Finding API documentation by function name

["Raja Mukherji" <rajamukherji gmail com>]

Hi all,

I'm writing a binding generator for my language to Gtk and want the
generator to be able to insert documentation into the generated code
automatically. Is there any existing program/script for getting the
documentation associated with a specific api function? For example:

<program> gtk_about_dialog_new

could print out the lines (as copied from devhelp):

Creates a new GtkAboutDialog.

Returns :
        a newly created GtkAboutDialog

Or it could (preferably) print them out in XML, or some other structured format.

I could probably fashion something myself, possibly from the files
that devhelp generates, but I was wondering if anyone has already done
so, or knows of any existing solution.

Thanks
Raja Mukherji