Package epydoc :: Package docwriter :: Module html_help

[hide private]
[frames] | no frames]

# Source Code for Module epydoc.docwriter.html_help

      1  #
      2  # epydoc.css: default help page
      3  # Edward Loper
      4  #
      5  # Created [01/30/01 05:18 PM]
      6  # $Id: html_help.py 1239 2006-07-05 11:29:50Z edloper $
      7  #
      8
      9  """
     10  Default help file for the HTML outputter (L{epydoc.docwriter.html}).
     11
     12  @type HTML_HELP: C{string}
     13  @var HTML_HELP: The contents of the HTML body for the default
     14  help page.
     15  """
     16  __docformat__ = 'epytext en'
     17
     18  # Expects: {'this_project': name}
     19  HTML_HELP = '''
     20  <h1 class="epydoc"> API Documentation </h1>
     21
     22  <p> This document contains the API (Application Programming Interface)
     23  documentation for %(this_project)s.  Documentation for the Python
     24  objects defined by the project is divided into separate pages for each
     25  package, module, and class.  The API documentation also includes two
     26  pages containing information about the project as a whole: a trees
     27  page, and an index page.  </p>
     28
     29  <h2> Object Documentation </h2>
     30
     31    <p>Each <strong>Package Documentation</strong> page contains: </p>
     32    <ul>
     33      <li> A description of the package. </li>
     34      <li> A list of the modules and sub-packages contained by the
     35      package.  </li>
     36      <li> A summary of the classes defined by the package. </li>
     37      <li> A summary of the functions defined by the package. </li>
     38      <li> A summary of the variables defined by the package. </li>
     39      <li> A detailed description of each function defined by the
     40      package. </li>
     41      <li> A detailed description of each variable defined by the
     42      package. </li>
     43    </ul>
     44
     45    <p>Each <strong>Module Documentation</strong> page contains:</p>
     46    <ul>
     47      <li> A description of the module. </li>
     48      <li> A summary of the classes defined by the module. </li>
     49      <li> A summary of the functions defined by the module. </li>
     50      <li> A summary of the variables defined by the module. </li>
     51      <li> A detailed description of each function defined by the
     52      module. </li>
     53      <li> A detailed description of each variable defined by the
     54      module. </li>
     55    </ul>
     56
     57    <p>Each <strong>Class Documentation</strong> page contains: </p>
     58    <ul>
     59      <li> A class inheritance diagram. </li>
     60      <li> A list of known subclasses. </li>
     61      <li> A description of the class. </li>
     62      <li> A summary of the methods defined by the class. </li>
     63      <li> A summary of the instance variables defined by the class. </li>
     64      <li> A summary of the class (static) variables defined by the
     65      class. </li>
     66      <li> A detailed description of each method defined by the
     67      class. </li>
     68      <li> A detailed description of each instance variable defined by the
     69      class. </li>
     70      <li> A detailed description of each class (static) variable defined
     71      by the class. </li>
     72    </ul>
     73
     74  <h2> Project Documentation </h2>
     75
     76    <p> The <strong>Trees</strong> page contains the module and class hierarchies: </p>
     77    <ul>
     78      <li> The <em>module hierarchy</em> lists every package and module, with
     79      modules grouped into packages.  At the top level, and within each
     80      package, modules and sub-packages are listed alphabetically. </li>
     81      <li> The <em>class hierarchy</em> lists every class, grouped by base
     82      class.  If a class has more than one base class, then it will be
     83      listed under each base class.  At the top level, and under each base
     84      class, classes are listed alphabetically. </li>
     85    </ul>
     86
     87    <p> The <strong>Index</strong> page contains indices of terms and
     88    identifiers: </p>
     89    <ul>
     90      <li> The <em>term index</em> lists every term indexed by any object\'s
     91      documentation.  For each term, the index provides links to each
     92      place where the term is indexed. </li>
     93      <li> The <em>identifier index</em> lists the (short) name of every package,
     94      module, class, method, function, variable, and parameter.  For each
     95      identifier, the index provides a short description, and a link to
     96      its documentation. </li>
     97    </ul>
     98
     99  <h2> The Table of Contents </h2>
    100
