt;
&lt;heading&gt;Afterword&lt;/heading&gt; &lt;heading&gt;Afterword&lt;/heading&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt;
Adn after the main part of the doucment we can have some other stuff. And after the main part of the doucment we can have some other stuff.
&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/chapter&gt; &lt;/chapter&gt;
&lt;index type="class"/&gt; &lt;index type="class"/&gt;
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The above example shows all the elements possible in a document body - The above example shows all the elements possible in a document body -
</p> </p>
<deflist> <deflist>
<term><label id="title">front</label></term> <term>front</term>
<desc> <desc>
This is an optional part of the document that can come before the This is an optional part of the document that can come before the
main text. Typically, this could be used to contain an automatically main text. Typically, this could be used to contain an automatically
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When output is generated in book form, this part of the document When output is generated in book form, this part of the document
would probably have a different page numbering scheme from the would probably have a different page numbering scheme from the
main part. main part.
<p>
The <em>contents</em> element is used as a marker to specify
that an automatically generated contents page (listing the
chapters in the document) is to be inserted.
</p>
</desc> </desc>
<term><label id="chapter">chapter</label></term> <term><label id="main">main</label></term>
<desc> <desc>
<p> <p>
After the <em>front</em> part of the document body comes a After the <em>front</em> part of the document body comes a
mandatory sequence of one or more chapters. This is where mandatory sequence of one or more chapters. This is where
the main part of the document resides. the main part of the document resides.
Each <ref id="chapter">chapter</ref> consists of a
<ref id="heading">heading</ref>, any number
of blocks of information, and any number of sections.
</p> </p>
</desc> </desc>
<term><label id="back">back</label></term> <term>back</term>
<desc> <desc>
After the chapters making up the main part of the body of the After the chapters making up the main part of the body of the
document is an optional <em>back</em> part which may contain document is an optional <em>back</em> part which may contain
chapters (such as appendices) possibly followed by an automatically chapters (such as appendices) possibly followed by an automatically
generated index. generated index.
<p>
The <em>index</em> element is used as a marker to specify
that an automatically generated index is to be inserted.
The <em>type</em> attribute of the index specifies what sort
of item is to be in the index - the default type of <em>label</em>
causes an index of all <em>label</em> and <em>entry</em>
elements to be generated.
</p>
</desc> </desc>
</deflist> </deflist>
</section> </section>
</chapter> </chapter>
<chapter>
<heading>Element reference</heading>
<section id="block">
<heading>block</heading>
<p>
Actually, there is no such thing as a <em>block</em> element, this
is just shorthand for refering to a group of elements that can be
used in similar ways. The block elements are -
</p>
<deflist>
<term><ref id="embed">embed</ref></term>
<desc>embeded information from elsewhere</desc>
<term><ref id="example">example</ref></term>
<desc>the example</desc>
<term><ref id="p">p</ref></term>
<desc>the paragraph</desc>
<term><label id="list">list</label></term>
<desc>
A variety of lists.
<deflist>
<term><ref id="list">list</ref></term>
<desc>a simple list of items</desc>
<term><ref id="enum">enum</ref></term>
<desc>an enumerated list</desc>
<term><ref id="deflist">deflist</ref></term>
<desc>a list of terms and their definitions</desc>
<term><ref id="qalist">qalist</ref></term>
<desc>a list of questions and answers</desc>
</deflist>
</desc>
<term>def</term>
<desc>
A variety of specialised elements for software documentation.
<deflist>
<term><ref id="class">class</ref></term>
<desc>An Objective-C class definition</desc>
<term><ref id="jclass">jclass</ref></term>
<desc>A Java class definition</desc>
<term><ref id="category">category</ref></term>
<desc>An Objective-C category definition</desc>
<term><ref id="protocol">protocol</ref></term>
<desc>An Objective-C protocol or Java interface definition</desc>
<term><ref id="function">function</ref></term>
<desc>A function definition</desc>
<term><ref id="macro">macro</ref></term>
<desc>A macro definition</desc>
<term><ref id="type">type</ref></term>
<desc>A type definition</desc>
<term><ref id="variable">variable</ref></term>
<desc>A variable definition</desc>
</deflist>
</desc>
</deflist>
</section>
<section id="br">
<heading>br</heading>
<p>
The <em>br</em> element is an empty element that always appears
as &lt;br/&gt; in the document. This element simply specifies
that a line-break should appear in the output text at this point.
</p>
</section>
<section id="chapter">
<heading>chapter</heading>
<p>
This is the basic unit of the document - the main part of
a document <ref id="body">body</ref> will contain at least
one chapter.
