Merge pull request #1153 from azerupi/draft-chapters

Bring back draft chapters

book-example/src/SUMMARY.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     - [clean](cli/clean.md)
 - [Format](format/README.md)
     - [SUMMARY.md](format/summary.md)
+        - [Draft chapter]()
     - [Configuration](format/config.md)
     - [Theme](format/theme/README.md)
         - [index.hbs](format/theme/index-hbs.md)

book-example/src/format/summary.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ are. Without this file, there is no book.
 Even though `SUMMARY.md` is a markdown file, the formatting is very strict to
 allow for easy parsing. Let's see how you should format your `SUMMARY.md` file.
 
-#### Allowed elements
+#### Structure
 
 1. ***Title*** It's common practice to begin with a title, generally <code
    class="language-markdown"># Summary</code>. But it is not mandatory, the
@@ -36,3 +36,19 @@ allow for easy parsing. Let's see how you should format your `SUMMARY.md` file.
 
 All other elements are unsupported and will be ignored at best or result in an
 error.
+
+#### Other elements
+
+- ***Separators*** In between chapters you can add a separator. In the HTML renderer
+  this will result in a line being rendered in the table of contents. A separator is
+  a line containing exclusively dashes and at least three of them: `---`.
+- ***Draft chapters*** Draft chapters are chapters without a file and thus content.
+  The purpose of a draft chapter is to signal future chapters still to be written.
+  Or when still laying out the structure of the book to avoid creating the files
+  while you are still changing the structure of the book a lot.
+  Draft chapters will be rendered in the HTML renderer as disabled links in the table
+  of contents, as you can see for the next chapter in the table of contents on the left.
+  Draft chapters are written like normal chapters but without writing the path to the file
+  ```markdown
+  - [Draft chapter]()  
+  ``` 

src/book/book.rs

@@ -39,17 +39,19 @@ fn create_missing(src_dir: &Path, summary: &Summary) -> Result<()> {
         let next = items.pop().expect("already checked");
 
         if let SummaryItem::Link(ref link) = *next {
-            let filename = src_dir.join(&link.location);
-            if !filename.exists() {
-                if let Some(parent) = filename.parent() {
-                    if !parent.exists() {
-                        fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
+            if let Some(ref location) = link.location {
+                let filename = src_dir.join(location);
+                if !filename.exists() {
+                    if let Some(parent) = filename.parent() {
+                        if !parent.exists() {
+                            fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
+                        }
                     }
-                }
-                debug!("Creating missing file {}", filename.display());
+                    debug!("Creating missing file {}", filename.display());
 
-                let mut f = File::create(&filename)?;
-                writeln!(f, "# {}", link.name)?;
+                    let mut f = File::create(&filename)?;
+                    writeln!(f, "# {}", link.name)?;
+                }
             }
 
             items.extend(&link.nested_items);
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ pub struct Chapter {
     /// Nested items.
     pub sub_items: Vec<BookItem>,
     /// The chapter's location, relative to the `SUMMARY.md` file.
-    pub path: PathBuf,
+    pub path: Option<PathBuf>,
     /// An ordered list of the names of each chapter above this one, in the hierarchy.
     pub parent_names: Vec<String>,
 }
@@ -168,11 +170,31 @@ impl Chapter {
         Chapter {
             name: name.to_string(),
             content,
-            path: path.into(),
+            path: Some(path.into()),
+            parent_names,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new draft chapter that is not attached to a source markdown file and has
+    /// thus no content.
+    pub fn new_draft(name: &str, parent_names: Vec<String>) -> Self {
+        Chapter {
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            content: String::new(),
+            path: None,
             parent_names,
             ..Default::default()
         }
     }
+
+    /// Check if the chapter is a draft chapter, meaning it has no path to a source markdown file
+    pub fn is_draft_chapter(&self) -> bool {
+        match self.path {
+            Some(_) => false,
+            None => true,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Use the provided `Summary` to load a `Book` from disk.
@@ -202,7 +224,7 @@ pub(crate) fn load_book_from_disk<P: AsRef<Path>>(summary: &Summary, src_dir: P)
     })
 }
 
-fn load_summary_item<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+fn load_summary_item<P: AsRef<Path> + Clone>(
     item: &SummaryItem,
     src_dir: P,
     parent_names: Vec<String>,
@@ -220,28 +242,35 @@ fn load_chapter<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     src_dir: P,
     parent_names: Vec<String>,
 ) -> Result<Chapter> {
-    debug!("Loading {} ({})", link.name, link.location.display());
     let src_dir = src_dir.as_ref();
 
-    let location = if link.location.is_absolute() {
-        link.location.clone()
-    } else {
-        src_dir.join(&link.location)
-    };
+    let mut ch = if let Some(ref link_location) = link.location {
+        debug!("Loading {} ({})", link.name, link_location.display());
+
+        let location = if link_location.is_absolute() {
+            link_location.clone()
+        } else {
+            src_dir.join(link_location)
+        };
 
-    let mut f = File::open(&location)
-        .chain_err(|| format!("Chapter file not found, {}", link.location.display()))?;
+        let mut f = File::open(&location)
+            .chain_err(|| format!("Chapter file not found, {}", link_location.display()))?;
 
-    let mut content = String::new();
-    f.read_to_string(&mut content)
-        .chain_err(|| format!("Unable to read \"{}\" ({})", link.name, location.display()))?;
+        let mut content = String::new();
+        f.read_to_string(&mut content)
+            .chain_err(|| format!("Unable to read \"{}\" ({})", link.name, location.display()))?;
 
