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<chapter id="extending-quanta-3-2">
<chapterinfo>
<title>Extending &quantaplus;</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Christopher</firstname>
<surname>Hornbaker</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>chrishornbaker@earthlink.net</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>

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</authorgroup>
</chapterinfo>

<title>Extending &quantaplus;</title>

<para>
This chapter describes how to customize &quantaplus; to your particular
needs and how you can help &quantaplus; become better.
</para>

<!--<sect1 id="kommander-3-2">
<title>Using Kommander With &quantaplus;</title>

<para>
Kommander, by Marc Britton.
</para>
</sect1> -->

<sect1 id="dtep-intro-3-2">
<title>Document Type Editing Package (&DTEP;)</title>

<para>
Document Type Editing Packages (&DTEP;s) are used in &quantaplus; to add
support for markup, scripting languages, and &CSS;. They allow
&quantaplus; to provide features like auto-completion and node trees.
Their simplicity and flexibility are what make &quantaplus; a fast,
developer friendly &IDE; for web developers. They are what make &quantaplus;
an easy-to-use, productive environment.
</para>

<para>
&DTEP;s come in two flavors, Family 1, which are markups, and Family 2,
which are scripting and &CSS;. &DTEP;s are made up of two parts, the Tag
Folder and the Toolbars. Tag Folders are composed of two types of files,
the description.rc and TagXML files, which carry the extension .tag.
Toolbars are the handy, icon-oriented tabs of buttons (above the editing
window) which place text into a document faster than the user can type.
</para>

<para>
This document describes how to make TagXML files, the description.rc, and
toolbars. In short, a &DTEP;.
</para>

<para>
TagXML files (.tag) define both the attributes specific to a tag and the
layout and contents of the properties dialog &quantaplus; shows for the tag.
The description.rc file provides rules and information on the &DTEP;
itself. Toolbars provide a quick means for adding tags into a document
without worry of mis-spellings and such.
</para>

<sect2 id="dtep-packaging-3-2">
<title>Packaging</title>

<para>
Tag Folders are just that, folders. They are composed only of the
description.rc and TagXML files. Tag Folders carry the name of the mark-up
language and version, if applicable. (For example, html-4.01-strict)
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="tagxml-3-2">
<title>TagXML</title>

<para>
The table below lists the elements defined in TagXML and declares whether
they are required or not. While not all are required, it is recommended
that you use as many as you can so that other users can have a better
experience and more information to work with.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="3">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Element</entry>
<entry>Default Usage</entry>
<entry>Case Usage</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>TAGS</entry>
<entry>required</entry>
<entry>always</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>tag</entry>
<entry>required</entry>
<entry>always</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>label</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>required to create a properties dialog</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>attr</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>required to define an attribute</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>tooltip</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>required to have the properties dialog display a tooltip</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>whatsthis</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>required to have the properties dialog display a <quote>What's This
</quote></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>list</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>required when an attr is of the type <quote>list</quote></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>item</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>required when &lt;list> is used</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>textlocation</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>always</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>location</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>required when label is used</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>text</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>required when label is used</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>children</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>list of tags that can appear within the tag being defined</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>child</entry>
<entry>required</entry>
<entry>a children entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>stoppingtags</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
<entry>list of tags that tell another tag to end</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>stoppingtag</entry>
<entry>required</entry>
<entry>a stoppingtags entry</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>


<sect3 id="dtep-element-descriptions-3-2">
<title>TagXML Element Descriptions</title>

<para>
The following sections will describe, in detail, each element. Everything
from where they can go to what goes in them is layed out in an
easy-to-follow manner.
</para>

<sect4 id="TAGS-3-2">
<title>TAGS</title>

<para>
This is the root element of a TagXML document. It may appear in a document
only once. It can contain the definition of multiple tags. This is an
element-only type element.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry>
<entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><emphasis>NONE</emphasis></entry>
<entry>tag</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="tag-3-2">
<title>tag</title>

