Re: API Documentation standard

[Damon Chaplin <damon helixcode com>]

Derek Simkowiak wrote:

>         How is reference documentation generated for the existing
> Glib/Gtk+?  What tools are used?  I thought there was a white paper about
> this, if so, please point me to it.

gtk-doc (in CVS) scans the header files and produces template files, which
authors fill in with descriptions of the functions/macros etc.

gtk-doc can also pick out specially-formatted comments in the .c files,
though this isn't used for GTK+. It is used in Gnome.


Damon