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3 % $Id: mdwtools.tex,v 1.2 2003/09/05 16:15:33 mdw Exp $
4 %
5 % Common declarations for mdwtools.dtx files
6 %
7 % (c) 1996 Mark Wooding
8 %
9 % \end{meta-comment}
10 %
11 % \begin{meta-comment} <general public licence>
12 %%
13 %% mdwtools common declarations
14 %% Copyright (c) 1996 Mark Wooding
15 %%
16 %% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
17 %% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
18 %% the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
19 %% (at your option) any later version.
20 %%
21 %% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
22 %% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
23 %% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
24 %% GNU General Public License for more details.
25 %%
26 %% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
27 %% along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
28 %% Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
29 %%
30 % \end{meta-comment}
31 %
32 % \begin{meta-comment} <file preamble>
33 %<*mdwtools>
34 \ProvidesFile{mdwtools.tex}
35 [1996/05/10 1.4 Shared definitions for mdwtools .dtx files]
36 %</mdwtools>
37 % \end{meta-comment}
38 %
39 % \CheckSum{804}
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55 %%
56 %
57 % \section{Introduction and user guide}
58 %
59 % This file is really rather strange; it gets |\input| by other package
60 % documentation files to set up most of the environmental gubbins for them.
61 % It handles almost everything, like loading a document class, finding any
62 % packages, and building and formatting the title.
63 %
64 % It also offers an opportunity for users to customise my nice documentation,
65 % by using a |mdwtools.cfg| file (not included).
66 %
67 %
68 % \subsection{Declarations}
69 %
70 % A typical documentation file contains something like
71 % \begin{listinglist} \listingsize \obeylines
72 % |\input{mdwtools}|
73 % \<declarations>
74 % |\mdwdoc|
75 % \end{listinglist}
76 % The initial |\input| reads in this file and sets up the various commands
77 % which may be needed. The final |\mdwdoc| actually starts the document,
78 % inserting a title (which is automatically generated), a table of
79 % contents etc., and reads the documentation file in (using the |\DocInput|
80 % command from the \package{doc} package.
81 %
82 % \subsubsection{Describing packages}
83 %
84 % \DescribeMacro{\describespackage}
85 % \DescribeMacro{\describesclass}
86 % \DescribeMacro{\describesfile}
87 % \DescribeMacro{\describesfile*}
88 % The most important declarations are those which declare what the
89 % documentation describes. Saying \syntax{"\\describespackage{<package>}"}
90 % loads the \<package> (if necessary) and adds it to the auto-generated
91 % title, along with a footnote containing version information. Similarly,
92 % |\describesclass| adds a document class name to the title (without loading
93 % it -- the document itself must do this, with the |\documentclass| command).
94 % For files which aren't packages or classes, use the |\describesfile| or
95 % |\describesfile*| command (the $*$-version won't |\input| the file, which
96 % is handy for files like |mdwtools.tex|, which are already input).
97 %
98 % \DescribeMacro{\author}
99 % \DescribeMacro{\date}
100 % \DescribeMacro{\title}
101 % The |\author|, |\date| and |\title| declarations work slightly differently
102 % to normal -- they ensure that only the \emph{first} declaration has an
103 % effect. (Don't you play with |\author|, please, unless you're using this
104 % program to document your own packages.) Using |\title| suppresses the
105 % automatic title generation.
106 %
107 % \DescribeMacro{\docdate}
108 % The default date is worked out from the version string of the package or
109 % document class whose name is the same as that of the documentation file.
110 % You can choose a different `main' file by saying
111 % \syntax{"\\docdate{"<file>"}"}.
112 %
113 % \subsubsection{Contents handling}
114 %
115 % \DescribeMacro{\addcontents}
116 % A documentation file always has a table of contents. Other
117 % contents-like lists can be added by saying
118 % \syntax{"\\addcontents{"<extension>"}{"<command>"}"}. The \<extension>
119 % is the file extension of the contents file (e.g., \lit{lot} for the
120 % list of tables); the \<command> is the command to actually typeset the
121 % contents file (e.g., |\listoftables|).
122 %
123 % \subsubsection{Other declarations}
124 %
125 % \DescribeMacro{\implementation}
126 % The \package{doc} package wants you to say
127 % \syntax{"\\StopEventually{"<stuff>"}"}' before describing the package
128 % implementation. Using |mdwtools.tex|, you just say |\implementation|, and
129 % everything works. It will automatically read in the licence text (from
130 % |gpl.tex|, and wraps some other things up.
131 %
132 %
133 % \subsection{Other commands}
134 %
135 % The |mdwtools.tex| file includes the \package{syntax} and \package{sverb}
136 % packages so that they can be used in documentation files. It also defines
137 % some trivial commands of its own.
138 %
139 % \DescribeMacro{\<}
140 % Saying \syntax{"\\<"<text>">" is the same as "\\synt{"<text>"}"}; this
141 % is a simple abbreviation.
142 %
143 % \DescribeMacro{\smallf}
144 % Saying \syntax{"\\smallf" <number>"/"<number>} typesets a little fraction,
145 % like this: \smallf 3/4. It's useful when you want to say that the default
146 % value of a length is 2 \smallf 1/2\,pt, or something like that.
147 %
148 %
149 % \subsection{Customisation}
150 %
151 % You can customise the way that the package documentation looks by writing
152 % a file called |mdwtools.cfg|. You can redefine various commands (before
153 % they're defined here, even; |mdwtools.tex| checks most of the commands that
154 % it defines to make sure they haven't been defined already.
155 %
156 % \DescribeMacro{\indexing}
157 % If you don't want the prompt about whether to generate index files, you
158 % can define the |\indexing| command to either \lit{y} or \lit{n}. I'd
159 % recommend that you use |\providecommand| for this, to allow further
160 % customisation from the command line.