<para>
Wrapper for tag being defined. This is an element-only type element.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry>
<entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>TAGS</entry>
<entry>label, attr, stoppingtags</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="6">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Attribute</entry><entry>Type</entry><entry>Values</entry>
<entry>Default</entry><entry>Use</entry><entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>name</entry><entry>string</entry><entry></entry><entry></entry>
<entry>required</entry><entry>Specifies the name of the tag being defined.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>single</entry><entry>boolean</entry><entry></entry><entry></entry>
<entry>optional</entry><entry>Specifies whether or not the tag requires a
closing tag &lt;/(tagname)>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>type</entry><entry>string</entry><entry></entry><entry>xmltag</entry>
<entry>optional</entry><entry>Specifies the type of tag being defined.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>xmltag</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Type of tag is XML-based. (Family 1 only.)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>property</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Type of tag is &CSS; related. (Family 2 only.)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>function</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Type of tag is a script function. When used,
&lt;attr> becomes arguments of the function. (Family 2 only.)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>class</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Type of tag is a script class. (Family 2 only.)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>returnType</entry><entry>string</entry><entry></entry><entry>void
</entry>
<entry>optional</entry><entry>Specifies the return type of tag being
defined. (Family 2 only.)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>void</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Type of tag returns void.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>int</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Type of tag returns int.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>float</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Type of tag returns float.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>long</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Type of tag returns long.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>string</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Type of tag returns string.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="label-3-2">
<title>label</title>

<para>
Place a label in the dialog. The text is specified by the &lt;text> tag.
This is an element-only type element.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry>
<entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>tag</entry>
<entry>text, location</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="attr-3-2">
<title>attr</title>

<para>
Defines an attribute of the tag. This element occurs once for each
attribute. It defines the name and type of attribute. It also contains
additional tags that specify how this attribute should be displayed, et cetera.
This is an element-only type element.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry>
<entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>tag</entry>
<entry>location, list, tooltip, whatsthis, textlocation</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="6">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Attribute</entry><entry>Type</entry><entry>Values</entry>
<entry>Default</entry><entry>Use</entry><entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>name</entry><entry>string</entry><entry></entry><entry></entry>
<entry>required</entry><entry>Specifies the name of the attribute being
defined.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>type</entry><entry>string</entry><entry></entry><entry>input</entry>
<entry>required</entry><entry>Specifies the type of the attribute being
defined.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>input</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Field supports free text entries (text field).</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>check</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Field value is boolean (check box).</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>color</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Field value is a color.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>url</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Field value is a &URL;. (Local file to refer to.)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>list</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Field value is an item from a specified list.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>status</entry><entry>string</entry><entry></entry><entry>optional</entry>
<entry>required</entry><entry>Specifies whether or not the argument is
required. (Family 2 only.)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>optional</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Argument is optional.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>required</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Argument is required.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry><entry></entry><entry>implied</entry><entry></entry>
<entry></entry><entry>Argument is implied.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="tooltip-3-2">
<title>tooltip</title>

<para>
Defines the tooltip for a field in the dialog. This element is text-only.
</para>

<note>
<para>
Currently only plain text is supported (you cannot use any markup).
</para>
</note>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry>
<entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>attr</entry>
<entry><emphasis>NONE</emphasis></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="whatsthis-3-2">
<title>whatsthis</title>

<para>
Defines the 'What's This' help for a field in the dialog. This element is
text-only.
</para>

<note>
<para>
Currently only plain text is supported (you cannot use any markup).
</para>
</note>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry>
<entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>attr</entry>
<entry><emphasis>NONE</emphasis></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="list-3-2">
<title>list</title>

<para>
A container tag that groups together the items in a list. It may appear
only once for each attribute description. This is an element-only type
element.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry>
<entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>attr</entry>
<entry>item</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="item-3-2">
<title>item</title>

<para>
Defines an item in a list. This element is text-only.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry>
<entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>list</entry>
<entry><emphasis>NONE</emphasis></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="textlocation-3-2">
<title>textlocation</title>

<para>
Specifies the position of a tag's attribute text within a dialog. This tag
can only occur once for each attribute in the dialog (&cad; one for each
&lt;attr> tag). This element is empty.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry>
<entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>attr</entry>
<entry><emphasis>NONE</emphasis></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Attribute</entry><entry>Type</entry>
<entry>Use</entry><entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>row</entry><entry>nonNegativeInteger</entry>
<entry>required</entry><entry>Specifies the row in the dialog layout of a
field or label.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>col</entry><entry>nonNegativeInteger</entry>
<entry>required</entry><entry>Specifies the column in the dialog layout of
a field or label.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>rowspan</entry><entry>nonNegativeInteger</entry>
<entry>optional</entry><entry>Specifies the number of rows a field should
span.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>colspan</entry><entry>nonNegativeInteger</entry>
<entry>optional</entry><entry>Specifies the number of columns a field
should span.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="location-3-2">
<title>location</title>

