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NAME

       ocamldoc - The OCaml documentation generator

SYNOPSIS

       ocamldoc [ options ] filename ...

DESCRIPTION

       The  OCaml  documentation  generator  ocamldoc(1)  generates  documentation  from  special
       comments embedded in source files. The comments used by ocamldoc are of the form  (**  ...
       *) and follow the format described in the The OCaml user's manual.

       ocamldoc  can  produce  documentation  in  various formats: HTML, LaTeX, TeXinfo, Unix man
       pages, and dot(1) dependency graphs. Moreover, users can add their own custom generators.

       In this manpage, we use the word element to refer to any of  the  following  parts  of  an
       OCaml  source  file: a type declaration, a value, a module, an exception, a module type, a
       type constructor, a record field, a class, a class type, a class method, a class value  or
       a class inheritance clause.

OPTIONS

       The  following  command-line  options determine the format for the generated documentation
       generated by ocamldoc(1).

   Options for choosing the output format
       -html  Generate documentation in HTML default format. The generated HTML pages are  stored
              in the current directory, or in the directory specified with the -d option. You can
              customize the style of the generated pages by editing the generated style.css file,
              or  by  providing your own style sheet using option -css-style.  The file style.css
              is not generated if it already exists.

       -latex Generate documentation in LaTeX default format. The  generated  LaTeX  document  is
              saved  in  file  ocamldoc.out,  or  in  the  file specified with the -o option. The
              document uses the style file ocamldoc.sty.  This file is generated when  using  the
              -latex  option, if it does not already exist. You can change this file to customize
              the style of your LaTeX documentation.

       -texi  Generate documentation in TeXinfo default format. The generated LaTeX  document  is
              saved in file ocamldoc.out, or in the file specified with the -o option.

       -man   Generate  documentation  as a set of Unix man pages. The generated pages are stored
              in the current directory, or in the directory specified with the -d option.

       -dot   Generate a dependency graph for the toplevel modules,  in  a  format  suitable  for
              displaying   and   processing  by  dot(1).   The  dot(1)  tool  is  available  from
              http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/.  The textual representation of  the
              graph  is  written  to  the file ocamldoc.out, or to the file specified with the -o
              option. Use dot ocamldoc.out to display it.

       -g file
              Dynamically load the given file (which extension usually is .cmo  or  .cma),  which
              defines  a  custom  documentation generator.  If the given file is a simple one and
              does not exist in the current directory, then ocamldoc looks for it in  the  custom
              generators default directory, and in the directories specified with the -i option.

       -customdir
              Display the custom generators default directory.

       -i directory
              Add the given directory to the path where to look for custom generators.

   General options
       -d dir Generate files in directory dir, rather than the current directory.

       -dump file
              Dump  collected information into file.  This information can be read with the -load
              option in a subsequent invocation of ocamldoc(1).

       -hide modules
              Hide the given complete module names in the generated documentation.  modules is  a
              list  of  complete  module  names  are separated by commas (,), without blanks. For
              instance: Pervasives,M2.M3.

       -inv-merge-ml-mli
              Reverse the  precedence  of  implementations  and  interfaces  when  merging.   All
              elements  in implementation files are kept, and the -m option indicates which parts
              of the comments in interface files are merged with the comments  in  implementation
              files.

       -keep-code
              Always  keep  the  source  code  for  values,  methods and instance variables, when
              available. The source code is always kept when a .ml  file  is  given,  but  is  by
              default  discarded  when  a .mli is given. This option allows the source code to be
              always kept.

       -load file
              Load information from file, which has been  produced  by  ocamldoc -dump.   Several
              -load options can be given.

       -m flags
              Specify  merge options between interfaces and implementations.  flags can be one or
              several of the following characters:

              d merge description

              a merge @author

              v merge @version

              l merge @see

              s merge @since

              o merge @deprecated

              p merge @param

              e merge @raise

              r merge @return

              A merge everything

       -no-custom-tags
              Do not allow custom @-tags.

       -no-stop
              Keep elements placed after the (**/**) special comment.

       -o file
              Output the generated documentation to file instead of ocamldoc.out.  This option is
              meaningful only in conjunction with the -latex, -texi, or -dot options.

       -pp command
              Pipe sources through preprocessor command.

       -ppx command
              Pipe abstract syntax tree through preprocessor command.

       -sort  Sort the list of top-level modules before generating the documentation.

       -stars Remove blank characters until the first asterisk ('*') in each line of comments.

       -t title
              Use title as the title for the generated documentation.

       -intro file
              Use  content  of  file  as  ocamldoc  text  to use as introduction (HTML, LaTeX and
              TeXinfo only).  For HTML, the file is used to create the whole "index.html" file.