161 %
162 % \DescribeMacro{\mdwdateformat}
163 % If you don't like my date format (maybe you're American or something),
164 % you can redefine the |\mdwdateformat| command. It takes three arguments:
165 % the year, month and date, as numbers; it should expand to something which
166 % typesets the date nicely. The default format gives something like
167 % `10 May 1996'. You can produce something rather more exotic, like
168 % `10\textsuperscript{th} May \textsc{\romannumeral 1996}' by saying
169 %\begin{listing}
170 %\newcommand{\mdwdateformat}[3]{%
171 % \number#3\textsuperscript{\numsuffix{#3}}\ %
172 % \monthname{#2}\ %
173 % \textsc{\romannumeral #1}%
174 %}
175 %\end{listing}
176 % \DescribeMacro{\monthname}
177 % \DescribeMacro{\numsuffix}
178 % Saying \syntax{"\\monthname{"<number>"}"} expands to the name of the
179 % numbered month (which can be useful when doing date formats). Saying
180 % \syntax{"\\numsuffix{"<number>"}"} will expand to the appropriate suffix
181 % (`th' or `rd' or whatever) for the \<number>. You'll have to superscript
182 % it yourself, if this is what you want to do. Putting the year number
183 % in roman numerals is just pretentious |;-)|.
184 %
185 % \DescribeMacro{\mdwhook}
186 % After all the declarations in |mdwtools.tex|, the command |\mdwhook| is
187 % executed, if it exists. This can be set up by the configuration file
188 % to do whatever you want.
189 %
190 % There are lots of other things you can play with; you should look at the
191 % implementation section to see what's possible.
192 %
193 % \implementation
194 %
195 % \section{Implementation}
196 %
197 % \begin{macrocode}
198 %<*mdwtools>
199 % \end{macrocode}
200 %
201 % The first thing is that I'm not a \LaTeX\ package or anything official
202 % like that, so I must enable `|@|' as a letter by hand.
203 %
204 % \begin{macrocode}
205 \makeatletter
206 % \end{macrocode}
207 %
208 % Now input the user's configuration file, if it exists. This is fairly
209 % simple stuff.
210 %
211 % \begin{macrocode}
212 \@input{mdwtools.cfg}
213 % \end{macrocode}
214 %
215 % Well, that's the easy bit done.
216 %
217 %
218 % \subsection{Initialisation}
219 %
220 % Obviously the first thing to do is to obtain a document class. Obviously,
221 % it would be silly to do this if a document class has already been loaded,
222 % either by the package documentation or by the configuration file.
223 %
224 % The only way I can think of for finding out if a document class is already
225 % loaded is by seeing if the |\documentclass| command has been redefined
226 % to raise an error. This isn't too hard, really.
227 %
228 % If my \package{strayman} document class is available, then I'd prefer to
229 % use that.
230 %
231 % \begin{macrocode}
232 \ifx\documentclass\@twoclasseserror\else
233 \IfFileExists{strayman.cls}
234 {\documentclass[a4paper]{strayman}}
235 {\documentclass[a4paper]{ltxdoc}}
236 \ifx\doneclasses\mdw@undefined\else\doneclasses\fi
237 \fi
238 % \end{macrocode}
239 %
240 % If I can use better fonts, then that would be nice.
241 %
242 % \begin{macrocode}
243 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
244 \IfFileExists{mdwfonts.sty}
245 {\usepackage[palatino, helvetica, courier, maths=cmr]{mdwfonts}}{}
246 % \end{macrocode}
247 %
248 % As part of my standard environment, I'll load some of my more useful
249 % packages. If they're already loaded (possibly with different options),
250 % I'll not try to load them again.
251 %
252 % \begin{macrocode}
253 \@ifpackageloaded{doc}{}{\usepackage{doc}}
254 \@ifpackageloaded{syntax}{}{\usepackage[rounded]{syntax}}
255 \@ifpackageloaded{sverb}{}{\usepackage{sverb}}
256 % \end{macrocode}
257 %
258 % If I'm not using the \package{ltxdoc} document class then I'll need some of
259 % its definitions. I've no idea why these aren't part of \package{doc}\ldots
260 %
261 % \begin{macro}{\cmd}
262 % \begin{macro}{\cs}
263 % \begin{macrocode}
264 \def\cmd#1{\expandafter\cmd@i\string#1\x}
265 \def\cmd@i#1#2\x{\cs{#2}}
266 \DeclareRobustCommand\cs[1]{\texttt{\char`\\#1}}
267 % \end{macrocode}
268 % \end{macro}
269 % \end{macro}
270 %
271 % \begin{macro}{\marg}
272 % \begin{macro}{\oarg}
273 % \begin{macro}{\parg}
274 % \begin{macrocode}
275 \def\@arg#1#2#3{\texttt{#1}\meta{#2}\texttt{#3}}
276 \def\marg#1{\@arg{\char`\{}{#1}{\char`\}}}
277 \def\oarg#1{\@arg{[}{#1}{]}}
278 \def\parg#1{\@arg{(}{#1}{)}}
279 % \end{macrocode}
280 % \end{macro}
281 % \end{macro}
282 % \end{macro}
283
284 % \subsection{Some macros for interaction}
285 %
286 % I like the \LaTeX\ star-boxes, although it's a pain having to cope with
287 % \TeX's space-handling rules. I'll define a new typing-out macro which
288 % makes spaces more significant, and has a $*$-version which doesn't put
289 % a newline on the end, and interacts prettily with |\read|.
290 %
291 % First of all, I need to make spaces active, so I can define things about
292 % active spaces.
293 %
294 % \begin{macrocode}
295 \begingroup\obeyspaces
296 % \end{macrocode}
297 %
298 % Now to define the main macro. This is easy stuff. Spaces must be
299 % carefully rationed here, though.
300 %
301 % I'll start a group, make spaces active, and make spaces expand to ordinary
302 % space-like spaces. Then I'll look for a star, and pass either |\message|
303 % (which doesn't start a newline, and interacts with |\read| well) or
304 % |\immediate\write 16| which does a normal write well.
305 %
306 % \begin{macrocode}
307 \gdef\mdwtype{%
308 \begingroup\catcode`\ \active\let \space%
309 \@ifstar{\mdwtype@i{\message}}{\mdwtype@i{\immediate\write\sixt@@n}}%
310 }
311 \endgroup
312 % \end{macrocode}
313 %
314 % Now for the easy bit. I have the thing to do, and the thing to do it to,
315 % so do that and end the group.