<para>
Specifies the position and size of a field in the dialog. This tag should
occur once for each field in the dialog (&cad; one for each &lt;attr> and
&lt;label> tag). This element is empty.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry><entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>label, attr</entry><entry><emphasis>NONE</emphasis></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Attribute</entry><entry>Type</entry>
<entry>Use</entry><entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>row</entry><entry>nonNegativeInteger</entry>
<entry>required</entry><entry>Specifies the row in the dialog layout of a
field or label.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>col</entry><entry>nonNegativeInteger</entry>
<entry>required</entry><entry>Specifies the column in the dialog layout of
a field or label.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>rowspan</entry><entry>nonNegativeInteger</entry>
<entry>optional</entry><entry>Specifies the number of rows a field should
span.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>colspan</entry><entry>nonNegativeInteger</entry>
<entry>optional</entry><entry>Specifies the number of columns a field
should span.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="text-3-2">
<title>text</title>

<para>
Define the text for a label or check box. This element is text-only.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry><entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>label, attr</entry><entry><emphasis>NONE</emphasis></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="children-3-2">
<title>children</title>

<para>
Defines a list of elements that can appear within the tag being specified.
This element is an element-only type element.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry><entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>tag</entry><entry>child</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="child-3-2">
<title>child</title>

<para>
Defines a child tag. This element is empty.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry><entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>children</entry><entry><emphasis>NONE</emphasis></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Attribute</entry><entry>Type</entry>
<entry>Use</entry><entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>name</entry><entry>string</entry>
<entry>required</entry><entry>Specifies a tag that can appear within the a
certain tag.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="stoppingtags-3-2">
<title>stoppingtags</title>

<para>
Defines a list of elements that force a tag to end. This element is an
element-only type element.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry><entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>tag</entry><entry>stoppingtag</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="stoppingtag-3-2">
<title>stoppingtag</title>

<para>
Defines a stopping tag. This element is empty.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parent(s)</entry><entry>Children</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>stoppingtags</entry><entry><emphasis>NONE</emphasis></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Attribute</entry><entry>Type</entry>
<entry>Use</entry><entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>name</entry><entry>string</entry>
<entry>required</entry><entry>Specifies which tags force the ending of
another tag.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect4>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="tagxml-usage-3-2">
<title>TagXML Usage</title>

<para>
All TagXML files must begin with the &XML; declaration: &lt;?xml
version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> and must be properly nested and closed.
</para>

<important>
<para>
White space does not adversely affect anything, but watch out for &amp; and
&lt; characters.  These should likely be replaced with an &amp;amp; and
&amp;lt;, respectively, in elements such as &lt;tooltip>, &lt;whatsthis>,
and &lt;text>. Not doing so will not cause a crash, but you will have
chunks of your work disappear if you do not.
</para>
</important>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="tagxml-validation-3-2">
<title>TagXML Validation</title>

<para>
To validate your TagXML files, simply click the <quote>Tools</quote>
pop-up dialog at the top of &quantaplus; and select <quote>Validate
TagXML.</quote> A dialog will present itself and you need only to follow
the simple directions.
</para>

<note>
<para>
This feature is currently not present. Currently validation occurs when
the TagXML files are loaded into &quantaplus;.
</para>
</note>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="tagxml-examples-3-2">
<title>TagXML Examples</title>

<sect4 id="family-one-3-2">
<title>Family 1</title>

<para>
The following will show you a valid Family 1 TagXML file. This file
happens to describe &W3C; &XML; Schema's &lt;schema> element. The file name
for this TagXML file would be schema.tag. Simple, eh?
</para>

<informalexample>
<literallayout>
<markup>
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
&lt;!DOCTYPE TAGS>
&lt;TAGS>
 &lt;tag name="schema">
  &lt;label>
   &lt;text>id&lt;/text>
   &lt;location col="0" row="0"/>
  &lt;/label>
  &lt;attr name="id" type="input">
   &lt;tooltip>A unique ID for the element.&lt;/tooltip>
   &lt;whatsthis>A unique ID for the element.&lt;/whatsthis>
   &lt;location col="1" row="0"/>
  &lt;/attr>

  &lt;label>
   &lt;text>version&lt;/text>
   &lt;location col="0" row="1"/>
  &lt;/label>
  &lt;attr name="version" type="input">
   &lt;tooltip>Version of the schema.&lt;/tooltip>
   &lt;whatsthis>Version of the schema.&lt;/whatsthis>
   &lt;location col="1" row="1"/>
  &lt;/attr>

