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#!/usr/bin/perl
# buildDoc.pl builds documentation tree from Perl .pod and .pm files (POD)
# in case of duplicate names, .pod is used in preference to .pm
#
# (c) copyright 2018-2022 Catskill Technology Services, LLC
# licensed under license used in PDF::Builder package (LGPL 2.1+)
#
# there is partial code to implement --all to build all PODs, or update an
# existing documentation tree with specific name(s), but the whole process
# is fast enough that it didn't seem worthwhile to do anything but --all
#
# -h or --help or (nothing) for help
# --all if you have no other command line parameters
use strict;
our $VERSION = '3.027'; # VERSION
our $LAST_UPDATE = '3.027'; # manually update whenever code is changed
# =============
# CONFIGURATION these may be overridden by command-line flags. If reading from
# an existing index.html TOC file, the stored values will be
# used.
# The default settings assume running buildDoc.pl in the docs/
# directory of the product.
# --all
my $all = ''; # doing --all by default, but still need in command line (else
# thinks it's a help request) if no other flag
# --libtop=s
my $libtop = "../lib"; # source .pm tree e.g., PDF/Builder.pm ->
# ../lib/PDF/Builder.pm
# assuming run from within docs/ (current directory)
# --leading=s
my $leading = "PDF"; # optional level(s) below $libtop
# / or :: divider between directories
# set to '' to omit
# --rootname=s
my $rootname = "Builder"; # e.g., for PDF::Builder, specify Builder.pm as root file
# and Builder/ as top directory, in case there are
# other PDF:: entries present. $rootname must NOT
# be ''
# --output=s
my $output = "."; # top of tree where outputting .html files to
# $output/$leading/ created under current directory
# unless $leading is empty (in which case just use $output)
# --toc=s
my $TOC = ""; # $output/$TOC is table of contents file (set default once
# $rootname is determined)
#
# --dirsep=s
my $dirsep = '/'; # also works for Windows (but not on command line)
# --absep=s
my $abstract_sep = ' - '; # PDF::Builder style separator between PM name and
# the abstract description in NAME entry
# --flagorphans to set to 1
my $no_root_link = '0'; # if 1, output info message that no link path from root
# very common, and flagged in TOC index.html
# --noignore to set to 1
my $not_pm = '0'; # if 1, output info message that non-.pm file ignored
# -h or --help to ask for help
my $help = '0';
# =============
my ($i, $fname, $bname, $filename, $dirname);
my @filelist; # ignored if --all, else is list of files to update existing
# doc tree. may be in file path format or PM format
my @file_list; # complete list of files (in filepath format). array of hashes
# fpname => filepath-format name
# ofname => output filepath and name
# pmname => PM format name
# status => status flag -2 = not processed yet
# -1 = scheduled for processing
# 0 = no POD (empty .html)
# 1 = good .html from POD
# 2 = POD errors reported in .html
# 3 = errors to stderr (may or may not
# be an .html file)
# accessible => accessible (from root) flag 0=no 1=yes
# abstract => text from NAME POD entry
# parents => [] build list of parent(s) chain
# siblings => [] build list of any siblings
# children => [] build list of any children
# command line flags and files
if (scalar(@ARGV) == 0) { help(); exit(1); }
GetOptions( 'all' => \$all,
'help' => \$help, 'h' => \$help,
'dirsep=s' => \$dirsep,
'absep=s' => \$abstract_sep,
'flagorphans' => \$no_root_link,
'noignore' => \$not_pm,
'libtop=s' => \$libtop,
'leading=s' => \$leading,
'rootname=s' => \$rootname,
'output=s' =>\$output,
'toc=s' => \$TOC,
);
# force --all for time being
$all = 1;
# asked for help?
if ($help) { help(); exit(2); }
if ($leading eq '""' || $leading eq "''") { $leading = ''; }
if ($leading ne '') { $leading =~ s#::#/#g; }
if ($rootname eq '""' || $rootname eq "''") { $rootname = ''; }
##print "all='$all', help='$help', dirsep='$dirsep', absep='$abstract_sep',\n";
##print " flagorphans='$no_root_link', noignore='$not_pm', libtop='$libtop',\n";
##print " leading='$leading', rootname='$rootname', output='$output', toc='$TOC'\n\n";
if ($rootname eq '') {
die "ERROR --rootname must not be empty!\n";
}
if ($TOC eq '') { $TOC = $rootname . "_index.html"; }
# TBD material for processing individual modules to update docs
if (!$all && scalar(@ARGV) >= 1) {
while ($fname = $ARGV[0]) {
if ($fname =~ m#^-#) {
# an UNKNOWN flag to skip over
print "$fname WARNING unknown flag skipped\n";
next;
}
if (index($fname, '::') > -1) {
# Perl format dir::dir::dir::module
$filename = toFP($fname);
} else {
# OS format dir/dir/dir/module.pm
$filename = $fname;
}
push @filelist, $filename;
}
}
if ($all) {
# any stray stuff? ARGV should be empty by now
foreach (@ARGV) {
print "WARNING extra command line content '$_' ignored\n";
}
# get complete list of filepaths in @file_list and initialize flags
@file_list = ();
# top level name and dir are the start, then everything in that dir
# $libtop/$leading/$rootname.pm may exist, and be first entry
# if doesn't exist, all .pm files in that directory are root
# then $libtop/$leading/$rootname/ follow all the way down if $rootname
# not empty. if it is, all directories in top directory are followed
$fname = "$libtop/";
if ($leading ne '') { $fname .= "$leading/"; }
$fname .= $rootname;
if (-f "$fname.pod" && -r "$fname.pod") {
$fname = "$fname.pod";
} else {
$fname = "$fname.pm";
}
if (!-f $fname) {
die "$fname ERROR no $rootname .pod or .pm files found\n";
## all top-level .pod, .pm files mark as status -1 (.pod has priority over .pm)
#@filelist = ();
#$dirname = $libtop;
#if ($leading ne '') { $dirname .= "/$leading"; }
#opendir my $dh, $dirname or die "$dirname ERROR can't open and read directory\n";
