Release-1.2.1-20000829

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/addon/configgen/config_templ.l b/addon/configgen/config_templ.l
index aab5755..98a688f 100644
--- a/addon/configgen/config_templ.l
+++ b/addon/configgen/config_templ.l
@@ -812,6 +812,20 @@ void checkConfig()
 #endif
     s=Config::includePath.next();
   }
+
+  // check aliases
+  s=Config::aliasList.first();
+  while (s)
+  {
+    QRegExp re("[a-z_A-Z][a-z_A-Z0-9]*[ \t]*=");
+    QCString alias=s;
+    alias=alias.stripWhiteSpace();
+    if (alias.find(re)!=0)
+    {
+      err("Illegal alias format `%s'. Use \"name=value\"\n",alias.data());
+    }
+    s=Config::aliasList.next();
+  }
   
   // check dot path
   if (!Config::dotPath.isEmpty())
diff --git a/addon/configgen/configgen.cpp b/addon/configgen/configgen.cpp
index 4367f20..48146ee 100644
--- a/addon/configgen/configgen.cpp
+++ b/addon/configgen/configgen.cpp
@@ -1014,6 +1014,18 @@ void init()
                     "disable (NO) the test list. This list is created by putting \\test \n"
                     "commands in the documentation.\n"
                  );
+  ConfigList::add(  "aliasList",
+                    "ALIASES",
+                    "",
+                    "list of aliases",
+                    "This tag can be used to specify a number of aliases that acts \n"
+                    "as commands in the documentation. An alias has the form \"\\name=value\". \n"
+                    "For example adding \"sideeffect=\\par Side Effects:\\n\" will allow you to \n"
+                    "put the command \\sideeffect (or @sideeffect) in the documentation, which \n"
+                    "will result in a user defined paragraph with heading \"Side Effects:\". \n"
+                    "You can put \\n's in the value part of an alias to insert newlines. \n" 
+                    "Predefined commands cannot be overwritten using aliases. \n" 
+                 );
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   ConfigInfo::add(  "Messages","configuration options related to warning and progress messages");
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------