README.md
1 gen_manual - a program for automatic generation of manual from source code
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4 #### Introduction
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6 This simple C++ program generates a single-page HTML manual from `lz4.h`.
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8 The format of recognized comment blocks is following:
9 - comments of type `/*!` mean: this is a function declaration; switch comments with declarations
10 - comments of type `/**` and `/*-` mean: this is a comment; use a `<H2>` header for the first line
11 - comments of type `/*=` and `/**=` mean: use a `<H3>` header and show also all functions until first empty line
12 - comments of type `/*X` where `X` is different from above-mentioned are ignored
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14 Moreover:
15 - `LZ4LIB_API` is removed to improve readability
16 - `typedef` are detected and included even if uncommented
17 - comments of type `/**<` and `/*!<` are detected and only function declaration is highlighted (bold)
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19
20 #### Usage
21
22 The program requires 3 parameters:
23 ```
24 gen_manual [lz4_version] [input_file] [output_html]
25 ```
26
27 To compile program and generate lz4 manual we have used:
28 ```
29 make
30 ./gen_manual.exe 1.7.3 ../../lib/lz4.h lz4_manual.html
31 ```
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