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| − | = Overview =
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| − | This document aims at describing the principle and guidelines to consider when writing Slicer user documentation.
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| − | The documentation framework has been designed keep keeping in mind the following principles:
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| − | * Keep documentation at the same place as the source code to make it possible to keep the documentation always in sync with the software implementation.
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| − | * Allow anyone to make changes or propose changes to the documentation.
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| − | * Follow common documentation conventions (formats, rendering tools, and services)
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| − | = Documentation version =
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| − | In addition to the wiki documentation specific to each release 4.0, 4.1 ... there is also a namespace named "Nightly".
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| − | See https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly * This set of documentation pages applies to the nightly build of Slicer.
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| − | * Documentation associated with new features, new modules, new extensions etc .. should be added into the Nightly set.
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| − | * If an edit done on Nightly pages also applies to the "{{documentation/currentversion}}" ones, the edit should also be done on the {{documentation/currentversion}} pages.
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| − | * When Slicer {{documentation/nextversion}} will be released, the set of "Nightly" pages will be copied into "{{documentation/nextversion}}" then the nightly pages will continue to evolve until the next release.
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| − | See [http://slicer-devel.65872.n3.nabble.com/Slicer-wiki-quot-Nightly-quot-documentation-tt4026026.html email sent on the list August 23, 2012].
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| − | = Category =
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| − | # All subpages should be categorized. See [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/wiki/Help:Categories#Adding_a_page_to_a_category]
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| − | # The user documentation pages are grouped in the [[:Category:Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/SlicerApplication|Slicer Application]] and [[:Category:Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Modules|Modules]] categories.
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| − | = SlicerApplication page =
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| − | # [[Template:Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/slicerapplication-header|slicerapplication-header]] and [[Template:Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/slicerapplication-footer|slicerapplication-footer]] templates should be respectively used at the top and the bottom of the page.
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| | = Module page = | | = Module page = |
| − | # [[Template:Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/module-header|module-header]] and [[Template:Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/module-footer|module-footer]] templates should be respectively used at the top and the bottom of the page.
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| − | # [[Template:Documentation/modulename|modulename]] should be used instead of writing in plain text the name of the module.
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| − | # Base your work on either [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Modules/YOURMODULENAME]] or an [[:Category:Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Modules|existing module]] documentation.
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| − | # For CLI modules, the '''SVNREVISION''' revision number is reported on this [http://viewvc.slicer.org/viewvc.cgi/Slicer4/trunk/Applications/CLI page]. The module description and the information for developers would be automatically extracted from the corresponding XML description.
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| − | # See [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/ModulesMetadata|this page]] to define the revision number. The revision number associated to a module is used to extract module information from the source code directly.
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| − | == Documentation for a CLI module ==
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| − | The main idea is to re-use the documentation of the CLI parameters in the wiki. When a CLI is added into Slicer, please execute the following steps to create the module online documentation.
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| − | # Create a CLI in Slicer4/Modules/CLI
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| − | # Add your module in [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/ModulesMetadata]]. Adding a module consists of adding a module name+revision pair alphabetically in the list. The revision number must correspond to the most up to date revision number of your module.
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| − | # Copy the content of the [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Modules/YOURMODULENAME|template]] module and paste it in a page you created with the name of your module: [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Modules/YOURMODULENAME]].
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| − | # Edit the wiki code to replace the generic information with the module specific information. You can upload screenshots and tutorials.
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| − | == Documentation for a loadable module ==
| + | This section has moved to https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_guide/extensions.html#documentation |
| − | Creating online documentation for loadable modules is similar to CLI modules. The difference is that loadable modules don't have parameter descriptions, it must be added separately.
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| − | # In Slicer4, if it doesn't exist yet
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| − | ## create a ''Documentation'' subdirectory in your module directory (e.g. ''Slicer4/Modules/Loadable/Transforms/Documentation'').
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| − | ## Copy and rename the ''YourModuleName.{xml,dox}'' files from an existing module documentation.
