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authorMarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>2019-01-04 11:49:19 +0100
committerMarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>2019-01-04 11:49:29 +0100
commitfd83c57d6bee7c9ba6e39ca088760f3c11b76eeb (patch)
treeeb5dcb137c16738bda5cc4a40b8d7de1ec7215e1
parentf51aeac5add6cff57a6e9fee62caa34058a4e524 (diff)
parenta62e6672963f0fd9e31c8a6e252e8230052632ec (diff)
Merge #14832: docs: Add more Doxygen information to Developer Notes
a62e667296 docs: Add more Doxygen information to Developer Notes (Jon Layton) Pull request description: Update information about Doxygen in `doc/developer-notes.md`. Alternatively, this could have its own file (like `doc/web-documentation.md`), since there are installation steps included. For example, I had to run: ``` brew install doxygen graphviz ``` on MacOS, otherwise failures occurred. This information could also be linked to the `doc/release-process.md`. Tree-SHA512: 5d77ee83e1b96fde036482b502f676a90a56f3f667753545a7cfba5c2e3b825644bb4cf0f8a84b7f9ba92fa5f2e1cd6ef1e27a94277f43d012355df741f7dd2f
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diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md
index a6df17ddd8..e0def4ea27 100644
--- a/doc/developer-notes.md
+++ b/doc/developer-notes.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Developer Notes
- [Developer Notes](#developer-notes)
- [Coding Style (General)](#coding-style-general)
- [Coding Style (C++)](#coding-style-c)
- - [Doxygen comments](#doxygen-comments)
- [Coding Style (Python)](#coding-style-python)
+ - [Coding Style (Doxygen-compatible comments)](#coding-style-doxygen-compatible-comments)
- [Development tips and tricks](#development-tips-and-tricks)
- [Compiling for debugging](#compiling-for-debugging)
- [Compiling for gprof profiling](#compiling-for-gprof-profiling)
@@ -120,10 +120,17 @@ public:
} // namespace foo
```
-Doxygen comments
------------------
+Coding Style (Python)
+---------------------
+
+Refer to [/test/functional/README.md#style-guidelines](/test/functional/README.md#style-guidelines).
-To facilitate the generation of documentation, use doxygen-compatible comment blocks for functions, methods and fields.
+Coding Style (Doxygen-compatible comments)
+------------------------------------------
+
+Bitcoin Core uses [Doxygen](http://www.doxygen.nl/) to generate its official documentation.
+
+Use Doxygen-compatible comment blocks for functions, methods, and fields.
For example, to describe a function use:
```c++
@@ -156,7 +163,7 @@ int var; //!< Detailed description after the member
```
or
-```cpp
+```c++
//! Description before the member
int var;
```
@@ -176,15 +183,15 @@ Not OK (used plenty in the current source, but not picked up):
//
```
-A full list of comment syntaxes picked up by doxygen can be found at http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/manual/docblocks.html,
-but if possible use one of the above styles.
-
-Documentation can be generated with `make docs` and cleaned up with `make clean-docs`.
+A full list of comment syntaxes picked up by Doxygen can be found at https://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/manual/docblocks.html,
+but the above styles are favored.
-Coding Style (Python)
----------------------
+Documentation can be generated with `make docs` and cleaned up with `make clean-docs`. The resulting files are located in `doc/doxygen/html`; open `index.html` to view the homepage.
-Refer to [/test/functional/README.md#style-guidelines](/test/functional/README.md#style-guidelines).
+Before running `make docs`, you will need to install dependencies `doxygen` and `dot`. For example, on MacOS via Homebrew:
+```
+brew install doxygen --with-graphviz
+```
Development tips and tricks
---------------------------