#while (my $direntry = readdir $dh) {
# if ($direntry eq '.' || $direntry eq '..') { next; }
# $fname = "$dirname/$direntry";
# # if it's .pm, check to see if there is a readable .pod of the same name, and if so,
# # ignore the .pm file
# if (-f $fname) {
# # it's a file. readable if .pod or .pm?
# if ($fname =~ m#\.pm$#) {
# $bname = $fname;
# $bname =~ s#\.pm$#.pod#;
# if (-f $bname && -r $bname) { next; } # use .pod instead
#
# if (!-r $fname) {
# print "$fname WARNING top-level .pm file not readable\n";
# } else {
# push @filelist, $fname;
# }
# }
# if ($fname =~ m#\.pod$#) {
# if (!-r $fname) {
# print "$fname WARNING top-level .pod file not readable\n";
# } else {
# push @filelist, $fname;
# }
# }
# }
#}
#closedir $dh;
} else {
if (!-r $fname) {
die "$fname ERROR $rootname .pod or .pm file not readable\n";
}
# just $rootname.pm is starting point
@filelist = ( $fname );
}
foreach (@filelist) {
push @file_list, { fpname=>$_, # filepath name (full filepath to
# .pm/.pod source)
ofname=>toOF($_), # output filepath name
pmname=>toPM($_), # PM format name e.g., PDF::Builder
status=>-1, # status -1 ready to read
accessible=>1, # root accessible yes
abstract=>'', # no abstract yet
parents=>[], # no parents yet
siblings=>[], # no siblings yet
children=>[], # no children yet
depth=>0, # depth of directory
};
}
if ($rootname eq '') { # should NOT see this
# all subdirectories under $libtop/$leading are to be followed
@filelist = ();
$dirname = $libtop;
if ($leading ne '') { $dirname .= "/$leading"; }
opendir my $dh, $dirname or die "$dirname ERROR can't open and read directory\n";
while (my $direntry = readdir $dh) {
if ($direntry eq '.' || $direntry eq '..') { next; }
$fname = "$dirname/$direntry";
if (-d $fname) {
# it's a directory, so use it
push @filelist, $fname;
}
}
closedir $dh;
} else {
# only $libtop/$leading/$rootname is to be followed, if exists
$dirname = $libtop;
if ($leading ne '') { $dirname .= "/$leading"; }
if (-d "$dirname/$rootname") {
@filelist = ( "$dirname/$rootname" );
} else {
@filelist = ();
}
}
# build list of the remaining files
foreach (@filelist) {
push @file_list, buildList($_, toPM($_));
}
} else {
# read in existing index.html, add or reset entries in @file_list
# as found in @filelist. flags from index.html.
if (scalar @filelist == 0) { die "no files given to update\n"; }
# TBD ============ not for now
}
# sort @file_list on hash pmname entry.
# just a simple bubble sort (list shouldn't be that long).
# sorting after build list, because update might have added a new entry at end
for (my $max_i=$#file_list; $max_i>0; $max_i--) {
my $swap = 0; # no swaps seen
for (my $i=0; $i<$max_i; $i++) {
if ($file_list[$i]{'pmname'} gt $file_list[$i+1]{'pmname'}) {
# need to swap records i and i+1
# copying one hash to another can be tricky business, so
# we'll do it the hard way
# parents, siblings, children arrays s/b empty
my %temp;
$temp{'pmname'} = $file_list[$i]{'pmname'};
$temp{'fpname'} = $file_list[$i]{'fpname'};
$temp{'ofname'} = $file_list[$i]{'ofname'};
$temp{'status'} = $file_list[$i]{'status'};
$temp{'accessible'} = $file_list[$i]{'accessible'};
$temp{'abstract'} = $file_list[$i]{'abstract'};
$temp{'parents'} = $file_list[$i]{'parents'};
$temp{'siblings'} = $file_list[$i]{'siblings'};
$temp{'children'} = $file_list[$i]{'children'};
$temp{'depth'} = $file_list[$i]{'depth'};
$file_list[$i]{'pmname'} = $file_list[$i+1]{'pmname'};
$file_list[$i]{'fpname'} = $file_list[$i+1]{'fpname'};
$file_list[$i]{'ofname'} = $file_list[$i+1]{'ofname'};
$file_list[$i]{'status'} = $file_list[$i+1]{'status'};
$file_list[$i]{'accessible'} = $file_list[$i+1]{'accessible'};
$file_list[$i]{'abstract'} = $file_list[$i+1]{'abstract'};
$file_list[$i]{'parents'} = $file_list[$i+1]{'parents'};
$file_list[$i]{'siblings'} = $file_list[$i+1]{'siblings'};
$file_list[$i]{'children'} = $file_list[$i+1]{'children'};
$file_list[$i]{'depth'} = $file_list[$i+1]{'depth'};
$file_list[$i+1]{'pmname'} = $temp{'pmname'};
$file_list[$i+1]{'fpname'} = $temp{'fpname'};
$file_list[$i+1]{'ofname'} = $temp{'ofname'};
$file_list[$i+1]{'status'} = $temp{'status'};
$file_list[$i+1]{'accessible'} = $temp{'accessible'};
$file_list[$i+1]{'abstract'} = $temp{'abstract'};
$file_list[$i+1]{'parents'} = $temp{'parents'};
$file_list[$i+1]{'siblings'} = $temp{'siblings'};
$file_list[$i+1]{'children'} = $temp{'children'};
$file_list[$i+1]{'depth'} = $temp{'depth'};
$swap = 1;
}
}
if (!$swap) { last; }
}
# now we have an up-to-date and sorted @file_list of files to process
# loop twice: 1. process all status=-1 and their descendants
# 2. any status=-2 that are left, warn and change to -1 and repeat
my ($any_minus1, $source, $target, $htmlfile, $errorfile);
do {
$any_minus1 = 0; # haven't set any status -1 this pass
for (my $i=0; $i<scalar @file_list; $i++) {
if ($file_list[$i]{'status'} == -1) {
# found a status -1 ("ready") to process
$any_minus1 = 1;
$source = $file_list[$i]{'fpname'};
$target = $file_list[$i]{'ofname'};
# $target may not exist yet, nor may its path
mkdir_list($target);
# assuming no problem with overwriting .html output
print STDERR "processing $source\n";
