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1. Compare the language list that it spits out to the one in [`syntax-highlighting.md`](https://github.com/camelid/mdBook/blob/master/guide/src/format/theme/syntax-highlighting.md). If any are missing, add them to the list and rebuild (and update these docs). If any are added to the common set, add them to `syntax-highlighting.md`.
1. Copy `build/highlight.min.js` to mdbook's directory [`highlight.js`](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/src/theme/highlight.js).
1. Be sure to check the highlight.js [CHANGES](https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/main/CHANGES.md) for any breaking changes. Breaking changes that would affect users will need to wait until the next major release.
1. Build mdbook with the new file and build some books with the new version and compare the output with a variety of languages to see if anything changes. (TODO: It would be nice to have a demo file in the repo to help with this.)
1. Build mdbook with the new file and build some books with the new version and compare the output with a variety of languages to see if anything changes. The [test_book](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/tree/master/test_book) contains a chapter with many languages to examine.

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mdBook is a utility to create modern online books from Markdown files.
Check out the **[User Guide]** for a list of features and installation and usage information.
The User Guide also serves as a demonstration to showcase what a book looks like.
## What does it look like?
The [User Guide] for mdBook has been written in Markdown and is using mdBook to
generate the online book-like website you can read. The documentation uses the
latest version on GitHub and showcases the available features.
## Installation
There are multiple ways to install mdBook.
1. **Binaries**
Binaries are available for download [here][releases]. Make sure to put the
path to the binary into your `PATH`.
2. **From Crates.io**
This requires at least [Rust] 1.46 and Cargo to be installed. Once you have installed
Rust, type the following in the terminal:
```
cargo install mdbook
```
This will download and compile mdBook for you, the only thing left to do is
to add the Cargo bin directory to your `PATH`.
**Note for automatic deployment**
If you are using a script to do automatic deployments, we recommend that
you specify a semver version range for mdBook when you install it through
your script!
This will constrain the server to install the latest **non-breaking**
version of mdBook and will prevent your books from failing to build because
we released a new version.
You can also disable default features to speed up compile time.
Example:
```
cargo install mdbook --no-default-features --vers "^0.4.0"
```
3. **From Git**
The version published to crates.io will ever so slightly be behind the
version hosted here on GitHub. If you need the latest version you can build
the git version of mdBook yourself. Cargo makes this ***super easy***!
```
cargo install --git https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook.git mdbook
```
Again, make sure to add the Cargo bin directory to your `PATH`.
4. **For Contributions**
If you want to contribute to mdBook you will have to clone the repository on
your local machine:
```
git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook.git
```
`cd` into `mdBook/` and run
```
cargo build
```
The resulting binary can be found in `mdBook/target/debug/` under the name
`mdBook` or `mdBook.exe`.
## Usage
mdBook is primarily used as a command line tool, even though it exposes
all its functionality as a Rust crate for integration in other projects.
Here are the main commands you will want to run. For a more exhaustive
explanation, check out the [User Guide].
- `mdbook init <directory>`
The init command will create a directory with the minimal boilerplate to
start with. If the `<directory>` parameter is omitted, the current
directory will be used.
```
book-test/
├── book
└── src
├── chapter_1.md
└── SUMMARY.md
```
`book` and `src` are both directories. `src` contains the markdown files
that will be used to render the output to the `book` directory.
Please, take a look at the [CLI docs] for more information and some neat tricks.
- `mdbook build`
This is the command you will run to render your book, it reads the
`SUMMARY.md` file to understand the structure of your book, takes the
markdown files in the source directory as input and outputs static html
pages that you can upload to a server.
- `mdbook watch`
When you run this command, mdbook will watch your markdown files to rebuild
the book on every change. This avoids having to come back to the terminal
to type `mdbook build` over and over again.
- `mdbook serve`
Does the same thing as `mdbook watch` but additionally serves the book at
`http://localhost:3000` (port is changeable) and reloads the browser when a
change occurs.
- `mdbook clean`
Delete directory in which generated book is located.
### 3rd Party Plugins
The way a book is loaded and rendered can be configured by the user via third
party plugins. These plugins are just programs which will be invoked during the
build process and are split into roughly two categories, *preprocessors* and
*renderers*.
Preprocessors are used to transform a book before it is sent to a renderer.
One example would be to replace all occurrences of
`{{#include some_file.ext}}` with the contents of that file. Some existing
preprocessors are:
- `index` - a built-in preprocessor (enabled by default) which will transform
all `README.md` chapters to `index.md` so `foo/README.md` can be accessed via
the url `foo/` when published to a browser
- `links` - a built-in preprocessor (enabled by default) for expanding the
`{{# playground}}` and `{{# include}}` helpers in a chapter.
- [`katex`](https://github.com/lzanini/mdbook-katex) - a preprocessor rendering LaTex equations to HTML.
Renderers are given the final book so they can do something with it. This is
typically used for, as the name suggests, rendering the document in a particular
format, however there's nothing stopping a renderer from doing static analysis
of a book in order to validate links or run tests. Some existing renderers are:
- `html` - the built-in renderer which will generate a HTML version of the book
- `markdown` - the built-in renderer (disabled by default) which will run
preprocessors then output the resulting Markdown. Useful for debugging
preprocessors.
- [`linkcheck`] - a backend which will check that all links are valid
- [`epub`] - an experimental EPUB generator
- [`man`] - a backend that generates manual pages from the book
> **Note for Developers:** Feel free to send us a PR if you've developed your
> own plugin and want it mentioned here.
A preprocessor or renderer is enabled by installing the appropriate program and
then mentioning it in the book's `book.toml` file.
```console
$ cargo install mdbook-linkcheck
$ edit book.toml && cat book.toml
[book]
title = "My Awesome Book"
authors = ["Michael-F-Bryan"]
[output.html]
[output.linkcheck] # enable the "mdbook-linkcheck" renderer
$ mdbook build
2018-10-20 13:57:51 [INFO] (mdbook::book): Book building has started
2018-10-20 13:57:51 [INFO] (mdbook::book): Running the html backend
2018-10-20 13:57:53 [INFO] (mdbook::book): Running the linkcheck backend
```
For more information on the plugin system, consult the [User Guide].
### As a library
Aside from the command line interface, this crate can also be used as a
library. This means that you could integrate it in an existing project, like a
web-app for example. Since the command line interface is just a wrapper around
the library functionality, when you use this crate as a library you have full
access to all the functionality of the command line interface with an easy to
use API and more!
See the [User Guide] and the [API docs] for more information.
## Contributions
Contributions are highly appreciated and encouraged! Don't hesitate to
participate to discussions in the issues, propose new features and ask for
help.
If you are just starting out with Rust, there are a series of issues that are
tagged [E-Easy] and **we will gladly mentor you** so that you can successfully
go through the process of fixing a bug or adding a new feature! Let us know if
you need any help.
For more info about contributing, check out our [contribution guide] which helps
you go through the build and contribution process!
There is also a [rendered version][master-docs] of the latest API docs
available, for those hacking on `master`.
If you are interested in contributing to the development of mdBook, check out the [Contribution Guide].