316 %
317 % \begin{macrocode}
318 \def\mdwtype@i#1#2{#1{#2}\endgroup}
319 % \end{macrocode}
320 %
321 %
322 % \subsection{Decide on indexing}
323 %
324 % A configuration file can decide on indexing by defining the |\indexing|
325 % macro to either \lit{y} or \lit{n}. If it's not set, then I'll prompt
326 % the user.
327 %
328 % First of all, I want a switch to say whether I'm indexing.
329 %
330 % \begin{macrocode}
331 \newif\ifcreateindex
332 % \end{macrocode}
333 %
334 % Right: now I need to decide how to make progress. If the macro's not set,
335 % then I want to set it, and start a row of stars.
336 %
337 % \begin{macrocode}
338 \ifx\indexing\@@undefined
339 \mdwtype{*****************************}
340 \def\indexing{?}
341 \fi
342 % \end{macrocode}
343 %
344 % Now enter a loop, asking the user whether to do indexing, until I get
345 % a sensible answer.
346 %
347 % \begin{macrocode}
348 \loop
349 \@tempswafalse
350 \if y\indexing\@tempswatrue\createindextrue\fi
351 \if Y\indexing\@tempswatrue\createindextrue\fi
352 \if n\indexing\@tempswatrue\createindexfalse\fi
353 \if N\indexing\@tempswatrue\createindexfalse\fi
354 \if@tempswa\else
355 \mdwtype*{* Create index files? (y/n) *}
356 \read\sixt@@n to\indexing%
357 \repeat
358 % \end{macrocode}
359 %
360 % Now, based on the results of that, display a message about the indexing.
361 %
362 % \begin{macrocode}
363 \mdwtype{*****************************}
364 \ifcreateindex
365 \mdwtype{* Creating index files *}
366 \mdwtype{* This may take some time *}
367 \else
368 \mdwtype{* Not creating index files *}
369 \fi
370 \mdwtype{*****************************}
371 % \end{macrocode}
372 %
373 % Now I can play with the indexing commands of the \package{doc} package
374 % to do whatever it is that the user wants.
375 %
376 % \begin{macrocode}
377 \ifcreateindex
378 \CodelineIndex
379 \EnableCrossrefs
380 \else
381 \CodelineNumbered
382 \DisableCrossrefs
383 \fi
384 % \end{macrocode}
385 %
386 % And register lots of plain \TeX\ things which shouldn't be indexed.
387 % This contains lots of |\if|\dots\ things which don't fit nicely in
388 % conditionals, which is a shame. Still, it doesn't matter that much,
389 % really.
390 %
391 % \begin{macrocode}
392 \DoNotIndex{\def,\long,\edef,\xdef,\gdef,\let,\global}
393 \DoNotIndex{\if,\ifnum,\ifdim,\ifcat,\ifmmode,\ifvmode,\ifhmode,%
394 \iftrue,\iffalse,\ifvoid,\ifx,\ifeof,\ifcase,\else,\or,\fi}
395 \DoNotIndex{\box,\copy,\setbox,\unvbox,\unhbox,\hbox,%
396 \vbox,\vtop,\vcenter}
397 \DoNotIndex{\@empty,\immediate,\write}
398 \DoNotIndex{\egroup,\bgroup,\expandafter,\begingroup,\endgroup}
399 \DoNotIndex{\divide,\advance,\multiply,\count,\dimen}
400 \DoNotIndex{\relax,\space,\string}
401 \DoNotIndex{\csname,\endcsname,\@spaces,\openin,\openout,%
402 \closein,\closeout}
403 \DoNotIndex{\catcode,\endinput}
404 \DoNotIndex{\jobname,\message,\read,\the,\m@ne,\noexpand}
405 \DoNotIndex{\hsize,\vsize,\hskip,\vskip,\kern,\hfil,\hfill,\hss}
406 \DoNotIndex{\m@ne,\z@,\z@skip,\@ne,\tw@,\p@}
407 \DoNotIndex{\dp,\wd,\ht,\vss,\unskip}
408 % \end{macrocode}
409 %
410 % Last bit of indexing stuff, for now: I'll typeset the index in two columns
411 % (the default is three, which makes them too narrow for my tastes).
412 %
413 % \begin{macrocode}
414 \setcounter{IndexColumns}{2}
415 % \end{macrocode}
416 %
417 %
418 % \subsection{Selectively defining things}
419 %
420 % I don't want to tread on anyone's toes if they redefine any of these
421 % commands and things in a configuration file. The following definitions
422 % are fairly evil, but should do the job OK.
423 %
424 % \begin{macro}{\@gobbledef}
425 %
426 % This macro eats the following |\def|inition, leaving not a trace behind.
427 %
428 % \begin{macrocode}
429 \def\@gobbledef#1#{\@gobble}
430 % \end{macrocode}
431 %
432 % \end{macro}
433 %
434 % \begin{macro}{\tdef}
435 % \begin{macro}{\tlet}
436 %
437 % The |\tdef| command is a sort of `tentative' definition -- it's like
438 % |\def| if the control sequence named doesn't already have a definition.
439 % |\tlet| does the same thing with |\let|.
440 %
441 % \begin{macrocode}
442 \def\tdef#1{
443 \ifx#1\@@undefined%
444 \expandafter\def\expandafter#1%
445 \else%
446 \expandafter\@gobbledef%
447 \fi%
448 }
449 \def\tlet#1#2{\ifx#1\@@undefined\let#1=#2\fi}
450 % \end{macrocode}
451 %
452 % \end{macro}
453 % \end{macro}
454 %
455 %
456 % \subsection{General markup things}
457 %
458 % Now for some really simple things. I'll define how to typeset package
459 % names and environment names (both in the sans serif font, for now).
460 %
461 % \begin{macrocode}
462 \tdef\package{\textsf}
463 \tdef\env{\textsf}
464 % \end{macrocode}
465 %
466 % I'll define the |\<|\dots|>| shortcut for syntax items suggested in the
467 % \package{syntax} package.
