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Emojicode Documentation

This is the official documentation for Emojicode.

Building the documentation

Cd into the src directory and run npm install.

To compile the documentation you then just have to run npm start which will compile the documentation into the docs directory.

Structure of the documentation source

The source for the documentation lives in the src directory.

lib, package.json and node_modules are needed by the compiler.
templates contains the templates for the documentation.
static contains static resources like SASS (also compiled by the compiler) and fonts for the documentation.
pages contains HTML pages that are directly put into the main template and then copied over. These pages are listed in pages.json.
references and guides contains markdown documents that are compiled to a book.

Each file represents one chapter and each book has a chapters.json listing these chapters.
packages contains resource to compile the package pages and APIs.

Each package has its own directory containing a meta.json and a package.json file.

The package.json file represents the package API can be generated by the Emojicode Compiler using the -r or -R packageName option.

To generate the package.json for the s package you would run this command:
```
emojicodec -R s anyFile.emojic > package.json
```
Packages can also have a README.md file that will be display on the packages main page.

All packages that shall be included in the documentation are listed in packages/packages.json.

Emojicode Documentation Markdown

The Emojicode Documentation supports additional Markdown commands for adding callouts.

To create a Hint you start a line with >!H and to create a Caution notice you start the line with >!N.

Example:

>!H This chapter only introduces the three most important classes although there are many more.
>!H
>!H You can browse the whole API of the s package here.

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