LaTeX backend (new options: --latex, --latex-style=<style>)

1 files changed, 74 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/doc/haddock.xml b/doc/haddock.xml
index bfa02155..3d56b141 100644
--- a/doc/haddock.xml
+++ b/doc/haddock.xml
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@
       <firstname>Simon</firstname>
       <surname>Marlow</surname>
     </author>
-    <address><email>simonmar@microsoft.com</email></address>
+    <address><email>marlowsd@gmail.com</email></address>
+    <author>
+      <firstname>David</firstname>
+      <surname>Waern</surname>
+    </author>
+    <address><email>david.waern@gmail.com</email></address>
     <copyright>
-      <year>2004</year>
-      <holder>Simon Marlow</holder>
+      <year>2010</year>
+      <holder>Simon Marlow, David Waern</holder>
     </copyright>
     <abstract>
       <para>This document describes Haddock version 2.7.2, a Haskell
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	<para>We might want documentation in multiple formats - online
-	and printed, for example.  Haddock comes with HTML, DocBook
+	and printed, for example.  Haddock comes with HTML, LaTeX,
   and Hoogle backends, and it is structured in such a way that adding new
 	back-ends is straightforward.</para>
       </listitem>
@@ -645,13 +650,77 @@
           <option>--css</option>=<replaceable>file</replaceable>
         </term>
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>Specify a stylesheet to use instead of the default one
+	  <para>Specify a CSS stylesheet to use instead of the default one
 	  that comes with Haddock.  It should specify certain classes:
 	  see the default stylesheet for details.</para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          <indexterm><primary><option>--latex</option></primary></indexterm>
+          <option>--latex</option>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Generate documentation in LaTeX format.  Several files
+          will be generated into the current directory (or the
+            specified directory if the <option>-o</option> option is
+            given), including the following:</para>
+          
+	  <variablelist>
+	    <varlistentry>
+	      <term><filename><replaceable>package</replaceable>.tex</filename></term>
+	      <listitem>
+                <para>The top-level LaTeX source file; to format the
+                documentation into PDF you might run something like
+                  this:</para>
+<screen>
+$ pdflatex <replaceable>package</replaceable>.tex</screen>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><filename>haddock.sty</filename></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>The default style.  The file contains
+                definitions for various macros used in the LaTeX
+                sources generated by Haddock; to change the way the
+                formatted output looks, you might want to override
+                these by specifying your own style with
+                the <option>--latex-style</option> option.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><filename><replaceable>module</replaceable>.tex</filename></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>The LaTeX documentation for
+                each <replaceable>module</replaceable>.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+          </variablelist>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          <indexterm><primary><option>--latex-style</option></primary></indexterm>
+          <option>--latex-style=<replaceable>style</replaceable></option>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This option lets you override the default style used
+            by the LaTeX generated by the <option>--latex</option> option.
+            Normally Haddock puts a
+            standard <filename>haddock.sty</filename> in the output
+            directory, and includes the
+            command <literal>\usepackage{haddock}</literal> in the
+            LaTeX source.  If this option is given,
+            then <filename>haddock.sty</filename> is not generated,
+            and the command is
+            instead <literal>\usepackage{<replaceable>style</replaceable>}</literal>.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
 	<term>
 	  <indexterm><primary><option>-p</option></primary></indexterm>
           <option>-p</option> <replaceable>file</replaceable>