From 03e230cc54103d18e9c8a18208c7d27805400a71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tanaka Akira Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 21:29:55 +0000 Subject: manual:9047 --- Etc/zsh-development-guide | 69 +++++++++++++++-------------------------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) (limited to 'Etc') diff --git a/Etc/zsh-development-guide b/Etc/zsh-development-guide index e1be18646..75a82bd35 100644 --- a/Etc/zsh-development-guide +++ b/Etc/zsh-development-guide @@ -147,26 +147,16 @@ C coding style groups of statements in the interests of clarity. There should never be two consecutive blank lines. -* Each .c file *must* #include the .mdh header for the module it is a - part of and then its own .pro file (for local prototypes). It may - also #include other system headers. It *must not* #include any other - module's headers or any other .pro files. - Modules ------- -Modules have hierarchical names. Name segments are separated by `/', and -each segment consists of alphanumerics plus `_'. Relative names are never -used; the naming hierarchy is strictly for organisational convenience. - -Each module is described by a file with a name ending in `.mdd' somewhere -under the Src directory. This file is actually a shell script that will -sourced when zsh is build. To describe the module it can/should set the -following shell variables: +Modules are described by a file named `foo.mdd' for a module +`foo'. This file is actually a shell script that will sourced when zsh +is build. To describe the module it can/should set the following shell +variables: - - name name of the module - moddeps modules on which this module depends (default none) - - nozshdep non-empty indicates no dependence on the `zsh/main' pseudo-module + - nozshdep non-empty indicates no dependence on the `zsh' pseudo-module - alwayslink if non-empty, always link the module into the executable - autobins builtins defined by the module, for autoloading - autoinfixconds infix condition codes defined by the module, for @@ -180,25 +170,25 @@ following shell variables: - hdrdeps extra headers on which the .mdh depends (default none) - otherincs extra headers that are included indirectly (default none) -Be sure to put the values in quotes. For further enlightenment have a look -at the `mkmakemod.sh' script in the Src directory of the distribution. +Be sure to put the values in quotes. For further enlightenment have a +look at the `mkmakemod.sh' script in the Src directory of the +distribution. Modules have to define four functions which will be called automatically -by the zsh core. The first one, named `setup_', should set up any data -needed in the module, at least any data other modules may be interested -in. The second one, named `boot_', should register all builtins, -conditional codes, and function wrappers (i.e. anything that will be -visible to the user) and will be called after the `setup_'-function. - -The third one, named `cleanup_', is called when the user tries to unload -a module and should de-register the builtins etc. The last function, -`finish_' is called when the module is actually unloaded and should -finalize all the data initialized in the `setup_'-function. - -In short, the `cleanup_'-function should undo what the `boot_'-function -did, and the `finish_'-function should undo what the `setup_'-function +by the zsh core. The first one, named `setup_foo' for a module named +`foo', should set up any data needed in the module, at least any data +other modules may be interested in. The second one, named `boot_foo', +should register all builtins, conditional codes, and function wrappers +(i.e. anything that will be visible to the user) and will be called +after the `setup'-function. +The third one, named `cleanup_foo' for module `foo' is called when the +user tries to unload a module and should de-register the builtins +etc. The last function, `finish_foo' is called when the module is +actually unloaded and should finalize all the data initialized in the +`setup'-function. +In short, the `cleanup'-function should undo what the `boot'-function +did, and the `finish'-function should undo what the `setup'-function did. - All of these functions should return zero if they succeeded and non-zero otherwise. @@ -798,20 +788,3 @@ Documentation All the above should appear on their own, separated by newlines from the surrounding text. No extra newlines after the opening or before the closing parenthesis are required. - -Module names ------------- - -Modules have hierarchical names. Name segments are separated by `/', and -each segment consists of alphanumerics plus `_'. Relative names are never -used; the naming hierarchy is strictly for organisational convenience. - -Top-level name segments should be organisational identifiers, assigned -by the Zsh Development Group and recorded here: - -top-level identifier organisation --------------------- ------------ -x_* reserved for private experimental use -zsh The Zsh Development Group (contact: ) - -Below the top level, naming authority is delegated. -- cgit 1.4.1