# run Pod::Simple::XHTML and produce .html string
my $p = Pod::Simple::XHTML->new();
# output to $htmlfile variable, later to $target file
my $htmlfile;
$p->output_string(\$htmlfile);
$p->html_charset('UTF-8');
$p->html_encode_chars(q{&<>'"});
$p->html_doctype('<!DOCTYPE html>');
# want an index at the top
$p->index(1);
# parse the file containing POD
$p->parse_file($source);
# if errors, a section "POD errors" is inserted at the end (also index)
# $htmlfile is a string containing output HTML, including errors
# no separate .stderr file
#if ($target =~ m/Issue155/) { spew($htmlfile, "raw.html"); }
# also if only invalid POD
if ($htmlfile eq '') {
print "$source INFO no POD content\n";
$file_list[$i]{'status'} = 0;
$htmlfile = "<html>\n<head>\n<title>$source</title>\n</head>\n";
$htmlfile .= "<body>\nNo documentation (POD) in this module</body>\n</html>\n";
} else {
# possibly a good run (OK so far)
$file_list[$i]{'status'} = 1;
# always put in a title
$htmlfile =~ s#<title></title>#<title>$file_list[$i]{'pmname'}</title>#;
# add lang="en" to html tag
$htmlfile =~ s#<html>#<html lang="en">#;
}
# POD conversion errors reported? already in index section
# empty string if no valid POD at all
if ($htmlfile =~ m#id="POD-ERRORS"#) {
print "$source ERROR POD errors reported\n";
$file_list[$i]{'status'} = 3;
}
# examine and modify $htmlfile contents:
#
# update links (fix href path)
# prepare pwd's list of directories, as is reused
my $pwd = $target;
$pwd =~ s#^$output/##;
my @pwd_dirs = split /[\\\/]/, $pwd;
# last one is filename, not needed here
pop @pwd_dirs;
# if first one is empty (was absolute path), discard
if (scalar @pwd_dirs > 0 && $pwd_dirs[0] eq '') {
shift @pwd_dirs;
}
# if first one is . discard
if (scalar @pwd_dirs > 0 && $pwd_dirs[0] eq '.') {
shift @pwd_dirs;
}
# go through all links in .html that are not #name
# format & set any that are still status -2 to -1 for
# processing in next loop (also set $any_minus1 = 1)
while ($htmlfile =~ m#<a href="([^"]+)">([^<]+)</a>#g) {
my $href = $1;
my $linkname = $2;
# discard if href is just #name
# (an internal link to a heading) or an
# external link (http[s]:// ftp:// etc.)
if ($href =~ m/^#/) { next; }
if ($href =~ m#^[a-z]+://#i) { next; }
# strip off /$libtop/
$href =~ s#^/$libtop/##;
# make list of dirs in target ($href)
my ($path, $target) = split /#/, $href;
if (!defined $target) { $target = ''; }
my @target_dirs = split /[\\\/]/, $path;
# last one is filename, save
my $newhref = pop @target_dirs;
# if first one is empty (was absolute path), discard
if (scalar @target_dirs > 0 && $target_dirs[0] eq '') {
shift @target_dirs;
}
# if first one is . discard
if (scalar @target_dirs > 0 && $target_dirs[0] eq '.') {
shift @target_dirs;
}
# now we have two arrays. discard matching
# elements until mismatch or one or both empty.
# for each element remaining in pwd_dirs, add
# a ../ to the front of remaining elements of
# target_dirs and form newhref.
my @copy_pwd_dirs = @pwd_dirs;
while (scalar @copy_pwd_dirs > 0 &&
scalar @target_dirs > 0) {
if ($copy_pwd_dirs[0] eq $target_dirs[0]) {
shift @copy_pwd_dirs;
shift @target_dirs;
} else {
last;
}
}
if (scalar @target_dirs > 0) {
# something left of target dir (href)
$newhref = join($dirsep, @target_dirs).$dirsep.$newhref;
}
if (scalar @copy_pwd_dirs > 0) {
# something left of pwd dir
for (my $i=0; $i<scalar @copy_pwd_dirs; $i++) {
$newhref = '..'.$dirsep.$newhref;
}
}
# update $htmlfile
if ($target eq '') {
$htmlfile =~ s#/$libtop/$href#$newhref#;
} else {
$htmlfile =~ s%/$libtop/$href%$newhref#$target%;
}
# mark link target ($linkname) as status -1
# (ready) if currently -2 (& set $any_minus1)
my $found = 0;
my $linkPM = $linkname;
if ($linkPM =~ m#^.* ([^ ]+)$#) {
$linkPM = $1;
}
for (my $j=0; $j<scalar @file_list; $j++) {
if ($file_list[$j]{'pmname'} eq $linkPM) {
if ($file_list[$j]{'status'} == -2) {
$file_list[$j]{'status'} = -1;
$any_minus1 = 1;
}
$found = 1;
last;
}
}
if (!$found) {
print "$linkname ERROR does not appear to exist, called from $source\n";
}
}
# grab any NAME entry for the abstract
if ($htmlfile =~ m#<h1 id="NAME">NAME</h1>.*?<p>(.*?)</p>#s) {
# chop off pmname and any " - "
my $abstract = $1;
$abstract =~ s#^[^ ]*##;
$abstract =~ s#^$abstract_sep##;
## kill any links in the abstract
#$abstract =~ s#<a href="[^"]+">##s;
#$abstract =~ s#</a>##s;
$file_list[$i]{'abstract'} = $abstract;
}
# write $htmlfile back out to its .html file ($target)
spew($htmlfile, $target);
$file_list[$i]{'htmlname'} = $target;
} # processed a .pod or .pm file into .html (was status -1)
} # for loop through all entries, looking for status -1
$any_minus1 = 0;
# if there are any -2 status left, warn that they are not reachable
# from the root, change them all to -1 and their accessible flag to 0,
# set $any_minus1 to 1, and go back to process them
for (my $i=0; $i<scalar @file_list; $i++) {
if ($file_list[$i]{'status'} == -2) {
# found a status -2, means not accessible from root
# need flag to suppress this message, as it's so common
if ($no_root_link) {
print "$file_list[$i]{'pmname'} INFO no link from root for this HTML file\n";
}
$file_list[$i]{'accessible'} = 0;
$file_list[$i]{'status'} = -1;
$any_minus1 = 1;
