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# MkDocs semiliterate Plugin
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# MkDocs semiliterate Plugin
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This plugin for MkDocs is an extension of Allison Thackston's excellent [mkdocs-simple-plugin](https://athackst.github.io/mkdocs-simple-plugin). It adds `{! ... !}` syntax for including content from one file into another (and a couple of other small ease-of-use tweaks).
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This plugin for MkDocs is an extension of Allison Thackston's excellent [mkdocs-simple-plugin](https://athackst.github.io/mkdocs-simple-plugin). It allows you to include content from one file into another (via `{! ... !}` syntax), using exactly the same extraction specification as the `simple` plugin already uses for identifying documentation in source files.
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<!-- repo: --><!-- site: The current version of mkdocs-semiliterate is {! setup.cfg { extract: {start: name}, terminate: '(\d*\.\d*\.\d*)'} !}. -->
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<!-- repo: --><!-- site: The current version of mkdocs-semiliterate is {! setup.cfg { extract: {start: name}, terminate: '(\d*\.\d*\.\d*)'} !}. -->
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## Rationale
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## Rationale
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Time and trends have not validated Knuth's original vision of "literate programming" as a mainstream practice. Nevertheless, there remain significant advantages to incorporating all documentation, including user-guide-style narrative, into the source code for a project. These advantages include ease of maintenance and synchronization of code and documentation, and opportunities to make the ensemble of your code and documentation more DRY. Thus, it's worth using a "semiliterate" programming style, in which: code is arranged as dictated by best software engineering practices; documentation is co-located in the same files next to the implementing code; and tools are provided for extracting and assembling that documentation into readable form.
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Time and trends have not validated Knuth's original vision of "literate programming" as a mainstream practice. Nevertheless, there remain significant advantages to incorporating all documentation, including user-guide-style narrative, into the source code for a project. These advantages include ease of maintenance and synchronization of code and documentation, and opportunities to make the ensemble of your code and documentation more DRY. Thus, it's worth using a "semiliterate" programming style, in which
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* code is arranged as dictated by best software engineering practices
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* documentation is co-located in the same files next to the implementing code
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* and tools are provided for extracting and assembling that documentation into readable form.
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*[DRY]: Don't Repeat Yourself -- a coding philosophy of creating a single authoritative location for each piece of information.
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*[DRY]: Don't Repeat Yourself -- a coding philosophy of creating a single authoritative location for each piece of information.
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The mkdocs-simple-plugin goes a long way toward creating a semiliterate programming environment. However, in creating narrative documentation, it's very useful to be able to quote or incorporate content -- whether that be documentation blocks or code examples -- from one file into another. To satisfy that need, this `semiliterate` plugin extends (i.e, literally inherits from) the `simple` plugin and adds a syntax for such inclusion.
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The `simple` plugin goes a long way toward creating a semiliterate programming environment. However, in creating narrative documentation, it's very useful to be able to quote or incorporate content -- whether that be documentation blocks or code examples -- from one file into another. To satisfy that need, this `semiliterate` plugin extends (i.e, literally inherits from) the `simple` plugin and adds a syntax for such inclusion.
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With a few other small ease-of-use tweaks (documented in the <!-- repo: -->[Usage](http://studioinfinity.org/semiliterate/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin)<!-- site:[Usage](mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin.md) --> section),
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With a few other small ease-of-use tweaks (documented in the <!-- repo: -->[Usage](http://studioinfinity.org/semiliterate/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin)<!-- site:[Usage](mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin.md) --> section),
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this extended plugin aims to produce a lightweight but comprehensive semiliterate programming environment. <!-- repo: -->The [documentation site](http://studioinfinity.org/semiliterate)<!-- site:This documentation site --> is, of course, produced by MkDocs using the semiliterate plugin.
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this extended plugin aims to produce a lightweight but comprehensive semiliterate programming environment. <!-- repo: -->The [documentation site](http://studioinfinity.org/semiliterate)<!-- site:This documentation site --> is, of course, produced by MkDocs using the semiliterate plugin.
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merge_docs_dir: false
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merge_docs_dir: false
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ignore_folders: [build, dist, tests, semiliterate]
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ignore_folders: [build, dist, tests, semiliterate]
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include_extensions: [LICENSE]
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include_extensions: [LICENSE]
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report_docs_build: true
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extract_standard_markdown:
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extract_standard_markdown:
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extract:
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extract:
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replace: [['^(.*)<!-- repo: -->.*<!-- site:(.*?) -->(.*\s*)$', '\1\2\3']]
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replace: [['^(.*)<!-- repo: -->.*<!-- site:(.*?) -->(.*\s*)$', '\1\2\3']]
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# `semiliterate` still incorporates all standard Markdown files
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# `semiliterate` still incorporates all standard Markdown files
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# because of the following `extract_standard_markdown` parameter.
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# because of the following `extract_standard_markdown` parameter.
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('extract_standard_markdown',
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('extract_standard_markdown',
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config_options.Type(dict, default={})),
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config_options.Type(dict, default={}))
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# If the `enable` key of this dict parameter is true
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# If the `enable` key of this dict parameter is true
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# (it defaults to the opposite of `copy_standard_markdown`),
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# (it defaults to the opposite of `copy_standard_markdown`),
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# it adds a semiliterate block causing extraction (and hence
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# it adds a semiliterate block causing extraction (and hence
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# On the other hand, setting this parameter to `{enable: false}`
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# On the other hand, setting this parameter to `{enable: false}`
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# (which is also the default when `copy_standard_markdown` is true)
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# (which is also the default when `copy_standard_markdown` is true)
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# will prevent automatic extraction from standard Markdown files.
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# will prevent automatic extraction from standard Markdown files.
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('report_docs_build',
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config_options.Type(bool, default=False))
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# If true, the name of the temporary directory to which generated docs
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# files are copied/extracted will be written to standard output
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# (even if the `-v` verbose option to mkdocs is not specified).
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def build_docs(self):
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def build_docs(self):
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if self.config['report_docs_build']:
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utils.log.info(
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f"semiliterate: generating docs in {self.build_docs_dir}")
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self.exclude_extensions = self.config['exclude_extensions']
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self.exclude_extensions = self.config['exclude_extensions']
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dflt_enable = False
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dflt_enable = False
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if not self.config['copy_standard_markdown']:
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if not self.config['copy_standard_markdown']:
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