  &lt;label>
   &lt;text>targetNamespace&lt;/text>
   &lt;location col="0" row="2"/>
  &lt;/label>
  &lt;attr name="targetNamespace" type="input">
   &lt;tooltip>&URI; reference of the namespace of this schema.&lt;/tooltip>
   &lt;whatsthis>&URI; reference of the namespace of this schema.&lt;/whatsthis>
   &lt;location col="1" row="2"/>
  &lt;/attr>

  &lt;label>
   &lt;text>xmlns&lt;/text>
   &lt;location col="0" row="3"/>
  &lt;/label>
  &lt;attr name="xmlns" type="input">
   &lt;tooltip>&URI; reference for one or more namespaces for use in this schema.
   If no prefix is used, then components of that namespace may be used unqualified.&lt;/tooltip>
   &lt;whatsthis>&URI; reference for one or more namespaces for use in this schema.
   If no prefix is used, then components of that namespace may be used unqualified.&lt;/whatsthis>
   &lt;location col="1" row="3"/>
  &lt;/attr>

  &lt;label>
   &lt;text>attributeFormDefault&lt;/text>
   &lt;location col="0" row="4"/>
  &lt;/label>
  &lt;attr name="attributeFormDefault" type="list">
   &lt;items>
    &lt;item>qualified&lt;/item>
    &lt;item>unqualified&lt;/item>
   &lt;/items>
   &lt;tooltip>Default form for all attributes within this schema.&lt;/tooltip>
   &lt;whatsthis>Default form for all attributes within this schema.&lt;/whatsthis>
   &lt;location col="1" row="4"/>
  &lt;/attr>

  &lt;label>
   &lt;text>elementFormDefault&lt;/text>
   &lt;location col="0" row="5"/>
  &lt;/label>
  &lt;attr name="elementFormDefault" type="list">
   &lt;items>
    &lt;item>qualified&lt;/item>
    &lt;item>unqualified&lt;/item>
   &lt;/items>
   &lt;tooltip>Default form for all elements within this schema.&lt;/tooltip>
   &lt;whatsthis>Default form for all elements within this schema.&lt;/whatsthis>
   &lt;location col="1" row="5"/>
  &lt;/attr>

  &lt;label>
   &lt;text>blockDefault&lt;/text>
   &lt;location col="0" row="6"/>
  &lt;/label>
  &lt;attr name="blockDefault" type="input">
   &lt;location col="1" row="6"/>
  &lt;/attr>

  &lt;label>
   &lt;text>finalDefault&lt;/text>
   &lt;location col="0" row="7"/>
  &lt;/label>
  &lt;attr name="finalDefault" type="input">
   &lt;location col="1" row="7"/>
  &lt;/attr>
 &lt;/tag>
&lt;/TAGS>
</markup>
</literallayout>
</informalexample>
</sect4>

<sect4 id="family-two-3-2">
<title>Family 2</title>

<para>
The following will show you a valid Family 2 TagXML file. This file
happens to describe &PHP;'s overload function. The file name for this
TagXML file would be overload.tag.
</para>

<informalexample>
<literallayout>
<markup>
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
&lt;!DOCTYPE tags>
&lt;tags>
  &lt;tag name="overload" type="function" returnType="void">
&lt;attr name="class_name" type="string" status="optional"/>
  &lt;/tag>
&lt;/tags>
</markup>
</literallayout>
</informalexample>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="descriptionrc-3-2">
<title>description.rc</title>

<para>
The description.rc file is, also, quite simple. Not all of the following
need be used. The basic structure of the description.rc file is as
follows.
</para>

<sect3 id="family-one-structure-3-2">
<title>Family 1 Structure</title>

<informalexample>
<literallayout>
<markup>
[General] - Generic information.
Version = Use 1 for &quantaplus; version &lt;=3.1.2 and 2 for any version greater.
Name = DTD definition string. (-//&W3C;//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN)
NickName = The beautified name of the DTD. (HTML 4.01 Transitional). If not defined, Name is
used as NickName.
&URL; = &URL; pointing to the DTD definition. (http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd)
DoctypeString = The string that should appear in the !DOCTYPE declaration.
(HTML PUBLIC "-//&W3C;//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd")
Inherits = The name of the DTD from where this DTD inherits its tags. (-//&W3C;//DTD HTML 4.01//EN)
DefaultExtension = New files are created with this extension. (html)
Groups = The list of common attribute groups, which may be present in more than one tag.
(Core, I18n, Script) See below. (Group1, Group2...)
NumOfPages = How many pages does a tag dialog have, aside of the page containing the
attributes defined in the tag file? See below. (Page1,...)
CaseSensitive = Case-sensitiveness of the DTD. (true|false)
Family = 1This type of DTEP is of family 1, since it is a markup.