}
}
} while($any_minus1); # big do-while loop for multiple passes through status -1
# now we have all the .pod and .pm files' PODs turned into .html files. create
# a master index file in $output/$TOC (e.g., ./PDF/Builder_index.html)
# for easy ref.
$fname = $output;
if ($leading ne '') { $fname .= "/$leading"; }
open my $fh, '>', "$fname/$TOC" or
die "$fname/$TOC ERROR unable to open output index file\n";
print $fh "<!DOCTYPE html>\n";
print $fh "<html lang=\"en\">\n<head>\n<title>Master index for $file_list[0]{'pmname'}";
print $fh "</title>\n<meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\n";
print $fh "<style>\n";
#print $fh "body { max-width: 50em; margin: 10px; }\n";
print $fh "body { margin: 10px; }\n";
print $fh "h1, h2, h3 { text-align: center; }\n";
print $fh ".fixedwidth { display: inline-block; width: 2em; }\n";
print $fh ".dummy {color: #999; }\n";
print $fh ".errormsg { color: red; }\n";
print $fh "div { display: inline-block; }\n";
print $fh "</style>\n";
print $fh "</head>\n<body>\n";
print $fh "<h1>T A B L E &nbsp; O F &nbsp; C O N T E N T S</h1>\n";
print $fh "X = not accessible from root via chain of links<br>\n";
print $fh "<span class=\"errormsg\">ERROR</span> = POD errors of some sort reported<br>\n";
print $fh "(<span class=\"dummy\">no link</span>) = no POD, so empty .html file generated<br>\n";
print $fh " <br>\n";
for (my $i=0; $i<scalar @file_list; $i++) {
# should not have any status -2 or -1 at this point
if ($file_list[$i]{'status'} < 0) {
print "$file_list[$i]{'pmname'} ERROR still has status $file_list[$i]{'status'} at $TOC output!\n";
next;
}
# put 'X' at left margin if not accessible from root, else space
# with NAVIGATION LINKS, all should be accessible from within
#if ($file_list[$i]{'accessible'} == 1) {
# print $fh "<span class=\"fixedwidth\"> </span>";
#} else {
# print $fh "<span class=\"fixedwidth\">X</span>";
#}
$fname = $file_list[$i]{'ofname'};
# strip off ./$leading/
if ($leading ne '') {
$fname =~ s#\./$leading/##;
}
if ($file_list[$i]{'status'} == 0) {
# no POD at all, empty file. dummy link
print $fh "<span class=\"dummy\">";
print $fh $file_list[$i]{'pmname'}."</span>";
} elsif ($file_list[$i]{'status'} == 1) {
# normal, error-free .html output (link)
print $fh "<a href=\"$fname\">$file_list[$i]{'pmname'}</a>";
} else { # 2 or 3
# errors reported, output link + ERROR flag
print $fh "<a href=\"$fname\">$file_list[$i]{'pmname'}</a> - <span class=\"errormsg\">ERROR</span>";
}
if ($file_list[$i]{'abstract'} ne '') {
# would like to have a <div> to right side with wrapped content,
# rather than one long line that wraps to left side. div with
# display:inline-block almost does it, but if too long doesn't
# wrap, but puts entire div onto next line
#
# Pod::Simple::XHTML has expanded L<> to metacpan URL, want our own
#
# ../.. etc. /PDF/Builder/... .html
# don't forget some will have #id anchor on the end
my $string = $file_list[$i]{'abstract'};
my $pos = 0;
while ($pos > -1) {
$pos = index $string, "href=\"https://metacpan.org/pod/PDF::";
if ($pos < 0) { last; }
$pos += 6;
# $pos points to start of a link to metacpan https://...
my $pos2 = index $string, "\">", $pos;
# $pos2 points to closing "> (which we'll keep)
my $strLink = substr($string, $pos+25, $pos2-$pos-25);
# $strLink should contain something like "PDF::Builder::Content"
# if it contains an anchor (#), split off #anchor_id move $pos2
my $pos3 = index $strLink, "#";
if ($pos3 >= 0) {
$pos2 -= length($strLink)-$pos3; # should start at # now
$strLink = substr($strLink, 0, $pos3);
}
# change :: to directory structure
$strLink =~ s#::#/#g;
# go up by one level, leading PDF/ not needed at this level
$strLink = go_up($file_list[$i]{'depth'}) . "../$strLink.html";
$string = substr($string, 0, $pos) . $strLink . substr($string, $pos2);
}
#print $fh " &nbsp; - &nbsp; <div>$string</div>";
print $fh " &nbsp; - &nbsp; $string";
}
print $fh "<br>\n";
}
print $fh "<h3>###</h3>\n";
# TBD within a huge comment <!-- --> write out all the global settings and
# the @file_list data. if implement running just a few .pod/.pm's rather than
# --all, would read in global settings and @file_list up at the top to
# initialize to the point where only revised .pod/.pm's being run get -1 status
# and are run normally
print $fh "</body>\n</html>\n";
close $fh;
# cleanup
# now that the individual HTML files and the master index are done,
# 1) generate pmnameA array for each entry in @file_list
# 2) generate children, siblings, and parents lists
# 3) go through all HTML files (ex master index) and update with NAVIGATION
if (scalar(@file_list) <= 1) {
print "Only 0 or 1 file_list entries. Do not create NAVIGATION LINKS.\n";
exit(0);
}
make_pmnameA();
my ($j, $ref);
process(0, scalar(@file_list));
# entire file_list should have been recursively processed
# we have filled in the 'children' of each node. now give each node its
# parent, and then siblings
do_parents();
# remove duplicate children (grandchildren) AFTER parents set, so that an
# element may have chain of parents all the way up to the root
remove_grandchildren();
do_siblings();
# update existing HTML files
update_HTML();
exit(0);
# ==================================
sub update_HTML{
my ($i, $fname, $string, @count, $ref, $pos, $newstring, @list);
for ($i=0; $i<scalar(@file_list); $i++) {
# read POD from file $file_list[$i]{'ofname'}
# wrote HTML to $file_list[$i]{'htmlname'}
$fname = $file_list[$i]{'htmlname'};
print "Updating NAVIGATION LINKS in $fname\n";
# print "file_list[$i]: $file_list[$i]{'pmname'} - $file_list[$i]{'abstract'}\n";
# read in HTML into $string, modify
$string = slurp($fname);
if (length $string == 0) {
print "ERROR: unable to read in file $fname for Navigation Links update!\n";
next;
}
@count = (0, 0, 0); # no parents, siblings, or children
# count of parents
$ref = $file_list[$i]{'parents'};
if (defined $ref) { $count[0] = scalar(@$ref); }
$count[0]++; # always the master index ./<rootname>_index.html
# count of siblings
$ref = $file_list[$i]{'siblings'};
if (defined $ref) { $count[1] = scalar(@$ref); }
# count of children
$ref = $file_list[$i]{'children'};
if (defined $ref) { $count[2] = scalar(@$ref); }
# update link directory at top of file
# guaranteed there's at least one parent entry
# TBD shouldn't there be </li> at end of indexItem li's?
# if empty index list, replace by a real one
$pos = index $string, "<div class='indexgroupEmpty'></div>";
if ($pos > 0) {
# is empty, replace with skeleton of real one
$newstring = "<div class='indexgroup'>\n" .
