Publican(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Publican(3pm)
NAME
Publican - Used to control settings for sub modules.
VERSION
This document describes Publican version $VERSION
SYNOPSIS
use Publican;
my $publican = Publican->new({DEBUG => 1});
DESCRIPTION
Handles general configuration of all sub modules.
INTERFACE
_load_config
Private method for loading a config file
_validate_config
Private method for validating configuration
new
Create a Publican object.
my $publican = Publican->new({debug => 1});
Parameters:
configfile Override Configuration file to use.
debug Use debug mode for messages.
common_config Override path to coomo configuration files.
common_content Override path to common content files.
debug_msg
Print out debugging information.
param
Return the current value of a configuration parameter
$publican->param('debug');
help_config
Display a list of config file parameters and a short description of them.
dir_list
list all the files in a directory, and its sub-directories, matching the supplied regex.
get_all_langs
Get all valid language directories.
logger
Log something, currently emits to STDOUT
TODO: consider using Log::Dispatch or similar
valid_lang
Is the requested language valid according to I18N::LangTags::List
maketext
Get localised strings
old2new
Parse a publican 0.x Makefile and create a publican 1.x config file.
get_abstract
Return the abstract for the supplied langauge with all white space truncted.
get_subtitle
Return the subtitle for the supplied langauge with white space truncted.
run_xslt
Apply the supplied xslt file to teh supplied XML and return a string of the output.
new_tree
Create a new XML::TreeBuilder object with the required attributes for DocBook.
TODO: Make XmlClean use this.
DIAGNOSTICS
"unknown args %s"
All subs with named parameters will return this error when unexpected named arguments are provided.
"%s is a required argument"
Any sub with a mandatory parameter will return this error if the parameter is undef.
"Config file not found: %s"
publican can not find the named configuration file.
"Failed to load config file: %s"
The named configuration file could not be loaded.
"Can't locate required file: %s"
A file required for processing could not be found.
"title not found in Info file"
The <type>_Info.xml file does not contain a title tag.
"productname not found in Info file"
The <type>_Info.xml file does not contain a productname tag.
"productnumber not found in Info file"
The <type>_Info.xml file does not contain a productnumber tag.
"edition not found in Info file"
The <type>_Info.xml file does not contain a edition tag.
"pubsnumber not found in Info file"
The <type>_Info.xml file does not contain a pubsnumber tag.
"Failed to load brand default config file"
A detected defaults.cfg for the current brand could not be loaded.
"Failed to load brand overrides config file"
A detected overrides.cfg for the current brand could not be loaded.
"Could not create a Publican::Localise object"
Could not create a Publican::Localise object
"Can't open directory"
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
Publican requires no configuration files or environment variables.
DEPENDENCIES
Carp version Config::Simple XML::TreeBuilder I18N::LangTags::List Term::ANSIColor File::Find::Rule; Publican::Localise;
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "publican-list@redhat.com", or through the web interface at
<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Publican&component=publican>.
AUTHOR
Jeff Fearn "<jfearn@redhat.com>"
perl v5.14.2 2012-06-18 Publican(3pm)