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Constantine Molchanov 4cf3a95554 Feature: nim book command to produce documentation from Nim-flavored Markdown (#26139)
This PR adds a new Nim compiler command and introduces some improvements
to the docgen suite in general.

1. Adds `nim book`, the new command that takes a directory with
Markdown/ReST files and generates a navigatable, searchable, Nim-first
documentation site.
2. Refactors the default nimdoc.cfg, specifically the part marked with
"needs to be refactored." Code duplication was removed, new overridable
variables were added, quirky logic with the "Group by" switch display
was fixed.

Here's a live demo of a `nim book` produced book:
https://moigagoo.github.io/nim-chronos/

The original mdBook-powered version:
https://status-im.github.io/nim-chronos/

Related to this PR but valuable on their own:
1. `.. include::` directive has received several improvements:
- You can now include code from line to line, merged:
https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/26130
- You can now include code with syntax highlighting, merged:
https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/26146
2. `.. admonition::` directive (and its derivatives like `warning`,
`error`, etc.) got new useful functions:
- You can now set a title to your admonitions, open:
https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/26159
- You can make admonitions collapsible (useful when you need to include
a large chunk if code), open: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/26159
2026-09-03 13:45:58 +02:00

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Nim

#
#
# The Nim Compiler
# (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf
#
# See the file "copying.txt", included in this
# distribution, for details about the copyright.
#
# implements the command dispatcher and several commands
when not defined(nimcore):
{.error: "nimcore MUST be defined for Nim's core tooling".}
import
std/[strutils, os, times, tables, with, json],
llstream, ast, lexer, syntaxes, options, msgs,
condsyms,
idents, extccomp,
cgen, nversion,
platform, nimconf, depends,
modules,
modulegraphs, lineinfos, pathutils, vmprofiler
when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
import std/[syncio, assertions]
import ../dist/checksums/src/checksums/sha1
import pipelines
import icprof
from icconfig import produceIcConfig, ensureIcConfig
when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
import nifbackend
import deps
import idetools
when not defined(leanCompiler):
import docgen
proc writeDepsFile(g: ModuleGraph) =
let fname = g.config.nimcacheDir / RelativeFile(g.config.projectName & ".deps")
let f = open(fname.string, fmWrite)
for m in g.ifaces:
if m.module != nil:
f.writeLine(toFullPath(g.config, m.module.position.FileIndex))
for k in g.inclToMod.keys:
if g.getModule(k).isNil: # don't repeat includes which are also modules
f.writeLine(toFullPath(g.config, k))
f.close()
proc writeCMakeDepsFile(conf: ConfigRef) =
## write a list of C files for build systems like CMake.
## only updated when the C file list changes.
let fname = getNimcacheDir(conf) / conf.outFile.changeFileExt("cdeps")
# generate output files list
var cfiles: seq[string] = @[]
for it in conf.toCompile: cfiles.add(it.cname.string)
let fileset = cfiles.toCountTable()
# read old cfiles list
var fl: File = default(File)
var prevset = initCountTable[string]()
if open(fl, fname.string, fmRead):
for line in fl.lines: prevset.inc(line)
fl.close()
# write cfiles out
if fileset != prevset:
fl = open(fname.string, fmWrite)
for line in cfiles: fl.writeLine(line)
fl.close()
proc commandGenDepend(graph: ModuleGraph) =
setPipeLinePass(graph, GenDependPass)
compilePipelineProject(graph)
let project = graph.config.projectFull
writeDepsFile(graph)
generateDot(graph, project)
# dot in graphivz tool kit is required
let graphvizDotPath = findExe("dot")
if graphvizDotPath.len == 0:
quit("gendepend: Graphviz's tool dot is required," &
"see https://graphviz.org/download for downloading")
execExternalProgram(graph.config, "dot -Tpng -o" &
changeFileExt(project, "png").string &
' ' & changeFileExt(project, "dot").string)
proc commandCheck(graph: ModuleGraph) =
let conf = graph.config
conf.setErrorMaxHighMaybe
defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimcheck")
if optWasNimscript in conf.globalOptions:
defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimscript")
defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimconfig")
elif conf.backend == backendJs:
setTarget(conf.target, osJS, cpuJS)
setPipeLinePass(graph, SemPass)
compilePipelineProject(graph)
when not defined(leanCompiler):
proc commandDoc2(graph: ModuleGraph; ext: string) =
handleDocOutputOptions graph.config
graph.config.setErrorMaxHighMaybe
case ext:
of TexExt:
setPipeLinePass(graph, Docgen2TexPass)
of JsonExt:
setPipeLinePass(graph, Docgen2JsonPass)
of HtmlExt:
setPipeLinePass(graph, Docgen2Pass)
else: raiseAssert $ext
compilePipelineProject(graph)
proc commandCompileToNif(graph: ModuleGraph) =
let conf = graph.config
extccomp.initVars(conf)
if conf.symbolFiles == disabledSf:
if {optRun, optForceFullMake} * conf.globalOptions == {optRun} or isDefined(conf, "nimBetterRun"):
if not changeDetectedViaJsonBuildInstructions(conf, conf.jsonBuildInstructionsFile):
# nothing changed
graph.config.notes = graph.config.mainPackageNotes
return
if not extccomp.ccHasSaneOverflow(conf):
conf.symbols.defineSymbol("nimEmulateOverflowChecks")
setPipeLinePass(graph, NifgenPass)
compilePipelineProject(graph)