Each chapter consists of a heading,
zero or more <ref id="block">blocks</ref>,
and zero or more <ref id="section">sections</ref>.
</p>
<p>
Each chapter in the document is automatically listed in the
documents contents page (if it has one).
</p>
</section>
<section id="class">
<heading>class</heading>
<p>
This is the main element for Objective-C code documentation.
The <em>name</em> attribute is required for this element - it is
the name of the class. The <em>super</em> attribute is normally
necessary to provide the name of the superclass.
</p>
<p>
The elements in a class are - an optional
<ref id="declared">declared</ref> element,
zero or more <ref id="conform">conform</ref> element,
an optional <ref id="desc">description</ref>,
zero or more <ref id="method">method</ref> elements,
and an optional <ref id="standards">standards</ref> element.
</p>
</section>
<section id="conform">
<heading>conform</heading>
<p>
This element contains simple text giving the name of a protocol
or interface to which a class conforms.
</p>
</section>
<section id="declared">
<heading>declared</heading>
<p>
This element contains simple text giving the name of the header
file in which something is declared.
</p>
</section>
<section id="desc">
<heading>desc</heading>
<p>
This element is used to contain descriptions of how software
functions. It may contain <ref id="text">text</ref>, but may
also contain <ref id="list">lists</ref>,
<ref id="p">paragraphs</ref>,
<ref id="example">examples</ref> and
<ref id="mbed">embedded data</ref>.
</p>
</section>
<section id="heading">
<heading>heading</heading>
<p>
Each <ref id="chapter">chapter</ref>,
<ref id="section">section</ref>
<ref id="subsect">sub-section</ref>,
or <ref id="subsubsect">sub-sub-section</ref>
has a heading as the first thing in it.
These headings introduce the sections and are listed in the
contents page.
</p>
</section>
<section id="p">
<heading>p</heading>
<p>
The paragraph element simply contains <ref id="text">text</ref>.
Most descriptive writing is inside paragraphs.
</p>
</section>
<section id="section">
<heading>section</heading>
<p>
The <em>section</em> element is just like a
<ref id="chapter">chapter</ref>, except that it contains
<ref id="subsect">sub-sections</ref> where a chapter would
contain sections.
</p>
</section>
<section id="standards">
<heading>standards</heading>
<p>
The <em>standards</em> element contains any number of
standard elements whioch specify what standards a particular
piece of code does or does not conform to.
<br/>
The defined values are -
</p>
<list>
<item>&lt;GNUstep/&gt;</item>
<item>&lt;OpenStep/&gt;</item>
<item>&lt;NotOpenStep/&gt;</item>
<item>&lt;MacOS-X/&gt;</item>
<item>&lt;NotMacOS-X/&gt;</item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="subsect">
<heading>subsect</heading>
<p>
The <em>subsect</em> element is just like a
<ref id="section">section</ref>, except that it contains
<ref id="subsubsect">sub-sub-sections</ref> where a section would
contain sub-sections.
</p>
</section>
<section id="subsubsect">
<heading>subsubsect</heading>
<p>
The <em>subsubsect</em> element is just like a
<ref id="subsect">sub-section</ref>, except that it contains
only a <ref id="heading">heading</ref> and zero or more
<ref id="block">blocks</ref>.
</p>
</section>
<section id="text">
<heading>text</heading>
<p>
This is not really an element, we simply talk about text where
we mean raw text and very simple markup such as -
</p>
<deflist>
<term><ref id="br">br</ref></term>
<desc>a forced line-break</desc>
<term><ref id="footnote">footnote</ref></term>
<desc>a reference to a footnote that appears in full elsewhere</desc>
<term><ref id="label">label</ref></term>
<desc>
a piece of text marked so that it can be referred to from elsewhere.
</desc>
<term><ref id="entry">entry</ref></term>
<desc>
an invisible mark that can be referred to from elsewhere.
</desc>
<term><ref id="ref">ref</ref></term>
<desc>
text marked as a reference to elsewhere in the document.
</desc>
<term><ref id="uref">uref</ref></term>
<desc>
text marked as a reference to a hypertext URL.
</desc>
<term><ref id="url">url</ref></term>
<desc>
a hypertext URL.
</desc>
<term><ref id="email">email</ref></term>
<desc>
an email address.
</desc>
</deflist>
</section>
</chapter>
<chapter> <chapter>
<heading>The gsdoc conversion tool</heading> <heading>The gsdoc conversion tool</heading>
<p> <p>