use multiple .dtx file to make only .sty file

Question

I would like to split the voluminous .dtx of eledmac in multiple .dtx file. 1) one for the user handbook 2) many other for the package code + handbook.

So my objectives are: 1) have multiple .dtx file 2) but produce one .sty file and one .pdf file

what is the best way?

Answer 1

It is quite straight-forward to split the code for a single .sty over multiple sources: after all, the .dtx format was created to support the work of the LaTeX team where there is a significant need for this type of thing. The \generate macro takes two arguments where the second can have multiple source files

\input docstrip
\generate{mypackage.sty}{%
  \from{mysource1.dtx}{package}%
  \from{mysource2.dtx}{package}%
  \from{mysource3.dtx}{package}%
  ...
}

In terms of making a single PDF, that comes down to having a source file that will generate the documentation and then typesetting it. Depending on exactly how you want to set things up, you might have a simple .tex file for the user documentation, might use a .dtx or might arrange that the user documentation is inside the code .dtx files and only the user part of each one is read by a master .tex file. However, that does not depend at all on where your code sources are.