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DoxyS, advanced free C++ documentation tool

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5 Mar 2005 1  
C++ documentation tool inspired by MS documentation style

Introduction

DoxyS is a code documentation tool for C++/C. DoxyS strives to yield a very professional looking output, presenting the the code in a structured easy to navigate set of HTML pages. Easy to use: just navigate to the root of your code directory and type doxys.

Currently it runs on Windows and Linux, but should be quite portable.

Main features

  • Generated output reflects the code directory structure.
  • Layers of abstraction with heavy use of overview tables providing names and brief descriptions of classes, functions etc. Inspired by Microsoft documentation.
  • Wiki like syntax for writing directory level documentation and related documentation pages or even design documents.

Sample Image - Function_description.jpg

Other key features

  • Generated output reflects the code directory structure.
  • Layers of abstraction with heavy use of overview tables providing names and brief descriptions of classes, functions etc. Inspired by Microsoft documentation.
  • Wiki like syntax for writing directory level documentation and related documentation pages or even design documents.
  • Built in incremental search engine (JavaScript).
  • Various diagrams with mouse over effects to provide additional information.
  • Strong support for templates, enumerations and overloaded functions.
  • Freedom to put documentation blocks anywhere.
  • Professional output with consistent placement of special sections like: Note, See Also, Examples etc.
  • Automatic linking to known entities.
  • Can cope with very large projects.

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