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+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
@@ -947,6 +947,11 @@ Example::
# <- get that
##
+For legibility, wrap text paragraphs so every line is at most 70
+characters long.
+
+Separate sentences with two spaces.
+
Definition documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -963,22 +968,12 @@ commands and events), member (for structs and unions), branch (for
alternates), or value (for enums), a description of each feature (if
any), and finally optional tagged sections.
-The description of an argument or feature 'name' starts with
-'\@name:'. The description text can start on the line following the
-'\@name:', in which case it must not be indented at all. It can also
-start on the same line as the '\@name:'. In this case if it spans
-multiple lines then second and subsequent lines must be indented to
-line up with the first character of the first line of the
-description::
-
- # @argone:
- # This is a two line description
- # in the first style.
- #
- # @argtwo: This is a two line description
- # in the second style.
+Descriptions start with '\@name:'. The description text should be
+indented like this::
+
+ # @name: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed
+ # do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
-The number of spaces between the ':' and the text is not significant.
.. FIXME The parser accepts these things in almost any order.
.. FIXME union branches should be described, too.
@@ -990,23 +985,26 @@ The feature descriptions must be preceded by a line "Features:", like
this::
# Features:
+ #
# @feature: Description text
A tagged section starts with one of the following words:
"Note:"/"Notes:", "Since:", "Example"/"Examples", "Returns:", "TODO:".
The section ends with the start of a new section.
-The text of a section can start on a new line, in
-which case it must not be indented at all. It can also start
-on the same line as the "Note:", "Returns:", etc tag. In this
-case if it spans multiple lines then second and subsequent
-lines must be indented to match the first, in the same way as
-multiline argument descriptions.
+The second and subsequent lines of sections other than
+"Example"/"Examples" should be indented like this::
+
+ # Note: Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco
+ # laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
+ #
+ # Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
+ # cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
A "Since: x.y.z" tagged section lists the release that introduced the
definition.
-An "Example" or "Examples" section is automatically rendered entirely
+An "Example" or "Examples" section is rendered entirely
as literal fixed-width text. "TODO" sections are not rendered at all
(they are for developers, not users of QMP). In other sections, the
text is formatted, and rST markup can be used.
@@ -1019,7 +1017,7 @@ For example::
# Statistics of a virtual block device or a block backing device.
#
# @device: If the stats are for a virtual block device, the name
- # corresponding to the virtual block device.
+ # corresponding to the virtual block device.
#
# @node-name: The node name of the device. (since 2.3)
#
@@ -1036,8 +1034,8 @@ For example::
#
# Query the @BlockStats for all virtual block devices.
#
- # @query-nodes: If true, the command will query all the
- # block nodes ... explain, explain ... (since 2.3)
+ # @query-nodes: If true, the command will query all the block nodes
+ # ... explain, explain ... (since 2.3)
#
# Returns: A list of @BlockStats for each virtual block devices.
#