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/*!
    \page 21-0-qdoc-configuration.html
    \previouspage Miscellaneous Macros
    \nextpage Generic Configuration Variables
 
    \title The QDoc Configuration File
 
    Before running QDoc, you must create a QDoc configuration file to
    tell QDoc where to find the source files that contain the QDoc
    comments. The pathname to your configuration file is passed to
    QDoc on the command line:
 
    \quotation
        \c {/current/dir$ ../../bin/qdoc ./config.qdocconf}
    \endquotation
 
    \section1 General Description
 
    The configuration file is a list of entries of the form \e
    {"variable = value"}. Using the configuration variables, you can
    define where QDoc should find the various source files, images and
    examples, where to put generated documentation etc. The
    configuration file can also contain directives like \c
    include. For an example, see \l minimum.qdocconf.
 
    You can also use configuration variables to get QDoc to support
    \l{Supporting Derived Projects} {derived projects}, i.e QDoc can
    generate links in your project's documentation to elements in the
    Qt online documentation. See the \l {Supporting Derived projects}
    section.
 
    A valid configuration variable name can include upper and lower case
    letters, numbers, and an underscore, '_'.
 
    The value of a configuration variable can be set using either '='
    or '+='. The difference is that '=' overrides the previous value,
    while '+=' adds a new value to the current one.
 
    Values of some configuration variables are interpreted as a list of
    strings, for example:
    \l {sourcedirs-variable}
    {\c{sourcedirs}}, while others are treated as a single string. Double
    quotes around a value string are optional, but including them allows
    you to use special characters like '=' and ' \" ' within the value
    string, for example:
 
    \badcode
    HTML.postheader = "<ul class=\"breadcrumbs\">"
    \endcode
 
    If an entry spans many lines, use a backslash at the end of every
    line but the last:
 
    \badcode
    sourcedirs = kernel tools widgets
    \endcode
 
    This can be written as:
    \badcode
    sourcedirs = kernel \
                 tools \
                 widgets
    \endcode
 
    If a value spans multiple lines but is interpreted as a single string,
    the lines are joined with spaces.
 
    \section1 Expansion of Configuration Values
 
    QDoc supports expanding environment variables within configuration files.
    For example, Qt modules rely on the environment variable QT_INSTALL_DOCS
    to include definitions related to all Qt module documentation projects:
 
    \badcode
    include($QT_INSTALL_DOCS/global/qt-module-defaults.qdocconf)
    \endcode
 
    A variable to expand is prefixed with '$'. To use the literal character
    '$' within a value string, escape it with a backslash: '\\$'.
 
    Since QDoc 6.0, values can be expanded also from other configuration
    variables. In addition to the \c {$variable} syntax, also \c {${variable}}
    is valid. The latter eliminates the need to separate the variable
    name with whitespace or non-variable characters. For example:
 
    \badcode
    baseurl = https://doc.qt.io/
    ...
    url = ${baseurl}qtcreator
    \endcode
 
    If the target variable refers to a list of strings, they will be
    joined using spaces in the expanded value:
 
    \badcode
    vars = foo \
           bar \
           baz
 
    items = "Items: $vars"          # Expands to "Items: foo bar baz"
    \endcode
 
    Controlling which character is used for joining the string list is also
    possible:
 
    \badcode
    items = "Items: ${vars,|}"      # Expands to "Items: foo|bar|baz"
    items = "Items: ${vars,,}"      # Expands to "Items: foo,bar,baz"
    items = "Items: ${vars,}"       # Expands to "Items: foobarbaz"
    \endcode
 
    As the expansion is performed after reading in all variables, the order
    in which they are defined does not matter.
 
    \note Nested variable expansion is not supported.
 
    \section2 Expanding Environment Variables
 
    When expanding environment variables, the \c {${variable}} syntax has
    different behavior compared to \c {$variable}. The former expands the
    content of the variable in place to be parsed as part of the
    configuration file, while the latter simply assigns the content as a
    value for the current configuration variable. This has implications if
    the environment variable contains a list of elements separated by
    whitespace, or other formatting recognized by QDoc.
 
