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authorGrzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <gradha@imap.cc>2014-01-06 13:22:44 +0100
committerGrzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <gradha@imap.cc>2014-01-06 13:22:44 +0100
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@@ -11,20 +11,22 @@
 Introduction
 ============
 
-This document describes the documentation generation tools built into the *Nimrod compiler*,
-which can generate HTML and JSON output from input .nim files and projects, as well as HTML
-and LaTeX from input RST (reStructuredText) files. The output documentation will include
-module dependencies (``import``), any top-level documentation comments (##), and exported
-symbols (*), including procedures, types, and variables.
+This document describes the documentation generation tools built into the
+*Nimrod compiler*, which can generate HTML and JSON output from input .nim
+files and projects, as well as HTML and LaTeX from input RST (reStructuredText)
+files. The output documentation will include module dependencies (``import``),
+any top-level documentation comments (##), and exported symbols (*), including
+procedures, types, and variables.
 
 
 Documentation Comments
 ----------------------
-Any comments which are preceded by a double-hash (##), are interpreted as documentation.
-Comments are parsed as RST
-(see `reference <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html>`_), providing
-Nimrod module authors the ability to easily generate richly formatted documentation with only
-their well-documented code.
+
+Any comments which are preceded by a double-hash (##), are interpreted as
+documentation.  Comments are parsed as RST (see `reference
+<http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html>`_), providing
+Nimrod module authors the ability to easily generate richly formatted
+documentation with only their well-documented code.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -47,8 +49,9 @@ Field documentation comments can be added to fields like so:
   var numValues: int ## \
     ## `numValues` stores the number of values
 
-Note that without the `*` following the name of the type, the documentation for this type
-would not be generated. Documentation will only be generated for *exported* types/procedures/etc.
+Note that without the `*` following the name of the type, the documentation for
+this type would not be generated. Documentation will only be generated for
+*exported* types/procedures/etc.
 
 
 Nimrod file input
@@ -80,10 +83,11 @@ Document Types
 
 HTML
 ----
-Generation of HTML documents is done via both the ``doc`` and ``doc2`` commands. These
-command take either a single .nim file, outputting a single .html file with the same base filename,
-or multiple .nim files, outputting multiple .html files and, optionally,
-an index file.
+
+Generation of HTML documents is done via both the ``doc`` and ``doc2``
+commands. These command take either a single .nim file, outputting a single
+.html file with the same base filename, or multiple .nim files, outputting
+multiple .html files and, optionally, an index file.
 
 The ``doc`` command::
   nimrod doc sample
@@ -93,9 +97,10 @@ Partial Output::
   proc helloWorld*(times: int)
   ...
 
-Output can be viewed in full here `sample.html <docgen_samples/sample.html>`_. The next command,
-called ``doc2``, is very similar to the ``doc`` command, but will be run after the
-compiler performs semantic checking on the input nimrod module(s), which allows it to process macros.
+Output can be viewed in full here `sample.html <docgen_samples/sample.html>`_.
+The next command, called ``doc2``, is very similar to the ``doc`` command, but
+will be run after the compiler performs semantic checking on the input nimrod
+module(s), which allows it to process macros.
 
 The ``doc2`` command::
   nimrod doc2 sample
@@ -105,19 +110,21 @@ Partial Output::
   proc helloWorld(times: int) {.raises: [], tags: [].}
   ...
 
-The full output can be seen here `sample2.html <docgen_samples/sample2.html>`_. As you can see, the tool has
-extracted additional information provided to it by the compiler beyond what the ``doc``
-command provides, such as pragmas attached implicitly by the compiler. This type of information
-is not available from looking at the AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) prior to semantic checking,
-as the ``doc`` command does.
+The full output can be seen here `sample2.html <docgen_samples/sample2.html>`_.
+As you can see, the tool has extracted additional information provided to it by
+the compiler beyond what the ``doc`` command provides, such as pragmas attached
+implicitly by the compiler. This type of information is not available from
+looking at the AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) prior to semantic checking, as the
+``doc`` command does.
 
 
 JSON
 ----
-Generation of JSON documents is done via the ``jsondoc`` command. This command takes
-in a .nim file, and outputs a .json file with the same base filename. Note that this
-tool is built off of the ``doc`` command, and therefore is performed before semantic
-checking.
+
+Generation of JSON documents is done via the ``jsondoc`` command. This command
+takes in a .nim file, and outputs a .json file with the same base filename.
+Note that this tool is built off of the ``doc`` command, and therefore is
+performed before semantic checking.
 
 The ``jsondoc`` command::
   nimrod jsondoc sample
@@ -143,26 +150,27 @@ Related Options
 ::
   nimrod doc2 --project sample
 
-This will recursively generate documentation of all nimrod modules imported into the input module,
-including system modules. Be careful with this command, as it may end up sprinkling html files all
-over your filesystem!
+This will recursively generate documentation of all nimrod modules imported
+into the input module, including system modules. Be careful with this command,
+as it may end up sprinkling html files all over your filesystem!
 
 
 ``--index`` switch
 ::
   nimrod doc2 --index:on sample
 
-This will generate an index of all the exported symbols in the input Nimrod module, and put it into
-a neighboring file with the extension of `.idx`.
+This will generate an index of all the exported symbols in the input Nimrod
+module, and put it into a neighboring file with the extension of `.idx`.
 
 
 Other Input Formats
 ===================
 
-The *Nimrod compiler* also has support for RST (reStructuredText) files with the ``rst2html`` and ``rst2tex``
-commands. Documents like this one are initially written in a dialect of RST which adds support for nimrod
-sourcecode highlighting with the ``.. code-block:: nimrod`` prefix. ``code-block`` also supports highlighting
-of C++ and some other c-like languages.
+The *Nimrod compiler* also has support for RST (reStructuredText) files with
+the ``rst2html`` and ``rst2tex`` commands. Documents like this one are
+initially written in a dialect of RST which adds support for nimrod sourcecode
+highlighting with the ``.. code-block:: nimrod`` prefix. ``code-block`` also
+supports highlighting of C++ and some other c-like languages.
 
 Usage::
   nimrod rst2html docgen.txt
@@ -170,8 +178,9 @@ Usage::
 Output::
   You're reading it!
 
-The input can be viewed here `docgen.txt <docgen.txt>`_. The ``rst2tex`` command is invoked identically to
-``rst2html``, but outputs a .tex file instead of .html.
+The input can be viewed here `docgen.txt <docgen.txt>`_. The ``rst2tex``
+command is invoked identically to ``rst2html``, but outputs a .tex file instead
+of .html.
 
 
 Additional Resources
@@ -179,4 +188,5 @@ Additional Resources
 
 `Nimrod Compiler User Guide <nimrodc.html#command-line-switches>`_
 
-`RST Quick Reference <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html>`_
+`RST Quick Reference
+<http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html>`_