## License
All the code in this repository is released under the ***Mozilla Public License v2.0***, for more information take a look at the [LICENSE] file.
[User Guide]: https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
[API docs]: https://docs.rs/mdbook/*/mdbook/
[E-Easy]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AE-Easy
[contribution guide]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
[LICENSE]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/LICENSE
[releases]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/releases
[Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/
[CLI docs]: http://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/cli/init.html
[master-docs]: http://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
[`linkcheck`]: https://crates.io/crates/mdbook-linkcheck
[`epub`]: https://crates.io/crates/mdbook-epub
[`man`]: https://crates.io/crates/mdbook-man

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# Introduction
**mdBook** is a command line tool and Rust crate to create books with Markdown. The output resembles tools like Gitbook,
and is ideal for creating product or API documentation, tutorials, course materials or anything that requires a clean,
easily navigable and customizable presentation. mdBook is written in [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org); its performance
and simplicity made it ideal for use as a tool to publish directly to hosted websites such
as [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com) via automation. This guide, in fact, serves as both the mdBook documentation
and a fine example of what mdBook produces.
**mdBook** is a command line tool to create books with Markdown.
It is ideal for creating product or API documentation, tutorials, course materials or anything that requires a clean,
easily navigable and customizable presentation.
mdBook includes built in support for both preprocessing your Markdown and alternative renderers for producing formats
other than HTML. These facilities also enable other functionality such as
validation. [Searching](https://crates.io/search?q=mdbook&sort=relevance) Rust's [crates.io](https://crates.io) is a
great way to discover more extensions.
* Lightweight [Markdown] syntax helps you focus more on your content
* Integrated [search] support
* Color [syntax highlighting] for code blocks for many different languages
* [Theme] files allow customizing the formatting of the output
* [Preprocessors] can provide extensions for custom syntax and modifying content
* [Backends] can render the output to multiple formats
* Written in [Rust] for speed, safety, and simplicity
* Automated testing of [Rust code samples]
## API Documentation
This guide is an example of what mdBook produces.
mdBook is used by the Rust programming language project, and [The Rust Programming Language][trpl] book is another fine example of mdBook in action.
In addition to the above features, mdBook also has a Rust [API](https://docs.rs/mdbook/*/mdbook/). This allows you to
write your own preprocessor or renderer, as well as incorporate mdBook features into other applications.
The [For Developers](for_developers) section of this guide contains more information and some examples.
[Markdown]: format/markdown.md
[search]: guide/reading.md#search
[syntax highlighting]: format/theme/syntax-highlighting.md
[theme]: format/theme/index.html
[preprocessors]: format/configuration/preprocessors.md
[backends]: format/configuration/renderers.md
[Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/
[trpl]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
[Rust code samples]: cli/test.md
## Contributing

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# Summary
- [Introduction](README.md)
[Introduction](README.md)
# User Guide
- [Installation](guide/installation.md)
- [Reading Books](guide/reading.md)
- [Creating a Book](guide/creating.md)
# Reference Guide
- [Command Line Tool](cli/README.md)
- [init](cli/init.md)
- [build](cli/build.md)
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- [serve](cli/serve.md)
- [test](cli/test.md)
- [clean](cli/clean.md)
- [completions](cli/completions.md)
- [Format](format/README.md)
- [SUMMARY.md](format/summary.md)
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# Command Line Tool
mdBook can be used either as a command line tool or a [Rust
crate](https://crates.io/crates/mdbook). Let's focus on the command line tool
capabilities first.
The `mdbook` command-line tool is used to create and build books.
After you have [installed](../guide/installation.md) `mdbook`, you can run the `mdbook help` command in your terminal to view the available commands.
## Install From Binaries
This following sections provide in-depth information on the different commands available.
Precompiled binaries are provided for major platforms on a best-effort basis.
Visit [the releases page](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/releases)
to download the appropriate version for your platform.
## Install From Source
mdBook can also be installed by compiling the source code on your local machine.
### Pre-requisite
mdBook is written in **[Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/)** and therefore needs
to be compiled with **Cargo**. If you haven't already installed Rust, please go
ahead and [install it](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) now.
### Install Crates.io version
Installing mdBook is relatively easy if you already have Rust and Cargo
installed. You just have to type this snippet in your terminal:
```bash
cargo install mdbook
```
This will fetch the source code for the latest release from
[Crates.io](https://crates.io/) and compile it. You will have to add Cargo's
`bin` directory to your `PATH`.
Run `mdbook help` in your terminal to verify if it works. Congratulations, you
have installed mdBook!
### Install Git version
The **[git version](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook)** contains all
the latest bug-fixes and features, that will be released in the next version on
**Crates.io**, if you can't wait until the next release. You can build the git
version yourself. Open your terminal and navigate to the directory of you
choice. We need to clone the git repository and then build it with Cargo.
```bash
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook.git
cd mdBook
cargo build --release
```
The executable `mdbook` will be in the `./target/release` folder, this should be
added to the path.
* [`mdbook init <directory>`](init.md) — Creates a new book with minimal boilerplate to start with.
* [`mdbook build`](build.md) — Renders the book.
* [`mdbook watch`](watch.md) — Rebuilds the book any time a source file changes.
* [`mdbook serve`](serve.md) — Runs a web server to view the book, and rebuilds on changes.
* [`mdbook test`](test.md) — Tests Rust code samples.
* [`mdbook clean`](clean.md) — Deletes the rendered output.
* [`mdbook completions`](completions.md) — Support for shell auto-completion.

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# The completions command
The completions command is used to generate auto-completions for some common shells.
This means when you type `mdbook` in your shell, you can then press your shell's auto-complete key (usually the Tab key) and it may display what the valid options are, or finish partial input.
The completions first need to be installed for your shell:
```bash
mdbook completions bash > ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/mdbook
```
The command prints a completion script for the given shell.
Run `mdbook completions --help` for a list of supported shells.
Where to place the completions depend on which shell you are using and your operating system.
Consult your shell's documentation for more information one where to place the script.

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# Running `mdbook` in Continuous Integration
While the following examples use Travis CI, their principles should
straightforwardly transfer to other continuous integration providers as well.
There are a variety of services such as [GitHub Actions] or [GitLab CI/CD] which can be used to test and deploy your book automatically.
## Ensuring Your Book Builds and Tests Pass
The following provides some general guidelines on how to configure your service to run mdBook.
Specific recipes can be found at the [Automated Deployment] wiki page.
Here is a sample Travis CI `.travis.yml` configuration that ensures `mdbook
build` and `mdbook test` run successfully. The key to fast CI turnaround times
is caching `mdbook` installs, so that you aren't compiling `mdbook` on every CI
run.
[GitHub Actions]: https://docs.github.com/en/actions
[GitLab CI/CD]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/
[Automated Deployment]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/wiki/Automated-Deployment
```yaml
language: rust
sudo: false
## Installing mdBook
cache:
- cargo
There are several different strategies for installing mdBook.
