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@@ -76,11 +76,9 @@ The following are the main functions for running EDoc:
<ul>
<li>{@link edoc:application/2}: Creates documentation for a
typical Erlang application.</li>
- <li>{@link edoc:packages/2}: Creates documentation for one or
- more packages, automatically locating source files.</li>
<li>{@link edoc:files/2}: Creates documentation for a
specified set of source files.</li>
- <li>{@link edoc:run/3}: General interface function; the common
+ <li>{@link edoc:run/2}: General interface function; the common
back-end for the above functions. Options are documented here.</li>
</ul>
@@ -184,7 +182,7 @@ The following tags can be used anywhere within a module:
path (see {@link edoc:read_source/2}).</dd>
<dt><a name="gtag-todo">`@todo' (or `@TODO')</a></dt>
- <dd>Attaches a To-Do note to a function, module, package, or
+ <dd>Attaches a To-Do note to a function, module or
overview-page. The content can be any XHTML text describing
the issue, e.g.:
```%% @TODO Finish writing the documentation.'''
@@ -338,7 +336,7 @@ The following tags can be used before a module declaration:
<dt><a name="mtag-since">`@since'</a></dt>
<dd>Specifies when the module was introduced, with respect to
- the application, package, release or distribution it is part
+ the application, release or distribution it is part
of. The content can be arbitrary text.</dd>
<dt><a name="mtag-version">`@version'</a></dt>
@@ -445,7 +443,6 @@ possible formats for references are:
<table border="1" summary="reference syntax">
<tr><th>Reference syntax</th><th>Example</th><th>Scope</th></tr>
<tr><td>`Module'</td><td>{@link edoc_run}, `erl.lang.list'</td><td>Global</td></tr>
- <tr><td>`Package.*'</td><td>`erl.lang.*'</td><td>Global</td></tr>
<tr><td>`Function/Arity'</td><td>`file/2'</td><td>Within module</td></tr>
<tr><td>`Module:Function/Arity'</td><td>{@link edoc:application/2}</td><td>Global</td></tr>
<tr><td>`Type()'</td><td>`filename()'</td><td>Within module</td></tr>
@@ -531,7 +528,7 @@ after the empty line into separate paragraphs. For example:
```%% @doc This will all be part of the first paragraph.
%% It can stretch over several lines and contain <em>any
%% XHTML markup</em>.
- %%
+ %%
%% This is the second paragraph. The above line is
%% regarded as "empty" by EDoc, even though it ends with
%% a space.'''
@@ -685,17 +682,6 @@ information. User-defined macros override predefined macros.
<dd>Expands to the current date, as "<tt>Month Day Year</tt>",
e.g. "{@date}".</dd>
- <dt><a name="predefmacro-docRoot"><code>@{@docRoot}</code></a></dt>
- <dd>Expands to the relative URL path (such as
- `"../../.."') from the current page to the root
- directory of the generated documentation. This can be used to
- create XHTML references such as `<img
- src="@{@docRoot}/images/logo.jpeg">' that are independent of how
- deep down in a package structure they occur. If packages are not
- used (i.e., if all modules are in the "empty" package),
- <code>@{@docRoot}</code> will always resolve to the empty
- string.</dd>
-
<dt><a name="predefmacro-link"><code>@{@link <em>reference</em>.
<em>description</em>}</code></a></dt>
<dd>This creates a hypertext link; cf. the
@@ -710,9 +696,6 @@ information. User-defined macros override predefined macros.
<dd>Expands to the name of the current module. Only defined when a
module is being processed.</dd>
- <dt><a name="predefmacro-package"><code>@{@package}</code></a></dt>
- <dd>Expands to the name of the current package.</dd>
-
<dt><a name="predefmacro-section"><code>@{@section
<em>heading</em>}</code></a></dt>
<dd>Expands to a hypertext link to the specified section heading;