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1*3117ece4Schristosgen_html - a program for automatic generation of zstd manual
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4*3117ece4Schristos#### Introduction
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6*3117ece4SchristosThis simple C++ program generates a single-page HTML manual from `zstd.h`.
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8*3117ece4SchristosThe format of recognized comment blocks is following:
9*3117ece4Schristos- comments of type `/*!` mean: this is a function declaration; switch comments with declarations
10*3117ece4Schristos- comments of type `/**` and `/*-` mean: this is a comment; use a `<H2>` header for the first line
11*3117ece4Schristos- comments of type `/*=` and `/**=` mean: use a `<H3>` header and show also all functions until first empty line
12*3117ece4Schristos- comments of type `/*X` where `X` is different from above-mentioned are ignored
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14*3117ece4SchristosMoreover:
15*3117ece4Schristos- `ZSTDLIB_API` is removed to improve readability
16*3117ece4Schristos- `typedef` are detected and included even if uncommented
17*3117ece4Schristos- comments of type `/**<` and `/*!<` are detected and only function declaration is highlighted (bold)
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20*3117ece4Schristos#### Usage
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22*3117ece4SchristosThe program requires 3 parameters:
23*3117ece4Schristos```
24*3117ece4Schristosgen_html [zstd_version] [input_file] [output_html]
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27*3117ece4SchristosTo compile program and generate zstd manual we have used:
28*3117ece4Schristos```
29*3117ece4Schristosmake
30*3117ece4Schristos./gen_html.exe 1.1.1 ../../lib/zstd.h zstd_manual.html
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