The particular method depends on your needs and preferences.
rust:
- stable
### Pre-compiled binaries
before_script:
- (test -x $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo-install-update || cargo install cargo-update)
- (test -x $HOME/.cargo/bin/mdbook || cargo install --vers "^0.3" mdbook)
- cargo install-update -a
Perhaps the easiest method is to use the pre-compiled binaries found on the [GitHub Releases page][releases].
A simple approach would be to use the popular `curl` CLI tool to download the executable:
script:
- mdbook build && mdbook test # In case of custom book path: mdbook build path/to/mybook && mdbook test path/to/mybook
```sh
mkdir bin
curl -sSL https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/releases/download/v0.4.14/mdbook-v0.4.14-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar -xz --directory=bin
bin/mdbook build
```
## Deploying Your Book to GitHub Pages
Some considerations for this approach:
Following these instructions will result in your book being published to GitHub
pages after a successful CI run on your repository's `master` branch.
* This is relatively fast, and does not necessarily require dealing with caching.
* This does not require installing Rust.
* Specifying a specific URL means you have to manually update your script to get a new version.
This may be a benefit if you want to lock to a specific version.
However, some users prefer to automatically get a newer version when they are published.
* You are reliant on the GitHub CDN being available.
First, create a new GitHub "Personal Access Token" with the "public_repo"
permissions (or "repo" for private repositories). Go to your repository's Travis
CI settings page and add an environment variable named `GITHUB_TOKEN` that is
marked secure and *not* shown in the logs.
[releases]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/releases
Whilst still in your repository's settings page, navigate to Options and change the
Source on GitHub pages to `gh-pages`.
### Building from source
Then, append this snippet to your `.travis.yml` and update the path to the
`book` directory:
Building from source will require having Rust installed.
Some services have Rust pre-installed, but if your service does not, you will need to add a step to install it.
```yaml
deploy:
provider: pages
skip-cleanup: true
github-token: $GITHUB_TOKEN
local-dir: book # In case of custom book path: path/to/mybook/book
keep-history: false
on:
branch: main
After Rust is installed, `cargo install` can be used to build and install mdBook.
We recommend using a SemVer version specifier so that you get the latest **non-breaking** version of mdBook.
For example:
```sh
cargo install mdbook --no-default-features --features search --vers "^0.4" --locked
```
That's it!
This includes several recommended options:
Note: Travis has a new [dplv2](https://blog.travis-ci.com/2019-08-27-deployment-tooling-dpl-v2-preview-release) configuration that is currently in beta. To use this new format, update your `.travis.yml` file to:
* `--no-default-features` — Disables features like the HTTP server used by `mdbook serve` that is likely not needed on CI.
This will speed up the build time significantly.
* `--features search` — Disabling default features means you should then manually enable features that you want, such as the built-in [search] capability.
* `--vers "^0.4"` — This will install the most recent version of the `0.4` series.
However, versions after like `0.5.0` won't be installed, as they may break your build.
Cargo will automatically upgrade mdBook if you have an older version already installed.
* `--locked` — This will use the dependencies that were used when mdBook was released.
Without `--locked`, it will use the latest version of all dependencies, which may include some fixes since the last release, but may also (rarely) cause build problems.
```yaml
language: rust
os: linux
dist: xenial
You will likely want to investigate caching options, as building mdBook can be somewhat slow.
cache:
- cargo
[search]: guide/reading.md#search
rust:
- stable
## Running tests
before_script:
- (test -x $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo-install-update || cargo install cargo-update)
- (test -x $HOME/.cargo/bin/mdbook || cargo install --vers "^0.3" mdbook)
- cargo install-update -a
You may want to run tests using [`mdbook test`] every time you push a change or create a pull request.
This can be used to validate Rust code examples in the book.
script:
- mdbook build && mdbook test # In case of custom book path: mdbook build path/to/mybook && mdbook test path/to/mybook
deploy:
provider: pages
strategy: git
edge: true
cleanup: false
github-token: $GITHUB_TOKEN
local-dir: book # In case of custom book path: path/to/mybook/book
keep-history: false
on:
branch: main
target_branch: gh-pages
This will require having Rust installed.
Some services have Rust pre-installed, but if your service does not, you will need to add a step to install it.
Other than making sure the appropriate version of Rust is installed, there's not much more than just running `mdbook test` from the book directory.
You may also want to consider running other kinds of tests, like [mdbook-linkcheck] which will check for broken links.
Or if you have your own style checks, spell checker, or any other tests it might be good to run them in CI.
[`mdbook test`]: cli/test.md
[mdbook-linkcheck]: https://github.com/Michael-F-Bryan/mdbook-linkcheck#continuous-integration
## Deploying
You may want to automatically deploy your book.
Some may want to do this with every time a change is pushed, and others may want to only deploy when a specific release is tagged.
You'll also need to understand the specifics on how to push a change to your web service.
For example, [GitHub Pages] just requires committing the output onto a specific git branch.
Other services may require using something like SSH to connect to a remote server.
The basic outline is that you need to run `mdbook build` to generate the output, and then transfer the files (which are in the `book` directory) to the correct location.
You may then want to consider if you need to invalidate any caches on your web service.
See the [Automated Deployment] wiki page for examples of various different services.
[GitHub Pages]: https://docs.github.com/en/pages
### 404 handling
mdBook automatically generates a 404 page to be used for broken links.
The default output is a file named `404.html` at the root of the book.
Some services like [GitHub Pages] will automatically use this page for broken links.
For other services, you may want to consider configuring the web server to use this page as it will provide the reader navigation to get back to the book.
If your book is not deployed at the root of the domain, then you should set the [`output.html.site-url`] setting so that the 404 page works correctly.
It needs to know where the book is deployed in order to load the static files (like CSS) correctly.
For example, this guide is deployed at <https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/>, and the `site-url` setting is configured like this:
```toml
# book.toml
[output.html]
site-url = "/mdBook/"
```
### Deploying to GitHub Pages manually
You can customize the look of the 404 page by creating a file named `src/404.md` in your book.
If you want to use a different filename, you can set [`output.html.input-404`] to a different filename.
If your CI doesn't support GitHub pages, or you're deploying somewhere else
with integrations such as Github Pages:
*note: you may want to use different tmp dirs*:
```console
$> git worktree add /tmp/book gh-pages
$> mdbook build
$> rm -rf /tmp/book/* # this won't delete the .git directory
$> cp -rp book/* /tmp/book/
$> cd /tmp/book
$> git add -A
$> git commit 'new book message'
$> git push origin gh-pages
$> cd -
```
Or put this into a Makefile rule:
```makefile
.PHONY: deploy
deploy: book
@echo "====> deploying to github"
git worktree add /tmp/book gh-pages
rm -rf /tmp/book/*
cp -rp book/* /tmp/book/
cd /tmp/book && \
git add -A && \
git commit -m "deployed on $(shell date) by ${USER}" && \
git push origin gh-pages
```
## Deploying Your Book to GitLab Pages
Inside your repository's project root, create a file named `.gitlab-ci.yml` with the following contents:
```yml
stages:
- deploy
pages:
stage: deploy
image: rust
variables:
CARGO_HOME: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/cargo
before_script:
- export PATH="$PATH:$CARGO_HOME/bin"
- mdbook --version || cargo install mdbook
script:
- mdbook build -d public
rules:
- if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"'
artifacts:
paths:
- public
cache:
paths:
- $CARGO_HOME/bin
```
After you commit and push this new file, GitLab CI will run and your book will be available!
