2012/7/25 Dimitrios Jim Piliouras <jimpil1...@gmail.com>

> Hi all,
>
> I've just watched Dave Ray's mini demo of seesaw on infoQ and what amazed
> me (apart from the actual library) was the gorgeous documentation that is
> attached to all the functions. Dave has done an amazing job - even though
> it is essentially a swing wrapper you can get a lot done without knowing
> any swing at all!!! This is pretty good stuff...I was wondering if there is
> an easier way to generate docstrings like that without alligning spaces and
> tab manuallys and more importantly without inlining them with the
> functions.  I know it sounds a bit silly but if your source code is
> dominated by docs then it is really hard to navigate up and down...I am
> generally trying to keep my docs minimal with only plain english and rarely
> more than 3-4 lines. However, after seeing what Dave has done I feel rather
> jealous! Whenever I tried to produce docs like his the result is rather
> ugly unless i systematically fiddle with it through trial and error...So in
> essence 2 questions:
>
> -Is there a way write the docs in a separate place (different section of
> the document or different document altogether)?
> -Is there another way to style your documentation text other than manual
> evolutionary means (trial and error)?
>

Third option : use an editor/IDE which allows you to "fold" docs (one by
one / fold all / unfold all), and / or to navigate in your source code via
"code outlines"


>
> Just in case Dave is lurking around,
> -You actually wrote and styled  all that documentation by hand?
>
> Jim
>
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