                               DocKnot 7.00
              (Static web site and documentation generator)
                Maintained by Russ Allbery <rra@cpan.org>

  Copyright 1999-2022 Russ Allbery <rra@cpan.org>.  This software is
  distributed under a BSD-style license.  Please see the section LICENSE
  below for more information.

BLURB

  DocKnot is a static web site generator built around a macro language
  called thread, with special support for managing software releases.  In
  addition to building a web site, it can generate distribution tarballs
  and consistent human-readable software package documentation from a YAML
  metadata file and templates.  The goal is to generate both web pages and
  distributed documentation files (such as README) from the same source,
  using templates for consistency across multiple packages.

DESCRIPTION

  In 1999, I wrote a program named spin that implemented an idiosyncratic
  macro language called thread.  It slowly expanded into a static web site
  generator and gained additional features to manage the journal entries,
  book reviews, RSS feeds, and software releases.  DocKnot is the latest
  incarnation.

  In addition to its static web site generator, DocKnot can use one
  metadata file as its source information and generate all the various
  bits of documentation for a software package.  This allows me to make
  any changes in one place and then regenerate the web page, included
  documentation, and other files to incorporate those changes.  It also
  lets me make changes to the templates to improve shared wording and push
  that out to every package I maintain without having to remember track
  those changes in each package.

  DocKnot is also slowly absorbing other tools that I use for software
  distribution and web site maintenance, such as generating distribution
  tarballs for software packages.

  DocKnot was designed and written for my personal needs, and I'm not sure
  it will be useful for anyone else.  At the least, the template files are
  rather specific to my preferences about how to write package
  documentation, and the thread macro language is highly specialized for
  my personal web site.  I'm not sure if I'll have the time to make it a
  more general tool.  But you're certainly welcome to use it if you find
  it useful, send pull requests to make it more general, or take ideas
  from it for your own purposes.

REQUIREMENTS

  Perl 5.24 or later and Module::Build are required to build this module.
  The following additional Perl modules are required to use it:

  * Date::Language (part of TimeDate)
  * Date::Parse (part of TimeDate)
  * File::BaseDir
  * File::ShareDir
  * Git::Repository
  * Image::Size
  * IO::Compress::Xz (part of IO-Compress-Lzma)
  * IO::Uncompress::Gunzip (part of IO-Compress)
  * IPC::Run
  * IPC::System::Simple
  * JSON::MaybeXS
  * Kwalify
  * List::SomeUtils 0.07 or later
  * Path::Iterator::Rule
  * Path::Tiny 0.101 or later
  * Perl6::Slurp
  * Pod::Thread 3.01 or later
  * Sort::Versions
  * Template (part of Template Toolkit)
  * YAML::XS 0.81 or later

BUILDING AND INSTALLATION

  DocKnot uses Module::Build and can be installed using the same process
  as any other Module::Build module:

      perl Build.PL
      ./Build
      ./Build install

  You will have to run the last command as root unless you're installing
  into a local Perl module tree in your home directory.

TESTING

  DocKnot comes with a test suite, which you can run after building with:

      ./Build test

  If a test fails, you can run a single test with verbose output via:

      ./Build test --test_files <path-to-test>

  Capture::Tiny and File::Copy::Recursive are required to run the test
  suite.  The following additional Perl modules will be used by the test
  suite if present:

  * Devel::Cover
  * Perl::Critic::Freenode
  * Test::CPAN::Changes (part of CPAN-Changes)
  * Test::MinimumVersion
  * Test::Perl::Critic
  * Test::Pod
  * Test::Pod::Coverage
  * Test::Spelling
  * Test::Strict
  * Test::Synopsis

  All are available on CPAN.  Those tests will be skipped if the modules
  are not available.

  To enable tests that don't detect functionality problems but are used to
  sanity-check the release, set the environment variable RELEASE_TESTING
  to a true value.  To enable tests that may be sensitive to the local
  environment or that produce a lot of false positives without uncovering
  many problems, set the environment variable AUTHOR_TESTING to a true
  value.

SUPPORT

  The DocKnot web page at:

      https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/docknot/

  will always have the current version of this package, the current
  documentation, and pointers to any additional resources.

  For bug tracking, use the issue tracker on GitHub:

      https://github.com/rra/docknot/issues

  However, please be aware that I tend to be extremely busy and work
  projects often take priority.  I'll save your report and get to it as
  soon as I can, but it may take me a couple of months.

SOURCE REPOSITORY

  DocKnot is maintained using Git.  You can access the current source on
  GitHub at:

      https://github.com/rra/docknot

  or by cloning the repository at:

      https://git.eyrie.org/git/devel/docknot.git

  or view the repository via the web at:

      https://git.eyrie.org/?p=devel/docknot.git

  The eyrie.org repository is the canonical one, maintained by the author,
  but using GitHub is probably more convenient for most purposes.  Pull
  requests are gratefully reviewed and normally accepted.

LICENSE

  The DocKnot package as a whole is covered by the following copyright
  statement and license:

    Copyright 1999-2022 Russ Allbery <rra@cpan.org>

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
    a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
    "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
    without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
    distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
    permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
    the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
    included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
    IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
    CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
    TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
    SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

  Some files in this distribution are individually released under
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