468 %
469 % \begin{macrocode}
470 \tdef\<#1>{\synt{#1}}
471 % \end{macrocode}
472 %
473 % And because it's used in a few places (mainly for typesetting lengths),
474 % here's a command for typesetting fractions in text.
475 %
476 % \begin{macrocode}
477 \tdef\smallf#1/#2{\ensuremath{^{#1}\!/\!_{#2}}}
478 % \end{macrocode}
479 %
480 %
481 % \subsection{Custom description lists}
482 %
483 % For some bizarre reason, the \LaTeX\ \env{description} environment sets
484 % |\itemindent| so that the label starts |\labelsep| into the left margin,
485 % and the default |\makelabel| must therefore contain a hack to compensate.
486 % This is fixed in the \package{strayman} document class, and by the
487 % \package{mdwlist} package in this collection. But this introduces a
488 % problem: if I want to set a \env{description} list with custom labels, how
489 % can I do this without messing up the spacing?
490 %
491 % Detection of the relevant packages is done in an awfully hacky way, because
492 % \LaTeXe\ seems to go out of its way to forget which packages have been
493 % loaded at |\begin{document}| time.
494 %
495 % \begin{macrocode}
496 \def\setdescriptionlabel#1{%
497 \if1\ifx\sectindent\xxundefined% strayman?
498 \ifx\defaultdesc\xxundefined% mdwlist?
499 1\else0\fi\else0\fi%
500 \def\makelabel##1{\hskip\labelsep\relax#1}%
501 \else%
502 \def\makelabel##1{#1}%
503 \fi%
504 }
505 % \end{macrocode}
506 %
507 %
508 % \subsection{A table environment}
509 %
510 % \begin{environment}{tab}
511 %
512 % Most of the packages don't use the (obviously perfect) \package{mdwtab}
513 % package, because it's big, and takes a while to load. Here's an
514 % environment for typesetting centred tables. The first (optional) argument
515 % is some declarations to perform. The mandatory argument is the table
516 % preamble (obviously).
517 %
518 % \begin{macrocode}
519 \@ifundefined{tab}{%
520 \newenvironment{tab}[2][\relax]{%
521 \par\vskip2ex%
522 \centering%
523 #1%
524 \begin{tabular}{#2}%
525 }{%
526 \end{tabular}%
527 \par\vskip2ex%
528 }
529 }{}
530 % \end{macrocode}
531 %
532 % \end{environment}
533 %
534 %
535 % \subsection{Commenting out of stuff}
536 %
537 % \begin{environment}{meta-comment}
538 %
539 % Using |\iffalse|\dots|\fi| isn't much fun. I'll define a gobbling
540 % environment using the \package{sverb} stuff.
541 %
542 % \begin{macrocode}
543 \ignoreenv{meta-comment}
544 % \end{macrocode}
545 %
546 % \end{environment}
547 %
548 %
549 % \subsection{Float handling}
550 %
551 % This gubbins will try to avoid float pages as much as possible, and (with
552 % any luck) encourage floats to be put on the same pages as text.
553 %
554 % \begin{macrocode}
555 \def\textfraction{0.1}
556 \def\topfraction{0.9}
557 \def\bottomfraction{0.9}
558 \def\floatpagefraction{0.7}
559 % \end{macrocode}
560 %
561 % Now redefine the default float-placement parameters to allow `here' floats.
562 %
563 % \begin{macrocode}
564 \def\fps@figure{htbp}
565 \def\fps@table{htbp}
566 % \end{macrocode}
567 %
568 %
569 % \subsection{Other bits of parameter tweaking}
570 %
571 % Make \env{grammar} environments look pretty, by indenting the left hand
572 % sides by a large amount.
573 %
574 % \begin{macrocode}
575 \grammarindent1in
576 % \end{macrocode}
577 %
578 % I don't like being told by \TeX\ that my paragraphs are hard to linebreak:
579 % I know this already. This lot should shut \TeX\ up about most problems.
580 %
581 % \begin{macrocode}
582 \sloppy
583 \hbadness\@M
584 \hfuzz10\p@
585 % \end{macrocode}
586 %
587 % Also make \TeX\ shut up in the index. The \package{multicol} package
588 % irritatingly plays with |\hbadness|. This is the best hook I could find
589 % for playing with this setting.
590 %
591 % \begin{macrocode}
592 \expandafter\def\expandafter\IndexParms\expandafter{%
593 \IndexParms%
594 \hbadness\@M%
595 }
596 % \end{macrocode}
597 %
598 % The other thing I really don't like is `Marginpar moved' warnings. This
599 % will get rid of them, and lots of other \LaTeX\ warnings at the same time.
600 %
601 % \begin{macrocode}
602 \let\@latex@warning@no@line\@gobble
603 % \end{macrocode}
604 %
605 % Put some extra space between table rows, please.
606 %
607 % \begin{macrocode}
608 \def\arraystretch{1.2}
609 % \end{macrocode}
610 %
611 % Most of the code is at guard level one, so typeset that in upright text.
612 %
613 % \begin{macrocode}
614 \setcounter{StandardModuleDepth}{1}
615 % \end{macrocode}
616 %
617 %
618 % \subsection{Contents handling}
619 %
620 % I use at least one contents file (the main table of contents) although
621 % I may want more. I'll keep a list of contents files which I need to
622 % handle.
623 %
624 % There are two things I need to do to contents files here:
625 % \begin{itemize}
626 % \item I must typeset the table of contents at the beginning of the
627 % document; and
628 % \item I want to typeset tables of contents in two columns (using the
629 % \package{multicol} package).
630 % \end{itemize}
631 %
632 % The list consists of items of the form
633 % \syntax{"\\do{"<extension>"}{"<command>"}"}, where \<extension> is the
634 % file extension of the contents file, and \<command> is the command to
635 % typeset it.
636 %
637 % \begin{macro}{\docontents}
638 %
639 % This is where I keep the list of contents files. I'll initialise it to
640 % just do the standard contents table.
