Improving ddoc

[Manu via Digitalmars-d]

On 1 January 2015 at 20:16, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 1/1/15 2:02 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>>
>> On 01/01/15 10:33, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>>>
>>> No particular system was clearly dominant when Walter invented ddoc.
>>> Also I
>>> might be frequenting the wrong circles; most people I know and myself
>>> aren't
>>> fluent at all with doxygen. -- Andrei
>>
>>
>> It is really trivial to learn and quite effective.
>
>
> Totally. I did use it briefly a few years ago and I'm sure I can relearn it.
>
> My point here was to give context for ddoc's history. FWIW switching dlang
> and phobos now to doxygen would be a major effort and I'm not sure we'd be
> in a better place even after assuming perfect execution.

I was thinking more along the lines of letting doxygen inspire
enhancements to ddoc, since as far as I can see, it's pretty much the
standard these days, and people already know it.