[`output.html.site-url`]: format/configuration/renderers.md#html-renderer-options
[`output.html.input-404`]: format/configuration/renderers.md#html-renderer-options

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exist
- Load the book chapters into memory
- Discover which preprocessors/backends should be used
2. Run the preprocessors
3. Call each backend in turn
2. For each backend:
1. Run all the preprocessors.
2. Call the backend to render the processed result.
## Using `mdbook` as a Library

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configuration information via `stdin`. Once the backend receives this
information it is free to do whatever it wants.
There are already several alternative backends on GitHub which can be used as a
rough example of how this is accomplished in practice.
See [Configuring Renderers](../format/configuration/renderers.md) for more information about using backends.
- [mdbook-linkcheck] - a simple program for verifying the book doesn't contain
any broken links
- [mdbook-epub] - an EPUB renderer
- [mdbook-test] - a program to run the book's contents through [rust-skeptic] to
verify everything compiles and runs correctly (similar to `rustdoc --test`)
- [mdbook-man] - generate manual pages from the book
The community has developed several backends.
See the [Third Party Plugins] wiki page for a list of available backends.
## Setting Up
This page will step you through creating your own alternative backend in the form
of a simple word counting program. Although it will be written in Rust, there's
no reason why it couldn't be accomplished using something like Python or Ruby.
## Setting Up
First you'll want to create a new binary program and add `mdbook` as a
dependency.
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All environment variables are passed through to the backend, allowing you to use
the usual `RUST_LOG` to control logging verbosity.
## Handling missing backends
If you enable a backend that isn't installed, the default behavior is to throw an error:
```text
The command `mdbook-wordcount` wasn't found, is the "wordcount" backend installed?
If you want to ignore this error when the "wordcount" backend is not installed,
set `optional = true` in the `[output.wordcount]` section of the book.toml configuration file.
```
This behavior can be changed by marking the backend as optional.
```diff
[book]
title = "mdBook Documentation"
description = "Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust"
authors = ["Mathieu David", "Michael-F-Bryan"]
[output.html]
[output.wordcount]
command = "python /path/to/wordcount.py"
+ optional = true
```
This demotes the error to a warning, and it will instead look like this:
```text
The command was not found, but was marked as optional.
Command: wordcount
```
## Wrapping Up
Although contrived, hopefully this example was enough to show how you'd create
@ -375,11 +336,7 @@ as a good example of how it's done in real life, so feel free to skim through
the source code or ask questions.
[mdbook-linkcheck]: https://github.com/Michael-F-Bryan/mdbook-linkcheck
[mdbook-epub]: https://github.com/Michael-F-Bryan/mdbook-epub
[mdbook-test]: https://github.com/Michael-F-Bryan/mdbook-test
[mdbook-man]: https://github.com/vv9k/mdbook-man
[rust-skeptic]: https://github.com/budziq/rust-skeptic
[Third Party Plugins]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/wiki/Third-party-plugins
[`RenderContext`]: https://docs.rs/mdbook/*/mdbook/renderer/struct.RenderContext.html
[`RenderContext::from_json()`]: https://docs.rs/mdbook/*/mdbook/renderer/struct.RenderContext.html#method.from_json
[`semver`]: https://crates.io/crates/semver

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@ -5,35 +5,18 @@ book is loaded and before it gets rendered, allowing you to update and mutate
the book. Possible use cases are:
- Creating custom helpers like `\{{#include /path/to/file.md}}`
- Updating links so `[some chapter](some_chapter.md)` is automatically changed
to `[some chapter](some_chapter.html)` for the HTML renderer
- Substituting in latex-style expressions (`$$ \frac{1}{3} $$`) with their
mathjax equivalents
See [Configuring Preprocessors](../format/configuration/preprocessors.md) for more information about using preprocessors.
## Hooking Into MDBook
MDBook uses a fairly simple mechanism for discovering third party plugins.
A new table is added to `book.toml` (e.g. `preprocessor.foo` for the `foo`
A new table is added to `book.toml` (e.g. `[preprocessor.foo]` for the `foo`
preprocessor) and then `mdbook` will try to invoke the `mdbook-foo` program as
part of the build process.
A preprocessor can be hard-coded to specify which backend(s) it should be run
for with the `preprocessor.foo.renderer` key. For example, it doesn't make sense for
[MathJax](../format/mathjax.md) to be used for non-HTML renderers.
```toml
[book]
title = "My Book"
authors = ["Michael-F-Bryan"]
[preprocessor.foo]
# The command can also be specified manually
command = "python3 /path/to/foo.py"
# Only run the `foo` preprocessor for the HTML and EPUB renderer
renderer = ["html", "epub"]
```
Once the preprocessor has been defined and the build process starts, mdBook executes the command defined in the `preprocessor.foo.command` key twice.
The first time it runs the preprocessor to determine if it supports the given renderer.
mdBook passes two arguments to the process: the first argument is the string `supports` and the second argument is the renderer name.

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Options for the Rust language, relevant to running tests and playground
integration.
```toml
[rust]
edition = "2015" # the default edition for code blocks
```
- **edition**: Rust edition to use by default for the code snippets. Default
is "2015". Individual code blocks can be controlled with the `edition2015`,
`edition2018` or `edition2021` annotations, such as:
@ -77,8 +82,16 @@ integration.
This controls the build process of your book.
```toml
[build]
build-dir = "book" # the directory where the output is placed
create-missing = true # whether or not to create missing pages
use-default-preprocessors = true # use the default preprocessors
```
- **build-dir:** The directory to put the rendered book in. By default this is
`book/` in the book's root directory.
This can overridden with the `--dest-dir` CLI option.
- **create-missing:** By default, any missing files specified in `SUMMARY.md`
will be created when the book is built (i.e. `create-missing = true`). If this
is `false` then the build process will instead exit with an error if any files

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# Configuring Preprocessors
The following preprocessors are available and included by default:
Preprocessors are extensions that can modify the raw Markdown source before it gets sent to the renderer.
- `links`: Expand the `{{ #playground }}`, `{{ #include }}`, and `{{ #rustdoc_include }}` handlebars
The following preprocessors are built-in and included by default:
- `links`: Expands the `{{ #playground }}`, `{{ #include }}`, and `{{ #rustdoc_include }}` handlebars
helpers in a chapter to include the contents of a file.
See [Including files] for more.
- `index`: Convert all chapter files named `README.md` into `index.md`. That is
to say, all `README.md` would be rendered to an index file `index.html` in the
rendered book.
The built-in preprocessors can be disabled with the [`build.use-default-preprocessors`] config option.
**book.toml**
```toml
[build]
build-dir = "build"
create-missing = false
The community has developed several preprocessors.
See the [Third Party Plugins] wiki page for a list of available preprocessors.
[preprocessor.links]
For information on how to create a new preprocessor, see the [Preprocessors for Developers] chapter.
