Oh yeah, the mp3 file is currently a bit big for an example, I'll
upload a smaller one (with less dubious copyright and music taste
issues) shortly

On 1/16/07, Justin Heyes-Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Rudi I'll take a look.
>
> It seems like what we need is an automated run through like that to
> generate the basic reference, and a series of simple tutorials for how
> the layers all work together and what you can do with the libraries.
>
>
> Justin
>
> On 1/16/07, Rudi Schlatte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On 17.01.2007, at 00:53, Justin Heyes-Jones wrote:
> >
> > > Yeah that's pretty good stuff.
> > >
> > > Do you know of anything that can create the list of functions and
> > > constants along with the docstrings? That would be a good start.
> >
> > The sbcl documentation builder does this, although the code is ugly
> > (I wrote the original version, so I know) and somewhat sbcl-
> > dependent.  As far as I know, a variant can be found in McCLIM as Doc/
> > docstrings.lisp that might be a bit cleaner.
> >
> > What the code does is run through a list of packages and inspect the
> > exported symbols, creating Texinfo documentation snippets for
> > classes, structures, conditions, functions, variables and macros.
> > Some lightweight heuristic formatting is applied to the docstrings,
> > so e.g. parameter names are set in monospace.  The resulting text
> > looks a bit like the hyperspec or elisp manual function descriptions.
> >
> > What the code doesn't do is create whole chapters of documentation.
> > Those who have to read through the typical JavaDoc API documents
> > might see this as a feature.  Instead, the manual writer inserts
> > @include statements at chosen points in the main Texinfo documents.
> > Examples of this system are the SBCL and McCLIM manuals.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Rudi
> >
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