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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "docbook/dtd/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<book>
+ <title>The Music Player Daemon - Developer's Manual</title>
+
+ <chapter>
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This is a guide for those who wish to hack on the MPD source
+ code. MPD is an open project, and we are always happy about
+ contributions. So far, more than 50 people have contributed
+ patches.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This document is work in progress. Most of it may be incomplete
+ yet. Please help!
+ </para>
+ </chapter>
+
+ <chapter>
+ <title>Code Style</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ indent with tabs (width 8)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ don't write CPP when you can write C: use inline functions
+ and enums instead of macros
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ the code should be C99 compliant, and must compile with
+ <application>GCC</application>;
+ <application>clang</application> support is highly desirable
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ C++ is ok (for integrating C++ only libraries), but it
+ should be avoided
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Some example code:
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting lang="C">static inline bool
+foo(const char *abc, int xyz)
+{
+ if (abc == NULL) {
+ g_warning("Foo happened!\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return xyz;
+}
+ </programlisting>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </chapter>
+
+ <chapter>
+ <title>Hacking The Source</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Always write your code against the latest git:
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>git clone git://git.musicpd.org/master/mpd.git</programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+ Configure with the options <option>--enable-debug
+ --enable-werror</option>. Enable as many plugins as possible,
+ to be sure that you don't break any disabled code.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Don't mix several changes in one single patch. Create a
+ separate patch for every change. Tools like
+ <application>stgit</application> help you with that.
+ </para>
+ </chapter>
+
+ <chapter>
+ <title>Submitting Patches</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Send your patches to the mailing list:
+ musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net
+ </para>
+ </chapter>
+</book>