    For example, if the value of an environment variable \c SRCDIRS is
    \c {"../src/a ../src/b"}, then
 
    \badcode
    sourcedirs  = $SRCDIRS      # Fail - value is interpreted as a single path.
    sourcedirs  = ${SRCDIRS}    # Ok - whitespace is used as a delimiter.
    \endcode
 
    \section1 Configuration Variables
 
    \section2 Variable List
 
    \list
    \li \l {defines-variable} {defines}
    \li \l {depends-variable} {depends}
    \li \l {documentationinheaders-variable} {documentationinheaders}
    \li \l {exampledirs-variable} {exampledirs}
    \li \l {examples-variable} {examples}
    \li \l {examplesinstallpath-variable} {examplesinstallpath}
    \li \l {examples.fileextensions-variable} {examples.fileextensions}
    \li \l {examples.warnaboutmissingimages-variable} {examples.warnaboutmissingimages}
    \li \l {examples.warnaboutmissingprojectfiles-variable} {examples.warnaboutmissingprojectfiles}
    \li \l {excludedirs-variable} {excludedirs}
    \li \l {excludefiles-variable} {excludefiles}
    \li \l {extraimages-variable} {extraimages}
    \li \l {falsehoods-variable} {falsehoods}
    \li \l {headerdirs-variable} {headerdirs}
    \li \l {headers-variable} {headers}
    \li \l {headers.fileextensions-variable} {headers.fileextensions}
    \li \l {HTML.footer-variable} {HTML.footer}
    \li \l {HTML.postheader-variable} {HTML.postheader}
    \li \l {HTML.postpostheader-variable} {HTML.postpostheader}
    \li \l {HTML.style-variable} {HTML.style}
    \li \l {includepaths-variable} {includepaths}
    \li \l {includeprivate-variable} {includeprivate}
    \li \l {ignorewords-variable} {ignorewords}
    \li \l {ignoresince-variable} {ignoresince}
    \li \l {imagedirs-variable} {imagedirs}
    \li \l {imagesoutputdir-variable} {imagesoutputdir}
    \li \l {indexes-variable} {indexes}
    \li \l {language-variable} {language}
    \li \l {locationinfo-variable} {locationinfo}
    \li \l {logwarnings-variable} {logwarnings}
    \li \l {macro-variable} {macro}
    \li \l {manifestmeta-variable} {manifestmeta}
    \li \l {moduleheader-variable} {moduleheader}
    \li \l {navigation-variable} {navigation}
    \li \l {outputdir-variable} {outputdir}
    \li \l {outputformats-variable} {outputformats}
    \li \l {outputprefixes-variable} {outputprefixes}
    \li \l {outputsuffixes-variable} {outputsuffixes}
    \li \l {productname-variable} {productname}
    \li \l {project-variable} {project}
    \li \l {projectroot-variable} {projectroot}
    \li \l {sourcedirs-variable} {sourcedirs}
    \li \l {sources-variable} {sources}
    \li \l {sources.fileextensions-variable} {sources.fileextensions}
    \li \l {spurious-variable} {spurious}
    \li \l {tabsize-variable} {tabsize}
    \li \l {url-variable} {url}
    \li \l {url.examples-variable} {url.examples}
    \li \l {url.sources-variable} {url.sources}
    \li \l {usealttextastitle-variable} {usealttextastitle}
    \li \l {version-variable} {version}
    \li \l {versionsym-variable} {versionsym}
    \li \l {warninglimit-variable} {warninglimit}
    \endlist
 
    \section2 Categories
 
    \list
    \li \l {Generic Configuration Variables}
    \li \l {Format-specific Configuration Variables}
    \endlist
 
    \section1 Configuration File Examples
 
    \list
    \li A minimum configuration file: \l minimum.qdocconf
    \li The Qt configuration file: \l qtgui.qdocconf
    \endlist
*/
 
 
/*!
    \page 22-qdoc-configuration-generalvariables.html
    \previouspage The QDoc Configuration File
    \nextpage Creating Help Project Files
 
    \title Generic Configuration Variables
 
    With the general QDoc configuration variables, you can define
    where QDoc will find the various source files it needs to generate
    the documentation, as well as the directory to put the generated
    documentation. You can also do some minor manipulation of QDoc
    itself, controlling its output and processing behavior.
 
    \target codeindent-variable
    \section1 codeindent
 
    The \c codeindent variable specifies the level of indentation that
    QDoc uses when writing code snippets.
 
