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-;;;;
-;;;; Standard Library
-;;;;
-;;;;
-;;;; Author: Erick Gallesio [eg@essi.fr]
-;;;; Creation date: 21-Nov-2003 07:20 (eg)
-;;;; Last file update: 21-Nov-2003 10:17 (eg)
-
-
-(chapter :title "Standard Library"
-
- (p [This section describes the Skribe standard library])
-
-;;;
-(section :title "File functions"
-
- (p [The function ,(code "include") is particularily useful to spread a
-long document amongst several files.])
-
- (doc-markup 'include
- '((file [The file containing the nodes to be included.
-These nodes are included in the document in place of the ,(code "include")
-call.]))
- :common-args '()
- :see-also '(skribe-load skribe-path skribe-path-set!)
- :idx *function-index*)
-
- (p [The given file is searched in the current
-,(ref :mark "skribe-path" :text "Skribe path")])
-
- (p [The function ,(code "skribe-load") is generally used to load in the
-Skribe memory, a package or an extension. In general the prelude of a
-Skribe document (the expressions placed before the ,(markup-ref "document")
-call) contains several ,(code "skribe-load"). The file is search
-in the ,(ref :mark "skribe-path" :text "Skribe path").])
-
- (doc-markup 'skribe-load
- `((file [The file containing the expressions to be loaded.])
- (:engine [The engine used to evaluate the expressions.])
- (:path ,[The optional path where to find the file. The default
- path is ,(markup-ref "skribe-path").])
- (#!rest opt... [Additional user options.]))
- :source "../src/bigloo/eval.scm"
- :common-args '()
- :see-also '(skribe-load-options skribe-path skribe-path-set!)
- :idx *function-index*)
-
- (p [Returns the user of options of the last call to
-,(markup-ref "skribe-load")])
- (doc-markup 'skribe-load-options
- '()
- :source "../src/bigloo/eval.scm"
- :common-args '()
- :see-also '(skribe-load)
- :idx *function-index*)
-
- (p [Skribe provides functions for dealing with paths. These functions
-are related to the path that can be specified on the command line,
-when the Skribe compiler is invoked (see Chapter
-,(ref :chapter "Skribe compiler").)])
-
- (doc-markup 'skribe-path
- '()
- :source "../src/bigloo/eval.scm"
- :common-args '()
- :others '(skribe-image-path skribe-bib-path skribe-source-path)
- :see-also '(include skribe-load image source bibliography skribe-path-set! skribe-image-path-set! skribe-bib-path-set! skribe-source-path-set!)
- :idx *function-index*)
-
- (p [The function ,(code "skribe-path-set!") sets a new path.])
- (doc-markup 'skribe-path-set!
- '((path [A list of strings which is the new Skribe search path.]))
- :source "../src/bigloo/eval.scm"
- :common-args '()
- :others '(skribe-image-path-set! skribe-bib-path-set! skribe-source-path-set!)
- :see-also '(skribe-path skribe-image-path skribe-bib-path skribe-source-path)
- :idx *function-index*))
-
-;;; Misc
-(section :title "Misc. Functions"
-
- (p [The function ,(code "skribe-release") returns the Skribe version
-as a string])
- (doc-markup 'skribe-release
- '()
- :common-args '()
- :source #f
- :def '(define (skribe-release) ...)
- :idx *function-index*)
-
- (p [For instance, the following piece of code:])
- (prgm :language skribe
- "[This manual documents the ,(bold (skribe-release)) Skribe release]")
- (p [produces the following output])
- (disp [This manual documents the ,(bold (skribe-release)) Skribe release]))
-
- (p [The function ,(code "skribe-configure") accesses the whole
-Skribe configuration. It can be used to ,(emph "get") or ,(emph "check")
-the configuration.])
-
- (doc-markup 'skribe-configure
- '((opt... [Optional arguments.]))
- :common-args '()
- :source #f
- :def '(define (skribe-configure . opt...) ...)
- :idx *function-index*)
-
- (p [The function ,(code "skribe-configure") can be used in three distinct
-ways depending on the number of provided arguments:])
-
- (enumerate
- (item [If no argument is provided, ,(code "skribe-configure") returns
-a fresh list of Skribe configuration.])
- (item [If one keyword argument is provided, ,(code "skribe-configure")
-returns the value associated with this keyword in the configuration list.
-If this value does not exist, it returns the symbol ,(code "void").])
- (item [(code "skribe-configure") is invoked with a list composed
-of ,(emph "keyword") ,(emph "value"). The actual configuration is checked
-against the provided values. Values are compared with ,(code "equal") except
-if the value to check has to be compared with a procedure. In that particular
-case the value of the check is the value produces by ,(emph "applying") the
-function to the actual value. The result of ,(code "skribe-configure") is a
-boolean.]))
-
- (p [Here are some examples.])
- (prgm :language skribe [
-;; fetch the whole configuration list
-(skribe-configure)
-
-;; fetch the release number
-(skribe-configure :release)
-
-;; test if the release number is 1.0b
-(skribe-configure :release "1.0b")
-
-;; test if the release number is greater or equal than "1.0b"
-(skribe-configure :release (lambda (v) (string>=? v "1.0b")))
-
-;; test if the release number is greater or equal than "1.0b"
-;; and the implementation is bigloo
-(skribe-configure :release (lambda (v) (string>=? v "1.0b")) :scheme "bigloo")])
-
- (p [The function ,(code "skribe-enforce-configure") checks for the Skribe
-configuration. In case of mismatch, it raises an error. The syntax of the
-arguments if the same as that of ,(code "skribe-configure") when invoked
-with several arguments.])
-
- (doc-markup 'skribe-enforce-configure
- '((opt... [Optional arguments.]))
- :common-args '()
- :source #f
- :def '(define (skribe-enforce-configure . opt...) ...)
- :idx *function-index*))
-
-
-