remove ancient SetModal(), it was deprecated long ago and is not present in wxMSW...

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / tech / tn0003.txt

diff --git a/docs/tech/tn0003.txt b/docs/tech/tn0003.txt
index 0f399147d4736f8a801a6f4790c0253f7c11952d..f81beb40748275b010b686e545ad797137a9d41f 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/tech/tn0003.txt
+++ b/docs/tech/tn0003.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ documentation in the form of C++ comments and output in HTML, and XML
 (Doxygen itself can also output Latex, manpages, RTF, PDF etc).
 See http://www.doxygen.org for more info about Doxygen.
 
 (Doxygen itself can also output Latex, manpages, RTF, PDF etc).
 See http://www.doxygen.org for more info about Doxygen.
 

-If you want to add documentation of a new class/function to the 
+If you want to add documentation of a new class/function to the

 existing manual in docs/doxygen, you need to create a new .h file,
 e.g. myclass.h, under the interface folder, which contains the public
 interface of the new class/function in C++ syntax.
 existing manual in docs/doxygen, you need to create a new .h file,
 e.g. myclass.h, under the interface folder, which contains the public
 interface of the new class/function in C++ syntax.


@@ -33,14 +33,22 @@ which are implementation details.
 Running Doxygen
 ===============
 
 Running Doxygen
 ===============
 

-First, make sure you have a recent version of Doxygen installed in your system.
+First, make sure you have a recent version of Doxygen installed in your system
+(you'll need Doxygen >= 1.5.7).

 
 

-For HTML:
+On Unix:

 
 

+  1) run wxWidgets/docs/doxygen/regen.sh [format-to-generate]
+
+On Windows:

   1) cd wxWidgets/docs/doxygen
   1) cd wxWidgets/docs/doxygen

-  2) run ./regen.sh [Unix]    or   regen.bat [Windows]
+  2) run regen.bat [format-to-generate]
+
+If you don't specify which format to [re]generate, all output formats will
+be enabled. Possible values for [format-to-generate] are: "html", "chm", "latex",
+"xml" and "all".

 
 

-[TODO: istructions for generation of other formats]
+The output of Doxygen is all placed in the wxWidgets/docs/doxygen/out folder.

 
 
 Important Dos and Don'ts
 
 
 Important Dos and Don'ts


@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@ DO:
 - when you write true, false and NULL with their C++ semantic meaning,
   then use the @true, @false and @NULL commands.
 
 - when you write true, false and NULL with their C++ semantic meaning,
   then use the @true, @false and @NULL commands.
 

-- separe different paragraphs with an empty comment line.
+- separate different paragraphs with an empty comment line.

   This is important otherwise Doxygen puts everything in the same
   paragraph making the result less readable.
 
   This is important otherwise Doxygen puts everything in the same
   paragraph making the result less readable.
 


@@ -89,9 +97,9 @@ DO:
        write:
             @itemdef{wxEVT_MACRO(id\, func), This is the description of the macro}
 
        write:
             @itemdef{wxEVT_MACRO(id\, func), This is the description of the macro}
 

-  Also note that you need to escape only the commas of the first argument's text;
-  second argument can have up to 10 commas unescaped (see the Doxyfile for the
-  trick used to implement this).
+  Also note that you need to escape only the commas of the first argument's
+  text; second argument can have up to 10 commas unescaped (see the Doxyfile
+  for the trick used to implement this).

 
 - for linking use one of:
      => the @ref command to refer to topic overviews;
 
 - for linking use one of:
      => the @ref command to refer to topic overviews;


@@ -100,7 +108,8 @@ DO:
      => the classname:: operator to refer to functions of classes different
         from the one you're documenting;
      => the :: prefix to refer to global variables (e.g. ::wxEmptyString).
      => the classname:: operator to refer to functions of classes different
         from the one you're documenting;
      => the :: prefix to refer to global variables (e.g. ::wxEmptyString).

-  Class names are auto-linked by Doxygen without the need of any explicit command.
+  Class names are auto-linked by Doxygen without the need of any explicit
+  command.

 
 DON'T:
 
 
 DON'T:
 


@@ -127,7 +136,6 @@ Start off with:
 
 /**
     @class wxMyClass
 
 /**
     @class wxMyClass

-    @wxheader{myclass.h}

 
     ...here goes the description...
 
 
     ...here goes the description...
 


@@ -164,9 +172,39 @@ Start off with:
          manual pages using the @ref command
 */
 
          manual pages using the @ref command
 */
 

-Note that everything *except* the @class, @wxheader, @library and @category
+Note that everything *except* the @class, @library and @category

 commands are optionals.
 
 commands are optionals.
 

+Also note that if you use @section and @subsection in the class description
+(at the beginning), you should use as the section's anchor name "xxxx_yyyy"
+where "xxxx" is the class name without the initial "wx" in lowercase
+and "yyyy" is a lowercase word which uniquely identifies that section.
+E.g.:
+
+/**
+    @class wxMyClass
+
+    This class does not exist really and is only used as an example
+    of best documentation practices.
+
+    @section myclass_special Special functions of this class
+
+    This section describes the functions whose usage is reserved for
+    wxWidgets internal mechanisms... etc etc...
+
+
+    @section myclass_custom Customizing wxMyClass
+
+    What if you want to customize this powerful class?
+    First you should do this and that, etc etc...
+
+
+    @library{wxbase}
+    @category{misc}
+
+    @see wxMyOtherClass
+*/
+

 
 
 Documentation comment for a function
 
 
 Documentation comment for a function


@@ -195,7 +233,7 @@ Start off with:
 
 Note that the @return, @note, @remarks, @see commands are optional.
 
 
 Note that the @return, @note, @remarks, @see commands are optional.
 

-The @param command has an optional attribute specifying the direction of 
+The @param command has an optional attribute specifying the direction of

 the attribute. Possible values are "in" and "out". E.g.
 
 /**
 the attribute. Possible values are "in" and "out". E.g.
 
 /**


@@ -241,19 +279,20 @@ and are completely placed inside a single comment block in the form of:
 */
 
 Note that there is a convention in the anchor link names.
 */
 
 Note that there is a convention in the anchor link names.

-Doxygen in fact requires that for each @page, @section, @subsection, etc tag, 
+Doxygen in fact requires that for each @page, @section, @subsection, etc tag,

 there is a corresponding link anchor.
 
 The following conventions are used in wxWidgets doxygen comments:
 
 there is a corresponding link anchor.
 
 The following conventions are used in wxWidgets doxygen comments:
 

-1) all "main" pages of the manual (those which are placed in docs/doxygen/mainpages) 
-   have link anchors which begin with "page_"
+1) all "main" pages of the manual (those which are placed in
+   docs/doxygen/mainpages) have link anchors which begin with "page_"

 
 

-2) all topic overviews (those which are placed in docs/doxygen/overviews) have link 
-   anchors which begin with "overview_"
+2) all topic overviews (those which are placed in docs/doxygen/overviews) have
+   link anchors which begin with "overview_"

 
 

-3) all @section, @subsection, @subsubsection tags should have as link anchor name
-   the name of the parent section plus a specific word separed with an underscore; e.g.:
+3) all @section, @subsection, @subsubsection tags should have as link anchor
+   name the name of the parent section plus a specific word separated with an
+   underscore; e.g.:

 
 /*!
 
 
 /*!
 


@@ -273,5 +312,5 @@ The following conventions are used in wxWidgets doxygen comments:
 
 === EOF ===
 
 
 === EOF ===
 

-Author: FM (under the lines of the previous technote about tex2rtf)
+Author: FM (along the lines of the previous technote about tex2rtf)

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