[preprocessor.index]
```
[Including files]: ../mdbook.md#including-files
[`build.use-default-preprocessors`]: general.md#build-options
[Third Party Plugins]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/wiki/Third-party-plugins
[Preprocessors for Developers]: ../../for_developers/preprocessors.md
### Custom Preprocessor Configuration
## Custom Preprocessor Configuration
Like renderers, preprocessor will need to be given its own table (e.g.
`[preprocessor.mathjax]`). In the section, you may then pass extra
configuration to the preprocessor by adding key-value pairs to the table.
For example
Preprocessors can be added by including a `preprocessor` table in `book.toml` with the name of the preprocessor.
For example, if you have a preprocessor called `mdbook-example`, then you can include it with:
```toml
[preprocessor.links]
# set the renderers this preprocessor will run for
renderers = ["html"]
some_extra_feature = true
[preprocessor.example]
```
#### Locking a Preprocessor dependency to a renderer
With this table, mdBook will execute the `mdbook-example` preprocessor.
This table can include additional key-value pairs that are specific to the preprocessor.
For example, if our example prepocessor needed some extra configuration options:
```toml
[preprocessor.example]
some-extra-feature = true
```
## Locking a Preprocessor dependency to a renderer
You can explicitly specify that a preprocessor should run for a renderer by
binding the two together.
```toml
[preprocessor.mathjax]
renderers = ["html"] # mathjax only makes sense with the HTML renderer
[preprocessor.example]
renderers = ["html"] # example preprocessor only runs with the HTML renderer
```
### Provide Your Own Command
## Provide Your Own Command
By default when you add a `[preprocessor.foo]` table to your `book.toml` file,
`mdbook` will try to invoke the `mdbook-foo` executable. If you want to use a
@ -57,7 +64,7 @@ be overridden by adding a `command` field.
command = "python random.py"
```
### Require A Certain Order
## Require A Certain Order
The order in which preprocessors are run can be controlled with the `before` and `after` fields.
For example, suppose you want your `linenos` preprocessor to process lines that may have been `{{#include}}`d; then you want it to run after the built-in `links` preprocessor, which you can require using either the `before` or `after` field:

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@ -1,9 +1,115 @@
# Configuring Renderers
### HTML renderer options
Renderers (also called "backends") are responsible for creating the output of the book.
The HTML renderer has a couple of options as well. All the options for the
renderer need to be specified under the TOML table `[output.html]`.
The following backends are built-in:
* [`html`](#html-renderer-options) — This renders the book to HTML.
This is enabled by default if no other `[output]` tables are defined in `book.toml`.
* [`markdown`](#markdown-renderer) — This outputs the book as markdown after running the preprocessors.
This is useful for debugging preprocessors.
The community has developed several backends.
See the [Third Party Plugins] wiki page for a list of available backends.
For information on how to create a new backend, see the [Backends for Developers] chapter.
[Third Party Plugins]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/wiki/Third-party-plugins
[Backends for Developers]: ../../for_developers/backends.md
## Output tables
Backends can be added by including a `output` table in `book.toml` with the name of the backend.
For example, if you have a backend called `mdbook-wordcount`, then you can include it with:
```toml
[output.wordcount]
```
With this table, mdBook will execute the `mdbook-wordcount` backend.
This table can include additional key-value pairs that are specific to the backend.
For example, if our example backend needed some extra configuration options:
```toml
[output.wordcount]
ignores = ["Example Chapter"]
```
If you define any `[output]` tables, then the `html` backend is not enabled by default.
If you want to keep the `html` backend running, then just include it in the `book.toml` file.
For example:
```toml
[book]
title = "My Awesome Book"
[output.wordcount]
[output.html]
```
If more than one `output` table is included, this changes the behavior for the layout of the output directory.
If there is only one backend, then it places its output directly in the `book` directory (see [`build.build-dir`] to override this location).
If there is more than one backend, then each backend is placed in a separate directory underneath `book`.
For example, the above would have directories `book/html` and `book/wordcount`.
[`build.build-dir`]: general.md#build-options
### Custom backend commands
By default when you add an `[output.foo]` table to your `book.toml` file,
`mdbook` will try to invoke the `mdbook-foo` executable.
If you want to use a different program name or pass in command-line arguments,
this behaviour can be overridden by adding a `command` field.
```toml
[output.random]
command = "python random.py"
```
### Optional backends
If you enable a backend that isn't installed, the default behavior is to throw an error.
This behavior can be changed by marking the backend as optional:
```toml
[output.wordcount]
optional = true
```
This demotes the error to a warning.
## HTML renderer options
The HTML renderer has a variety of options detailed below.
They should be specified in the `[output.html]` table of the `book.toml` file.
```toml
# Example book.toml file with all output options.
[book]
title = "Example book"
authors = ["John Doe", "Jane Doe"]
description = "The example book covers examples."
[output.html]
theme = "my-theme"
default-theme = "light"
preferred-dark-theme = "navy"
curly-quotes = true
mathjax-support = false
copy-fonts = true
additional-css = ["custom.css", "custom2.css"]
additional-js = ["custom.js"]
no-section-label = false
git-repository-url = "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook"
git-repository-icon = "fa-github"
edit-url-template = "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/edit/master/guide/{path}"
site-url = "/example-book/"
cname = "myproject.rs"
input-404 = "not-found.md"
```
The following configuration options are available:
@ -30,34 +136,22 @@ The following configuration options are available:
- **additional-js:** If you need to add some behaviour to your book without
removing the current behaviour, you can specify a set of JavaScript files that
will be loaded alongside the default one.
- **print:** A subtable for configuration print settings. mdBook by default adds
support for printing out the book as a single page. This is accessed using the
print icon on the top right of the book.
- **no-section-label:** mdBook by defaults adds section label in table of
- **no-section-label:** mdBook by defaults adds numeric section labels in the table of
contents column. For example, "1.", "2.1". Set this option to true to disable
those labels. Defaults to `false`.
- **fold:** A subtable for configuring sidebar section-folding behavior.
- **playground:** A subtable for configuring various playground settings.
- **search:** A subtable for configuring the in-browser search functionality.
mdBook must be compiled with the `search` feature enabled (on by default).
- **git-repository-url:** A url to the git repository for the book. If provided
an icon link will be output in the menu bar of the book.
- **git-repository-icon:** The FontAwesome icon class to use for the git
repository link. Defaults to `fa-github`.
repository link. Defaults to `fa-github` which looks like <i class="fa fa-github"></i>.
If you are not using GitHub, another option to consider is `fa-code-fork` which looks like <i class="fa fa-code-fork"></i>.
- **edit-url-template:** Edit url template, when provided shows a
"Suggest an edit" button for directly jumping to editing the currently
"Suggest an edit" button (which looks like <i class="fa fa-edit"></i>) for directly jumping to editing the currently
viewed page. For e.g. GitHub projects set this to
`https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/edit/master/{path}` or for
Bitbucket projects set it to
`https://bitbucket.org/<owner>/<repo>/src/master/{path}?mode=edit`
where {path} will be replaced with the full path of the file in the
repository.