proc commandNifC(graph: ModuleGraph) =
## Generate C code from precompiled NIF files.
## This is the new IC approach: compile modules to NIF first with `nim m`,
## then generate C code from the entry.nif file with whole-program DCE.
when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
let conf = graph.config
extccomp.initVars(conf)
if not extccomp.ccHasSaneOverflow(conf):
conf.symbols.defineSymbol("nimEmulateOverflowChecks")
# Use the NIF backend to generate C code
nifbackend.generateCode(graph, conf.projectMainIdx)
else:
rawMessage(graph.config, errGenerated, "NIF backend not available during bootstrap build")
proc commandCompileToC(graph: ModuleGraph) =
let conf = graph.config
extccomp.initVars(conf)
if conf.symbolFiles == disabledSf:
if {optRun, optForceFullMake} * conf.globalOptions == {optRun} or isDefined(conf, "nimBetterRun"):
if not changeDetectedViaJsonBuildInstructions(conf, conf.jsonBuildInstructionsFile):
# nothing changed
graph.config.notes = graph.config.mainPackageNotes
return
if not extccomp.ccHasSaneOverflow(conf):
conf.symbols.defineSymbol("nimEmulateOverflowChecks")
if conf.symbolFiles == disabledSf:
setPipeLinePass(graph, CgenPass)
else:
setPipeLinePass(graph, SemPass)
compilePipelineProject(graph)
if graph.config.errorCounter > 0:
return # issue #9933
cgenWriteModules(graph.backend, conf)
if conf.cmd != cmdTcc and graph.backend != nil:
extccomp.callCCompiler(conf)
# for now we do not support writing out a .json file with the build instructions when HCR is on
if not conf.hcrOn:
extccomp.writeJsonBuildInstructions(conf, graph.cachedFiles)
if optGenScript in graph.config.globalOptions:
writeDepsFile(graph)
if optGenCDeps in graph.config.globalOptions:
writeCMakeDepsFile(conf)
proc commandJsonScript(graph: ModuleGraph) =
extccomp.runJsonBuildInstructions(graph.config, graph.config.jsonBuildInstructionsFile)
proc commandCompileToJS(graph: ModuleGraph) =
let conf = graph.config
when defined(leanCompiler):
globalError(conf, unknownLineInfo, "compiler wasn't built with JS code generator")
else:
conf.exc = excCpp
setTarget(conf.target, osJS, cpuJS)
defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "ecmascript") # For backward compatibility
setPipeLinePass(graph, JSgenPass)
compilePipelineProject(graph)
if optGenScript in conf.globalOptions:
writeDepsFile(graph)
proc commandInteractive(graph: ModuleGraph) =
graph.config.setErrorMaxHighMaybe
initDefines(graph.config.symbols)
defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, "nimscript")
# note: seems redundant with -d:nimHasLibFFI
when hasFFI: defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, "nimffi")
setPipeLinePass(graph, InterpreterPass)
compilePipelineSystemModule(graph)
if graph.config.commandArgs.len > 0:
discard graph.compilePipelineModule(fileInfoIdx(graph.config, graph.config.projectFull), {})
else:
var m = graph.makeStdinModule()
incl(m, sfMainModule)
var idgen = IdGenerator(module: m.itemId.module, symId: m.itemId.item, typeId: 0)
let s = llStreamOpenStdIn(onPrompt = proc() = flushDot(graph.config))
discard processPipelineModule(graph, m, idgen, s)