    QDoc originally used a hard-coded value of four spaces for code
    indentation to ensure that code snippets could be easily
    distinguished from surrounding text. Since we can use \l{HTML
    Specific Configuration Variables#HTML.stylesheets} {stylesheets}
    to adjust the appearance of certain types of HTML elements, this
    level of indentation is not always required.
 
    \target codeprefix-variable
    \target codesuffix-variable
    \section1 codeprefix, codesuffix
 
    The \c codeprefix and \c codesuffix variables specify a pair of
    strings that each code snippet is enclosed in.
 
    \target defines-variable
    \section1 defines
 
    The \c defines variable specifies the C++ preprocessor symbols
    that QDoc will recognize and respond to.
 
    When a preprocessor symbol is specified using the \c defines
    variable, you can also use the \l {if-command} {\\if} command to
    enclose documentation that only will be included if the
    preprocessor symbol is defined.
 
    \badcode
        defines = QT_GUI_LIB
    \endcode
 
    This ensures that QDoc will process the code that requires these
    symbols to be defined. For example:
 
    \code
        #ifdef Q_GUI_LIB
        void keyClick(QWidget *widget, Qt::Key key, Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifier = Qt::NoModifier, int delay = -1)
        #endif
    \endcode
 
 
    You can also define preprocessor symbols manually on the command
    line using the -D option. For example:
 
    \badcode
        currentdirectory$ qdoc -Dqtforpython qtgui.qdocconf
    \endcode
 
    In this case the -D option ensures that the \c qtforpython
    preprocessor symbol is defined when QDoc processes the source
    files defined in the qtgui.qdocconf file.
 
    See also \l {falsehoods-variable} {falsehoods} and \l {if-command} {\\if}.
 
    \target depends-variable
    \section1 depends
 
    The \c depends variable defines a list of other documentation projects
    that this project depends on for resolving link targets for type
    inheritance and anything else the documentation needs to link to.
 
    Like Qt itself, documentation for Qt is distributed across multiple
    modules. In a multi-module documentation project, the minimum set
    of dependencies for a single module consists of actual build
    dependencies. In addition, if there is a documentation project
    (module) that acts as a top-level entry point for the entire
    documentation set and provides \l {navigation-variable}{navigation}
    links, each module documentation should include it as a dependency.
 
    When QDoc generates documentation for a project, it will also generate
    an \c .index file containing URLs to each linkable entity in the project.
    Each dependency is a (lowercase) name of a project. This name must
    match with the base name of the index file generated for that
    project.
 
    \badcode
    depends = \
        qtdoc \
        qtcore \
        qtquick
    \endcode
 
    When invoking QDoc on a project that has dependencies and uses the
    \c depends variable, one or more \c -indexdir path(s) must be passed
    as command line option(s). QDoc uses these paths to search for
    the dependencies' index files.
 
    \badcode
    qdoc mydoc.qdocconf -outputdir $PWD/html -indexdir $QT_INSTALL_DOCS
    \endcode
 
    With above, QDoc will search for a file
    \c {$QT_INSTALL_DOCS/qtdoc/qtdoc.index} for a dependency to \c qtdoc.
    If an index file for a dependency is not found, QDoc will output a
    warning.
 
    The \c depends command accepts also a special value of '*'. This
    instructs QDoc to load all index files found in specified index
    directories; that is, "depends on everything".
 
    \badcode
    depends = *
    \endcode
 
    See also \l{indexes-variable}{indexes}, \l{project-variable}{project}, and
    \l{url-variable}{url}.
 
    \target documentationinheaders-variable
    \section1 documentationinheaders
 
    Set \c {documentationinheaders = true} to instruct QDoc to parse
    documentation comments also in header files when generating
    documentation for C++-based projects.
 
    \warning In large code bases, this may impact QDoc's processing time.
    Therefore, you shouldn't set this flag unless you need it.
 
    This feature was introduced to QDoc with Qt 6.9.
 
    \target exampledirs-variable
    \section1 exampledirs
 
    The \c exampledirs variable specifies the directories containing
    the source code of the example files.
 
    The \l {examples-variable} {examples} and \l
    {exampledirs-variable} {exampledirs} variables are used by the \l
    {quotefromfile-command} {\\quotefromfile}, \l {quotefile-command}
    {\\quotefile} and \l {example-command} {\\example} commands. If
    both the \l {examples-variable} {examples} and \l
    {exampledirs-variable} {exampledirs} variables are defined, QDoc
    will search in both, first in \l {examples-variable} {examples}
    then in \l {exampledirs-variable} {exampledirs}.
 