"<ul class='indexList indexList1'>\n" .
"</ul>\n</div>";
$string = substr($string, 0, $pos) . $newstring . substr($string, $pos+36);
}
$pos = index $string, "<ul id=\"index\">";
if ($pos < 0) {
print "ERROR: can't find link index in file $fname.\n";
next;
}
$pos += 15; # new first item in top level list
$newstring = " <li><a href=\"#NAVIGATION-LINKS\">NAVIGATION LINKS</a>\n" .
" <ul>\n" .
" <li><a href=\"#Up-Parents\">Up (Parents)</a></li>\n";
if ($count[1]) {
$newstring .=
" <li><a href=\"#Siblings\">Siblings</a></li>\n";
}
if ($count[2]) {
$newstring .=
" <li><a href=\"#Down-Children\">Down (Children)</a></li>\n";
}
$newstring .= " </ul>\n" .
" </li>\n";
$string = substr($string, 0, $pos+1) . $newstring . substr($string, $pos+1);
# just before </body> will be location of new section
$pos = index $string, "</body>";
$pos--;
$newstring = "<h1 id=\"NAVIGATION-LINKS\">NAVIGATION LINKS</h1>\n";
# if parents (should be), output that section
$newstring .= "\n<h2 id=\"Up-Parents\">Up (Parents)</h2>\n";
# add ever-present master index entry at same level as [0] entry
# note: omitting id= because it's not used anywhere
# just a paragraph with each line ending in a break
$newstring .= "\n<p>" .
"<a href=\"".go_up($file_list[$i]{'depth'}-1) .
"${rootname}_index.html\">Master Index</a><br>\n";
$ref = $file_list[$i]{'parents'};
if (defined $ref && scalar(@$ref)) {
# @$ref is an ordered array of @file_list indice(s)
# pointing back to any parents
@list = @$ref;
foreach (@list) {
$newstring .= "<a href=\"".go_up($file_list[$i]{'depth'}) .
"$file_list[$_]{'htmlname'}\">$file_list[$_]{'pmname'}</a> -- $file_list[$_]{'abstract'}<br>\n";
}
}
$newstring .= "</p>\n";
# if any siblings, output that section
if ($count[1]) {
$ref = $file_list[$i]{'siblings'};
if (defined $ref && scalar(@$ref)) {
$newstring .= "\n<h2 id=\"Siblings\">Siblings</h2>\n<p>\n";
# @$ref is an ordered array of @file_list indice(s)
# pointing back to any siblings
@list = @$ref;
foreach (@list) {
$newstring .= "<a href=\"".go_up($file_list[$i]{'depth'}) .
"$file_list[$_]{'htmlname'}\">$file_list[$_]{'pmname'}</a> -- $file_list[$_]{'abstract'}<br>\n";
}
$newstring .= "</p>\n";
}
}
# if any children, output that section
if ($count[2]) {
$ref = $file_list[$i]{'children'};
if (defined $ref && scalar(@$ref)) {
$newstring .= "\n<h2 id=\"Down-Children\">Down (Children)</h2>\n<p>\n";
# @$ref is an ordered array of @file_list indice(s)
# pointing back to any children
@list = @$ref;
foreach (@list) {
$newstring .= "<a href=\"".go_up($file_list[$i]{'depth'}) .
"$file_list[$_]{'htmlname'}\">$file_list[$_]{'pmname'}</a> -- $file_list[$_]{'abstract'}<br>\n";
}
$newstring .= "</p>\n";
}
}
# bottom of page mark
$newstring .= "<h3>###</h3>\n";
# write file back out
$string = substr($string, 0, $pos+1) . $newstring . substr($string, $pos+1);
# ../.. etc. /PDF/Builder/... .html
# don't forget some will have #id anchor on the end
$pos = 0;
while ($pos > -1) {
$pos = index $string, "href=\"https://metacpan.org/pod/PDF::";
if ($pos < 0) { last; }
$pos += 6;
# $pos points to start of a link to metacpan https://...
my $pos2 = index $string, "\">", $pos;
# $pos2 points to closing "> (which we'll keep)
my $strLink = substr($string, $pos+25, $pos2-$pos-25);
# $strLink should contain something like "PDF::Builder::Content"
# if it contains an anchor (#), split off #anchor_id move $pos2
my $pos3 = index $strLink, "#";
if ($pos3 >= 0) {
$pos2 -= length($strLink)-$pos3; # should start at # now
$strLink = substr($strLink, 0, $pos3);
}
# change :: to directory structure
$strLink =~ s#::#/#g;
$strLink = go_up($file_list[$i]{'depth'}) . "$strLink.html";
$string = substr($string, 0, $pos) . $strLink . substr($string, $pos2);
}
# FIXUP of Pod::Simple::XHTML problems
# self-closing tags disallowed in HTML 5
$string =~ s# />#>#g;
# current bug: indented paragraphs are <p> under <ul>, which the
# validator dislikes. remove <ul> and change <p> to <blockquote>
# (other solutions would be preferable, but PSX owner has
# indicated he plans to do this)
$pos = 0;
while (1) {
$pos = index($string, "<ul>\n\n<p>", $pos);
if ($pos < 0) { last; }
# $pos marks beginning of problem section
my $pos2 = index($string, "\n</ul>\n", $pos);
if ($pos2 < 0) { last; } # SHOULDN'T happen!
# $pos2 marks end of problem section
$newstring = substr($string, $pos+6, $pos2-$pos-7);
# should be <p> through last </p> of section
$newstring =~ s#<p>#<blockquote>#gs;
$newstring =~ s#</p>#</blockquote>#gs;
# put it back together, omitting the <ul> and </ul> tags
$string = substr($string, 0, $pos) .
