Revision: 4579 http://geany.svn.sourceforge.net/geany/?rev=4579&view=rev Author: ntrel Date: 2010-01-28 16:47:32 +0000 (Thu, 28 Jan 2010)

Log Message: ----------- Backport: Add 'Doc-comments' plugin API subsection.

Modified Paths: -------------- branches/geany-0.18.1/ChangeLog branches/geany-0.18.1/HACKING

Modified: branches/geany-0.18.1/ChangeLog =================================================================== --- branches/geany-0.18.1/ChangeLog 2010-01-28 16:42:38 UTC (rev 4578) +++ branches/geany-0.18.1/ChangeLog 2010-01-28 16:47:32 UTC (rev 4579) @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2009-10-26 Nick Treleaven <nick(dot)treleaven(at)btinternet(dot)com> + + * HACKING: + Add 'Doc-comments' plugin API subsection. + + 2009-09-27 Nick Treleaven <nick(dot)treleaven(at)btinternet(dot)com>

* configure.in:

Modified: branches/geany-0.18.1/HACKING =================================================================== --- branches/geany-0.18.1/HACKING 2010-01-28 16:42:38 UTC (rev 4578) +++ branches/geany-0.18.1/HACKING 2010-01-28 16:47:32 UTC (rev 4579) @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ See the top of each ``src/*.c`` file for a brief description of what it's for.

-Keeping the plugin ABI stable ------------------------------ +Plugin API code +--------------- Please be aware that anything with a doc-comment (a comment with an extra asterix: ``/**``) is something in the plugin API. Things like enums and structs can usually still be appended to, ensuring that all @@ -80,13 +80,15 @@ structs by plugins, not just for accessing struct members through a pointer.

+Keeping the plugin ABI stable +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Before the 1.0 release series, the ABI can change when necessary, and even the API can change. An ABI change just means that all plugins will not load and they must be rebuilt. An API change means that some plugins might not build correctly.

If you're reordering or changing existing elements of structs that are -used as part of the plugin API, you should increment GEANY_ABI_VERSION +used as part of the plugin API, you must increment GEANY_ABI_VERSION in plugindata.h. This is usually not needed if you're just appending fields to structs. The GEANY_API_VERSION value should be incremented for any changes to the plugin API, including appending elements. @@ -102,6 +104,14 @@ * Don't add any array fields to structs in case we want to change the array size later.

+Doc-comments +^^^^^^^^^^^^ +* The @file tag can go in the source .c file, but use the .h header name so + it appears normally in the generated documentation. See ui_utils.c for an + example. +* Function doc-comments should always go in the source file, not the + header, so they can be updated if/when the implementation changes. + Glade ----- Use the code generation features of Glade instead of editing interface.c

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