const
PrintRopeCacheStats = false
proc hashMainCompilationParams*(conf: ConfigRef): string =
## doesn't have to be complete; worst case is a cache hit and recompilation.
var state = newSha1State()
with state:
update os.getAppFilename() # nim compiler
update conf.commandLine # excludes `arguments`, as it should
update $conf.projectFull # so that running `nim r main` from 2 directories caches differently
result = $SecureHash(state.finalize())
proc setOutFile*(conf: ConfigRef) =
proc libNameTmpl(conf: ConfigRef): string {.inline.} =
result = if conf.target.targetOS == osWindows: "$1.lib" else: "lib$1.a"
if conf.outFile.isEmpty:
var base = conf.projectName
if optUseNimcache in conf.globalOptions:
base.add "_" & hashMainCompilationParams(conf)
let targetName =
if conf.backend == backendJs: base & ".js"
elif optGenDynLib in conf.globalOptions:
platform.OS[conf.target.targetOS].dllFrmt % base
elif optGenStaticLib in conf.globalOptions: libNameTmpl(conf) % base
else: base & platform.OS[conf.target.targetOS].exeExt
conf.outFile = RelativeFile targetName
proc mainCommand*(graph: ModuleGraph) =
let conf = graph.config
let cache = graph.cache
conf.lastCmdTime = epochTime()
conf.searchPaths.add(conf.libpath)
proc customizeForBackend(backend: TBackend) =
## Sets backend specific options but don't compile to backend yet in
## case command doesn't require it. This must be called by all commands.
if conf.backend == backendInvalid:
# only set if wasn't already set, to allow override via `nim c -b:cpp`
conf.backend = backend
defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, $conf.backend)
case conf.backend
of backendC:
if conf.exc == excNone: conf.exc = excSetjmp
of backendCpp:
if conf.exc == excNone: conf.exc = excCpp
of backendObjc, backendNif: discard
of backendJs:
if conf.hcrOn:
# XXX: At the moment, system.nim cannot be compiled in JS mode
# with "-d:useNimRtl". The HCR option has been processed earlier
# and it has added this define implictly, so we must undo that here.
# A better solution might be to fix system.nim
undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "useNimRtl")
of backendInvalid: raiseAssert "unreachable"
proc compileToBackend() =
customizeForBackend(conf.backend)
if isIcDriver(conf):
# `nim c --ic:on` / `nim cpp --ic:on`: same driver as `nim ic`, entered
# through the ordinary compile command so every backend switch the user
# already knows keeps working (`nim cpp`, `--exceptions:`, `-d:`, ...).
# `customizeForBackend` above has already defined the backend symbol and
# picked the exception model, which is exactly what the per-module
# children must inherit — `computeForwardedArgs` forwards both.
setUseIc(true)
wantMainModule(conf)
setOutFile(conf)
when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
if conf.icPreparsedConfig.len == 0:
# `--ic:on` came from a `nim.cfg`/`config.nims` rather than the command
# line, so `nim.nim` could not see it before config loading and the
# precompiled config the children replay does not exist yet. Produce it
# now. (The driver then keeps the config IT parsed instead of replaying
# the artifact; both come from the same files.)
ensureIcConfig(conf)
commandIc(conf)
else:
rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "--ic:on not available in bootstrap build")
return
setOutFile(conf)
case conf.backend
of backendC: commandCompileToC(graph)
of backendCpp: commandCompileToC(graph)
of backendObjc: commandCompileToC(graph)
of backendJs: commandCompileToJS(graph)
of backendNif: commandCompileToNif(graph)
of backendInvalid: raiseAssert "unreachable"
template docLikeCmd(body) =
when defined(leanCompiler):
conf.quitOrRaise "compiler wasn't built with documentation generator"
else:
wantMainModule(conf)
let docConf = if conf.cmd == cmdDoc2tex: DocTexConfig else: DocConfig
loadConfigs(docConf, cache, conf, graph.idgen)
defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimdoc")
body
## command prepass
if conf.cmd == cmdCrun: conf.globalOptions.incl {optRun, optUseNimcache}
if conf.cmd == cmdBook: conf.globalOptions.incl {optGenIndex}
if conf.cmd notin cmdBackends + {cmdTcc}: customizeForBackend(backendC)
if conf.outDir.isEmpty:
