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diff --git a/src/zstd/contrib/gen_html/README.md b/src/zstd/contrib/gen_html/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..63a4caa2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/zstd/contrib/gen_html/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +gen_html - a program for automatic generation of zstd manual +============================================================ + +#### Introduction + +This simple C++ program generates a single-page HTML manual from `zstd.h`. + +The format of recognized comment blocks is following: +- comments of type `/*!` mean: this is a function declaration; switch comments with declarations +- comments of type `/**` and `/*-` mean: this is a comment; use a `<H2>` header for the first line +- comments of type `/*=` and `/**=` mean: use a `<H3>` header and show also all functions until first empty line +- comments of type `/*X` where `X` is different from above-mentioned are ignored + +Moreover: +- `ZSTDLIB_API` is removed to improve readability +- `typedef` are detected and included even if uncommented +- comments of type `/**<` and `/*!<` are detected and only function declaration is highlighted (bold) + + +#### Usage + +The program requires 3 parameters: +``` +gen_html [zstd_version] [input_file] [output_html] +``` + +To compile program and generate zstd manual we have used: +``` +make +./gen_html.exe 1.1.1 ../../lib/zstd.h zstd_manual.html +``` |