Doxygen¶

doxygen is an open source program that creates software documentations in HTML, RTF, and LaTex from the marked comments in source files. The main web page is as follows: http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/index.htm. It supports a number of languages including C/C++ and Matlab.

The download page is: http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/download.html#latestsrc <- NOTE, subject to change like all web links! Google if not found here

It is easy to get started using a binary distribution for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

A one sheet font & back 'cheat sheet' of the most common Doxygen codes can be found at: http://www.digilife.be/quickreferences/QRC/Doxygen%20Quick%20Reference.pdf

A good documentation for C prepared by the CS Dept at Carnegie Mellon University is found at: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~410/doc/doxygen.html#commands

This author put the comments in the .h file. This practice helps the users of the library. On the other hand, it is easier for a developer to maintain both source codes and comments in .c files instead of .h files. You can choose an approach that is easier for you.

You can use a Readme file containing the main command to maintain the overview of the software and installation instructions.