    QDoc will search through the directories in the specified order,
    and accept the first matching file it finds. It will only search
    in the specified directories, \e not in subdirectories.
 
    \badcode
        exampledirs = $QTDIR/doc/src \
                      $QTDIR/examples \
                      $QTDIR \
                      $QTDIR/qmake/examples
 
        examples    = $QTDIR/examples/widgets/analogclock/analogclock.cpp
    \endcode
 
    When processing
 
    \badcode
        \quotefromfile widgets/calculator/calculator.cpp
    \endcode
 
    QDoc will see if there is a file called \c calculator.cpp
    listed as a value in the \l {examples-variable} {\c examples} variable. If
    there isn't, it will search in the \c exampledirs variable, and
    first see if there exists a file called
 
    \badcode
        $QTDIR/doc/src/widgets/calculator/calculator.cpp
    \endcode
 
    If it doesn't, QDoc will continue looking for a file called
 
    \badcode
        $QTDIR/examples/widgets/calculator/calculator.cpp
    \endcode
 
    and so forth.
 
    See also \l {examples-variable}{examples}.
 
    \target examples-variable
    \section1 examples
 
    The \c examples variable allows you to specify individual example
    files in addition to those located in the directories specified by
    the \l {exampledirs-variable} {\c exampledirs} variable.
 
    The \c examples and \l {exampledirs-variable} {\c exampledirs}
    variables are used by the \l {quotefromfile-command}
    {\\quotefromfile}, \l {quotefile-command} {\\quotefile} and \l
    {example-command} {\\example} commands. If both the \c examples and \l
    {exampledirs-variable} {\c exampledirs} variables are defined,
    QDoc will search in both, first in \c examples then in \l
    {exampledirs-variable} {\c exampledirs}.
 
    QDoc will search through the values listed for the \c examples
    variable, in the specified order, and accept the first one it
    finds.
 
    For an extensive example, see the \l {exampledirs-variable} {\c
    exampledirs} command. But note that if you know the file is listed
    in the \c examples variable, you don't need to specify its path:
 
    \badcode
        \quotefromfile calculator.cpp
    \endcode
 
    See also \l {exampledirs-variable} {exampledirs}.
 
    \target examplesinstallpath-variable
    \section1 examplesinstallpath
 
    The \c examplesinstallpath variable sets the root path for this
    project's examples under the \e installed example directory.
 
    Assuming a root install path of \c QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES for all
    examples, then the path
 
    \badcode
    <QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES>/<examplesinstallpath>/<example_path>
    \endcode
 
    will be used to refer to a path of a single example within this
    documentation project. These paths are recorded in the
    \l {Example Manifest Files} {example manifest file}, read by Qt
    Creator.
 
    To ensure correct paths, \c examplesinstallpath must match with
    one of the directories listed in \l {exampledirs-variable}
    {exampledirs}. The path passed as an argument for each
    \l {example-command} {\\example} command is relative to
    the path in \e exampledirs.
 
    For example:
 
    \badcode
    exampledirs = ./snippets \
                  ../../../examples/mymodule
 
    examplesinstallpath = mymodule
    \endcode
 
    And given a following \\example command:
 
    \badcode *
    /*!
        \example basic/hello
        ...
    \1/
    \endcode
 
    Then, the path \c {mymodule/basic/hello} is recorded in the manifest file
    for this example.
 
    \note It is possible to override \c examplesinstallpath for an individual
          \l {example-command}{\\example} using the \l {meta-command}{\\meta}
          command.
 
    \b {See also}: \l {exampledirs}, \l {example-command} {\\example}, and
    \l {meta-command}{\\meta}.
 
    \target examples.fileextensions-variable
    \section1 examples.fileextensions
 
    The \c examples.fileextensions variable specifies the file
    extensions that QDoc will look for when collecting example files
    for display in the documentation.
 
    The default extensions are *.cpp, *.h, *.js, *.xq, *.svg, *.xml
    and *.ui.
 
    The extensions are given as standard wildcard expressions. You
    can add a file extension to the filter using '+='. For example:
 
    \badcode
        examples.fileextensions += *.qrc
    \endcode
 
    See also \l{headers.fileextensions}.
 