[Toolbars] - Information about DTEP toolbars.
Location = The folder name inside $KDEDIR($KDEHOME)/share/apps/quanta/toolbars
where the toolbars for this DTEP are.
Names = The list of toolbar file names, minus the .toolbar.tgz extension, that
are loaded for this DTEP from the above folder.

[Group1] - Replace with one of the Groups listed below.
Attributes = The list of attributes for this group. Currently, all of the listed attributes are
 treated as strings.
Example:
[Core]
Attributes = id, class, style, title

[Page1] - Description of a tag editor page.
Title = The title of this page in the tag editing dialog.
Groups = List of groups appearing on this page. (Core, I18n)

[Extra rules] - Some rules not fitted in other places.
BooleanAttributes = (simple|complex)
Example for simple: &lt;tag booleanAttr>.
Example for complex: &lt;tag booleanAttr="1"> or &lt;tag booleanAttr="true">
Single Tag Style = (html|XML)
Example for html: &lt;single_tag>
Example for XML:  &lt;single_tag />
StructGroupsCount = The number of structure groups. See below.
MinusAllowedInWords = If true "this-is-a-word" is treated like a word. Otherwise,
it is treated like 4 words.
TagAutoCompleteAfter = CHAR. The auto-completion box is brought up automatically
once this CHAR is entered or SPACE is pressed after this CHAR. For DTEP family 1,
it is usually "&lt;" The text "none" instead of a CHAR specifies that the tag
completion box should not be brought up automatically, only if the user requests it.
AttributeSeparator = CHAR. This CHAR means that the attribute name has ended.
It is " for XML DTEPs.
TagSeparator = CHAR. Similar to the above.

[StructGroup_1] - Definition of structure group 1.
Name = The text that appears if there are tags matching this group settings.
No_Name = The text that appears if there are NO tags matching this group settings.
Icon = The name of the icon appearing before the above texts.
Tag = tagname(attribute1, attribute2, ...). Tags with name tagname will appear
under this group. The item text will be "attribute1_value | attribute2_value | ..."
Currently only one tag may be listed here.
HasFileName = (true|false) True, if the item text (above attribute values) contains a file name.
FileNameRx = Regular expression used to remove the unnecessary chars from the item text.

[Parsing rules] - Rules used when parsing the document.
SpecialAreas = The beginning and ending string of special areas, separatted by a comma.
Special areas are not parsed according to this DTEP's rules, but as their own rules.
A special area can be a DTEP of another family, a comment, or something to that effect.
Eg. &lt;!-- -->
SpecialAreaNames = Comma separated list of the above special area names. Eg. comment
SpecialTags = tagname(attributename) - Specifies a tag which defines the start of a special area.
MayContain = Comma separated list of family 2 DTEPs that can be present in the document.
(php, css)
</markup>
</literallayout>
</informalexample>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="family-two-structure-3-2">
<title>Family 2 Structure</title>

<informalexample>
<literallayout>
<markup>
[General] - Generic information.
Version = Use 1 for &quantaplus; version &lt;=3.1.2 and 2 for any version greater.
Name = Proper name
NickName = What every calls it. If not defined, Name is used as NickName.
Inherits = The name of the DTEP from where this DTEP inherits tags. (The Name, not NickName)
DefaultExtension = New files are created with this extension. (php)
NumOfPages = 0   Always zero because there is not a tag editing dialog for
Family 2 DTEPs.
CaseSensitive = Case-sensitiveness of the DTEP. (true|false)
Family = 2This type of DTEP is of family 2, since it is not markup.

[Toolbars] - Information about DTEP toolbars.
Location = The folder name inside $KDEDIR($KDEHOME)/share/apps/quanta/toolbars
where the toolbars for this DTEP are.
Names = The list of toolbar file names, minus the .toolbar.tgz extension, that
are loaded for this DTEP from the above folder.