641 %
642 % \begin{macrocode}
643 \def\docontents{\do{toc}{\tableofcontents}}
644 % \end{macrocode}
645 %
646 % \end{macro}
647 %
648 % \begin{macro}{\addcontents}
649 %
650 % By saying \syntax{"\\addcontents{"<extension>"}{"<command>"}"}, a document
651 % can register a new table of contents which gets given the two-column
652 % treatment properly. This is really easy to implement.
653 %
654 % \begin{macrocode}
655 \def\addcontents#1#2{%
656 \toks@\expandafter{\docontents\do{#1}{#2}}%
657 \edef\docontents{\the\toks@}%
658 }
659 % \end{macrocode}
660 %
661 % \end{macro}
662 %
663 %
664 % \subsection{Finishing it all off}
665 %
666 % \begin{macro}{\finalstuff}
667 %
668 % The |\finalstuff| macro is a hook for doing things at the end of the
669 % document. Currently, it inputs the licence agreement as an appendix.
670 %
671 % \begin{macrocode}
672 \tdef\finalstuff{\appendix\part*{Appendix}\input{gpl}}
673 % \end{macrocode}
674 %
675 % \end{macro}
676 %
677 % \begin{macro}{\implementation}
678 %
679 % The |\implementation| macro starts typesetting the implementation of
680 % the package(s). If we're not doing the implementation, it just does
681 % this lot and ends the input file.
682 %
683 % I define a macro with arguments inside the |\StopEventually|, which causes
684 % problems, since the code gets put through an extra level of |\def|fing
685 % depending on whether the implementation stuff gets typeset or not. I'll
686 % store the code I want to do in a separate macro.
687 %
688 % \begin{macrocode}
689 \def\implementation{\StopEventually{\attheend}}
690 % \end{macrocode}
691 %
692 % Now for the actual activity. First, I'll do the |\finalstuff|. Then, if
693 % \package{doc}'s managed to find the \package{multicol} package, I'll add
694 % the end of the environment to the end of each contents file in the list.
695 % Finally, I'll read the index in from its formatted |.ind| file.
696 %
697 % \begin{macrocode}
698 \tdef\attheend{%
699 \finalstuff%
700 \ifhave@multicol%
701 \def\do##1##2{\addtocontents{##1}{\protect\end{multicols}}}%
702 \docontents%
703 \fi%
704 \ifx\backmatter\@@undefined\else\backmatter\fi%
705 \PrintIndex%
706 }
707 % \end{macrocode}
708 %
709 % \end{macro}
710 %
711 %
712 % \subsection{File version information}
713 %
714 % \begin{macro}{\mdwpkginfo}
715 %
716 % For setting up the automatic titles, I'll need to be able to work out
717 % file versions and things. This macro will, given a file name, extract
718 % from \LaTeX\ the version information and format it into a sensible string.
719 %
720 % First of all, I'll put the original string (direct from the
721 % |\Provides|\dots\ command). Then I'll pass it to another macro which can
722 % parse up the string into its various bits, along with the original
723 % filename.
724 %
725 % \begin{macrocode}
726 \def\mdwpkginfo#1{%
727 \edef\@tempa{\csname ver@#1\endcsname}%
728 \expandafter\mdwpkginfo@i\@tempa\@@#1\@@%
729 }
730 % \end{macrocode}
731 %
732 % Now for the real business. I'll store the string I build in macros called
733 % \syntax{"\\"<filename>"date", "\\"<filename>"version" and
734 % "\\"<filename>"info"}, which store the file's date, version and
735 % `information string' respectively. (Note that the file extension isn't
736 % included in the name.)
737 %
738 % This is mainly just tedious playing with |\expandafter|. The date format
739 % is defined by a separate macro, which can be modified from the
740 % configuration file.
741 %
742 % \begin{macrocode}
743 \def\mdwpkginfo@i#1/#2/#3 #4 #5\@@#6.#7\@@{%
744 \expandafter\def\csname #6date\endcsname%
745 {\protect\mdwdateformat{#1}{#2}{#3}}%
746 \expandafter\def\csname #6version\endcsname{#4}%
747 \expandafter\def\csname #6info\endcsname{#5}%
748 }
749 % \end{macrocode}
750 %
751 % \end{macro}
752 %
753 % \begin{macro}{\mdwdateformat}
754 %
755 % Given three arguments, a year, a month and a date (all numeric), build a
756 % pretty date string. This is fairly simple really.
757 %
758 % \begin{macrocode}
759 \tdef\mdwdateformat#1#2#3{\number#3\ \monthname{#2}\ \number#1}
760 \def\monthname#1{%
761 \ifcase#1\or%
762 January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or%
763 July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or December%
764 \fi%
765 }
766 \def\numsuffix#1{%
767 \ifnum#1=1 st\else%
768 \ifnum#1=2 nd\else%
769 \ifnum#1=3 rd\else%
770 \ifnum#1=21 st\else%
771 \ifnum#1=22 nd\else%
772 \ifnum#1=23 rd\else%
773 \ifnum#1=31 st\else%
774 th%
775 \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi%
776 }
777 % \end{macrocode}
778 %
779 % \end{macro}
780 %
781 % \begin{macro}{\mdwfileinfo}
782 %
783 % Saying \syntax{"\\mdwfileinfo{"<file-name>"}{"<info>"}"} extracts the
784 % wanted item of \<info> from the version information for file \<file-name>.
785 %
786 % \begin{macrocode}
787 \def\mdwfileinfo#1#2{\mdwfileinfo@i{#2}#1.\@@}
788 \def\mdwfileinfo@i#1#2.#3\@@{\csname#2#1\endcsname}
789 % \end{macrocode}
790 %
791 % \end{macro}
792 %
793 %
794 % \subsection{List handling}
795 %
796 % There are several other lists I need to build. These macros will do
797 % the necessary stuff.
798 %
799 % \begin{macro}{\mdw@ifitem}
800 %
801 % The macro \syntax{"\\mdw@ifitem"<item>"\\in"<list>"{"<true-text>"}"^^A
802 % "{"<false-text>"}"} does \<true-text> if the \<item> matches any item in
803 % the \<list>; otherwise it does \<false-text>.
