The element contains the documentation for an identifier in a unit. It should occur inside a module tag. It can contain 4 tags:
short
For a one-line description of the identifier. Is used as a header or is used in overviews of constants, types, variables or classes.
descr
Contains the actual description of the identifier.
errors
For functions an procedures this can be used to describe error conditions. It will be put in a separate section below the description section.
seealso
Used to refer to other nodes. will be typeset in a separate section.
The element tag should have at least the name attribute, it is used to link the element node to the actual identifier in the Pascal unit. Other attributes may be added in future.
Example:
<element name="MyEnym"> <descr>Myenum is a simple enumeration type</descr> </element>
The following attributes are supported:
name
this attribute is required and should equal the identifier name.
opaque
this attribute is used for opaque types: if set to 1, the declaration will be replaced with the term “opaque”.
link
this should contain the name of an element. A link to the current element will be referred to this identifier instead. This can be used in overridden methods/properties to refer to the parent documentation instead.
alwaysvisible
if set to 1, documentation for the element will be shown anyway, even if the current visibility is not shown. This can be used to force generation of documentation for private or protected members of a class even when they are not supposed to be shown. (for example, --hide-protected is given, and one wishes to show a protected method.)
skip
if set to 1, the element will not appear in any overviews. A documentation page may be generated in HTML, but it will not be linked to from any overview.
See also: descr (172), short (221), errors (182), seealso (219)