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<chapter id="documentation">
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<title>Documentation</title>
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<para>
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Documention unfortunately belongs to the most-overlooked programming
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issues. Yet, once properly set up and maintained internal and external
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documentation provides most valuable help.
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</para>
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<para>
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Documentation has multiple facets. There is
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<itemizedlist>
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<emphasis>project internal documentation</emphasis>, mainly consisting of
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<itemizedlist>
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<emphasis>comments</emphasis> in header/source files
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis>internal &API; documentation</emphasis> of your project
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generated from the program file by special tools, ⪚ &doxygen;
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis>project external documentation</emphasis>, comprising among others
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<itemizedlist>
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<emphasis>external &API; documentation</emphasis> of ⪚ common system libraries (&kde;, &Qt;, &etc;)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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any other documentation (programming language manuals, general system information, how-to articles and the like)
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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All this documentation should be easily maintainable and ready at hand whenever you need it. &tdevelop; has provisions for just this.
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</para>
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<!-- ### doc browser, notes on internal documentation, how to profit from Doxygen -->
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<sect1 id="docbrowser">
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<title>The Documentation Browser</title>
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<figure id="screenshot-doctreeview" float="1">
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<title>A Screenshot of the Documentation Tree</title>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject><imagedata fileref="doctreeview.png"/></imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</figure>
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</sect1> <!-- docbrowser -->
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</chapter> <!-- documentation -->
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