---
name: "mate-doc-common"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mate-common"
version: "1.28.0-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mate-doc-common"
---

# mate-doc-common(1)

include the standard user documentation build files

## NAME

**mate-doc-common** - include the standard user documentation build files

## SYNOPSIS

```
mate-doc-common
```

## DESCRIPTION

This script is used by mate-autogen to include the standard user documentation build files in a MATE package.

To automatically include the standard user documentation build files (omf.make and xmldocs.make) in you package, set USE\_COMMON\_DOC\_BUILD=yes in autogen.sh before calling the macros/autogen.sh script.

When porting applications across to use this feature, ensure that all of the references to xmldocs.make are to $(top\_srcdir)/xmldocs.make in the appropriate Makefile.am files. Some modules assume that xmldocs.make is in another directory (like docs/ or something).

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Display the help of the script.

- **--version**

  Show the script version.

- **--copy**

  Copy files instead of make symlinks.

## SEE ALSO

[**mate-autogen**(1)](/mate-autogen/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Perberos \<perberos@gmail.com\>