       -v     Verbose mode. Display progress information.

       -version
              Print version string and exit.

       -vnum  Print short version number and exit.

       -warn-error
              Treat ocamldoc warnings as errors.

       -hide-warnings
              Do not print ocamldoc warnings.

       -help or --help
              Display a short usage summary and exit.

   Type-checking options
       ocamldoc(1) calls the OCaml type-checker to obtain type information. The following options
       impact   the   type-checking   phase.   They   have   the   same   meaning   as   for  the
       ocamlc(1) and ocamlopt(1) commands.

       -I directory
              Add directory to the list of directories search for compiled interface files  (.cmi
              files).

       -nolabels
              Ignore non-optional labels in types.

       -rectypes
               Allow arbitrary recursive types. (See the -rectypes option to ocamlc(1).)

   Options for generating HTML pages
       The following options apply in conjunction with the -html option:

       -all-params
              Display the complete list of parameters for functions and methods.

       -css-style filename
              Use filename as the Cascading Style Sheet file.

       -colorize-code
              Colorize  the  OCaml  code  enclosed  in [ ] and \{[ ]\}, using colors to emphasize
              keywords, etc. If the code fragments are not syntactically  correct,  no  color  is
              added.

       -index-only
              Generate only index files.

       -short-functors
              Use  a  short  form  to  display functors: module M : functor (A:Module) -> functor
              (B:Module2) -> sig .. end is displayed as module M (A:Module) (B:Module2) : sig  ..
              end.

   Options for generating LaTeX files
       The following options apply in conjunction with the -latex option:

       -latex-value-prefix prefix
              Give  a prefix to use for the labels of the values in the generated LaTeX document.
              The default prefix is the empty string. You can also use the  options  -latex-type-
              prefix,  -latex-exception-prefix,  -latex-module-prefix, -latex-module-type-prefix,
              -latex-class-prefix, -latex-class-type-prefix, -latex-attribute-prefix, and -latex-
              method-prefix.

              These  options  are  useful when you have, for example, a type and a value with the
              same name. If you do not specify  prefixes,  LaTeX  will  complain  about  multiply
              defined labels.

       -latextitle n,style
              Associate  style  number  n  to  the  given  LaTeX  sectioning  command style, e.g.
              sectionorsubsection.  (LaTeX only.) This is useful  when  including  the  generated
              document  in  another  LaTeX  document,  at  a  given sectioning level. The default
              association is 1 for  section,  2  for  subsection,  3  for  subsubsection,  4  for
              paragraph and 5 for subparagraph.

       -noheader
              Suppress header in generated documentation.

       -notoc Do not generate a table of contents.

       -notrailer
              Suppress trailer in generated documentation.

       -sepfiles
              Generate  one  .tex  file  per  toplevel module, instead of the global ocamldoc.out
              file.

   Options for generating TeXinfo files
       The following options apply in conjunction with the -texi option:

       -esc8  Escape accented characters in Info files.

       -info-entry
              Specify Info directory entry.

       -info-section
              Specify section of Info directory.

       -noheader
              Suppress header in generated documentation.

       -noindex
              Do not build index for Info files.

       -notrailer
              Suppress trailer in generated documentation.

   Options for generating dot graphs
       The following options apply in conjunction with the -dot option:

       -dot-colors colors
              Specify the colors to use  in  the  generated  dot  code.  When  generating  module
              dependencies,  ocamldoc(1)  uses  different  colors  for  modules, depending on the
              directories in which they reside. When generating types  dependencies,  ocamldoc(1)
              uses  different  colors  for  types,  depending  on  the  modules in which they are
              defined.  colors is  a  list  of  color  names  separated  by  commas  (,),  as  in
              Red,Blue,Green.  The available colors are the ones supported by the dot(1) tool.

       -dot-include-all
              Include  all  modules  in  the dot(1) output, not only modules given on the command
              line or loaded with the -load option.

       -dot-reduce
              Perform a transitive reduction of the dependency graph before  outputting  the  dot
              code. This can be useful if there are a lot of transitive dependencies that clutter
              the graph.

       -dot-types
              Output dot code  describing  the  type  dependency  graph  instead  of  the  module
              dependency graph.

   Options for generating man files
       The following options apply in conjunction with the -man option:

       -man-mini
              Generate man pages only for modules, module types, classes and class types, instead
              of pages for all elements.

       -man-suffix suffix
              Set the suffix used for generated man filenames. Default is o, as in List.o.

       -man-section section
              Set the section number used for generated man filenames. Default is 3.

SEE ALSO

       ocaml(1), ocamlc(1), ocamlopt(1).
       The OCaml user's manual, chapter "The documentation generator".

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