- **redirect:** A subtable used for generating redirects when a page is moved.
The table contains key-value pairs where the key is where the redirect file
needs to be created, as an absolute path from the build directory, (e.g.
`/appendices/bibliography.html`). The value can be any valid URI the
browser should navigate to (e.g. `https://rust-lang.org/`,
`/overview.html`, or `../bibliography.html`).
- **input-404:** The name of the markdown file used for missing files.
The corresponding output file will be the same, with the extension replaced with `html`.
Defaults to `404.md`.
@ -71,19 +165,47 @@ The following configuration options are available:
[custom domain]: https://docs.github.com/en/github/working-with-github-pages/managing-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site
Available configuration options for the `[output.html.print]` table:
### `[output.html.print]`
The `[output.html.print]` table provides options for controlling the printable output.
By default, mdBook will include an icon on the top right of the book (which looks like <i class="fa fa-print"></i>) that will print the book as a single page.
```toml
[output.html.print]
enable = true # include support for printable output
```
- **enable:** Enable print support. When `false`, all print support will not be
rendered. Defaults to `true`.
Available configuration options for the `[output.html.fold]` table:
### `[output.html.fold]`
The `[output.html.fold]` table provides options for controlling folding of the chapter listing in the navigation sidebar.
```toml
[output.html.fold]
enable = false # whether or not to enable section folding
level = 0 # the depth to start folding
```
- **enable:** Enable section-folding. When off, all folds are open.
Defaults to `false`.
- **level:** The higher the more folded regions are open. When level is 0, all
folds are closed. Defaults to `0`.
Available configuration options for the `[output.html.playground]` table:
### `[output.html.playground]`
The `[output.html.playground]` table provides options for controlling Rust sample code blocks, and their integration with the [Rust Playground].
[Rust Playground]: https://play.rust-lang.org/
```toml
[output.html.playground]
editable = false # allows editing the source code
copyable = true # include the copy button for copying code snippets
copy-js = true # includes the JavaScript for the code editor
line-numbers = false # displays line numbers for editable code
```
- **editable:** Allow editing the source code. Defaults to `false`.
- **copyable:** Display the copy button on code snippets. Defaults to `true`.
@ -93,7 +215,26 @@ Available configuration options for the `[output.html.playground]` table:
[Ace]: https://ace.c9.io/
Available configuration options for the `[output.html.search]` table:
### `[output.html.search]`
The `[output.html.search]` table provides options for controlling the built-in text [search].
mdBook must be compiled with the `search` feature enabled (on by default).
[search]: ../../guide/reading.md#search
```toml
[output.html.search]
enable = true # enables the search feature
limit-results = 30 # maximum number of search results
teaser-word-count = 30 # number of words used for a search result teaser
use-boolean-and = true # multiple search terms must all match
boost-title = 2 # ranking boost factor for matches in headers
boost-hierarchy = 1 # ranking boost factor for matches in page names
boost-paragraph = 1 # ranking boost factor for matches in text
expand = true # partial words will match longer terms
heading-split-level = 3 # link results to heading levels
copy-js = true # include Javascript code for search
```
- **enable:** Enables the search feature. Defaults to `true`.
- **limit-results:** The maximum number of search results. Defaults to `30`.
@ -116,61 +257,24 @@ Available configuration options for the `[output.html.search]` table:
- **copy-js:** Copy JavaScript files for the search implementation to the output
directory. Defaults to `true`.
This shows all available HTML output options in the **book.toml**:
### `[output.html.redirect]`
The `[output.html.redirect]` table provides a way to add redirects.
This is useful when you move, rename, or remove a page to ensure that links to the old URL will go to the new location.
```toml
[book]
title = "Example book"
authors = ["John Doe", "Jane Doe"]
description = "The example book covers examples."
[output.html]
theme = "my-theme"
default-theme = "light"
preferred-dark-theme = "navy"
curly-quotes = true
mathjax-support = false
copy-fonts = true
additional-css = ["custom.css", "custom2.css"]
additional-js = ["custom.js"]
no-section-label = false
git-repository-url = "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook"
git-repository-icon = "fa-github"
edit-url-template = "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/edit/master/guide/{path}"
site-url = "/example-book/"
cname = "myproject.rs"
input-404 = "not-found.md"
[output.html.print]
enable = true
[output.html.fold]
enable = false
level = 0
[output.html.playground]
editable = false
copy-js = true
line-numbers = false
[output.html.search]
enable = true
limit-results = 30
teaser-word-count = 30
use-boolean-and = true
boost-title = 2
boost-hierarchy = 1
boost-paragraph = 1
expand = true
heading-split-level = 3
copy-js = true
[output.html.redirect]
"/appendices/bibliography.html" = "https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/appendix/bibliography.html"
"/other-installation-methods.html" = "../infra/other-installation-methods.html"
```
### Markdown Renderer
The table contains key-value pairs where the key is where the redirect file needs to be created, as an absolute path from the build directory, (e.g. `/appendices/bibliography.html`).
The value can be any valid URI the browser should navigate to (e.g. `https://rust-lang.org/`, `/overview.html`, or `../bibliography.html`).
This will generate an HTML page which will automatically redirect to the given location.
Note that the source location does not support `#` anchor redirects.
## Markdown Renderer
The Markdown renderer will run preprocessors and then output the resulting
Markdown. This is mostly useful for debugging preprocessors, especially in
@ -189,20 +293,3 @@ only whether it is enabled or disabled.
See [the preprocessors documentation](preprocessors.md) for how to
specify which preprocessors should run before the Markdown renderer.
### Custom Renderers
A custom renderer can be enabled by adding a `[output.foo]` table to your
`book.toml`. Similar to [preprocessors](preprocessors.md) this will
instruct `mdbook` to pass a representation of the book to `mdbook-foo` for
rendering. See the [alternative backends] chapter for more detail.
The custom renderer has access to all the fields within its table (i.e.
anything under `[output.foo]`). mdBook checks for two common fields:
- **command:** The command to execute for this custom renderer. Defaults to
the name of the renderer with the `mdbook-` prefix (such as `mdbook-foo`).
- **optional:** If `true`, then the command will be ignored if it is not
installed, otherwise mdBook will fail with an error. Defaults to `false`.
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@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Markdown
mdBook's [parser](https://github.com/raphlinus/pulldown-cmark) adheres to the [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/)
specification. You can take a quick [tutorial](https://commonmark.org/help/tutorial/),
mdBook's [parser](https://github.com/raphlinus/pulldown-cmark) adheres to the [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/) specification with some extensions described below.
You can take a quick [tutorial](https://commonmark.org/help/tutorial/),
or [try out](https://spec.commonmark.org/dingus/) CommonMark in real time. A complete Markdown overview is out of scope for
this documentation, but below is a high level overview of some of the basics. For a more in-depth experience, check out the
[Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org).
@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ Read about [mdBook](mdBook.md).
A bare url: <https://www.rust-lang.org>.
----
Relative links that end with `.md` will be converted to the `.html` extension.
It is recommended to use `.md` links when possible.
This is useful when viewing the Markdown file outside of mdBook, for example on GitHub or GitLab which render Markdown automatically.