    \target examples.warnaboutmissingimages-variable
    \section1 examples.warnaboutmissingimages
 
    While processing example documentation, QDoc may emit warnings if an example
    doesn't contain any images. This warning can be disabled by setting the
    following configuration variable in the .qdocconf file for the project:
 
    \c {examples.warnaboutmissingimages = false}
 
    This configuration variable was introduced to QDoc with Qt 6.9.
 
    See also \l{examples.warnaboutmissingprojectfiles-variable}
    {examples.warnaboutmissingprojectfiles}.
 
    \target examples.warnaboutmissingprojectfiles-variable
    \section1 examples.warnaboutmissingprojectfiles
 
    While processing example documentation, QDoc may emit warnings if an example
    doesn't contain a project file. This warning can be disabled by setting the
    following configuration variable in the .qdocconf file for the project:
 
    \c {examples.warnaboutmissingprojectfiles = false}
 
    This configuration variable was introduced to QDoc with Qt 6.9.
 
    See also \l{examples.warnaboutmissingimages-variable}
    {examples.warnaboutmissingimages}.
 
    \target excludedirs-variable
    \section1 excludedirs
 
    The \c excludedirs variable is for listing directories that should \e{not}
    be processed by QDoc, even if the same directories are included by the
    \l {sourcedirs-variable} {sourcedirs} or \l {headerdirs-variable} {headerdirs}
    variables.
 
    For example:
 
    \badcode
        sourcedirs =  src/corelib
        excludedirs = src/corelib/tmp
    \endcode
 
    When executed, QDoc will exclude the listed directories from
    further consideration. Files in these directories will not be
    read by QDoc.
 
    See also \l {excludefiles-variable} {excludefiles}.
 
    \target excludefiles-variable
    \section1 excludefiles
 
    The \c excludefiles variable allows you to specify individual files
    that should \e{not} be processed by QDoc.
 
    \badcode
    excludefiles += $QT_CORE_SOURCES/../../src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.h \
                    $QT_CORE_SOURCES/../../src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
    \endcode
 
    If you include the above in your qdocconf file for qtbase, there
    will be no class documentation generated for QWidget.
 
    Since Qt 5.6, also simple wildcards ('*' and '?') are recognized by
    \c excludefiles. For example, to exclude all private Qt header files
    from being parsed, define the following:
 
    \badcode
    excludefiles += "*_p.h"
    \endcode
 
    See also \l {excludedirs-variable} {excludedirs}.
 
    \target extraimages-variable
    \section1 extraimages
 
    The \c extraimages variable tells QDoc to incorporate specific
    images in the generated documentation.
 
    QDoc automatically copies an image file from \l imagedirs to the output
    directory if it's referenced by the \l {image-command} {\c{\image}} or
    \l {inlineimage-command} {\c{\inlineimage}} command. If you want to copy
    additional images, you must specify them using the \c extraimages variable.
 
    The general syntax is \tt {\e{format}.extraimages = \e image}.
 
    Example:
    \badcode
        HTML.extraimages = images/qt-logo.png
    \endcode
 
    See also \l images and \l imagedirs.
 
    \target falsehoods-variable
    \section1 falsehoods
 
    The \c falsehoods variable defines the truth value of specified
    preprocessor symbols as false.
 
    The values of the variable are regular expressions (see QRegularExpression
    for details). If this variable is not set for a preprocessor
    symbol, QDoc assumes its truth value is true. The exception is
    '0', which is always false.
 
    QDoc will recognize, and is able to evaluate, the following
    preprocessor syntax:
 
    \code
        #ifdef NOTYET
         ...
        #endif
 
        #if defined (NOTYET)
         ...
        #end if
    \endcode
 
    However, faced with unknown syntax like
 
    \code
        #if NOTYET
            ...
        #endif
    \endcode
 
    QDoc will evaluate it as true by default, \e unless the
    preprocessor symbol is specified within the \c falsehoods variable
    entry:
 
    \badcode
        falsehoods = NOTYET
    \endcode
 
    See also \l defines.
 
    \target generateindex-variable
    \section1 generateindex
 
    The \c generateindex variable contains a boolean value that
    specifies whether to generate an index file when HTML
    documentation is generated.
 
    By default, an index file is always generated with HTML
    documentation, so this variable is typically only used when
    disabling this feature (by setting the value to \c false) or when
    enabling index generation for the WebXML output (by setting the
    value to \c true).
 