# doc like commands can generate a lot of files (especially with --project)
# so by default should not end up in $PWD nor in $projectPath.
var ret = if optUseNimcache in conf.globalOptions: getNimcacheDir(conf)
else: conf.projectPath
if not ret.string.isAbsolute: # `AbsoluteDir` is not a real guarantee
rawMessage(conf, errCannotOpenFile, ret.string & "/")
if conf.cmd in cmdDocLike + {cmdRst2html, cmdRst2tex, cmdMd2html, cmdMd2tex, cmdBook}:
ret = ret / htmldocsDir
conf.outDir = ret
## process all commands
case conf.cmd
of cmdBackends:
compileToBackend()
of cmdTcc:
when hasTinyCBackend:
extccomp.setCC(conf, "tcc", unknownLineInfo)
if conf.backend != backendC:
rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "'run' requires c backend, got: '$1'" % $conf.backend)
compileToBackend()
else:
rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "'run' command not available; rebuild with -d:tinyc")
of cmdDoc0: docLikeCmd commandDoc(cache, conf)
of cmdDoc:
docLikeCmd():
conf.setNoteDefaults(warnRstRedefinitionOfLabel, false) # issue #13218
# because currently generates lots of false positives due to conflation
# of labels links in doc comments, e.g. for random.rand:
# ## * `rand proc<#rand,Rand,Natural>`_ that returns an integer
# ## * `rand proc<#rand,Rand,range[]>`_ that returns a float
commandDoc2(graph, HtmlExt)
if optGenIndex in conf.globalOptions and optWholeProject in conf.globalOptions:
commandBuildIndex(conf, $conf.outDir)
of cmdBook:
loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache, conf, graph.idgen)
conf.setNoteDefaults(warnCannotOpenFile, true)
commandBook(cache, conf)
commandBuildIndex(conf, $conf.outDir, exclCode = true, inclHeaders = true)
of cmdRst2html, cmdMd2html:
# XXX: why are warnings disabled by default for rst2html and rst2tex?
for warn in rstWarnings:
conf.setNoteDefaults(warn, true)
conf.setNoteDefaults(warnRstRedefinitionOfLabel, false) # similar to issue #13218
when defined(leanCompiler):
conf.quitOrRaise "compiler wasn't built with documentation generator"
else:
loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache, conf, graph.idgen)
commandRst2Html(cache, conf, preferMarkdown = (conf.cmd == cmdMd2html))
of cmdRst2tex, cmdMd2tex, cmdDoc2tex:
for warn in rstWarnings:
conf.setNoteDefaults(warn, true)
when defined(leanCompiler):
conf.quitOrRaise "compiler wasn't built with documentation generator"
else:
if conf.cmd in {cmdRst2tex, cmdMd2tex}:
loadConfigs(DocTexConfig, cache, conf, graph.idgen)
commandRst2TeX(cache, conf, preferMarkdown = (conf.cmd == cmdMd2tex))
else:
docLikeCmd commandDoc2(graph, TexExt)
of cmdJsondoc0: docLikeCmd commandJson(cache, conf)
of cmdJsondoc:
docLikeCmd():
commandDoc2(graph, JsonExt)
if optGenIndex in conf.globalOptions and optWholeProject in conf.globalOptions:
commandBuildIndexJson(conf, $conf.outDir)
of cmdCtags: docLikeCmd commandTags(cache, conf)
of cmdBuildindex: docLikeCmd commandBuildIndex(conf, $conf.projectFull, conf.outFile)
of cmdGendepend: commandGenDepend(graph)
of cmdDump:
if getConfigVar(conf, "dump.format") == "json":
wantMainModule(conf)
var definedSymbols = newJArray()
for s in definedSymbolNames(conf.symbols): definedSymbols.elems.add(%s)
var libpaths = newJArray()
var lazyPaths = newJArray()
for dir in conf.searchPaths: libpaths.elems.add(%dir.string)
for dir in conf.lazyPaths: lazyPaths.elems.add(%dir.string)
var hints = newJObject() # consider factoring with `listHints`
for a in hintMin..hintMax:
hints[$a] = %(a in conf.notes)
var warnings = newJObject()
for a in warnMin..warnMax:
warnings[$a] = %(a in conf.notes)
var dumpdata = %[
(key: "version", val: %VersionAsString),
(key: "nimExe", val: %(getAppFilename())),
(key: "prefixdir", val: %conf.getPrefixDir().string),
(key: "libpath", val: %conf.libpath.string),
(key: "project_path", val: %conf.projectFull.string),
(key: "defined_symbols", val: definedSymbols),
(key: "lib_paths", val: %libpaths),
(key: "lazyPaths", val: %lazyPaths),
(key: "outdir", val: %conf.outDir.string),
(key: "out", val: %conf.outFile.string),
(key: "nimcache", val: %getNimcacheDir(conf).string),
(key: "hints", val: hints),
(key: "warnings", val: warnings),
]
msgWriteln(conf, $dumpdata, {msgStdout, msgSkipHook, msgNoUnitSep})
# `msgNoUnitSep` to avoid generating invalid json, refs bug #17853
else:
msgWriteln(conf, "-- list of currently defined symbols --",
{msgStdout, msgSkipHook, msgNoUnitSep})
for s in definedSymbolNames(conf.symbols): msgWriteln(conf, s, {msgStdout, msgSkipHook, msgNoUnitSep})
msgWriteln(conf, "-- end of list --", {msgStdout, msgSkipHook})
for it in conf.searchPaths: msgWriteln(conf, it.string)
of cmdCheck:
commandCheck(graph)
of cmdTrack:
