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author | Martin Smith <martin.smith@nokia.com> | 2011-02-23 13:46:20 (GMT) |
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committer | Martin Smith <martin.smith@nokia.com> | 2011-02-23 13:46:20 (GMT) |
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qdoc: More updating command descriptions.
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diff --git a/tools/qdoc3/doc/qdoc-manual.qdoc b/tools/qdoc3/doc/qdoc-manual.qdoc index 24c5972..7a08916 100644 --- a/tools/qdoc3/doc/qdoc-manual.qdoc +++ b/tools/qdoc3/doc/qdoc-manual.qdoc @@ -81,26 +81,75 @@ \title Introduction to QDoc - QDoc is a tool used by Qt Developers to extract \e {qdoc comments} - from a set of source files and format them for output as HTML - pages or as DITA XML files.. This manual explains how to use the - QDoc commands and how to create a QDoc configuration file. + QDoc is a tool used by Qt Developers to generate documentation of + software projects by extracting the documentation from the project + source files and then formatting it as HTML pages or DITA XML + documents, etc. The documentation is embedded in the source files + in \e {qdoc comments}. A qdoc comment begins with an exclamation + mark \bold{(!)} e.g.: + + \code + / *! + \class QObject + \brief The QObject class is the base class of all Qt objects. + + \ingroup objectmodel + + \reentrant + + QObject is the heart of the Qt \l{Object Model}. The + central feature in this model is a very powerful mechanism + for seamless object communication called \l{signals and + slots}. You can connect a signal to a slot with connect() + and destroy the connection with disconnect(). To avoid + never ending notification loops you can temporarily block + signals with blockSignals(). The protected functions + connectNotify() and disconnectNotify() make it possible to + track connections. + + QObjects organize themselves in \l {Object Trees & + Ownership} {object trees}. When you create a QObject with + another object as parent, the object will automatically + add itself to the parent's children() list. The parent + takes ownership of the object; i.e., it will automatically + delete its children in its destructor. You can look for an + object by name and optionally type using findChild() or + findChildren(). + + Every object has an objectName() and its class name can be + found via the corresponding metaObject() (see + QMetaObject::className()). You can determine whether the + object's class inherits another class in the QObject + inheritance hierarchy by using the inherits() function. + + .... + * / + \endcode + + From this snippet, QDoc generates the now famous HTML page \l + {http://doc.trolltech.com/4.7/qobject.html} {QObject Class Reference}. + + This manual explains how to use the QDoc commands to write useful + qdoc comments in your source files. It also explains how to create + a \l {The QDoc Configuration File} {QDoc configuration file}, + which you must pass to QDoc on the command line when you run it. \section1 Running QDoc - QDoc is currently called \c {qdoc3}. To run qdoc3, use the command - line: + The current name of the QDoc program is \c {qdoc3}. To run qdoc3 + from the command line, give it the name of a configuration file: \quotation - \bold {/currentdirectory$ qdoc3 config.qdocconf} + \c {/current/dir$ ../../bin/qdoc3 ./config.qdocconf} \endquotation - ...where config.qdocconf is your \l{The QDoc Configuration File} - {QDoc configuration file}. The main purpose of the configuration - file is to tell qdoc3 where to find the source files from which to - extract qdoc comments, what kind of output to generate (HTML, DITA - XML,...}, and where to put the output. The configuration file also - contains other information for qdoc3. + \c{config.qdocconf} is your \l{The QDoc Configuration File} {QDoc + configuration file}. The configuration file is where tell QDoc + where to find the source files from which it will extract the QDoc + comments it will use to generate the documentation. It is also + where you tell QDoc what kind of output to generate (HTML, DITA + XML,...), and where to put the generated output. The configuration + file also contains other information for QDoc. \section1 Command Types @@ -112,20 +161,20 @@ \o \l {Markup Commands} \endlist - Topic commands identify the entity you are documenting, e.g. a C++ + Topic commands identify the elememt you are documenting, e.g. a C++ class, function, or type, an example, or an extra page of text - that doesn't map to any C++ entity. + that doesn't map to an underlying C++ elememnt. - Context commands tell QDoc how the entity being documented relates - to other documented entities, e.g. next and previous page links or - inclusion in page groups or library modules. They can also provide - information about the documented entity that QDoc can't get from - the source files, e.g. whether the entitity is thread-safe, an - overloaded or reimplemented function, or that it has been - deprecated. + Context commands tell QDoc how the element being documented + relates to other documented elememnts, e.g. next and previous page + links or inclusion in page groups or library modules. Context + commands can also provide information about the documented element + that QDoc can't get from the source files, e.g. whether the + element is thread-safe, an overloaded or reimplemented function, + or that it has been deprecated. Markup commands tell QDoc how text and image elements in the - document should be rendered or about the document's outline + document should be rendered, or about the document's outline structure. */ @@ -5372,8 +5421,8 @@ \section1 General Description - The QDoc comments below shows a typical example using the - navigation commands. + The QDoc comments below show a typical way of using the navigation + commands. \code / *! |