    \target headerdirs-variable
    \section1 headerdirs
 
    The \c headerdirs variable specifies the directories containing
    the header files associated with the \c .cpp source files used in
    the documentation.
 
    \badcode
        headerdirs = $QTDIR/src \
                     $QTDIR/extensions/activeqt \
                     $QTDIR/extensions/motif \
                     $QTDIR/tools/designer/src/lib/extension \
                     $QTDIR/tools/designer/src/lib/sdk \
                     $QTDIR/tools/designer/src/lib/uilib
    \endcode
 
    When executed, the first thing QDoc will do is to read through the
    headers specified in the \l {headers} {\c headers} variable, and
    the ones located in the directories specified in the \c headerdir
    variable (including all subdirectories), building an internal
    structure of the classes and their functions.
 
    Then it will read through the sources specified in the \l
    {sources-variable} {\c sources}, and the ones located in the
    directories specified in the \l {sourcedirs-variable} {\c
    sourcedirs} varible (including all subdirectories), merging the
    documentation with the structure it retrieved from the header
    files.
 
    If both the \c headers and \c headerdirs variables are defined,
    QDoc will read through both, first \l {headers} {\c headers} then
    \c headerdirs.
 
    In the specified directories, QDoc will only read the files with
    the \c fileextensions specified in the \l {headers.fileextensions}
    {\c headers.fileextensions} variable. The files specified by
    \l {headers} {\c headers} will be read without taking into account
    their fileextensions.
 
    See also \l headers and \l headers.fileextensions.
 
    \target headers-variable
    \section1 headers
 
    The \c headers variable allows you to specify individual header
    files in addition to those located in the directories specified by
    the \l {headerdirs} {\c headerdirs} variable.
 
    \badcode
        headers = $QTDIR/src/gui/widgets/qlineedit.h \
                  $QTDIR/src/gui/widgets/qpushbutton.h
    \endcode
 
    When processing the \c headers variable, QDoc behaves in the same
    way as it does when processing the \l {headerdirs} {\c headerdirs}
    variable. For more information, see the \l {headerdirs} {\c
    headerdirs} variable.
 
    See also \l headerdirs.
 
    \target headers.fileextensions-variable
    \section1 headers.fileextensions
 
    The \c headers.fileextensions variable specify the extension used
    by the headers.
 
    When processing the header files specified in the \l {headerdirs}
    {\c headerdirs} variable, QDoc will only read the files with the
    fileextensions specified in the \c headers.fileextensions
    variable. In this way QDoc avoids spending time reading irrelevant
    files.
 
    The default extensions are *.ch, *.h, *.h++, *.hh, *.hpp, and
    *.hxx.
 
    The extensions are given as standard wildcard expressions. You
    can add a file extension to the filter using '+='. For example:
 
    \badcode
        header.fileextensions += *.H
    \endcode
 
    \warning The above assignment may not work as described.
 
    See also \l headerdirs.
 
    \target includepaths-variable
    \section1 includepaths
 
    The \c includepaths variable is used for passing additional
    include paths to the Clang parser that QDoc uses for parsing C++
    code for documentation comments.
 
    The variable accepts a list of paths, prefixed with \c{-I} (include
    path), \c {-F} (\macos framework include path), or \c{-isystem}
    (system include path). If a prefix is omitted, \c{-I} is used by
    default.
 
    Paths relative to the current .qdocconf file are resolved into
    absolute paths. Paths that do not exist in the file system are
    ignored.
 
    \note For Qt documentation projects, the build system typically
          provides the required include paths as command line
          arguments when invoking QDoc.
 
    See also \l moduleheader.
 
    \target includeprivate-variable
    \section1 includeprivate
 
    Use \c includeprivate to include private C++ class members in your
    documentation. QDoc normally excludes private functions, types, and
    variables from generated documentation.
 
    To include all private members, set \c includeprivate to \c true:
 
    \badcode
    includeprivate = true
    \endcode
 
    You can also enable specific member types:
 
    \badcode
    # Include only private functions
    includeprivate.functions = true
 
    # Include only private types (classes, enums, typedefs)
    includeprivate.types = true
 
    # Include only private variables
    includeprivate.variables = true
    \endcode
 
    Specific settings override the global setting. For example:
 
    \badcode
    includeprivate = true
    includeprivate.types = false
    \endcode
 
    This configuration includes private functions and variables but
    excludes private types.
 
