10.4 library(doc_files): Create stand-alone documentation files

To be done

Generate a predicate index?

Create stand-alone documentation from a bundle of source-files. Typical use of the PlDoc package is to run it as a web-server from the project in progress, providing search and guaranteed consistency with the loaded version. Creating stand-alone files as provided by this file can be useful for printing or distribution.

doc_save(+FileOrDir, +Options)

Save documentation for FileOrDir to file(s). Options include

format(+Format)

Currently only supports html.

doc_root(+Dir)

Save output to the given directory. Default is to save the documentation for a file in the same directory as the file and for a directory in a subdirectory doc.

title(+Title)

Title is an atom that provides the HTML title of the main (index) page. Only meaningful when generating documentation for a directory.

man_server(+RootURL)

Root of a manual server used for references to built-in predicates. Default is http://www.swi-prolog.org/pldoc/

index_file(+Base)

Filename for directory indices. Default is index.

if(Condition)

What to do with files in a directory. loaded (default) only documents files loaded into the Prolog image. true documents all files.

recursive(+Bool)

If true, recurse into subdirectories.

css(+Mode)

If copy, copy the CSS file to created directories. Using inline, include the CSS file into the created files. Currently, only the default copy is supported.

The typical use-case is to document the Prolog files that belong to a project in the current directory. To do this load the Prolog files and run the goal below. This creates a sub-directory doc with an index file index.html. It replicates the directory structure of the source directory, creating an HTML file for each Prolog file and an index file for each sub-directory. A copy of the required CSS and image resources is copied to the doc directory.

?- doc_save(., [recursive(true)]).