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<div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="asciidoc.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tests.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="edoc"></a>Chapter 15. EDoc comments</h2></div></div></div><p>Erlang.mk provides a thin wrapper on top of EDoc, an application
that generates documentation based on comments found in modules.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_writing_edoc_comments"></a>15.1. Writing EDoc comments</h2></div></div></div><p>The <a class="ulink" href="http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/edoc/chapter.html" target="_top">EDoc user guide</a>
explains everything you need to know about EDoc comments.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_configuration_4"></a>15.2. Configuration</h2></div></div></div><p>The <code class="literal">EDOC_OPTS</code> variable allows you to specify additional
EDoc options. Options are documented in the
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comments, using the <code class="literal">edown</code> application:</p><pre class="programlisting">DOC_DEPS = edown
EDOC_OPTS = {doclet, edown_doclet}</pre></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_usage_2"></a>15.3. Usage</h2></div></div></div><p>To build all documentation, you would typically use:</p><pre class="programlisting">$ make docs</pre><p>Do note, however, that EDoc comments will only be generated
automatically if the <span class="emphasis"><em>doc/overview.edoc</em></span> file exists. If you
do not want that file and still want to generate doc comments,
two solutions are available.</p><p>You can generate EDoc documentation directly:</p><pre class="programlisting">$ make edoc</pre><p>You can enable automatic generation on <code class="literal">make docs</code> by adding
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