[Extra rules] - Some rules not fitted in other places.
BooleanAttributes = (simple|complex)
Example for simple: &lt;tag booleanAttr>.
Example for complex: &lt;tag booleanAttr="1"> or &lt;tag booleanAttr="true">
StructGroupsCount = The number of structure groups. See below.
MinusAllowedInWords = If true "this-is-a-word" is treated like a word. Otherwise,
it is treated like 4 words.
TagAutoCompleteAfter = CHAR. The auto-completion box is brought up automatically
once this CHAR is entered or SPACE is pressed after this CHAR. For DTEP family 1,
it is usually "&lt;" The text "none" instead of a CHAR specifies that the tag
completion box should not be brought up automatically, only if the user requests it.
AttributeSeparator = CHAR. This CHAR means that the attribute name has ended.
It is " for XML DTEPs.
TagSeparator = CHAR. Similar to the above.
AttributeAutoCompletionAfter = CHAR. Similar to the TagAutoCompletionAfter, but
for tag attributes. It is "(" by default and ":" for CSS.

[StructGroup_1] - Definition of structure group 1.
Name = The text that appears if there are tags matching this group settings.
No_Name = The text that appears if there are NO tags matching this group settings.
Icon = The name of the icon appearing before the above texts.
Tag = tagname(attribute1, attribute2, ...). Tags with name tagname will appear
under this group. The item text will be "attribute1_value | attribute2_value | ..."
Currently only one tag may be listed here.
HasFileName = (true|false) True, if the item text (above attribute values) contains a file name.
FileNameRx = Regular expression used to remove the unnecessary chars from the item text.
SearchRx = regular expression used to find text areas in the Family 2 DTEP, which
will belong to this group
ClearRx = regular expression used to clear unwanted text/chars from the above
search result. The cleaned string will appear in the structure tree.

[Parsing rules] - Rules used when parsing the document.
SpecialAreas = The beginning and ending string of special areas, separated by a comma.
Special areas are not parsed according to this DTEP's rules, but as their own rules.
A special area can be a DTEP of another family, a comment, or something to that effect.
Eg. &lt;!-- -->
SpecialAreaNames = Comma separated list of the above special area names. Eg. comment
SpecialTags = tagname(attributename) - Specifies a tag which defines the start of a special area.
AreaBorders = Comma separated list of the area borders encapsulating this Family 2 DTEP. In the
case of PHP, it is: &lt;? ?>, &lt;* *>, &lt;% %>
Tags = tagname(attribute). If the parent(real) DTD has a tag with tagname and
the attribute value of this tag is equal with the DTD name, the tag area
is parsed according to the rules of this DTD.
Comments = comma separated list of area borders for comments. EOL means end-of-line.
Eg: // EOL, /* */
StructKeywords = Semicolon separated list of structure keywords. Structures are treated
as new nodes in the structure tree.
StructBeginStr = A string specifying the beginning of a structure (like {)
StructEndStr = A string specifying the beginning of a structure (like })
StructRx = Regular expression containing the beginning or the end of the structure
area. Eg. \\{ | \\} (structure area border can be { or })
</markup>
</literallayout>
</informalexample>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="creating-toolbars-3-2">
<title>Creating Toolbars</title>

<para>
The following will show you how to create toolbars for a &DTEP;. Toolbars
are graphical elements that are assigned to actions. Actions, in
&quantaplus;, are the basis for nearly all the extensions that
&quantaplus; has and will acquire in the future. The same mechanism that
defines an action in &quantaplus; also enables auto-completion and tag
dialogs. With actions, the limit of what you can do is virtually
limitless.  For means of an example, we will use <ulink
url="http://tidy.sf.net">&HTML; tidy</ulink> on our web pages.
</para>

<sect2 id="from-scratch-to-complete-3-2">
<title>From Scratch to Complete</title>

<para>
To begin, you will need to create a user toolbar. Select
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Toolbars</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Add User Toolbar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>

<para>
If there are many tags for the markup language, it is recommended that you
split up the tags into logical groups. You will need to create a new user
toolbar for each group. In this case, there are not many, so we will be
making one toolbar and naming it with the name of the markup.
</para>

<para>
Once all your toolbars are created, you must add and configure the
actions. To do this, select
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Actions</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
<emphasis>
</emphasis>.
</para>

<para>
The parts of this window are pretty straight forward. Press the
<guibutton>New action</guibutton> button at the bottom of the window to
enter the editing mode.
</para>

<para>
Fill in all of the necessary fields and add the tag to the appropriate
toolbar(s).
</para>