804 %
805 % \begin{macrocode}
806 \def\mdw@ifitem#1\in#2{%
807 \@tempswafalse%
808 \def\@tempa{#1}%
809 \def\do##1{\def\@tempb{##1}\ifx\@tempa\@tempb\@tempswatrue\fi}%
810 #2%
811 \if@tempswa\expandafter\@firstoftwo\else\expandafter\@secondoftwo\fi%
812 }
813 % \end{macrocode}
814 %
815 % \end{macro}
816 %
817 % \begin{macro}{\mdw@append}
818 %
819 % Saying \syntax{"\\mdw@append"<item>"\\to"<list>} adds the given \<item>
820 % to the end of the given \<list>.
821 %
822 % \begin{macrocode}
823 \def\mdw@append#1\to#2{%
824 \toks@{\do{#1}}%
825 \toks\tw@\expandafter{#2}%
826 \edef#2{\the\toks\tw@\the\toks@}%
827 }
828 % \end{macrocode}
829 %
830 % \end{macro}
831 %
832 % \begin{macro}{\mdw@prepend}
833 %
834 % Saying \syntax{"\\mdw@prepend"<item>"\\to"<list>} adds the \<item> to the
835 % beginning of the \<list>.
836 %
837 % \begin{macrocode}
838 \def\mdw@prepend#1\to#2{%
839 \toks@{\do{#1}}%
840 \toks\tw@\expandafter{#2}%
841 \edef#2{\the\toks@\the\toks\tw@}%
842 }
843 % \end{macrocode}
844 %
845 % \end{macro}
846 %
847 % \begin{macro}{\mdw@add}
848 %
849 % Finally, saying \syntax{"\\mdw@add"<item>"\\to"<list>} adds the \<item>
850 % to the list only if it isn't there already.
851 %
852 % \begin{macrocode}
853 \def\mdw@add#1\to#2{\mdw@ifitem#1\in#2{}{\mdw@append#1\to#2}}
854 % \end{macrocode}
855 %
856 % \end{macro}
857 %
858 %
859 % \subsection{Described file handling}
860 %
861 % I'l maintain lists of packages, document classes, and other files
862 % described by the current documentation file.
863 %
864 % First of all, I'll declare the various list macros.
865 %
866 % \begin{macrocode}
867 \def\dopackages{}
868 \def\doclasses{}
869 \def\dootherfiles{}
870 % \end{macrocode}
871 %
872 % \begin{macro}{\describespackage}
873 %
874 % A document file can declare that it describes a package by saying
875 % \syntax{"\\describespackage{"<package-name>"}"}. I add the package to
876 % my list, read the package into memory (so that the documentation can
877 % offer demonstrations of it) and read the version information.
878 %
879 % \begin{macrocode}
880 \def\describespackage#1{%
881 \mdw@ifitem#1\in\dopackages{}{%
882 \mdw@append#1\to\dopackages%
883 \usepackage{#1}%
884 \mdwpkginfo{#1.sty}%
885 }%
886 }
887 % \end{macrocode}
888 %
889 % \end{macro}
890 %
891 % \begin{macro}{\describesclass}
892 %
893 % By saying \syntax{"\\describesclass{"<class-name>"}"}, a document file
894 % can declare that it describes a document class. I'll assume that the
895 % document class is already loaded, because it's much too late to load
896 % it now.
897 %
898 % \begin{macrocode}
899 \def\describesclass#1{\mdw@add#1\to\doclasses\mdwpkginfo{#1.cls}}
900 % \end{macrocode}
901 %
902 % \end{macro}
903 %
904 % \begin{macro}{\describesfile}
905 %
906 % Finally, other `random' files, which don't have the status of real \LaTeX\
907 % packages or document classes, can be described by saying \syntax{^^A
908 % "\\describesfile{"<file-name>"}" or "\\describesfile*{"<file-name>"}"}.
909 % The difference is that the starred version will not |\input| the file.
910 %
911 % \begin{macrocode}
912 \def\describesfile{%
913 \@ifstar{\describesfile@i\@gobble}{\describesfile@i\input}%
914 }
915 \def\describesfile@i#1#2{%
916 \mdw@ifitem#2\in\dootherfiles{}{%
917 \mdw@add#2\to\dootherfiles%
918 #1{#2}%
919 \mdwpkginfo{#2}%
920 }%
921 }
922 % \end{macrocode}
923 %
924 % \end{macro}
925 %
926 %
927 % \subsection{Author and title handling}
928 %
929 % I'll redefine the |\author| and |\title| commands so that I get told
930 % whether I need to do it myself.
931 %
932 % \begin{macro}{\author}
933 %
934 % This is easy: I'll save the old meaning, and then redefine |\author| to
935 % do the old thing and redefine itself to then do nothing.
936 %
937 % \begin{macrocode}
938 \let\mdw@author\author
939 \def\author{\let\author\@gobble\mdw@author}
940 % \end{macrocode}
941 %
942 % \end{macro}
943 %
944 % \begin{macro}{\title}
945 %
946 % And oddly enough, I'll do exactly the same thing for the title, except
947 % that I'll also disable the |\mdw@buildtitle| command, which constructs
948 % the title automatically.
949 %
950 % \begin{macrocode}
951 \let\mdw@title\title
952 \def\title{\let\title\@gobble\let\mdw@buildtitle\relax\mdw@title}
953 % \end{macrocode}
954 %
955 % \end{macro}
956 %
957 % \begin{macro}{\date}
958 %
959 % This works in a very similar sort of way.
960 %
961 % \begin{macrocode}
962 \def\date#1{\let\date\@gobble\def\today{#1}}
963 % \end{macrocode}
964 %
965 % \end{macro}
966 %
967 % \begin{macro}{\datefrom}
968 %
969 % Saying \syntax{"\\datefrom{"<file-name>"}"} sets the document date from
970 % the given filename.
