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Documentation style guide
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.. contents::
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The following documents some specific libvirt rules for writing docs in
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reStructuredText
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Table of contents
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Any document which uses headings and whose content is long enough to cause
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scrolling when viewed in the browser must start with a table of contents.
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This should be created using the default formatting:
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.. contents::
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Whitespace
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Blocks should be indented with 3 spaces, and no tabs
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Code blocks
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Code blocks should be created using
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This is regular text.
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This is a code block.
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Headings
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RST allows headings to be created simply by underlining with any punctuation
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characters. Optionally the text may be overlined to.
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For the sake of consistency, libvirt defines the following style requirement
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which allows for 6 levels of headings
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Heading 1
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Heading 2
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Heading 3
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Heading 4
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~~~~~~~~~
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Heading 5
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.........
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Heading 6
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^^^^^^^^^
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Tables
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Tables should be created using the ``list-table`` directive whenever
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possible, as in
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:header-rows: 1
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* - Option
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- Description
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* - ``foo_enabled``
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- Whether or not ``foo`` should be enabled
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* - ``bar_user``
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- Which user to run ``bar`` as
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Manual pages
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RST documents created as manual pages must have the following structure
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::PROGRAM::
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...line line description...
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:Manual section: 8
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:Manual group: Virtualization Support
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SYNOPSIS
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``::PROGRAM::`` [*OPTION*]...
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DESCRIPTION
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...describe the tool / program ...
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OPTIONS
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``-h``, ``--help``
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Display command line help usage then exit.
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...and other args....
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FILES
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...any files used that the user needs to know about. eg config
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files in particular...
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AUTHORS
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Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with libvirt.
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BUGS
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Please report all bugs you discover. This should be done via either:
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#. the mailing list
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`https://libvirt.org/contact.html <https://libvirt.org/contact.html>`_
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#. the bug tracker
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`https://libvirt.org/bugs.html <https://libvirt.org/bugs.html>`_
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Alternatively, you may report bugs to your software distributor / vendor.
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COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) ::DATE:: ::ORIGINAL AUTHOR::, and the authors listed in the
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libvirt AUTHORS file.
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LICENSE
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``::PROGRAM::`` is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2.1+.
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There
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is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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PURPOSE
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SEE ALSO
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...other man page links....
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`https://libvirt.org/ <https://libvirt.org/>`_
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