<para>
Complete the rest and, if the tag has attributes and you always plan to
use them, check the <guilabel>Run "Edit tag" dialog if available
</guilabel> box so that you will be prompted every time the action is used.
</para>

<para>
You should now have something much like the following.
</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dtep_doc_img7.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
Press the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button and you will see the action
added to the toolbar(s) you have selected.
</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dtep_doc_img8.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
Egad! That's an awful icon. How will yourself and others remember that
icon goes with that action? Let's replace it before trouble arises.
</para>

<para>
To create an icon that more accurately describes that action, we will be
using &kiconedit;. Select it from the &menuk;, <menuchoice>
<guisubmenu>Graphics</guisubmenu>
<guisubmenu>More Programs</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice> (or where ever your distribution placed it).
</para>

<para>
&kiconedit; defaults to the size 32x32 pixels, but we need 22x22. To
change this, select
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Resize</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>

<para>
Keep in mind that you are creating an icon that will assist in helping not
only yourself to remember which action does what, but also other users of
the &DTEP;.
</para>

<para>
Since the tag I am creating the icon for is called <quote>start,</quote>
I have decided to create a <quote>Start sign.</quote> Using the color green
(green often interpreted as <quote>go,</quote> <quote>start,</quote> or
<quote>proceed</quote>) will, or, at least, should, convey a message
to the user that clicking this action will place the &lt;start&gt; tag in the
current document.
</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dtep_doc_img15.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
Now that I am finished with the creation of the icon, I will save it.
</para>

<para>
Once you are done with creating the icon(s), you must associate the icon
with the action. To do this, open
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Actions</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> again (in &quantaplus;) and select the action you made
the icon for. Beside the <guilabel>Text</guilabel> field, you will see a
button, click it.
</para>

<para>
Select <guilabel>Other Icons</guilabel> and then click the <guibutton>
Browse</guibutton> button.
</para>

<para>
Goto the folder in which you saved the icon, select the icon, and click
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
</para>

<para>
Press the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button and either continue to do the
same with the other tags, if any, or click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to
finish.
</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dtep_doc_img18.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
Let us say you would like to add some common &quantaplus; functions to your
toolbar or maybe you think the toolbar would be better off organized in a
different manner with some separators to group the actions. Open the
<guilabel>Configure Toolbars</guilabel> dialog by going
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>. Make sure your toolbar is selected.
</para>

<para>
I will be choosing the separator (top of the left column) for my toolbar.
Once you have selected the item you wish to add to your toolbar, press the
right arrow button. This will add it to your toolbar.
</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dtep_doc_img21.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
I think I would like a quick way to access the <guilabel>Konqueror
Preview</guilabel>. I will select it and add it to the toolbar.
</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dtep_doc_img22.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
Note how the separator helps in grouping. Someone new to my toolbar might
have thought that the &konqueror; button was like or the opposite of the
start button.
</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dtep_doc_img23.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
Apply your changes and, when you are done, press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
to finish.
</para>

<para>
Ah, look at the fantastic new toolbar! Much more handy now.
</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dtep_doc_img24.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
Remember to test your toolbar, by clicking all the buttons, so that you
know the output is correct.
</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dtep_doc_img25.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
Now to save the toolbar, we will select
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Toolbars</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Save Toolbars</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Save as Local Toolbar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>

<para>
Save it to the correct folder. Since NeXML does not exist, I will just
have it to the top-level folder, but your toolbar(s) should be saved to
the correct folder. Make sure to adjust your description.rc to have it
load your toolbar(s) when a new file of that type is created.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>


<sect1 id="creating-quanta-docs-3-2">
<sect1info>
<title>Creating Your Own Documentation</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Robert</firstname>
<surname>Nickel</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>robert@artnickel.com</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>

<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->

</authorgroup>
</sect1info>

<title>Creating Your Own Documentation</title>

<para>
Probably the most notable additions to &quantaplus; for the general user
will be the addition of documentation for the markup or scripting language
that you like best. To that end, this chapter will explain how I create
the &PHP; documentation tree for my personal use.
</para>

<para>
Before starting on creating your own documentation, you may wish to check
out the <ulink url="http://quanta.sf.net/main1.php?contfile=resource">
&quantaplus; repository</ulink> to see if someone else has already done
this set.
</para>

<para>
There are two parts to this process. First, you must obtain the existing
documentation for the markup/scripting/&etc; language that you are after.
Second, you have to create the <filename>docrc</filename> file. The first
is up to you, the second is what we will cover here.
</para>

<para>
The general form of the docrc file is as follows:
</para>

<informalexample>
<literallayout>
#KDE Config File
[Tree]
Doc dir=<replaceable>path, relative to this file, of the documentation html files</replaceable> &pex; php42/
#top level elements
Top Element=<replaceable>Your description for these documentation</replaceable> &pex; &PHP; 4.2 documentation

Section 1=Section1.html
Section 2=#Sec2.1,#Sec2.2,#Sec2.3
Sec2.1=Sec2.1.html
Sec2.2=Sec2.2.html
Sec2.3=Sec2.3.html
...

