cdox

A script to automate documentation of your C APIs in markdown format.

cdox reads in a source code file creates documentation based on the comments. it's sort of like doxygen but simpler and creates a markdown file.

Usage

cdox infile outfile

Installation

pip install cdox

Rules

cdox keywords:

• @name: name of documentation.
• @description: description of file documentation.
• @desc: a description of a function.
• @param: a bullet point for info on a function paramter.
• @return: a bullet point for what the function returns.

rules:

• the keywords must be in multiline comments.
• the multiline comments must start with /* * and end with * */ each on their own line.
• the function name/protoype must be on the line following the * */

Example Usage

Check out example.md for what the below example would produce.

// test.c

/* *
 * strncmp
 * 
 * @desc: compare two strings up to `n` characters.
 * 
 * @param: `s1` - a char array of at least one char.
 * @param: `s2` - a char array of at least one char.
 * @param: `n` - the number of chars to compare of each string.
 * 
 * @return: 0 if strings are the same else a non-zero int.
 * */
int strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, int n)
{
  while(n > 0 && *s1 == *s2++) {
    if(*s1++ == '\0')
      return 0;
    n--;
  }
  return (n == 0 ? 0 : *s1 - *--s2);
}

todo

• add feature to allow making section headers
• add @global keyword for documentation of global variables