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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / tech / tn0003.txt

diff --git a/docs/tech/tn0003.txt b/docs/tech/tn0003.txt
index 57cab689b1e4113eaf4e5f1270c800c0091a1314..8965f44405c73df5e7d6ef8f6c939d69a1a00ca2 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/tech/tn0003.txt
+++ b/docs/tech/tn0003.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ If adding to the existing manual in docs/latex/wx, you need to
 create a new .tex file, e.g. myclass.tex, and add it to the
 list of classes in classes.tex (in strict alphabetical order).
 You may also want to write a separate topic file, e.g. tmyclass.tex,
-and add the entry to topics.tex.
+and add the entry to topics.tex.  Also, if applicable, and an entry
+to category.tex.
 
 If compiling a separate manual, copy an existing set of files from the
 wxWindows manual or a contribution. Contribution documentation
@@ -45,6 +46,15 @@ For Word RTF:
 
   tex2rtf manual.tex manual.rtf -rtf -twice
 
+If you wish to have a GUI display show the status of what is happening
+as the conversion is happening, use the '-interactive' command line
+parameter, and then choose FILE|GO from the menu.  For example:
+
+   tex2rtf manual.tex manual.rtf -rtf -twice -interactive
+
+NOTE: You must be using the latest tex2rtf which was released with
+v2.2.0 of wxWindows to use the -interactive switch
+
 If you wish to generate documentation for wxHTML Help Viewer
 (or Windows HTML Help), set htmlWorkshopFiles to true in your
 tex2rtf.ini file. See also the wxHTML Notes section in the
@@ -76,6 +86,17 @@ DO:
   format and running through the Windows help compiler to check
   for missing labels, etc.
 
+- quote all '_' characters with a '\' character (e.g. "MY\_PROGRAM" 
+  unless the '_' is inside a comment or a \begin{verbatim} ...
+  \end{verbatim} block
+
+- check that your changes/additions to any TEX documentation 
+  compiles before checking it in!  Use the '-checkcurleybrace' 
+  and '-checksyntax' commandline parameters (or the OPTIONS menu 
+  if running in GUI mode) to check for some of the more common 
+  mistakes.  See TROUBLESHOOTING below for more details
+
+
 DON'T:
 
 - use jargon, such as 'gonna', or omit the definite article.
@@ -90,13 +111,30 @@ DON'T:
 - leave multiple consecutive blank lines, or blank lines between
   \items in a list.
 
+- use \verb$....$ syntax.  Instead use \tt{....} syntax
+
+- add the following tokens anywhere except on a line by themselves:
+       \begin{verbatim}
+       \begin{toocomplex}
+       \end{verbatim}
+       \end{toocomplex}
+       \verb
+       \begin{comment}
+       \end{comment}
+       \verbatiminput
+       \par
+       \input
+       \helpinput
+       \include
+       
+
 Troubleshooting
 ===============
 
 Please see the troubleshooting section in the Tex2RTF manual, but
 here is one important tip:
 
-  If you get a "Macro not found: \end{document}" error,
+   If you get a "Macro not found: \end{document}" error,
    this is a spurious side-effect of an earlier error, usually an
    incorrect number of arguments to a command. The location of the
    true error is then anywhere in the document.
@@ -113,6 +151,17 @@ here is one important tip:
    line comment character (%) to see whether it was that file that
    caused the problem.
 
+       When making changes/additions to the documentation, always use 
+       the '-checkcurleybraces' and '-checksyntax' commandline parameters
+       (or turn these options on in the GUI version via the OPTIONS menu 
+       choice), BEFORE checking in your changes.  These two debugging 
+       options will catch many of the more common mistakes that are made
+       while writing documents, plus they will catch some of the uses 
+       of TeX that are correct syntax-wise, but that tex2rtf cannot 
+       handle properly, and report the problems (usually along with
+       a filename and line number that they occur in!) in the programs
+       output window (GUI mode).
+
 Elements in a class file
 ========================
 
@@ -204,3 +253,18 @@ Note the use of \docparam to document parameters; and the fact
 that several overloaded forms of the same member function are
 documented within the same \membersection.
 
+
+Special forms:
+
+- for a const member function use \constfunc{} instead of \const
+
+- for a function without parameters use \func{...}{Function}{\void}
+
+- but do NOT use \void for functions without return value, just "void"
+
+- for a virtual/static member function use \func{virtual/static ...}
+
+- omit the return type for constructors: \func{}{MyClass}{...}
+
+- use \destruct macro for the destructors \func{}{\destruct{MyClass}}{\void}
+