971 %
972 % \begin{macrocode}
973 \def\datefrom#1{%
974 \protected@edef\@tempa{\noexpand\date{\csname #1date\endcsname}}%
975 \@tempa%
976 }
977 % \end{macrocode}
978 %
979 % \end{macro}
980 %
981 % \begin{macro}{\docfile}
982 %
983 % Saying \syntax{"\\docfile{"<file-name>"}"} sets up the file name from which
984 % documentation will be read.
985 %
986 % \begin{macrocode}
987 \def\docfile#1{%
988 \def\@tempa##1.##2\@@{\def\@basefile{##1.##2}\def\@basename{##1}}%
989 \edef\@tempb{\noexpand\@tempa#1\noexpand\@@}%
990 \@tempb%
991 }
992 % \end{macrocode}
993 %
994 % I'll set up a default value as well.
995 %
996 % \begin{macrocode}
997 \docfile{\jobname.dtx}
998 % \end{macrocode}
999 %
1000 % \end{macro}
1001 %
1002 %
1003 % \subsection{Building title strings}
1004 %
1005 % This is rather tricky. For each list, I need to build a legible looking
1006 % string.
1007 %
1008 % \begin{macro}{\mdw@addtotitle}
1009 %
1010 % By saying
1011 %\syntax{"\\mdw@addtotitle{"<list>"}{"<command>"}{"<singular>"}{"<plural>"}"}
1012 % I can add the contents of a list to the current title string in the
1013 % |\mdw@title| macro.
1014 %
1015 % \begin{macrocode}
1016 \tdef\mdw@addtotitle#1#2#3#4{%
1017 % \end{macrocode}
1018 %
1019 % Now to get to work. I need to keep one `lookahead' list item, and a count
1020 % of the number of items read so far. I'll keep the lookahead item in
1021 % |\@nextitem| and the counter in |\count@|. Things are even worse because
1022 % the footnote symbols should appear \emph{after} the separating punctuation,
1023 % so we need to delay those by another cycle, hence we have |\@nextnote| and
1024 % |\@prevnote|.
1025 %
1026 % \begin{macrocode}
1027 \count@\z@%
1028 % \end{macrocode}
1029 %
1030 % Now I'll define what to do for each list item. The |\protect| command is
1031 % already set up appropriately for playing with |\edef| commands.
1032 %
1033 % \begin{macrocode}
1034 \def\do##1{%
1035 % \end{macrocode}
1036 %
1037 % The first job is to add the previous item to the title string. If this
1038 % is the first item, though, I'll just add the appropriate \lit{The } or
1039 % \lit{ and the } string to the title (this is stored in the |\@prefix|
1040 % macro). Also maintain a parallel version which doesn't have the footnotes
1041 % in: this will be suitable for a running header.
1042 %
1043 % \begin{macrocode}
1044 \edef\mdw@title{%
1045 \mdw@title%
1046 \ifcase\count@\@prefix%
1047 \or\@nextitem%
1048 \else,\@prevnote\ \@nextitem%
1049 \fi%
1050 }%
1051 \edef\mdw@runningtitle{%
1052 \mdw@runningtitle%
1053 \ifcase\count@\@prefix%
1054 \or\@nextitem%
1055 \else, \@nextitem%
1056 \fi%
1057 }%
1058 % \end{macrocode}
1059 %
1060 % That was rather easy. Now I'll set up the |\@previtem| and |\@nextitem|
1061 % macros for the next time around the loop.
1062 %
1063 % \begin{macrocode}
1064 \edef\@nextitem{\protect#2{##1}}%
1065 \let\@prevnote\@nextnote
1066 \edef\@nextnote{%
1067 \protect\footnote{%
1068 The \protect#2{##1} #3 is currently at version %
1069 \mdwfileinfo{##1}{version}, dated \mdwfileinfo{##1}{date}.%
1070 }%
1071 }%
1072 % \end{macrocode}
1073 %
1074 % Finally, I need to increment the counter.
1075 %
1076 % \begin{macrocode}
1077 \advance\count@\@ne%
1078 }%
1079 % \end{macrocode}
1080 %
1081 % Now execute the list.
1082 %
1083 % \begin{macrocode}
1084 #1%
1085 % \end{macrocode}
1086 %
1087 % I still have one item left over, unless the list was empty. I'll add
1088 % that now.
1089 %
1090 % \begin{macrocode}
1091 \edef\mdw@title{%
1092 \mdw@title%
1093 \ifcase\count@%
1094 \or\@nextitem\@nextnote\space#3%
1095 \or\@prevnote\ and \@nextitem\@nextnote\space#4%
1096 \else,\@prevnote\ and \@nextitem\@nextnote\space#4%
1097 \fi%
1098 }%
1099 \edef\mdw@runningtitle{%
1100 \mdw@runningtitle%
1101 \ifcase\count@%
1102 \or\@nextitem\space#3%
1103 \or\ and \@nextitem\space#4%
1104 \else,\ and \@nextitem\space#4%
1105 \fi%
1106 }%
1107 % \end{macrocode}
1108 %
1109 % Finally, if $|\count@| \ne 0$, I must set |\@prefix| to \lit{ and the }.
1110 %
1111 % \begin{macrocode}
1112 \ifnum\count@>\z@\def\@prefix{ and the }\fi%
1113 }
1114 % \end{macrocode}
1115 %
1116 % \end{macro}
1117 %
1118 % \begin{macro}{\mdw@buildtitle}
1119 %
1120 % This macro will actually do the job of building the title string.
1121 %
1122 % \begin{macrocode}
1123 \tdef\mdw@buildtitle{%
1124 % \end{macrocode}
1125 %
1126 % First of all, I'll open a group to avoid polluting the namespace with
1127 % my gubbins (although the code is now much tidier than it has been in
1128 % earlier releases).
1129 %
1130 % \begin{macrocode}
1131 \begingroup%
1132 % \end{macrocode}
1133 %
1134 % The title building stuff makes extensive use of |\edef|. I'll set
1135 % |\protect| appropriately. (For those not in the know,
1136 % |\@unexpandable@protect| expands to `|\noexpand\protect\noexpand|',
1137 % which prevents expansion of the following macro, and inserts a |\protect|
1138 % in front of it ready for the next |\edef|.)
