From b4eca043a04e8ef25c51289bc675692eef5da4b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael R Sweet Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:25:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Save documentation updates. --- doc/install.html | 44 ++++++++---- doc/intro.html | 121 ++++++++++++++------------------- doc/license.html | 2 +- doc/mxml.html | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- doc/mxmldoc.xsd | 4 +- doc/relnotes.html | 32 ++++----- 6 files changed, 249 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/install.html b/doc/install.html index d3d3578..68bea3b 100644 --- a/doc/install.html +++ b/doc/install.html @@ -5,12 +5,31 @@ and Packaging Mini-XML

This chapter describes how to build, install, and package -Mini-XML on your system.

+Mini-XML on your system from the source archive. You will need an +ANSI/ISO-C compatible compiler to build Mini-XML - GCC works, as +do most vendors' C compilers. If you are building Mini-XML on +Windows, we recommend using the Visual C++ environment with the +supplied solution file. For other operating systems, you'll need a +POSIX-compatible shell and make program in addition to +the C compiler.

Compiling Mini-XML

-

Mini-XML comes with an autoconf-based configure script; just -type the following command to get things going:

+

Mini-XML comes with both an autoconf-based configure script +and a Visual C++ solution that can be used to compile the library +and associated tools.

+ +

Compiling with Visual C++

+ +

Open the mxml.sln solution in the vcnet +folder. Choose the desired build configuration, "Debug" (the +default) or "Release", and then choose Build Solution +from the Build menu.

+ +

Compiling with Command-Line Tools

+ +

Type the following command to configure the Mini-XML source +code for your system:

     ./configure ENTER
@@ -41,17 +60,18 @@ program to verify that things are working, as follows:

Installing Mini-XML

-

Use the make command with the install -target to install Mini-XML in the configured directories:

+

If you are using Visual C++, copy the mxml.lib and +and mxml.h files to the Visual C++ lib and +include directories, respectively.

+ +

Otherwise, use the make command with the +install target to install Mini-XML in the configured +directories:

     make install ENTER
 
-

If you are using Mini-XML under Microsoft Windows with Visual -C++, use the included project files in the vcnet -subdirectory to build the library instead.

-

Creating Mini-XML Packages

@@ -86,10 +106,8 @@ to create portable and native packages for your system:

The packages are stored in a subdirectory named dist for your convenience. The portable packages utilize scripts and tar files to install the software on the -target system; this is especially useful when installing on -systems with different Linux distributions. Use the -mxml.install script to install the software and -mxml.remove script to remove the software.

+target system. After extracting the package archive, use the +mxml.install script to install the software.

The native packages will be in the local OS's native format: RPM for Red Hat Linux, DPKG for Debian Linux, PKG for Solaris, diff --git a/doc/intro.html b/doc/intro.html index 660fa57..46d6b55 100644 --- a/doc/intro.html +++ b/doc/intro.html @@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ on the data based upon schema files or other sources of definition information, nor does it support character entities other than those required by the XML specification.

- +

Legal Stuff

-

The Mini-XML library is copyright 2003-2005 by Michael +

The Mini-XML library is copyright 2003-2007 by Michael Sweet.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ more details.

History

Mini-XML was initially developed for the Gimp-Print project to +href='http://gutenprint.sf.net/'>Gutenprint project to replace the rather large and unwieldy libxml2 library with something substantially smaller and easier-to-use. It all began one morning in June of 2003 when Robert posted the @@ -89,14 +89,16 @@ of code.

I took my own challenge and coded furiously for two days to produced the initial public release of Mini-XML, total lines of -code: 696. Robert promptly integrated Mini-XML into Gimp-Print +code: 696. Robert promptly integrated Mini-XML into Gutenprint and removed libxml2.

Thanks to lots of feedback and support from various developers, Mini-XML has evolved since then to provide a more -complete XML implementation and now stands at a whopping 2,974 +complete XML implementation and now stands at a whopping 3,441 lines of code, compared to 103,893 lines of code for libxml2 -version 2.6.9. Aside from Gimp-Print, Mini-XML is used for the +version 2.6.9.

+ +

Aside from Gutenprint, Mini-XML is used for the following projects/software applications:

- +

Notation Conventions

Various font and syntax conventions are used in this guide. Examples and their meanings and uses are explained below:

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Example   Description
 
lpstat
- lpstat(1)
   The names of commands; the first mention of a command or - function in a chapter is followed by a manual page section - number.
 
/var
- /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps
   File and directory names.
 
Request ID is Printer-123   Screen output.
 
lp -d printer filename ENTER   Literal user input; special keys like ENTER are - in ALL CAPS.
 
12.3   Numbers in the text are written using the period (.) to indicate - the decimal point.
+
- +
lpstat
+ lpstat(1)
+ +
The names of commands; the first mention of a command + or function in a chapter is followed by a manual page + section number.

+ +
/var
+ /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps
+ +
File and directory names.

+ +
Request ID is Printer-123
+ +
Screen output.

+ +
lp -d printer filename ENTER
+ +
Literal user input; special keys like + ENTER are in ALL CAPS.

+ +
12.3
+ +
Numbers in the text are written using the period (.) + to indicate the decimal point.

+ +
+ +

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used throughout this manual:

-
Gb
-
Gigabytes, or 1073741824 bytes
 
+
Gigabytes, or 1073741824 bytes

kb
-
Kilobytes, or 1024 bytes
 
+
Kilobytes, or 1024 bytes

Mb
-
Megabytes, or 1048576 bytes
 
+
Megabytes, or 1048576 bytes

UTF-8, UTF-16
-
Unicode Transformation Format, 8-bit or 16-bit
 
+
Unicode Transformation Format, 8-bit or 16-bit

W3C
-
World Wide Web Consortium
 
+
World Wide Web Consortium

XML
-
Extensible Markup Language
 
+
Extensible Markup Language

-
+

Other References

-
The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-321-18578-1
The definition of the Unicode character set which is - used for XML.
 
+ used for XML.

Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition)
The XML specification from the World Wide Web - Consortium (W3C)
 
+ Consortium (W3C)

-
diff --git a/doc/license.html b/doc/license.html index c84bba0..0bba3af 100644 --- a/doc/license.html +++ b/doc/license.html @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

-

How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries

+

How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries

If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, we recommend making it free software that diff --git a/doc/mxml.html b/doc/mxml.html index 0fb9778..f7cd1e8 100644 --- a/doc/mxml.html +++ b/doc/mxml.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Mini-XML Programmers Manual, Version 2.3 - +