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authorRan Benita <ran@unusedvar.com>2020-01-18 23:06:58 +0200
committerRan Benita <ran@unusedvar.com>2020-01-18 23:06:58 +0200
commit517464eb7ad584fb387b95bccf2b22ec6f3e87af (patch)
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doc/rules-format.txt: document include support
Signed-off-by: Ran Benita <ran@unusedvar.com>
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diff --git a/doc/rules-format.txt b/doc/rules-format.txt
index e8959fd..d97d8e8 100644
--- a/doc/rules-format.txt
+++ b/doc/rules-format.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ Grammar
(It might be helpful to look at a file like rules/evdev along with
this grammer. Comments, whitespace, etc. are not shown.)
-File ::= { "!" (Group | RuleSet) }
+File ::= { "!" (Include | Group | RuleSet) }
+
+Include ::= "include" <ident>
Group ::= GroupName "=" { GroupElement } "\n"
GroupName ::= "$"<ident>
@@ -59,6 +61,18 @@ KccgstValue ::= <ident>
Notes:
+- Include processes the rules in the file path specified in the ident,
+ in order. %-expanasion is performed, as follows:
+
+ %%:
+ A literal %.
+
+ %H:
+ The value of the HOME environment variable.
+
+ %S:
+ The system-installed rules directory (usually /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules).
+
- The order of values in a Rule must be the same as the Mapping it
follows. The mapping line determines the meaning of the values in
the rules which follow in the RuleSet.