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diff --git a/lib/rdoc/generator.rb b/lib/rdoc/generator.rb index b65002977a..d02a7538c0 100644 --- a/lib/rdoc/generator.rb +++ b/lib/rdoc/generator.rb @@ -1,7 +1,39 @@ require 'rdoc' ## -# Namespace for generators +# RDoc uses generators to turn parsed source code in the form of an +# RDoc::CodeObject tree into some form of output. RDoc comes with the HTML +# generator RDoc::Generator::Darkfish and an ri data generator +# RDoc::Generator::RI. +# +# = Registering a Generator +# +# Generators are registered by calling RDoc::RDoc.add_generator with the class +# of the generator: +# +# class My::Awesome::Generator +# RDoc::RDoc.add_generator self +# end +# +# = Adding Options to +rdoc+ +# +# Before option processing in +rdoc+, RDoc::Options will call ::setup_options +# on the generator class with an RDoc::Options instance. The generator can +# use RDoc::Options#option_parser to add command-line options to the +rdoc+ +# tool. See OptionParser for details on how to add options. +# +# You can extend the RDoc::Options instance with additional accesors for your +# generator. +# +# = Generator Instantiation +# +# After parsing, RDoc::RDoc will instantiate a generator by calling +# #initialize with an RDoc::Options instance. +# +# RDoc will then call #generate on the generator instance and pass in an Array +# of RDoc::TopLevel instances, each representing a parsed file. You can use +# the various class methods on RDoc::TopLevel and in the RDoc::CodeObject tree +# to create your desired output format. module RDoc::Generator end |