[Context]
ContextList=func1,func2,tag1,tag2,tag3
func1=func1.html
func2=func2.html
tag1=tag1.html
tag2=tag2.html
tag3=tag3.html
</literallayout>
</informalexample>

<para>
The <filename>docrc</filename> is broken down into two sections: Tree and
Context.
</para>

<para>
The Tree section defines the presentation aspect of the documentation in
the documentation tab. For example, you will see that in the &PHP;
documentation you have something akin to this:
</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="doc-view1.png" format="PNG" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
Relating this to the above, my &PHP; <filename>docrc</filename> looks like
this:
</para>

<informalexample>
<literallayout>
#KDE Config File

[Tree]

Doc dir=php42/

#top level elements
Top Element=PHP 4.2 documentation

PHP 4.2 documentation=Table of Contents,#Getting Started,#Language Reference

Table of Contents=index.html

Getting Started=Introduction, ...
Introduction=introduction.html
...

Language Reference=Basic syntax, ...
Basic syntax=language.basic-syntax.html
...

</literallayout>
</informalexample>

<para>
Notice the <literal>#</literal> in front of <quote>Getting Started</quote>
and <quote>Language Reference</quote>. This indicates that these are sub
containers in the tree and have content of their own. I do not believe that
there is a set limit to the depth here (other than that driven by sanity)
&mdash; use your judgment.
</para>

<para>
For the Table of Contents, you will notice that it is referenced directly to
a file (and consequently shows up at the bottom of the tree view &mdash;
folders first!).
</para>

<important>
<para>
Spaces do not adversely affect anything, but watch out for &amp; and &lt;
characters. These should likely be replaced by &amp;amp; and &amp;lt;
respectively in all of the &XML; based &quantaplus; resource files.
</para>
</important>

<para>
The Context section is the section of the docrc file that is used to
facilitate context sensitive help. For example, you are writing a &PHP;
script and you would like to see the documentation for the
<function>mysql_fetch_array</function> function. You simply highlight the
function and then press <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>H</keycap>
</keycombo> for context help. The documentation on
<function>mysql_fetch_array</function> will immediately display. There are
only two entry types here: the ContextList and the file association lines.
</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>ContextList</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Really simple, this is just a comma separated list of the context items
you wish to have available (for &PHP;, these are the functions for &PHP;).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>File association lines</term>
<listitem>
<para>
These are of the form context item=html doc page. &pex;
acos=function.acos.html
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

<para>
A pared down version of my <filename>docrc</filename> Context section is
as follows:
</para>

<informalexample>
<literallayout>
#Keywords for context help
[Context]
ContextList=abs,acos,acosh,addcslashes,addslashes,...

abs=function.abs.html
acos=function.acos.html
acosh=function.acosh.html
addcslashes=function.addcslashes.html
addslashes=function.addslashes.html
...
</literallayout>
</informalexample>

<para>
Now you can just save your <filename>docrc</filename> file, save it in
<filename class="directory">$<envar>HOME</envar>/.kde/share/apps/quanta/doc</filename>
or <filename class="directory">$<envar>KDEDIR</envar>/share/apps/quatna/doc</filename>
for local or global use respectively. Then create a folder (the one
specified in your <filename>docrc</filename> file) in the same folder
as your <filename>docrc</filename> file and copy your &HTML; pages in
there.
</para>

<para>
You will need to restart &quantaplus; to see your documentation.
</para>

<para>
Once you are sure that they are good and worth sharing, send the <filename>
docrc</filename> file along with a description of any pertinent
information on what documentation you used to the
<ulink url="http://quanta.sf.net/main1.php?contfile=resource">&quantaplus;
repository</ulink> for use by the &quantaplus; community. You will not get
rich, but you will feel great knowing that you contributed to the best web
development platform around.
</para>

</sect1>
</chapter>