$newstring .
substr($string, $pos2+6);
}
spew($string, $fname);
}
return;
}
sub go_up {
my $depth = shift;
# take care of pathological cases where unexpected inputs lead to $depth
# being less than 1 (produces Perl error)
if ($depth < 1) { return ''; }
if ($depth == 1) { return ''; }
return '../' x ($depth-1);
}
# ==================================
# recursively process this range of file_list rows, filling in children array
# handle a subset (initially the whole thing) of file_list
sub process {
my ($start, $len) = @_;
# starting element number in file_list, and count of rows
if ($len <= 1) { return; } # single element won't have any children
my ($i, $j, $dir);
my ($len2, $ref, $refc);
# if $start row's pmnameA is now empty, that means that $start is the
# parent of everything else below it
$ref = $file_list[$start]{'pmnameA'};
if (scalar(@$ref) == 0) {
# element $start is parent to all (1..$len-1) other elements
# we want only DIRECT children (leaves), not nodes (grandchildren),
# so later we will remove grandchildren (duplicates)
$refc = $file_list[$start]{'children'};
for ($j=1; $j<$len; $j++) {
push @$refc, $start+$j;
}
# remove first element (empty pmnameA) from further consideration
process($start+1, $len-1);
return;
}
# strip first element from each pmnameA if ALL are duplicates
LOOP: while (1) {
$ref = $file_list[$start]{'pmnameA'};
last if !scalar(@$ref[0]); # first element is empty?
$dir = @$ref[0];
for ($i=1; $i<$len; $i++) {
last LOOP if @{ $file_list[$start+$i]{'pmnameA'} }[0] ne $dir;
}
# if we got to here, entire section's [0] element is the same
# so remove it
for ($i=0; $i<$len; $i++) {
shift @{ $file_list[$start+$i]{'pmnameA'} };
}
process($start, $len);
return;
}
# now break up remainder into two subranges (first pmnameA element
# is NOT the same in all rows)
$len2 = 0;
for ($i=$start; $i<$start+$len; $i++) {
$ref = $file_list[$i]{'pmnameA'};
if ($len2 == 0) {
# should NOT see an empty pmnameA for element start!
$dir = @$ref[0];
$len2++;
next;
}
if (@$ref[0] eq $dir) {
# still a match
$len2++;
next;
} else {
# no longer a match. len2 always at least a run of 1
process($start, $len2);
# $len2 .. end is remainder, process it
process($start+$len2, $len-$len2);
return;
}
} # for loop through file_list section, first level of chunking
return; # probably never hit this
}
# ==================================
# remove an element's grandchildren from its children list
sub remove_grandchildren {
my ($start, $ref, $refs, $ele, $i, $j);
for ($start=1; $start<scalar(@file_list); $start++) {
# if this element has children, check 0..start-1 for duplicate
# children (who are actually grandchildren) and remove them from there
$refs = $file_list[$start]{'children'};
if (!defined $refs) { next; }
if (!scalar(@$refs)) { next; } # no children for this element
for ($ele=0; $ele<$start; $ele++) {
$ref = $file_list[$ele]{'children'};
if (!defined $ref) { next; }
if (!scalar(@$ref)) { next; } # no children for this element
# remove duplicates (grandchildren) from $ele's children
for ($i=0; $i<scalar(@$refs); $i++) {
for ($j=0; $j<scalar(@$ref); $j++) {
if (@$ref[$j] == @$refs[$i]) {
# $j is a grandchild, so remove it
splice(@$ref, $j, 1);
}
}
}
}
}
return;
}
# ==================================
# follow children links to set their parents
sub do_parents {
my ($i, @children, $child);
for ($i=0; $i<scalar(@file_list); $i++) {
if (!defined $file_list[$i]{'children'}) { next; }
@children = @{ $file_list[$i]{'children'} };
if (!scalar(@children)) { next; } # no children?
while (scalar(@children)) {
$child = shift @children;
push @{ $file_list[$child]{'parents'} }, $i;
}
}
return;
}
# ==================================
# find siblings from children of a given node
sub do_siblings {
my ($i, $j, $k, $refs, @children, $child);
for ($i=0; $i<scalar(@file_list); $i++) {
if (!defined $file_list[$i]{'children'}) { next; }
@children = @{ $file_list[$i]{'children'} };
# no children, or a lonely only child? it has no siblings
if (scalar(@children) <= 1) { next; }
for ($j=0; $j<scalar(@children); $j++) {
$child = $children[$j];
$refs = $file_list[$child]{'siblings'};
# this child's siblings is the entire children list except itself
for ($k=0; $k<scalar(@children); $k++) {
push @$refs, $children[$k] if $children[$k] != $child;
}
}
}
return;
}
# ==================================
# split up pmname into pmnameA, and while here, set depth
sub make_pmnameA {
my (@tempA, $i, $j);
for ($i=0; $i<scalar(@file_list); $i++) {
@tempA = split /::/, $file_list[$i]{'pmname'};
$file_list[$i]{'depth'} = scalar(@tempA);
# if single level of directory, need to adjust depth
#print "make_pmnameA depth=".(scalar @tempA)."\n";
$file_list[$i]{'pmnameA'} = [];
for ($j=0; $j<scalar(@tempA); $j++) {
@{$file_list[$i]{'pmnameA'}}[$j] = $tempA[$j];
}
}
return;
}
# ==================================
# function to spew a one-string file out to the file
sub spew {
my ($string, $fname) = @_;
open(my $fh, '>', $fname) or die "$fname ERROR can't open file for output\n";
# warn if a wide character and give string and offset
my $first = 1; # only one dump of string
for (my $i=0; $i<length($string); $i++) {
if (ord(substr($string, $i, 1)) > 127) {
if ($first) {
print "String: '$string'\n";
$first = 0;
}
print "Wide character ".ord(substr($string, $i, 1))." found at $i\n";
}
}
print $fh $string;
close $fh;
return;
}
# ==================================
# function to slurp file into a string, after https://perlmaven.com/slurp
sub slurp {
my $file = shift;
open(my $fh, '<', $file) or die "$file ERROR can't open file for input\n";
local $/ = undef;
my $cont = <$fh>;
close $fh;
return $cont;
}
# ==================================
# create (for .html output files) the chain of directories
sub mkdir_list {
my $target = $_[0];
my @dirlist = split /[\\\/]/, $target;
my $dirstring = '';
for (my $i=0; $i<$#dirlist; $i++) { # note skips last element, which is filename.html
# build cumulative string, one directory at a time
if ($dirstring eq '') {
$dirstring = $dirlist[$i];
} else {
$dirstring .= '/'.$dirlist[$i];
}
if ($dirlist[$i] eq '.' || $dirlist[$i] eq '..') { next; } # assume exist
if (!-d $dirstring) {
# doesn't exist yet
mkdir $dirstring;
}
}
return; # directory string should exist now for output tree
}
# ==================================
# return list of hashes of filepath name, PM format name, status -2,
# accessible yes (so far), abstract '' (so far)
# for input directory plus recursively built list for all subdirectories
sub buildList {
my ($dirname, $PMname) = @_;
my @list; # list of hashes to return
# build list of files in this directory in @list
# explore each subdirectory and append its returned list to @list
opendir my $dh, $dirname or die "$dirname ERROR can't open and read directory\n";