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| − | # Add description for each [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Developers/Style_Guide/UI#Section|section]] of your module (''YourModuleName.xml'') applying the following pattern:
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| − | <label>Section1 header</label>
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| − | <label>Parameter1 name</label>
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| − | <description><![CDATA[Parameter1 description]]></description>
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| − | </parameters>
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| − | <parameters>
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| − | <label>Section2 header</label>
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| − | <parameter>
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| − | <label>Parameter2 name</label>
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| − | </parameter>
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| − | <parameter>
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| − | <label>Parameter3 name</label>
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| − | <description><![CDATA[Parameter3 description]]></description>
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| − | == Documentation for a scripted module ==
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| − | The trick used in loadable module documentation is not supported yet for scripted modules. Documentation must be written directly in the created module wiki page.
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| | = Extension page = | | = Extension page = |
| − | # Create an extension page
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| − | ## [[Template:Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/extension-footer|extension-footer]] template should be at the bottom of the page. Except for page doing a REDIRECT.
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| − | ## If the extension bundles exactly [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Developers/Tutorials/BundleModulesIntoExtension#Extension_bundles_1_module|one]] module, use [{{fullurl:Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SkullStripper|redirect=no}} this template]
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| − | ## If the extension bundles [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Developers/Tutorials/BundleModulesIntoExtension#Extension_bundles_N_modules|more]] than one module, use [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Plastimatch|this template]].
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| − | # Add an extension entry in [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions#Extension_Categories]]
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| − | # The extension should now be listed on [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}]].
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| − | # Create a [[#Module_page|regular wiki page]] for each module of the extension using the [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Modules/YOURMODULENAME|template]] page. The URLs of the extension modules are the same than the built-in modules.
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| − | == Remarks ==
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| − | === Actively maintained and developed extension ===
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| − | * If the extension is actively developed and maintained so that the code of the nightly extension is the same as the extension associated with a specific slicer release (i.e {{documentation/currentversion}}), a different approach could be considered.
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| − | ==== Extension bundles ONE module ====
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| − | * In addition to create the following pages:
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| − | Documentation/Nightly/Extensions/YOURMODULENAME
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| − | Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Extensions/YOURMODULENAME
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| − | Documentation/Nightly/Modules/YOURMODULENAME
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| − | Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Modules/YOURMODULENAME
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| − | * ... and setup the following [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects redirect]:
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| − | Documentation/Nightly/Extensions/YOURMODULENAME -> Documentation/Nightly/Modules/YOURMODULENAME
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| − | Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Modules/YOURMODULENAME -> Documentation/Nightly/Modules/YOURMODULENAME
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| − | Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Extensions/YOURMODULENAME -> Documentation/Nightly/Modules/YOURMODULENAME # Since [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects#Double_redirects double redirect are not supported]. Version specific extension page redirects to Nightly module page.
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| − | * The only page that would be updated would be the Nightly one:
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| − | ==== Extension bundles N modules ====
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| − | In addition to create the following pages:
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| − | Documentation/Nightly/Modules/YOURMODULENAME_0
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| − | Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Modules/YOURMODULENAME_0 -> Documentation/Nightly/Modules/YOURMODULENAME_0
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| − | Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Modules/YOURMODULENAME_1 -> Documentation/Nightly/Modules/YOURMODULENAME_1
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| − | Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Modules/YOURMODULENAME_N -> Documentation/Nightly/Modules/YOURMODULENAME_N
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| − | Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Extensions/YOUREXTENSIONNAME -> Documentation/Nightly/Extensions/YOUREXTENSIONNAME
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| − | * The only page(s) that would be updated would be the Nightly ones:
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| − | ==== Case where a version specific documentation page diverges from the Nightly one ====
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| − | * If for some reason the documentation associated with the version specific extension is going to diverge from the Nightly one. Before modifying the Nightly page, *MAKE SURE* to create the associated version-ed page(s) by copying the content of the Nighty module page(s) into their own page(s).
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| − | = Miscellaneous =
| + | This section has moved to https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_guide/extensions.html#documentation |
| − | * High resolution logos are in the [[Logo_Gallery|Logo Gallery]]
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| − | * There is a python helper script for SEM compliant tools that can save a significant amount of transcription time: Slicer/Utilities/Scripts/SEMToMediaWiki.py
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| − | **To use it run "python Slicer/Utilities/Scripts/SEMToMediaWiki.py -x XMLFILE.xml -o OUTPUT.txt" and the mediawiki content will be in OUTPUT.txt
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