Links to `README.md` will be converted to `index.html`.
This is done since some services like GitHub render README files automatically, but web servers typically expect the root file to be called `index.html`.
You can link to individual headings with `#` fragments.
For example, `mdbook.md#text-and-paragraphs` would link to the [Text and Paragraphs](#text-and-paragraphs) section above.
The ID is created by transforming the heading such as converting to lowercase and replacing spaces with dashes.
You can click on any heading and look at the URL in your browser to see what the fragment looks like.
## Images
Including images is simply a matter of including a link to them, much like in the _Links_ section above. The following markdown
@ -103,5 +117,106 @@ Which, of course displays the image like so:
![The Rust Logo](images/rust-logo-blk.svg)
## Extensions
See the [Markdown Guide Basic Syntax](https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/) document for more.
mdBook has several extensions beyond the standard CommonMark specification.
### Strikethrough
Text may be rendered with a horizontal line through the center by wrapping the
text with two tilde characters on each side:
```text
An example of ~~strikethrough text~~.
```
This example will render as:
> An example of ~~strikethrough text~~.
This follows the [GitHub Strikethrough extension][strikethrough].
### Footnotes
A footnote generates a small numbered link in the text which when clicked
takes the reader to the footnote text at the bottom of the item. The footnote
label is written similarly to a link reference with a caret at the front. The
footnote text is written like a link reference definition, with the text
following the label. Example:
```text
This is an example of a footnote[^note].
[^note]: This text is the contents of the footnote, which will be rendered
towards the bottom.
```
This example will render as:
> This is an example of a footnote[^note].
>
> [^note]: This text is the contents of the footnote, which will be rendered
> towards the bottom.
The footnotes are automatically numbered based on the order the footnotes are
written.
### Tables
Tables can be written using pipes and dashes to draw the rows and columns of
the table. These will be translated to HTML table matching the shape. Example:
```text
| Header1 | Header2 |
|---------|---------|
| abc | def |
```
This example will render similarly to this:
| Header1 | Header2 |
|---------|---------|
| abc | def |
See the specification for the [GitHub Tables extension][tables] for more
details on the exact syntax supported.
### Task lists
Task lists can be used as a checklist of items that have been completed.
Example:
```md
- [x] Complete task
- [ ] Incomplete task
```
This will render as:
> - [x] Complete task
> - [ ] Incomplete task
See the specification for the [task list extension] for more details.
### Smart punctuation
Some ASCII punctuation sequences will be automatically turned into fancy Unicode
characters:
| ASCII sequence | Unicode |
|----------------|---------|
| `--` | |
| `---` | — |
| `...` | … |
| `"` | “ or ”, depending on context |
| `'` | or , depending on context |
So, no need to manually enter those Unicode characters!
This feature is disabled by default.
To enable it, see the [`output.html.curly-quotes`] config option.
[strikethrough]: https://github.github.com/gfm/#strikethrough-extension-
[tables]: https://github.github.com/gfm/#tables-extension-
[task list extension]: https://github.github.com/gfm/#task-list-items-extension-
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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
There is a feature in mdBook that lets you hide code lines by prepending them
with a `#` [like you would with Rustdoc][rustdoc-hide].
This currently only works with Rust language code blocks.
[rustdoc-hide]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rustdoc/documentation-tests.html#hiding-portions-of-the-example
@ -27,6 +28,60 @@ Will render as
# }
```
The code block has an eyeball icon (<i class="fa fa-eye"></i>) which will toggle the visibility of the hidden lines.
## Rust Playground
Rust language code blocks will automatically get a play button (<i class="fa fa-play"></i>) which will execute the code and display the output just below the code block.
This works by sending the code to the [Rust Playground].
```rust
println!("Hello, World!");
```
If there is no `main` function, then the code is automatically wrapped inside one.
If you wish to disable the play button, you can include the `noplayground` option on the code block like this:
~~~markdown
```rust,noplayground
let mut name = String::new();
std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut name).expect("failed to read line");
println!("Hello {}!", name);
```
~~~
## Rust code block attributes
Additional attributes can be included in Rust code blocks with comma, space, or tab-separated terms just after the language term. For example:
~~~markdown
```rust,ignore
# This example won't be tested.
panic!("oops!");
```
~~~
These are particularly important when using [`mdbook test`] to test Rust examples.
These use the same attributes as [rustdoc attributes], with a few additions:
* `editable` — Enables the [editor].
* `noplayground` — Removes the play button, but will still be tested.
* `mdbook-runnable` — Forces the play button to be displayed.
This is intended to be combined with the `ignore` attribute for examples that should not be tested, but you want to allow the reader to run.
* `ignore` — Will not be tested and no play button is shown, but it is still highlighted as Rust syntax.
* `should_panic` — When executed, it should produce a panic.
* `no_run` — The code is compiled when tested, but it is not run.
The play button is also not shown.
* `compile_fail` — The code should fail to compile.
* `edition2015`, `edition2018`, `edition2021` — Forces the use of a specific Rust edition.
See [`rust.edition`] to set this globally.
[`mdbook test`]: ../cli/test.md
[rustdoc attributes]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/documentation-tests.html#attributes
[editor]: theme/editor.md
[`rust.edition`]: configuration/general.md#rust-options
## Including files
With the following syntax, you can include files into your book:
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{{#playground example.rs}}
Any additional values passed after the filename will be included as attributes of the code block.
For example `\{{#playground example.rs editable}}` will create the code block like the following:
~~~markdown
```rust,editable
# Contents of example.rs here.
```
~~~
And the `editable` attribute will enable the [editor] as described at [Rust code block attributes](#rust-code-block-attributes).
[Rust Playground]: https://play.rust-lang.org/
## Controlling page \<title\>

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into your source directory automatically by using `mdbook init --theme` and just
remove the files you don't want to override.
`mdbook init --theme` will not create every file listed above.
Some files, such as `head.hbs`, do not have built-in equivalents.
Just create the file if you need it.
If you completely replace all built-in themes, be sure to also set
[`output.html.preferred-dark-theme`] in the config, which defaults to the
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To make a specific block available for editing, the attribute `editable` needs
to be added to it:
<pre><code class="language-markdown">```rust,editable
~~~markdown
```rust,editable
fn main() {
let number = 5;
print!("{}", number);
}
```</code></pre>
```
~~~
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# User Guide
This user guide provides an introduction to basic concepts of using mdBook.
- [Installation](installation.md)
- [Reading Books](reading.md)
- [Creating a Book](creating.md)

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# Creating a Book
Once you have the `mdbook` CLI tool installed, you can use it to create and render a book.
## Initializing a book
The `mdbook init` command will create a new directory containing an empty book for you to get started.
Give it the name of the directory that you want to create:
```sh
mdbook init my-first-book
```
It will ask a few questions before generating the book.
After answering the questions, you can change the current directory into the new book:
```sh
cd my-first-book
```
There are several ways to render a book, but one of the easiest methods is to use the `serve` command, which will build your book and start a local webserver:
```sh
mdbook serve --open
```
The `--open` option will open your default web browser to view your new book.
