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Last edited by Kitware Robot

In an effort to more easily search the CMake documentation I hacked together a shell script (Sorry windows users, although it may work in MSys) that generates Qt Assistant Documentation that is searchable and indexed. Here is the shell script.

#!/bin/bash
# This is a shell script to generate a QtAssistant set of docs from the CMake distribution.
#
# Couple of things to get you started with this file:function file
# 1. Set the CMAKE variable to the cmake executable for the CMAKE cvs if it is not
# the default on your system
# 2. I change the definition of CMAKE to 'cmake' when I generate the "module" list because
# the current CMake cvs seg faults when I use the cmake --help-module-list command
# 3. All the files are generated in the /tmp directory. If you want them somewhere else
# set the 'generationDir' variable
# 4. Launch QtAssistant with the -profile argument, for example on OS X I use
# ./assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/assistant -profile /private/tmp/cmake_assistant_docs/CMakeDocs.adp
# where my pwd is: ${QTDIR}/bin or
# /Users/Shared/Toolkits/Qt-4.3.5-UBLib/bin
# Change the 'qtassistant' variable to point to your QtAssistant executable

#export QTDIR="/Users/Shared/Toolkits/Qt-4.3.5-UBDylib"
qtassistant="$QTDIR/bin/Assistant_adp.app/Contents/MacOS/assistant_adp"
CMAKE="/Users/Shared/Toolkits/CMake-2.6.2/cmake"

generationDir="/tmp"
assistantDir="${generationDir}/cmake_assistant_docs"
# remove any previous builds of the docs
rm -rf ${assistantDir}
mkdir ${assistantDir}

adpFile=${assistantDir}/CMakeDocs.adp
tmpHTMLFile="${generationDir}${generationDir}.html"

#-- Create a shell script to launch QtAssistant once everything is built
echo "${QTDIR}/bin/Assistant_adp.app/Contents/MacOS/assistant_adp -profile /tmp/cmake_assistant_docs/CMakeDocs.adp" > /tmp/cmakedocs.sh
chmod ugo+rwx /tmp/cmakedocs.sh
#css_sheet="http://www.kitware.com/kitware.css"
css_sheet="./cmake.css"

#----------------------------------------------------------------
# Start the main index.html file that lists the major doc groups, Commands, Modules, Variables
#----------------------------------------------------------------
mainIndexFileName="index.html"
mainIndexFile=${assistantDir}/${mainIndexFileName}
echo "" > ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\"" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "\"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd\">" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<html><head>" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\"> " >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<title>CMake Documentation</title>" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<link href=\"$css_sheet\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" />" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "</head>" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<body>" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<div id=\"ContentTxtProd\">" >> ${mainIndexFile}

#----------------------------------------------------------------
# Start the Qt adp file
#----------------------------------------------------------------
echo "" > ${adpFile}
echo "<assistantconfig version=\"3.2.0\">" > ${adpFile}
echo "<profile>" >> ${adpFile}
echo "     <property name=\"name\">CMake Documentation</property>" >> ${adpFile}
echo "     <property name=\"title\">CMake Docs</property>" >> ${adpFile}
#echo "     <property name=\"applicationicon\"></property>" >> ${adpFile}
echo "     <property name=\"startpage\">index.html</property>" >> ${adpFile}
echo "     <property name=\"aboutmenutext\">About CMake Docs Viewer</property>" >> ${adpFile}
#echo "     <property name=\"abouturl\">about.txt</property>" >> ${adpFile}
#echo "     <property name=\"cmake_docs\">.</property>" >> ${adpFile}
echo " </profile>" >> ${adpFile}
echo "" >> ${adpFile}
echo "    <DCF ref=\"${mainIndexFileName}\" icon=\"\" imagedir=\"\" title=\"CMake Docs Handbook\">" >> ${adpFile}



#################################################################
# Function GenerateDocsForCommand This function will create all the
# individual html files, an index file and the proper section of the .adp file
# $1 The type of docs we are going to generate 'command' 'module' 'variable'
function GenerateDocsForCommand()
{
  docDirName="cmake_${1}_docs"
  docDir="${assistantDir}/${docDirName}"
  mkdir ${docDir}
  listFile="${generationDir}/list.txt"
  ${CMAKE} --help-${1}-list ${listFile}
  echo "* Generating HTML files for command '${1}'"
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Start the Index File for this group of docs
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  indexFile=${docDir}/cmake_${1}_index.html
  echo "" > ${indexFile}
  echo "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\"" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "\"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd\">" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<html><head>" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\"> " >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<title>CMake ${1} Index</title>" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<link href=\"../$css_sheet\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" />" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "</head>" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<body>" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<div id=\"ContentTxtProd\">" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<p><a href=\"../index.html\">All CMake Documentation</a></p>" >> ${indexFile}