while (my $direntry = readdir $dh) {
# one child directory, or file, at a time
if ($direntry eq '.' || $direntry eq '..') { next; }
if (-f "$dirname/$direntry") {
# it's a file. readable?
if (!-r "$dirname/$direntry") { die "$dirname/$direntry ERROR unreadable file\n"; }
if ($direntry !~ m#\.pm$# && $direntry !~ m#\.pod$#) {
if ($not_pm) {
print "$dirname/$direntry INFO not .pod or .pm, ignored\n";
}
next;
}
push @list, { fpname=>"$dirname/$direntry",
ofname=>toOF("$dirname/$direntry"),
pmname=>toPM("$dirname/$direntry"),
status=>-2,
accessible=>1,
abstract=>'',
parents=>[],
siblings=>[],
children=>[],
depth=>0
};
} else {
# it should be a directory. recursively process it
if (!-d "$dirname/$direntry") { print "$dirname/$direntry WARNING is not a directory or file, ignored\n"; next; }
push @list, buildList("$dirname/$direntry", "$PMname${direntry}::");
}
}
closedir $dh;
return @list; # unsorted
}
# ==================================
# toPM(filepath name) convert name (as filepath) to a PM string
# e.g. ../lib/PDF/Builder/Content.pm to PDF::Builder::Content
sub toPM {
my $fname = $_[0];
# strip off .pod or .pm
$fname =~ s#\.pod$##;
$fname =~ s#\.pm$##;
# strip off $libtop + / e.g. ../lib/
$fname =~ s#^$libtop/##;
# convert dir separator \ or / to ::
$fname =~ s#[\\/]#::#g;
return $fname;
}
# ==================================
# toOF(filename) convert raw input .pm or .pod input filepath and name
# e.g. $libtop/PDF/Builder/Content.pod to $output/PDF/Builder/Content.html
sub toOF {
my $fname = $_[0];
$fname =~ s#$libtop#$output#;
$fname =~ s#\.(pm|pod)$#.html#;
return $fname;
}
# ==================================
# toFP(PM name) convert name (as PM string) to a filepath
# e.g. PDF::Builder::Content to ../lib/PDF/Builder/Content.pm
# preferably a .pod instead of a .pm for a given entry
sub toFP {
my $fname = $_[0];
my $filename;
# strip off $leading
substr($fname, 0, length($leading)+2) = '';
# convert :: to /
$filename = $fname;
$filename =~ s/::/$dirsep/g;
# append .pod (if file exists), else .pm
if (-f "$filename.pod" && -r "$filename.pod") {
$filename .= ".pod";
} else {
$filename .= '.pm';
}
return $filename;
}
# ==================================
sub help {
my $message = <<"END_OF_TEXT";
buildDoc.pl: build, using the Pod::Simple::XHTML utility, all the .html
documentation files for a package, from all the .pm (or .pod) files in
the package.
Using buildDoc.pl
input files from <libtop>/<leading>/<rootname>.pm
<rootname>/*.pm
<leading> may be empty string
output files to <output>/<rootname>/*.html
buildDoc.pl -h
**NOTE** When running on Windows, it is possible in some cases for a
directory separator / on the command line to be mistaken for an
option (flag). In such cases, surround the term with quotation
marks ".
--help this help text
--all process all .pod and .pm files at and below current directory.
this is the default, but is needed if no other command
line options are given
--dirsep=string default: "/" directory separator. As Windows
accepts the Unixy /, you should not have to change this
(except on the command line, where / means "option")
--absep=string default: " - ", the abstract separator found between
the module name and its abstract (description) in the POD NAME
section (as implemented for PDF::Builder)
--flagorphans default: off. If 'on', a warning will be given during
processing that the module appears to be unreachable from the "root"
.pod or .pm file. However, it can always be accessed from the TOC
index file
--noignore default: off. If 'on', a warning is given when a file
without a .pod or .pm filetype is encountered (and skipped).
This can help you to clean out junk like editor backup files.
--libtop=string default: "../lib". This is the directory path to get to the
top of the .pod/.pm source tree from wherever you are running this
documentation program. For PDF::Builder, the default is that you are
running this program in docs/, which is a sibling to the lib/PDF/
tree.
--leading=string default: "PDF" for PDF::Builder. This is the OPTIONAL top
module (and directory) name. It will be omitted (= '') if there is
only one name of interest for some package, or it is the top part
of a multipart name (e.g., PDF for PDF::Builder). For example, there
are several PDF:: products and --rootname is used to distinguish
among them. If a package name includes three or more parts (A::B::C,
etc.), give --leading either in the form of Perl style (A::B) or as
directories (A/B, in this case).
Note that "leading" is pronounced "leeding", as in "up front". Do not
confuse it with typographic leading, pronounced "ledding", which is
the space between text baselines.
--rootname=string default: "Builder" for PDF::Builder. --rootname must be
given (not an empty string). For example, there are also PDF::API2
and PDF::Report, among others.
--output=string default: "." for PDF::Builder. It is the location of the new
<leading>/ directory, under docs/ in this case (./PDF/) as this
program is typically run under docs/. All HTML files will be in the
<output>/<leading>/ directory, unless leading is empty '', in which
case output is to <output>/<rootname>/.
--toc=string default: "<rootname>_index.html" for most applications. This
is the name of the master index (table of contents) file that will
be written to with links to all modules, in the top level output
directory (e.g., PDF/).
EXAMPLES:
To build PDF::Builder's documentation, in Builder/docs just run
buildDoc.pl --all
All the defaults are set up for building PDF::Builder's documentation from
docs/. '-all' is the default, but no entries at all is interpreted as a
request for help.