    \note Document private members only when you need to explain internal
          APIs and implementation details. Avoid exposing implementation
          details that users don't need.
 
    QDoc introduced \c includeprivate in Qt 6.11.
 
    \target internalfilepatterns-variable
    \section1 internalfilepatterns
 
    The \c internalfilepatterns variable specifies file path patterns that
    identify internal implementation files. \b{Classes} declared in files
    matching these patterns are automatically marked as Internal, along with all
    their members (properties, functions, enums, nested types). Free functions,
    enums, and typedefs at file scope are not affected by this setting.
 
    When showinternal is \c false (the default), these entities are excluded
    from documentation validation. When \c showinternal is \c true, they are
    included in the documentation but retain their Internal status, allowing
    generators to style them differently (such as adding visual indicators for
    internal APIs).
 
    This is useful for private implementation headers that contain classes not
    part of the documented public interface. In Qt, this includes private
    headers ending with \c {_p.h}.
 
    \section2 Pattern Syntax
    The patterns support two syntaxes:
 
    \list
    \li \b{Shell-style glob patterns}: Simple wildcards where \c{*} matches any
        characters and \c{?} matches exactly one character. \b{Glob patterns are
        matched against the filename only}, not the full path, making them ideal
        for patterns such as \c{*_p.h}.
    \li \b{Regular expressions}: For path-based matching, use regex syntax. Any
        pattern containing regex metacharacters (\c{^$[]{}()|+\\.}) is treated
        as a regular expression and matched against the full normalized file
        path.
    \endlist
 
    Patterns are matched with forward slashes (\c{/}) as directory separators.
    QDoc normalizes path separators internally, so always use \c{/} in patterns
    regardless of platform.
 
    When a class is marked as Internal due to its file location, the Internal
    status automatically propagates to all its members through the node
    hierarchy.
 
    \b{Example - Qt Convention (glob):}
    \badcode
        internalfilepatterns = *_p.h
    \endcode
    Matches any file ending with \c{_p.h} at any directory depth.
 
    \b{Example - Multiple Filename Patterns (glob):}
    \badcode
        internalfilepatterns = *_p.h *_impl.h *_pch.h
    \endcode
    Matches files ending with \c{_p.h}, \c{_impl.h}, or \c{_pch.h}.
 
    \note Glob patterns will \b{not} work for directory matching, as globs only
          see the filename. For directory-based patterns, use regex instead.
 
    \b{Example - Directory-Based Match (regex):}
    \badcode *
        internalfilepatterns = .\1/internal/.\1\.h
    \endcode
    Matches any \c{.h} file in any \c{internal} directory at any depth.
 
    \b{Example - Multiple Patterns:}
    \badcode *
        internalfilepatterns = *_p.h .\1/private/.\1\.h
    \endcode
    Combines glob patterns for simple cases with regex for complex paths.
 
    QDoc introduced \c internalfilepatterns in Qt 6.11.
 
    \b{See also:} \l{excludedirs-variable}{excludedirs} and
                  \l{excludefiles-variable}{excludefiles}.
 
    \target ignorewords-variable
    \section1 ignorewords
 
    The \c ignorewords variable is used for specifying a list of strings
    that QDoc will ignore when resolving hyperlink targets.
 
    QDoc has an auto-linking feature, where linking is attempted for words
    that resemble C++ or QML entities. Specifically, a string
    qualifies for auto-linking if it is at least three characters in
    length, has no whitespace, and it
 
    \list
      \li is a \e camelCase word, that is, it contains at least one
          uppercase character at index greater than zero, or
      \li contains the substring \c {()} or \c {::}, or
      \li contains at least one special character, \c {@} or \c {_}.
    \endlist
 
    Adding a qualified word to \c ignorewords stops QDoc from linking
    that word automatically. For example, if the word \e OpenGL is a
    valid link target (a section, \l{page-command}{\\page}, or
    \l {externalpage-command}{\\externalpage} title), a hyperlink for
    each occurrence can be avoided with
 
    \badcode
    ignorewords += OpenGL
    \endcode
 
    Linking explicitly with \l {l-command}{\\l} continues to work for
    ignored words.
 
    The \c ignorewords variable was introduced in QDoc 5.14.
 
