From 21d59414fca273aade30aa4209aca9bb35a5f78f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: thmsdt Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 13:28:17 +0200 Subject: update and rearrange documentation related content Issue-ID: DOC-798 Signed-off-by: thmsdt Change-Id: Id454ec5f09903efb81123669e6eb024f21a08797 --- .../how-to-use-docs/converting-to-rst.rst | 110 --------------------- 1 file changed, 110 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/guides/onap-developer/how-to-use-docs/converting-to-rst.rst (limited to 'docs/guides/onap-developer/how-to-use-docs/converting-to-rst.rst') diff --git a/docs/guides/onap-developer/how-to-use-docs/converting-to-rst.rst b/docs/guides/onap-developer/how-to-use-docs/converting-to-rst.rst deleted file mode 100644 index edbf1e219..000000000 --- a/docs/guides/onap-developer/how-to-use-docs/converting-to-rst.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,110 +0,0 @@ -.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 -.. International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 -.. Copyright 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. - -.. _converting-to-rst: - -Converting to RST -================= - -RST format is used for documentation. Other file formats can be converted to -RST with pandoc. - -.. caution:: - - Always check the output text after conversion. For the most common errors, - see section Fixing the converted document. - -Installing pandoc ------------------ - -Pandoc is a powerful document-transformation utility. We'll use it to -do simple conversions, but it is capable of much more. Visit -the `pandoc website `_ for -installation instructions for your platform. - -Converting ----------- - -Using a terminal, navigate to the directory containing the documents -you wish to convert. Next, issue the following command for each file -you'd like to convert: - -:code:`pandoc -s --toc -f -t rst myfile.` - -:code:`-s` tells pandoc to produce a standalone document - -:code:`--toc` tells pandoc to produce a table of contents (optional) - -:code:`-t` tells pandoc to produce reStructuredText output - -:code:`-f` tells pandoc the input format. It should be one of the following: - -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -| Format | Description | -+====================+====================================================+ -|commonmark | Markdown variant | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|docbook | XML-based markup | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|docx | Microsoft Word | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|epub | Ebook format | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|haddock | Doc format produced by tool used on Haskell code | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|html | HTML | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|json | JSON pandoc AST | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|latex | Older typesetting syntax | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|markdown | Simple formatting syntax meant to produce HTML | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|markdown_github | Github flavored markdown | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|markdown_mmd | Multi-markdown flavored markdown | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|markdown_phpextra | PHP flavored markdown | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|markdown_strict | Markdown with no added pandoc features | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|mediawiki | Popular wiki language | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|native | Pandoc native Haskell | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|odt | Open document text (used by LibreOffice) | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|opml | Outline processor markup language | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|org | Org mode for Emacs | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|rst | reStructuredText | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|t2t | Wiki-like formatting syntax | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|textile | A formatting syntax similar to RST and markdown | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ -|twiki | Popular wiki formatting syntax | -+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ - -Fixing the converted document ------------------------------ - -How much you'll need to fix the converted document depends on which file -format you're converting from. Here are a couple of things to watch out -for: - -1. Multi-line titles need to be converted to single line -2. Standalone "**" characters -3. :code:`***bolded***` should be :code:`**bolded**` -4. Mangled tables - -Previewing edits ----------------- - -Web-based -~~~~~~~~~ - -`Online Sphinx editor `_ is a RST previewing -tool. -- cgit 1.2.3-korg