To build the documentation directory 'SVG' under docs, from an installation
in Strawberry Perl, with the .pm/.pod files under lib/. Naturally, if you
are building from an installed Perl package, your --libtop would point to
the directory /Strawberry/perl/site/lib/SVG/lib (or wherever):
buildDoc.pl --leading='' --libtop=/Strawberry/perl/site/lib -rootname=SVG
**CAUTION** If there are multiple packages under SVG (e.g., not only ./SVG.pm
and its children under SVG/, but also SVG::Parser and SVG::Reader packages),
buildDoc may become confused and attempt to build all of them under SVG,
resulting in spurious error messages and misorganized .html files (as it
processes everything under SVG/). In this care, it is better to either manually
copy just SVG's .pm and .pod file structure to a temporary directory, or
obtain a temporary copy of just the desired package from a repository such as
CPAN or GitHub. See the following example:
To build package SVG's documentation, from a Desktop directory 'SVG-2.87',
in Builder/docs (also on the Desktop), run
buildDoc.pl --leading='' --libtop=../../SVG-2.87/lib -rootname=SVG
Another example would be HTML::Tree and HTML::TreeBuilder. Note that they are
in 'vendor', not 'site', and comprise a number of distinct modules that must
be handled separately:
buildDoc.pl --leading=HTML --libtop=/Strawberry/perl/vendor/lib -rootname=Tree
buildDoc.pl --leading=HTML --libtop=/Strawberry/perl/vendor/lib -rootname=TreeBuilder
buildDoc.pl --leading=HTML --libtop=/Strawberry/perl/vendor/lib -rootname=Parse
buildDoc.pl --leading=HTML --libtop=/Strawberry/perl/vendor/lib -rootname=Element
buildDoc.pl --leading=HTML --libtop=/Strawberry/perl/vendor/lib -rootname=Tagset
buildDoc.pl --leading=HTML --libtop=/Strawberry/perl/vendor/lib -rootname=AsSubs
If you do not have a standalone spelling checker, to find typos in the
documentation, such as "lintian", you can bring up each HTML page in a browser,
copy and paste into an email client, and ask for a spelling check. This will
occasionally find a bona-fide spelling error that can be corrected.
The .pod or .pm file(s) are fed to Pod::Simple::XHTML utility to produce
.html files stored in the current directory or below (see configuration
section). .html files with any links in them (L<> tag) are fixed up to correct
the href (path) to the referenced HTML files.
If there are both .pod and .pm versions of a given filename, the .pod version
will be preferably used. Presumably it has the documentation in it.
If the resulting .html file has no content, it has a line added to inform anyone
looking at it that there is no documentation for that module (rather than a
blank page).
If all .pod and .pm files are being processed, an attempt will be made to check
that .html target files actually exist (cross reference check). In addition, a
check will be made that some other file links to this one so that there is a
chain of links from the root.
References to other packages via L<> may result in error messages ("does not
appear to exist" or even a Severe Error), and will have to be manually cleaned
up to either eliminate the bogus links (<a>Bad::Package</a>) or point them to
the correct place.
Messages:
<PMname> INFO no link from root for this HTML file
There does not appear to be a chain of links from the root down to this
file. It is still usable and can be accessed explicitly, and possibly via
other non-root paths, but it may be an orphan. You might want to add an
L<> link from another module. All HTML files are still accessible from the
master Table of Contents (docs/index.html). As this is such a common event,
by default the message is suppressed. The --flagorphans flag will show it
during processing.
<filename> INFO no POD content
There was no POD content in the .pod or .pm input file, so there is no
documentation in the file. A grayed-out dummy link will be given in the
master index file.
<filename> INFO not .pod or .pm, ignored
The file found is not a Perl Documentation (.pod) or Module (.pm) file,
so it is ignored. This message is suppressed by the --noignore flag.
<item> WARNING extra command line content ignored
The indicated item was on the command line, but its purpose is not known,
and it has been skipped over. Invalid flags or options get their own
error message: Unknown option: <flag>.
<flag> WARNING unknown flag skipped
A flag (command line item) starting with - or -- was seen, but not
recognized as a valid flag. It is skipped over.
<filename> WARNING top-level .pod or .pm file not readable
One or more of the top level .pod or .pm files (<rootname> .pod or .pm)
was missing or not readable.
<filename> WARNING internal POD errors reported by Pod::Simple::XHTML
At the end of the .html file, problems are listed. You should examine them
and attempt to correct the issue(s). Usually these are formatting issues.
<filename> WARNING is not a directory or file, ignored
This program tried to process a directory entry that wasn't a regular
file or a subdirectory. It is skipped over.
ERROR --rootname must not be empty!
The <rootname> is the top level name of the package being documented,
and cannot be an empty string. It must be a name.
<filename> ERROR no <rootname> .pod or .pm files found
The specified file(s) were not found.
<filename> ERROR POD errors reported by Pod::Simple::XHTML
One or more error messages were written to STDERR. You should examine them
and attempt to correct the issue(s).
<PMname> ERROR does not appear to exist, called from <sourcefile>
You have a L<> link to a target .html file that does not appear to exist.
<filename> ERROR <rootname> .pod or .pm file not readable
The input file could not be read, the output file could not be created or
written, the output directory could not be created, etc. Check for
filesystem (disk) full, and incorrectly set permissions.
<PMname> ERROR still has status <n> at <TOCfile> output!
A .pod or .pm file got through the process and to the point of output to
the TOC (index.html) file still having a status of -2 or -1, when it
should be 0 or higher by this point.
<TOC index file> ERROR unable to open output index file
There was an error trying to open the output <TOC>.html to write out the
master index page.
<filename> ERROR can't open file for output
Can't open the file to write it out. This is usually seen with an .html
file to be written back out after modifications. Check permissions.
<filename> ERROR can't open file for input
Can't open the file to read it in. This is usually seen with an .html file
to be read in for modifications. Check permissions.
<dirname> ERROR can't open and read directory
While exploring the file tree, the program was unable to open a directory
in order to read its contents (files and subdirectories). Check
permissions.
<dirname/direntry> ERROR unreadable file
While exploring the file tree, the program found a file that it wants to
read, but is unable to do so. Check permissions.
END_OF_TEXT
# TBD later, if implement individual file builds
# OR
# path/filename.pod/.pm or path::filename native directory/filename or Perl-style name
print $message;
return;
}
# ================
# empty HTML file (no POD in a module)
sub empty {
my $content = <<"END_OF_TEXT";
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<link rev="made" href="mailto:">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
END_OF_TEXT
return $content;
}