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* manual: file organization: avoid unnecessary indirectionThomas De Schampheleire2014-08-211-13/+0
| | | | | | | | | Some source files of the manual merely contain inclusion of other files. Especially at top-level this is unnecessary, and one could just as well add these includes in manual.txt. Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
* manual/user guide: rework 'Configuration of other components' chapterThomas De Schampheleire2014-08-211-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch reworks the chapter 'Configuration of other components' as follows: - remove separate customize-xxx-config.txt files in favor of one shared file configure-other-componenents.txt - use labeled list instead of separate sections, as the information in each section is limited. - simplify instructions for busybox/uclibc thanks to the kconfig-package infrastructure - rewrite instructions for Linux - add instructions for Barebox Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
* manual/user guide: high-level restructuringThomas De Schampheleire2014-08-211-15/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch performs some additional restructuring of the manual, specifically in the User Guide. In detail: - Rename 'Daily use' to 'General Buildroot usage' - Move chapters 'make tips', 'Eclipse integration', and 'Advanced usage' as sections under the 'General Buildroot usage' chapter. - Rename 'Details on Buildroot configuration' into 'Buildroot configuration' - Rework the 'Customization' section as follows: - Move the short section on debugging the external toolchain wrapper into the rest of the explanation on external toolchains. - Remove the now redundant section on toolchains, as this is already explained in much more detail in the 'Buildroot configuration' chapter. - Move the sections on busybox/uclibc/kernel configuration from chapter 'Customization' into a separate chapter 'Configuration of other components'. - Rename the remaining part of the original 'Customization' chapter into 'Project-specific customization' and fold it together with the next chapter 'Storing the configuration' - Remove the chapter 'Going further in Buildroot innards' thanks to: - Moving the chapter 'How Buildroot works' to the Developer guide. - Moving the 'Advanced Buildroot usage' section to the 'General Buildroot usage' chapter. - Remove the chapter 'Hacking Buildroot' by: - Adding a reference to adding packages to the 'Project-specific customizations' chapter - Leaving out the explicit reference to creating board support, as this is part of the previous chapter already, so an extra reference is redundant. Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
* manual: high-level restructuringThomas De Schampheleire2014-08-171-2/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The structure of the buildroot manual is not always clear. There is a large number of chapters, and some chapters seem to overlap. The distinction between general usage and developer information is not always clear. This patch restructures the manual into four large parts: - getting started - user guide - developer guide - appendix Except for the names of these parts, the section names are not yet changed. Content-wise there are no changes yet either. This will be handled in subsequent patches. In order to achieve the introduction of a new level 'parts' above 'chapters', the section indicators (=, ==, ===, ...) of several sections have to be moved one level down. Additionally, the leveloffset indication to asciidoc has to be removed. Finally, to maintain more or less the same level of detail in the table of contents, the toc.section.depth attribute is reduced as well. Note that for some sections, less detail is visible now. Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
* manual: use one-line titles instead of two-line titles (trivial)Thomas De Schampheleire2014-05-021-4/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Asciidoc supports two syntaxes for section titles: two-line titles (title plus underline consisting of a particular symbol), and one-line titles (title prefixed with a specific number of = signs). The two-line title underlines are: Level 0 (top level): ====================== Level 1: ---------------------- Level 2: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Level 3: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Level 4 (bottom level): ++++++++++++++++++++++ and the one-line title prefixes: = Document Title (level 0) = == Section title (level 1) == === Section title (level 2) === ==== Section title (level 3) ==== ===== Section title (level 4) ===== The buildroot manual is currenly using the two-line titles, but this has multiple disadvantages: - asciidoc also uses some of the underline symbols for other purposes (like preformatted code, example blocks, ...), which makes it difficult to do mass replacements, such as a planned follow-up patch that needs to move all sections one level down. - it is difficult to remember which level a given underline symbol (=-~^+) corresponds to, while counting = signs is easy. This patch changes all two-level titles to one-level titles in the manual. The bulk of the change was done with the following Python script, except for the level 1 titles (-----) as these underlines are also used for literal code blocks. This patch only changes the titles, no other changes. In adding-packages-directory.txt, I did add missing newlines between some titles and their content. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/env python import sys import mmap import re for input in sys.argv[1:]: f = open(input, 'r+') f.flush() s = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0) # Level 0 (top level): ====================== = # Level 1: ---------------------- == # Level 2: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ === # Level 3: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ==== # Level 4 (bottom level): ++++++++++++++++++++++ ===== def replace_title(s, symbol, replacement): pattern = re.compile(r'(.+\n)\%s{2,}\n' % symbol, re.MULTILINE) return pattern.sub(r'%s \1' % replacement, s) new = s new = replace_title(new, '=', '=') new = replace_title(new, '+', '=====') new = replace_title(new, '^', '====') new = replace_title(new, '~', '===') #new = replace_title(new, '-', '==') s.seek(0) s.write(new) s.resize(s.tell()) s.close() f.close() ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
* working-with: board supportSamuel Martin2013-02-281-2/+2
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
* manual: fix cross-refsSamuel Martin2013-02-281-1/+2
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
* manual: cleanup and update editor tagsSamuel Martin2013-02-171-0/+1
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
* docs/manual: mention the Eclipse integrationThomas Petazzoni2013-01-141-0/+2
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
* docs/manual: add a new 'Details on Buildroot configuration' sectionThomas Petazzoni2012-12-291-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | As discussed with Samuel Martin, there are a few questions about some Buildroot configuration aspects that come very often on the IRC channel and on the mailing-list. Topics such as the /dev management and init systems are often raised. Therefore, this patch adds a new section that provides details about the Buildroot configuration possibilities. It does not aim at replacing the help text of each configuration option, but rather to complement them by providing more background. Having those informations in the manual will also make it easier for us to point newcomers to the right place in the documentation when they have questions. Note that this section will replace the "Embedded basics" section that comes way too late in the manual. This is done in a followup commit. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> Acked-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
* manual: add make-tips.txtSamuel Martin2012-11-151-0/+2
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
* manual: rework the whole documentation stubSamuel Martin2012-11-151-0/+21
The new skeleton of the manual as it has been thought: 1. About Buildroot: Presentation of Buildroot 2. Starting up: Everything to quickly and easily start working with Buildroot 3. Working with Buildroot Basics to make your work fitting your needs 4. Troubleshooting 5. Going further in Buildroot's innards Explaination of how buildroot is organised, how it works, etc 6. Developer Guidelines 7. Getting involved 8. Contibuting to Buildroot 9. Legal notice 10. Appendix It is easy to distinguish two parts in this plan: - Sections 1 to 4 mainly address people starting with Buildroot - Sections 5 to 10 are more focused on how to develop Buildroot itself Most of the existing sections have just been moved in the hierarchy, few were split and dispatch in, what i think was the relevant section, and numerous others have been created. Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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