  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Create a section in the .adp file
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  echo "      <section ref=\"${indexFile}\" title=\"CMake ${1}s\">" >> ${adpFile}

  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Create a section in the top level index file
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  echo "<p><a target=\"DocFrame\" href=\"./${docDirName}/cmake_${1}_index.html\">CMake ${1}s</a></p>" >> ${mainIndexFile}

  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Generate all the individual documentation html files
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  i=0
  exec 9<${listFile}
  while read -u 9 line
    do
    if [[${i}_-gt_0|${i} -gt 0]]; then
      echo ${i}": ${line}"
      # Seems that CMake only puts out the body portion of the html
      ${CMAKE} --help-${1} "${line}" ${tmpHTMLFile}
      sub=`echo ${line} | sed 's/</\</g' |  sed 's/>/\>/g'`
      htmlFile=`echo ${line} | tr '[' '-' | tr ']' '-' | tr '>' '-' | tr '<' '-' | tr ' ' '_'`
      htmlFile=${docDir}/${htmlFile}.html
      # Clear the file in case it is left over from previous run
      echo "" > ${htmlFile}
      echo "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\"" >> ${htmlFile}
      echo "\"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd\">" >> ${htmlFile}
      echo "<html><head>" >> ${htmlFile}
      echo "<META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\"> " >> ${htmlFile}
      echo "<title>CMake ${1} ${line}</title>" >> ${htmlFile}
      echo "<link href=\"../$css_sheet\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" />" >> ${htmlFile}
      echo "</head>" >> ${htmlFile}
      echo "<body>" >> ${htmlFile}
      echo "<div id=\"ContentTxtProd\">" >> ${htmlFile}
      echo "<p><a href=\"./cmake_${1}_index.html\">All CMake ${1}s</a></p>" >> ${htmlFile}
      cat ${tmpHTMLFile} >> ${htmlFile}
      echo "</div></body></html>" >> ${htmlFile}

      # Add a line to the index file
      echo "<p><a href=\"${line}.html\">${line}</a></p>" >> ${indexFile}

      # Add the keyword and section for this piece of documentation to the .adp file
      echo "        <keyword ref=\"${htmlFile}\">${sub}</keyword>" >> ${adpFile}
      echo "        <section ref=\"${htmlFile}\" title=\"${sub}\"/>" >> ${adpFile}

    fi
    let i=i+1
  done
  exec 9<&-

  # finish the html code in the index file
  echo "</div></body></html>" >> ${indexFile}

  # Finish the section in the .adp file
  echo "   </section>" >> ${adpFile}
}
#################################################################

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function GenerateDocsForSection()
{
  docDirName="cmake_${1}_docs"
  docDir="${assistantDir}/${docDirName}"
  mkdir ${docDir}
  indexFile="${docDir}/cmake_${1}_index.html"
  ${CMAKE} --help-${1} ${indexFile}
  echo "* Generating HTML files for section '${1}'"

  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Create a section in the .adp file
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  echo "      <section ref=\"${indexFile}\" title=\"CMake ${1}\">" >> ${adpFile}

  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Create a section in the top level index file
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  echo "<p><a target=\"DocFrame\" href=\"./${docDirName}/cmake_${1}_index.html\">CMake ${1}s</a></p>" >> ${mainIndexFile}

  # Finish the section in the .adp file
  echo "   </section>" >> ${adpFile}

}
#################################################################

function GenerateCopyRightHTML()
{
  docDirName="cmake_${1}_docs"
  docDir="${assistantDir}/${docDirName}"
  mkdir ${docDir}
  listFile="${generationDir}/list.txt"
  ${CMAKE} --${1} ${listFile}
  echo "* Generating HTML files for command '${1}'"
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Start the Index File for this group of docs
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  indexFile=${docDir}/cmake_${1}_index.html
  echo "" > ${indexFile}
  echo "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\"" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "\"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd\">" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<html><head>" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\"> " >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<title>CMake ${1} Index</title>" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<link href=\"../$css_sheet\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" />" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "</head>" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<body>" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<div id=\"ContentTxtProd\">" >> ${indexFile}
  echo "<p><a href=\"../index.html\">All CMake Documentation</a></p>" >> ${indexFile}

  echo "<code style=\"display: block;\">" >> $indexFile
  #-- Write the body
  i=0
  exec 9<${listFile}
  while read -u 9 line
    do
      echo "$line" >> ${indexFile}
  done
  exec 9<&-
  # finish the html code in the index file
  echo "</code></div></body></html>" >> ${indexFile}

