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After Authoring a Module

Module by: Sarah Coppin, Ricardo Radaelli-Sanchez

Summary: This is a general description of what to do after the module has been written.

  1. Check the syntax of your module by using a CNXML validator. At a command line, type rxp -xVs file.cnxml, where file.cnxml is the name of the module you wish to validate.
  2. If there are errors, a general description along with a line number is returned. Fix the errors and save the changes. Don't forget to validate again to make sure all bugs/errors are gone.
  3. Once valid, commit your module into the CVS repository. At a command line, type cvs commit file.cnxml, where file.cnxml is the name of the module you wish to commit. CVS will ask you to document the changes you made to the module. In the text editor that pops up, type a description of your modifications, save the modifications file, and exit.

For more information on creating modules there is a series of three tutorials: The Beginning CNXML, The Intermediate CNXML and The Advanced CNXML. There also exists a CNXML FAQ which may answer other questions you may have.

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