Use mdbook

configure.ac

@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ fi
 ])
 
 NEED_PROG(bash, bash)
-AC_PATH_PROG(xmllint, xmllint, false)
-AC_PATH_PROG(xsltproc, xsltproc, false)
 AC_PATH_PROG(flex, flex, false)
 AC_PATH_PROG(bison, bison, false)
 AC_PATH_PROG(dot, dot)

doc/manual/local.mk

@@ -1,84 +1,39 @@
-
 ifeq ($(doc_generate),yes)
 
-XSLTPROC = $(xsltproc) --nonet $(xmlflags) \
-  --param section.autolabel 1 \
-  --param section.label.includes.component.label 1 \
-  --param xref.with.number.and.title 1 \
-  --param toc.section.depth 3 \
-  --param admon.style \'\' \
-  --param callout.graphics 0 \
-  --param contrib.inline.enabled 0 \
-  --stringparam generate.toc "book toc" \
-  --param keep.relative.image.uris 0
+MANUAL_SRCS := $(call rwildcard, $(d)/src, *.md)
 
-docbookxsl = http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl-ns/current
-docbookrng = http://docbook.org/xml/5.0/rng/docbook.rng
+#$(d)/version.txt:
+#	$(trace-gen) echo -n $(PACKAGE_VERSION) > $@
 
-MANUAL_SRCS := $(call rwildcard, $(d), *.xml)
+clean-files += $(d)/version.txt
 
-
-# Do XInclude processing / RelaxNG validation
-$(d)/manual.xmli: $(d)/manual.xml $(MANUAL_SRCS) $(d)/version.txt
-	$(trace-gen) $(xmllint) --nonet --xinclude $< -o $@.tmp
-	@mv $@.tmp $@
-
-$(d)/version.txt:
-	$(trace-gen) echo -n $(PACKAGE_VERSION) > $@
-
-# Note: RelaxNG validation requires xmllint >= 2.7.4.
-$(d)/manual.is-valid: $(d)/manual.xmli
-	$(trace-gen) $(XSLTPROC) --novalid --stringparam profile.condition manual \
-	  $(docbookxsl)/profiling/profile.xsl $< 2> /dev/null | \
-	  $(xmllint) --nonet --noout --relaxng $(docbookrng) -
-	@touch $@
-
-clean-files += $(d)/manual.xmli $(d)/version.txt $(d)/manual.is-valid
-
-dist-files += $(d)/manual.xmli $(d)/version.txt $(d)/manual.is-valid
+dist-files += $(d)/version.txt
 
 
 # Generate man pages.
 man-pages := $(foreach n, \
-  nix-env.1 nix-build.1 nix-shell.1 nix-store.1 nix-instantiate.1 \
-  nix-collect-garbage.1 \
-  nix-prefetch-url.1 nix-channel.1 \
-  nix-hash.1 nix-copy-closure.1 \
-  nix.conf.5 nix-daemon.8, \
+  nix-copy-closure.1, \
   $(d)/$(n))
-
-$(firstword $(man-pages)): $(d)/manual.xmli $(d)/manual.is-valid
-	$(trace-gen) $(XSLTPROC) --novalid --stringparam profile.condition manpage \
-	  $(docbookxsl)/profiling/profile.xsl $< 2> /dev/null | \
-	  (cd doc/manual && $(XSLTPROC) $(docbookxsl)/manpages/docbook.xsl -)
-
-$(wordlist 2, $(words $(man-pages)), $(man-pages)): $(firstword $(man-pages))
+#  nix-env.1 nix-build.1 nix-shell.1 nix-store.1 nix-instantiate.1 \
+#  nix-collect-garbage.1, \
+#  nix-prefetch-url.1 nix-channel.1 \
+#  nix-hash.1 nix-copy-closure.1 \
+#  nix.conf.5 nix-daemon.8, \
 
 clean-files += $(d)/*.1 $(d)/*.5 $(d)/*.8
 
 dist-files += $(man-pages)
 
+$(d)/nix-copy-closure.1: $(d)/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md
+
+%.1: %.md
+	$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man $^ -o $@
 
 # Generate the HTML manual.
-$(d)/manual.html: $(d)/manual.xml $(MANUAL_SRCS) $(d)/manual.is-valid
-	$(trace-gen) $(XSLTPROC) --xinclude --stringparam profile.condition manual \
-	  $(docbookxsl)/profiling/profile.xsl $< | \
-	  $(XSLTPROC) --output $@ $(docbookxsl)/xhtml/docbook.xsl -
+install: $(docdir)/manual/index.html
 
-$(foreach file, $(d)/manual.html, $(eval $(call install-data-in, $(file), $(docdir)/manual)))
-
-$(foreach file, $(wildcard $(d)/figures/*.png), $(eval $(call install-data-in, $(file), $(docdir)/manual/figures)))
-
-$(eval $(call install-symlink, manual.html, $(docdir)/manual/index.html))
-
-
-all: $(d)/manual.html
-
-
-
-clean-files += $(d)/manual.html
-
-dist-files += $(d)/manual.html
+$(docdir)/manual/index.html: $(MANUAL_SRCS)
+	$(trace-gen) mdbook build doc/manual -d $(docdir)/manual
 
 
 endif

doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Table of Contents
+
+- [Introduction](./introduction.md)
+- [Quick Start](./quick-start.md)
+- [Command Reference](./command-ref/command-ref.md)
+  - [Utilities](./command-ref/utilities.md)
+    - [nix-copy-closure](./command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md)

doc/manual/src/command-ref/command-ref.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This section lists commands and options that you can use when you
+work with Nix.

doc/manual/src/command-ref/utilities.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Utilities
+
+This section lists utilities that you can use when you work with Nix.

doc/manual/src/introduction.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# About Nix
+# Introduction
 
 Nix is a _purely functional package manager_.  This means that it
 treats packages like values in purely functional programming languages

flake.nix

@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@
         buildDeps =
           [ bison
             flex
-            libxml2
-            libxslt
-            docbook5
-            docbook_xsl_ns
+            mdbook
             lowdown
             autoconf-archive
             autoreconfHook