[IMP] doc: move manifest description from backend tutorial to manifest doc
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most command-line options can also be set using :ref:`a configuration
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file <reference/cmdline/config>`
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An Odoo module is declared by its :ref:`manifest <reference/module/manifest>`. It
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is mandatory and contains a single python dictionary declaring various
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metadata for the module: the module's name and description, list of Odoo
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modules required for this one to work properly, references to data files, …
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The manifest's general structure is::
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{
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'name': "MyModule",
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'version': '1.0',
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'depends': ['base'],
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'author': "Author Name",
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'category': 'Category',
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'description': """
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Description text
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""",
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# data files always loaded at installation
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'data': [
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'mymodule_view.xml',
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],
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# data files containing optionally loaded demonstration data
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'demo': [
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'demo_data.xml',
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],
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}
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An Odoo module is declared by its :ref:`manifest <reference/module/manifest>`.
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See the :ref:`manifest documentation <reference/module/manifest>` information
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about it.
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A module is also a
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`Python package <http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html#packages>`_
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from . import mymodule
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Fortunately, there is a mechanism to help you set up an module. The command
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``odoo.py`` has a subcommand :ref:`scaffold <reference/cmdline/scaffold>` to
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create an empty module:
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Odoo provides a mechanism to help set up a new module, :ref:`odoo.py
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<reference/cmdline/server>` has a subcommand :ref:`scaffold
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<reference/cmdline/scaffold>` to create an empty module:
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.. code:: bash
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.. code-block:: console
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odoo.py scaffold <module name> <where to put it>
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$ odoo.py scaffold <module name> <where to put it>
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The command creates a subdirectory for your module, and automatically creates a
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bunch of standard files for a module. Most of them simply contain commented code
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It is a file called ``__openerp__.py`` and contains a single Python
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dictionary, each dictionary key specifying a module metadatum.
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::
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{
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'name': "A Module",
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'version': '1.0',
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'depends': ['base'],
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'author': "Author Name",
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'category': 'Category',
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'description': """
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Description text
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""",
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# data files always loaded at installation
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'data': [
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'mymodule_view.xml',
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],
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# data files containing optionally loaded demonstration data
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'demo': [
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'demo_data.xml',
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],
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}
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Available manifest fields are:
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``name`` (``str``, required)
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