You can leave the server running even while you edit the content of the book, and `mdbook` will automatically rebuild the output *and* automatically refresh your web browser.
Check out the [CLI Guide](../cli/index.html) for more information about other `mdbook` commands and CLI options.
## Anatomy of a book
A book is built from several files which define the settings and layout of the book.
### `book.toml`
In the root of your book, there is a `book.toml` file which contains settings for describing how to build your book.
This is written in the [TOML markup language](https://toml.io/).
The default settings are usually good enough to get you started.
When you are interested in exploring more features and options that mdBook provides, check out the [Configuration chapter](../format/configuration/index.html) for more details.
A very basic `book.toml` can be as simple as this:
```toml
[book]
title = "My First Book"
```
### `SUMMARY.md`
The next major part of a book is the summary file located at `src/SUMMARY.md`.
This file contains a list of all the chapters in the book.
Before a chapter can be viewed, it must be added to this list.
Here's a basic summary file with a few chapters:
```md
# Summary
[Introduction](README.md)
- [My First Chapter](my-first-chapter.md)
- [Nested example](nested/README.md)
- [Sub-chapter](nested/sub-chapter.md)
```
Try opening up `src/SUMMARY.md` in your editor and adding a few chapters.
If any of the chapter files do not exist, `mdbook` will automatically create them for you.
For more details on other formatting options for the summary file, check out the [Summary chapter](../format/summary.md).
### Source files
The content of your book is all contained in the `src` directory.
Each chapter is a separate Markdown file.
Typically, each chapter starts with a level 1 heading with the title of the chapter.
```md
# My First Chapter
Fill out your content here.
```
The precise layout of the files is up to you.
The organization of the files will correspond to the HTML files generated, so keep in mind that the file layout is part of the URL of each chapter.
While the `mdbook serve` command is running, you can open any of the chapter files and start editing them.
Each time you save the file, `mdbook` will rebuild the book and refresh your web browser.
Check out the [Markdown chapter](../format/markdown.md) for more information on formatting the content of your chapters.
All other files in the `src` directory will be included in the output.
So if you have images or other static files, just include them somewhere in the `src` directory.
## Publishing a book
Once you've written your book, you may want to host it somewhere for others to view.
The first step is to build the output of the book.
This can be done with the `mbdook build` command in the same directory where the `book.toml` file is located:
```sh
mdbook build
```
This will generate a directory named `book` which contains the HTML content of your book.
You can then place this directory on any web server to host it.
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# Installation
There are multiple ways to install the mdBook CLI tool.
Choose any one of the methods below that best suit your needs.
If you are installing mdBook for automatic deployment, check out the [continuous integration] chapter for more examples on how to install.
[continuous integration]: ../continuous-integration.md
## Pre-compiled binaries
Executable binaries are available for download on the [GitHub Releases page][releases].
Download the binary for your platform (Windows, macOS, or Linux) and extract the archive.
The archive contains an `mdbook` executable which you can run to build your books.
To make it easier to run, put the path to the binary into your `PATH`.
[releases]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/releases
## Build from source using Rust
To build the `mdbook` executable from source, you will first need to install Rust and Cargo.
Follow the instructions on the [Rust installation page].
mdBook currently requires at least Rust version 1.46.
Once you have installed Rust, the following command can be used to build and install mdBook:
```sh
cargo install mdbook
```
This will automatically download mdBook from [crates.io], build it, and install it in Cargo's global binary directory (`~/.cargo/bin/` by default).
[Rust installation page]: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
[crates.io]: https://crates.io/
### Installing the latest master version
The version published to crates.io will ever so slightly be behind the version hosted on GitHub.
If you need the latest version you can build the git version of mdBook yourself.
Cargo makes this ***super easy***!
```sh
cargo install --git https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook.git mdbook
```
Again, make sure to add the Cargo bin directory to your `PATH`.
If you are interested in making modifications to mdBook itself, check out the [Contributing Guide] for more information.
[Contributing Guide]: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

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# Reading Books
This chapter gives an introduction on how to interact with a book produced by mdBook.
This assumes you are reading an HTML book.
The options and formatting will be different for other output formats such as PDF.
A book is organized into *chapters*.
Each chapter is a separate page.
Chapters can be nested into a hierarchy of sub-chapters.
Typically, each chapter will be organized into a series of *headings* to subdivide a chapter.
## Navigation
There are several methods for navigating through the chapters of a book.
The **sidebar** on the left provides a list of all chapters.
Clicking on any of the chapter titles will load that page.
The sidebar may not automatically appear if the window is too narrow, particularly on mobile displays.
In that situation, the menu icon (three horizontal bars) at the top-left of the page can be pressed to open and close the sidebar.
The **arrow buttons** at the bottom of the page can be used to navigate to the previous or the next chapter.
The **left and right arrow keys** on the keyboard can be used to navigate to the previous or the next chapter.
## Top menu bar
The menu bar at the top of the page provides some icons for interacting with the book.
The icons displayed will depend on the settings of how the book was generated.
| Icon | Description |
|------|-------------|
| <i class="fa fa-bars"></i> | Opens and closes the chapter listing sidebar. |
| <i class="fa fa-paint-brush"></i> | Opens a picker to choose a different color theme. |
| <i class="fa fa-search"></i> | Opens a search bar for searching within the book. |
| <i class="fa fa-print"></i> | Instructs the web browser to print the entire book. |
| <i class="fa fa-github"></i> | Opens a link to the website that hosts the source code of the book. |
| <i class="fa fa-edit"></i> | Opens a page to directly edit the source of the page you are currently reading. |
Tapping the menu bar will scroll the page to the top.
## Search
Each book has a built-in search system.
Pressing the search icon (<i class="fa fa-search"></i>) in the menu bar, or pressing the `S` key on the keyboard will open an input box for entering search terms.
Typing some terms will show matching chapters and sections in real time.
Clicking any of the results will jump to that section.
The up and down arrow keys can be used to navigate the results, and enter will open the highlighted section.
After loading a search result, the matching search terms will be highlighted in the text.
Clicking a highlighted word or pressing the `Esc` key will remove the highlighting.
## Code blocks
mdBook books are often used for programming projects, and thus support highlighting code blocks and samples.
Code blocks may contain several different icons for interacting with them:
| Icon | Description |
|------|-------------|
| <i class="fa fa-copy"></i> | Copies the code block into your local clipboard, to allow pasting into another application. |
| <i class="fa fa-play"></i> | For Rust code examples, this will execute the sample code and display the compiler output just below the example (see [playground]). |
| <i class="fa fa-eye"></i> | For Rust code examples, this will toggle visibility of "hidden" lines. Sometimes, larger examples will hide lines which are not particularly relevant to what is being illustrated (see [hiding code lines]). |
| <i class="fa fa-history"></i> | For [editable code examples][editor], this will undo any changes you have made. |
Here's an example:
```rust
println!("Hello, World!");
```
[editor]: ../format/theme/editor.md
[playground]: ../format/mdbook.md#rust-playground
[hiding code lines]: ../format/mdbook.md#hiding-code-lines

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# Introduction
A frontmatter chapter.