1139 %
1140 % \begin{macrocode}
1141 \let\@@protect\protect\let\protect\@unexpandable@protect%
1142 % \end{macrocode}
1143 %
1144 % Set up some simple macros ready for the main code.
1145 %
1146 % \begin{macrocode}
1147 \def\mdw@title{}%
1148 \def\mdw@runningtitle{}%
1149 \def\@prefix{The }%
1150 % \end{macrocode}
1151 %
1152 % Now build the title. This is fun.
1153 %
1154 % \begin{macrocode}
1155 \mdw@addtotitle\dopackages\package{package}{packages}%
1156 \mdw@addtotitle\doclasses\package{document class}{document classes}%
1157 \mdw@addtotitle\dootherfiles\texttt{file}{files}%
1158 % \end{macrocode}
1159 %
1160 % Now I want to end the group and set the title from my string. The
1161 % following hacking will do this.
1162 %
1163 % \begin{macrocode}
1164 \edef\next{%
1165 \endgroup%
1166 \noexpand\title{\noexpand\mdw@titlehack\mdw@title}%
1167 \def\noexpand\@headertitle{\mdw@runningtitle}%
1168 }%
1169 \next%
1170 }
1171 % \end{macrocode}
1172 %
1173 % \end{macro}
1174 %
1175 % \begin{macro}{\mdw@titlehack}
1176 %
1177 % Wait! Did you notice that |\mdw@titlehack|? What's that about?
1178 %
1179 % It turns out that the default document classes hack the footnote insertion
1180 % commands to make footnote symbols take up no horizontal space in the title.
1181 % Apparently this makes author names look as if they're centred properly when
1182 % there are affiliation footnotes. Anyway, \package{doc} perpetuates this
1183 % silliness, but it makes a mess of the version markers I insert, so I must
1184 % deploy countermeasures.
1185 %
1186 % \begin{macrocode}
1187 \def\mdw@titlehack{\def\@makefnmark{$\m@th^{\@thefnmark}$}}
1188 % \end{macrocode}
1189 %
1190 % \end{macro}
1191 %
1192 % \subsection{Starting the main document}
1193 %
1194 % \begin{macro}{\mdwdoc}
1195 %
1196 % Once the document preamble has done all of its stuff, it calls the
1197 % |\mdwdoc| command, which takes over and really starts the documentation
1198 % going.
1199 %
1200 % \begin{macrocode}
1201 \def\mdwdoc{%
1202 % \end{macrocode}
1203 %
1204 % First, I'll construct the title string.
1205 %
1206 % \begin{macrocode}
1207 \mdw@buildtitle%
1208 \author{Mark Wooding}%
1209 % \end{macrocode}
1210 %
1211 % Set up the date string based on the date of the package which shares
1212 % the same name as the current file.
1213 %
1214 % \begin{macrocode}
1215 \datefrom\@basename%
1216 % \end{macrocode}
1217 %
1218 % Set up verbatim characters after all the packages have started.
1219 %
1220 % \begin{macrocode}
1221 \shortverb\|%
1222 \shortverb\"%
1223 % \end{macrocode}
1224 %
1225 % Start the document, and put the title in.
1226 %
1227 % \begin{macrocode}
1228 \begin{document}
1229 \ifx\frontmatter\@@undefined\else\frontmatter\fi%
1230 \maketitle%
1231 % \end{macrocode}
1232 %
1233 % This is nasty. It makes maths displays work properly in demo environments.
1234 % \emph{The \LaTeX\ Companion} exhibits the bug which this hack fixes. So
1235 % ner.
1236 %
1237 % \begin{macrocode}
1238 \abovedisplayskip\z@%
1239 % \end{macrocode}
1240 %
1241 % Now start the contents tables. After starting each one, I'll make it
1242 % be multicolumnar.
1243 %
1244 % \begin{macrocode}
1245 \def\do##1##2{%
1246 \ifhave@multicol\addtocontents{##1}{%
1247 \protect\begin{multicols}{2}%
1248 \hbadness\@M%
1249 }\fi%
1250 ##2%
1251 }%
1252 \docontents%
1253 % \end{macrocode}
1254 %
1255 % Input the main file now.
1256 %
1257 % \begin{macrocode}
1258 \ifx\mainmatter\@@undefined\else\mainmatter\fi%
1259 \DocInput{\@basefile}%
1260 % \end{macrocode}
1261 %
1262 % That's it. I'm done.
1263 %
1264 % \begin{macrocode}
1265 \end{document}
1266 }
1267 % \end{macrocode}
1268 %
1269 % \end{macro}
1270 %
1271 %
1272 % \subsection{And finally\dots}
1273 %
1274 % Right at the end I'll put a hook for the configuration file.
1275 %
1276 % \begin{macrocode}
1277 \ifx\mdwhook\@@undefined\else\expandafter\mdwhook\fi
1278 % \end{macrocode}
1279 %
1280 % That's all the code done now. I'll change back to `user' mode, where
1281 % all the magic control sequences aren't allowed any more.
1282 %
1283 % \begin{macrocode}
1284 \makeatother
1285 %</mdwtools>
1286 % \end{macrocode}
1287 %
1288 % Oh, wait! What if I want to typeset this documentation? Aha. I'll cope
1289 % with that by comparing |\jobname| with my filename |mdwtools|. However,
1290 % there's some fun here, because |\jobname| contains category-12 letters,
1291 % while my letters are category-11. Time to play with |\string| in a messy
1292 % way.
1293 %
1294 % \begin{macrocode}
1295 %<*driver>
1296 \makeatletter
1297 \edef\@tempa{\expandafter\@gobble\string\mdwtools}
1298 \edef\@tempb{\jobname}
1299 \ifx\@tempa\@tempb
1300 \describesfile*{mdwtools.tex}
1301 \docfile{mdwtools.tex}
1302 \makeatother
1303 \expandafter\mdwdoc
1304 \fi
1305 \makeatother
1306 %</driver>
1307 % \end{macrocode}
1308 %
1309 % That's it. Done!
1310 %
1311 % \hfill Mark Wooding, \today
1312 %
1313 % \Finale
1314 %
1315 \endinput