-    let stripped = location
-        .strip_prefix(&src_dir)
-        .expect("Chapters are always inside a book");
+        let stripped = location
+            .strip_prefix(&src_dir)
+            .expect("Chapters are always inside a book");
+
+        Chapter::new(&link.name, content, stripped, parent_names.clone())
+    } else {
+        Chapter::new_draft(&link.name, parent_names.clone())
+    };
 
     let mut sub_item_parents = parent_names.clone();
-    let mut ch = Chapter::new(&link.name, content, stripped, parent_names);
+
     ch.number = link.number.clone();
 
     sub_item_parents.push(link.name.clone());
@@ -376,15 +405,15 @@ And here is some \
             name: String::from("Nested Chapter 1"),
             content: String::from("Hello World!"),
             number: Some(SectionNumber(vec![1, 2])),
-            path: PathBuf::from("second.md"),
+            path: Some(PathBuf::from("second.md")),
             parent_names: vec![String::from("Chapter 1")],
             sub_items: Vec::new(),
         };
         let should_be = BookItem::Chapter(Chapter {
             name: String::from("Chapter 1"),
             content: String::from(DUMMY_SRC),
             number: None,
-            path: PathBuf::from("chapter_1.md"),
+            path: Some(PathBuf::from("chapter_1.md")),
             parent_names: Vec::new(),
             sub_items: vec![
                 BookItem::Chapter(nested.clone()),
@@ -408,7 +437,7 @@ And here is some \
             sections: vec![BookItem::Chapter(Chapter {
                 name: String::from("Chapter 1"),
                 content: String::from(DUMMY_SRC),
-                path: PathBuf::from("chapter_1.md"),
+                path: Some(PathBuf::from("chapter_1.md")),
                 ..Default::default()
             })],
             ..Default::default()
@@ -448,7 +477,7 @@ And here is some \
                     name: String::from("Chapter 1"),
                     content: String::from(DUMMY_SRC),
                     number: None,
-                    path: PathBuf::from("Chapter_1/index.md"),
+                    path: Some(PathBuf::from("Chapter_1/index.md")),
                     parent_names: Vec::new(),
                     sub_items: vec![
                         BookItem::Chapter(Chapter::new(
@@ -500,7 +529,7 @@ And here is some \
                     name: String::from("Chapter 1"),
                     content: String::from(DUMMY_SRC),
                     number: None,
-                    path: PathBuf::from("Chapter_1/index.md"),
+                    path: Some(PathBuf::from("Chapter_1/index.md")),
                     parent_names: Vec::new(),
                     sub_items: vec![
                         BookItem::Chapter(Chapter::new(
@@ -537,7 +566,7 @@ And here is some \
         let summary = Summary {
             numbered_chapters: vec![SummaryItem::Link(Link {
                 name: String::from("Empty"),
-                location: PathBuf::from(""),
+                location: Some(PathBuf::from("")),
                 ..Default::default()
             })],
             ..Default::default()
@@ -556,7 +585,7 @@ And here is some \
         let summary = Summary {
             numbered_chapters: vec![SummaryItem::Link(Link {
                 name: String::from("nested"),
-                location: dir,
+                location: Some(dir),
                 ..Default::default()
             })],
             ..Default::default()

src/book/mod.rs

@@ -251,37 +251,40 @@ impl MDBook {
 
         for item in book.iter() {
             if let BookItem::Chapter(ref ch) = *item {
-                if !ch.path.as_os_str().is_empty() {
-                    let path = self.source_dir().join(&ch.path);
-                    info!("Testing file: {:?}", path);
-
-                    // write preprocessed file to tempdir
-                    let path = temp_dir.path().join(&ch.path);
-                    let mut tmpf = utils::fs::create_file(&path)?;
-                    tmpf.write_all(ch.content.as_bytes())?;
-
-                    let mut cmd = Command::new("rustdoc");
-                    cmd.arg(&path).arg("--test").args(&library_args);
-
-                    if let Some(edition) = self.config.rust.edition {
-                        match edition {
-                            RustEdition::E2015 => {
-                                cmd.args(&["--edition", "2015"]);
-                            }
-                            RustEdition::E2018 => {
-                                cmd.args(&["--edition", "2018"]);
-                            }
+                let chapter_path = match ch.path {
+                    Some(ref path) if !path.as_os_str().is_empty() => path,
+                    _ => continue,
+                };
+
+                let path = self.source_dir().join(&chapter_path);
+                info!("Testing file: {:?}", path);
+
+                // write preprocessed file to tempdir
+                let path = temp_dir.path().join(&chapter_path);
+                let mut tmpf = utils::fs::create_file(&path)?;
+                tmpf.write_all(ch.content.as_bytes())?;
+
+                let mut cmd = Command::new("rustdoc");
+                cmd.arg(&path).arg("--test").args(&library_args);
+
+                if let Some(edition) = self.config.rust.edition {
+                    match edition {
+                        RustEdition::E2015 => {
+                            cmd.args(&["--edition", "2015"]);
+                        }
+                        RustEdition::E2018 => {
+                            cmd.args(&["--edition", "2018"]);
                         }
                     }
+                }
 
-                    let output = cmd.output()?;
+                let output = cmd.output()?;
 
-                    if !output.status.success() {
-                        bail!(ErrorKind::Subprocess(
-                            "Rustdoc returned an error".to_string(),
-                            output
-                        ));
-                    }
+                if !output.status.success() {
+                    bail!(ErrorKind::Subprocess(
+                        "Rustdoc returned an error".to_string(),
+                        output
+                    ));
                 }
             }
         }