[fpc-devel] add external links to fpdoc generated documents

[Tomas Hajny]

On 10 Mar 06, at 15:48, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> > On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Vincent Snijders wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to add a link to external documentation in a fpdoc generated 
> > > document file. Is this possible.
> > >
> > > For example:
> > > On 
> > > http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/docs/lcl/xmlpropstorage/txmlpropstorage.html 
> > > I would like a "See also" link to 
> > > http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/TXMLPropStorage. This is a wiki 
> > > document that contain more explanation, images and has a place for user 
> > > comments.
> > 
> > It is currently not possible. The reason is that fpdoc can also
> > be used to generate PDF or Latex or plain text or RTF docs, and these
> > don't support links.
> 
> Actually, PDF (and latex package hyperref) support links. Both to other PDF
> and HTTP iirc.

... and RTF probably supports links too, I guess. 
So what is left is plain text, and that just 
needs some sensible way how to mark references.

Tomas