auto merge of : cmr/rust/rustdoc_man, r=huonw

Clarify that it's sundown, and that we don't support magic
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bors 2013-12-13 11:31:57 -08:00
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@ -486,14 +486,12 @@ include:
* `fmt!` : format data into a string
* `env!` : look up an environment variable's value at compile time
* `stringify!` : pretty-print the Rust expression given as an argument
* `proto!` : define a protocol for inter-task communication
* `include!` : include the Rust expression in the given file
* `include_str!` : include the contents of the given file as a string
* `include_bin!` : include the contents of the given file as a binary blob
* `error!`, `warn!`, `info!`, `debug!` : provide diagnostic information.
All of the above extensions, with the exception of `proto!`, are expressions
with values. `proto!` is an item, defining a new name.
All of the above extensions are expressions with values.
## Macros

@ -38,8 +38,21 @@ pub fn recalibrate() {
}
~~~
Then, one can run `rustdoc universe.rs`. By default, it generates a directory
called `doc`, with the documentation for `universe` being in
Doc comments are markdown, and are currently parsed with the
[sundown][sundown] library. rustdoc does not yet do any fanciness such as
referencing other items inline, like javadoc's `@see`. One exception to this
is that the first paragrah will be used as the "summary" of an item in the
generated documentation:
~~~
/// A whizbang. Does stuff. (this line is the summary)
///
/// Whizbangs are ...
struct Whizbang;
~~~
To generate the docs, run `rustdoc universe.rs`. By default, it generates a
directory called `doc`, with the documentation for `universe` being in
`doc/universe/index.html`. If you are using other crates with `extern mod`,
rustdoc will even link to them when you use their types, as long as their
documentation has already been generated by a previous run of rustdoc, or the
@ -70,3 +83,5 @@ color, and one can always click on a colored type to jump to its
documentation. There is a search bar at the top, which is powered by some
javascript and a statically-generated search index. No special web server is
required for the search.
[sundown]: https://github.com/vmg/sundown/

@ -3235,7 +3235,7 @@ more out of date than this document.
[container]: tutorial-container.html
[conditions]: tutorial-conditions.html
[rustpkg]: tutorial-rustpkg.html
[rustdoc]: tutorial-rustdoc.html
[rustdoc]: rustdoc.html
[wiki]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Docs
[wiki-packages]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-packages,-editors,-and-other-tools