# `nim track --def:/--usages:/--track:` — IDE goto-definition / find-usages.
# Runs `nim ic`'s incremental frontend (nifler + per-module `nim m`, so only
# changed modules recompile and each writes a faithful, VM-executed `.s.bif`
# — covering stdlib too), then scans those NIF files (idetools.runIdeQuery).
# Shares the `nim ic` nimcache dir, so a prior `nim ic` build is reused.
setUseIc(true)
wantMainModule(conf)
setOutFile(conf)
when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
commandIc(conf, frontendOnly = true)
runIdeQuery(conf)
else:
rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "nim track not available in bootstrap build")
of cmdM:
# cmdM uses NIF files, not ROD files
graph.config.symbolFiles = disabledSf
setUseIc(true)
# vtable dispatch needs a whole-program vtable layout, which the
# per-module compilation model cannot provide (yet); methods dispatch
# through the classic if-chain dispatchers instead
excl conf.features, Feature.vtables
# `tStage` for a `nim m` process, so `Process - Stage` is its real startup
# (exec, runtime init, config replay) rather than its whole runtime.
timed tStage: commandCheck(graph)
of cmdNifC:
setUseIc(true)
excl conf.features, Feature.vtables
# Generate C code from NIF files
wantMainModule(conf)
setOutFile(conf)
commandNifC(graph)
of cmdIc:
# Generate .build.nif for nifmake
setUseIc(true)
wantMainModule(conf)
# Resolve the output binary path (honoring `--out`) up front, like cmdNifC:
# the backend build file derives the link target from `conf.absOutFile`.
setOutFile(conf)
when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
commandIc(conf)
else:
rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "nim deps not available in bootstrap build")
of cmdIcConfig:
# Produce the precompiled config artifact for `nim ic` (config already
# parsed by the normal pipeline); a separate process spawned by the driver.
wantMainModule(conf)
produceIcConfig(conf)
of cmdParse:
wantMainModule(conf)
discard parseFile(conf.projectMainIdx, cache, conf)
of cmdInteractive: commandInteractive(graph)
of cmdNimscript:
if conf.projectIsCmd or conf.projectIsStdin: discard
elif not fileExists(conf.projectFull):
rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "NimScript file does not exist: " & conf.projectFull.string)
# main NimScript logic handled in `loadConfigs`.
of cmdNop: discard
of cmdJsonscript:
setOutFile(graph.config)
commandJsonScript(graph)
of cmdUnknown, cmdNone:
rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "invalid command: " & conf.command)
if conf.errorCounter == 0 and conf.cmd notin {cmdTcc, cmdDump, cmdNop, cmdM} and
not (conf.cmd == cmdNifC and conf.icBackendStage.len > 0):
# The IC build runs hundreds of internal per-module child processes — the
# frontend `nim m` (cmdM) and the per-module backend stages (cg/emit/merge/
# link). Each would print a `[SuccessX]` summary that is pure noise (and
# misleading: `out: unknownOutput`, or `out: <the whole compiler>` for a
# step that only wrote one `.c.nif`/`.c`). The driving `nim ic` (and koch)
# reports the real result.
if optProfileVM in conf.globalOptions:
echo conf.dump(conf.vmProfileData)
genSuccessX(conf)
when PrintRopeCacheStats:
echo "rope cache stats: "
echo " tries : ", gCacheTries
echo " misses: ", gCacheMisses
echo " int tries: ", gCacheIntTries
echo " efficiency: ", formatFloat(1-(gCacheMisses.float/gCacheTries.float),
ffDecimal, 3)