  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Create a section in the .adp file
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  echo "      <section ref=\"${indexFile}\" title=\"CMake ${1}s\">" >> ${adpFile}
  # Finish the section in the .adp file
  echo "   </section>" >> ${adpFile}

  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Create a section in the top level index file
  #----------------------------------------------------------------
  echo "<p><a target=\"DocFrame\" href=\"./${docDirName}/cmake_${1}_index.html\">CMake ${1}s</a></p>" >> ${mainIndexFile}

}
#################################################################

GenerateDocsForCommand "command"
GenerateDocsForCommand "module"
GenerateDocsForCommand "variable"
GenerateDocsForCommand "property"
GenerateDocsForSection "policies"
GenerateDocsForSection "compatcommands"

GenerateCopyRightHTML "copyright"

#----------------------------------------------------------------
# Finish the top level index File
#----------------------------------------------------------------
echo "</div>" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "</body>" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "</html>" >> ${mainIndexFile}


#----------------------------------------------------------------
# Finish the .adp File
#----------------------------------------------------------------
echo "    </DCF>" >> ${adpFile}
echo "</assistantconfig>" >> ${adpFile}


#----------------------------------------------------------------
# Create a frame.html file so normal web browsers can use this also
#----------------------------------------------------------------
mainIndexFileName="frame.html"
mainIndexFile=${assistantDir}/${mainIndexFileName}
echo "" > ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\"" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "\"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd\">" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<html><head>" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\"> " >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<title>CMake Documentation Frame Version</title>" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<link href=\"$css_sheet\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" />" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "</head>" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<body>" >> ${mainIndexFile}

echo "<frameset cols="25%,75%">" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<frame src=\"index.html\">" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "<frame name=\"DocFrame\" src=\"cmake_command_docs/cmake_command_index.html\">" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "</frameset>" >> ${mainIndexFile}

echo "</body>" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "</html>" >> ${mainIndexFile}

#----------------------------------------------------------------
# Create a CSS sheet to style some of the text
#----------------------------------------------------------------
mainIndexFileName="${css_sheet}"
mainIndexFile=${assistantDir}/${mainIndexFileName}
echo "" > ${mainIndexFile}
echo "body {" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  background : #FFFFFF;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  font-family:'Lucida Grande';" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "}" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " ul" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " {" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "   border: solid 1px #555555;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " }" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " A:link           { COLOR: #0000FF; TEXT-DECORATION: none; }" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " A:link:hover { COLOR: #FF6600; TEXT-DECORATION: underline }" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " A:active     { COLOR: #FF6600; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " A:visited        { COLOR: #0000AA; TEXT-DECORATION: none }" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " A:visited:hover  { COLOR: #FF6600; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } " >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " A.resources:link         { COLOR: #0000FF; TEXT-DECORATION: none }" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " A.resources:link:hover       { COLOR: #ff6600; TEXT-DECORATION: underline }" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " A.resources:visited          { COLOR: #0000FF; TEXT-DECORATION: none }" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " A.resources:visited:hover    { COLOR: #ff6600; TEXT-DECORATION: underline }" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " A.resources:active           { COLOR: #ff6600; TEXT-DECORATION: underline }" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " .aLink {" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  color: black;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  font: 80% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  text-decoration: none;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  text-align: left;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  border-right: 1px solid black;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  border-left: 1px solid black;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  background: white;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  padding-top: 1px;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  padding-bottom: 1px;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  padding-right: 5px;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  padding-left: 5px;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  vertical-align:top;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "  width:150px;" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo " }" >> ${mainIndexFile}
echo "" >> ${mainIndexFile}



#----------------------------------------------------------------
# Launch QtAssistant with the proper arguments
# echo "${qtassistant} -profile ${adpFile}"
${qtassistant} -profile ${adpFile} &
  • What would be really nice would be to include the nice web design/look/feel from the cmake web site.

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