    101  <p> The table of contents occupies the two frames on the left side of
    102  the window.  The upper-left frame displays the <em>project
    103  contents</em>, and the lower-left frame displays the <em>module
    104  contents</em>: </p>
    105
    106  <table class="help summary" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
    107    <tr style="height: 30%%">
    108      <td align="center" style="font-size: small">
    109         Project<br />Contents<hr />...</td>
    110      <td align="center" style="font-size: small" rowspan="2" width="70%%">
    111        API<br />Documentation<br />Frame<br /><br /><br />
    112      </td>
    113    </tr>
    114    <tr>
    115      <td align="center" style="font-size: small">
    116        Module<br />Contents<hr />&nbsp;<br />...<br />&nbsp;
    117      </td>
    118    </tr>
    119  </table><br />
    120
    121  <p> The <strong>project contents frame</strong> contains a list of all packages
    122  and modules that are defined by the project.  Clicking on an entry
    123  will display its contents in the module contents frame.  Clicking on a
    124  special entry, labeled "Everything," will display the contents of
    125  the entire project. </p>
    126
    127  <p> The <strong>module contents frame</strong> contains a list of every
    128  submodule, class, type, exception, function, and variable defined by a
    129  module or package.  Clicking on an entry will display its
    130  documentation in the API documentation frame.  Clicking on the name of
    131  the module, at the top of the frame, will display the documentation
    132  for the module itself. </p>
    133
    134  <p> The "<strong>frames</strong>" and "<strong>no frames</strong>" buttons below the top
    135  navigation bar can be used to control whether the table of contents is
    136  displayed or not. </p>
    137
    138  <h2> The Navigation Bar </h2>
    139
    140  <p> A navigation bar is located at the top and bottom of every page.
    141  It indicates what type of page you are currently viewing, and allows
    142  you to go to related pages.  The following table describes the labels
    143  on the navigation bar.  Note that not some labels (such as
    144  [Parent]) are not displayed on all pages. </p>
    145
    146  <table class="summary" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="100%%">
    147  <tr class="summary">
    148    <th>Label</th>
    149    <th>Highlighted when...</th>
    150    <th>Links to...</th>
    151  </tr>
    152    <tr><td valign="top"><strong>[Parent]</strong></td>
    153        <td valign="top"><em>(never highlighted)</em></td>
    154        <td valign="top"> the parent of the current package </td></tr>
    155    <tr><td valign="top"><strong>[Package]</strong></td>
    156        <td valign="top">viewing a package</td>
    157        <td valign="top">the package containing the current object
    158        </td></tr>
    159    <tr><td valign="top"><strong>[Module]</strong></td>
    160        <td valign="top">viewing a module</td>
    161        <td valign="top">the module containing the current object
    162        </td></tr>
    163    <tr><td valign="top"><strong>[Class]</strong></td>
    164        <td valign="top">viewing a class </td>
    165        <td valign="top">the class containing the current object</td></tr>
    166    <tr><td valign="top"><strong>[Trees]</strong></td>
    167        <td valign="top">viewing the trees page</td>
    168        <td valign="top"> the trees page </td></tr>
    169    <tr><td valign="top"><strong>[Index]</strong></td>
    170        <td valign="top">viewing the index page</td>
    171        <td valign="top"> the index page </td></tr>
    172    <tr><td valign="top"><strong>[Help]</strong></td>
    173        <td valign="top">viewing the help page</td>
    174        <td valign="top"> the help page </td></tr>
    175  </table>
    176
    177  <p> The "<strong>show private</strong>" and "<strong>hide private</strong>" buttons below
    178  the top navigation bar can be used to control whether documentation
    179  for private objects is displayed.  Private objects are usually defined
    180  as objects whose (short) names begin with a single underscore, but do
    181  not end with an underscore.  For example, "<code>_x</code>",
    182  "<code>__pprint</code>", and "<code>epydoc.epytext._tokenize</code>"
    183  are private objects; but "<code>re.sub</code>",
    184  "<code>__init__</code>", and "<code>type_</code>" are not.  However,
    185  if a module defines the "<code>__all__</code>" variable, then its
    186  contents are used to decide which objects are private. </p>
    187
    188  <p> A timestamp below the bottom navigation bar indicates when each
    189  page was last updated. </p>
    190  '''
    191