    \target ignoresince-variable
    \section1 ignoresince
 
    The \c ignoresince variable is used for setting a cutoff value for
    versions passed to the \l {since-command}{\\since} command. All
    \\since commands that define a version lower than the cutoff are
    ignored and do not generate output.
 
    The cutoff values are project-specific. The project name can be
    defined as a subvariable. The default project name is \e Qt. For
    example:
 
    \badcode
    ignoresince      = 5.0
    ignoresince.QDoc = 5.0
    \endcode
 
    These will ignore \\since commands where the major version is 4
    or lower and the project is either \c QDoc or undefined.
 
    \badcode
    \since 3.2          # Ignored
    \since 5.2          # Documented (as 'Qt 5.2')
    \since QDoc 4.6     # Ignored
    \since QtQuick 2.5  # Documented
    \endcode
 
    The \c ignoresince variable was introduced in QDoc 5.15.
 
    See also \l {since-command}{\\since}.
 
    \target imagedirs-variable
    \section1 imagedirs
 
    The \c imagedirs variable specifies the directories containing the
    images used in the documentation.
 
    The \l {images} {\c images} and \c imagedirs variables are used by
    the \l {image-command} {\\image} and \l {inlineimage-command}
    {\\inlineimage} commands. If both the \l {images} {\c images} and
    \c imagedirs variables are defined, QDoc will search in both. First
    in \l {images} {\c images}, then in \c imagedirs.
 
    QDoc will search through the directories in the specified order,
    and accept the first matching file it finds. It will only search
    in the specified directories, \e not in subdirectories.
 
    \badcode
        imagedirs = $QTDIR/doc/src/images \
                    $QTDIR/examples
 
        images    = $QTDIR/doc/src/images/calculator-example.png
    \endcode
 
    When processing
 
    \badcode
        \image calculator-example.png
    \endcode
 
    QDoc will then see if there is a file called
    calculator-example.png listed as a value in the \c images
    variable. If there isn't, it will search in the \c imagedirs
    variable for:
 
    \badcode
        $QTDIR/doc/src/images/calculator-example.png
    \endcode
 
    If the file doesn't exist, QDoc will look for a file called
 
    \badcode
        $QTDIR/examples/calculator-example.png
    \endcode
 
    \target imagesoutputdir-variable
    \section1 imagesoutputdir
 
    The \c imagesoutputdir variable controls the name of the subdirectory,
    under the output directory, that QDoc uses to store images.
 
    The default value for \c imagesoutputdir is \e images.
 
    Image files passed as an argument to \qdoccmd {image} and
    \qdoccmd {inlineimage} commands are copied to this directory.
 
    Setting a custom output directory for images is useful for multi-module
    documentation builds where multiple documentation projects are configured
    to use a shared output directory. For example, with the following (shared)
    configuration:
 
    \badcode
    imagesoutputdir = images/${project}
    \endcode
 
    Each documentation project in the build uses
    \c {<outputdir>/images/<project name>} to store images, thus avoiding
    identically-named image files overwriting each other.
 
    This variable was introduced to QDoc with Qt 6.11.
 
    \target language-variable
    \section1 language
 
    The \c language variable specifies the language of the source code
    that is used in the documentation. Specifically, it defines the
    default language for parsing source code within \\code .. \\endcode
    blocks.
 
    \badcode
    language = Cpp
    \endcode
 
    The default language is C++ (Cpp), and doesn't need to be explicitly
    specified. If the code snippets in the documentation consist mainly
    of QML code, set QML as the default:
 
    \badcode
    language = QML
    \endcode
 
    See also \l {code-command}[\\code}.
 
    \target locationinfo-variable
    \section1 locationinfo
 
    The \c locationinfo boolean variable determines whether detailed
    location information about each entity is written to
    \c {.index}-files and \c {.webxml}-files (when using the WebXML
    output format).
 
    Location information consists of the full path and line
    number of either the declaration or documentation comment block
    in the source code.
 
    Setting this to \c false turns off location info:
 
    \badcode
        locationinfo = false
    \endcode
 
    The default value is \c true.
 
    The \c locationinfo variable was introduced in QDoc 5.15.
 
    \target logwarnings-variable
    \section1 logwarnings
 
    The \c logwarnings boolean variable determines whether QDoc writes
    warning messages to a log file in addition to stderr.
 
    When set to \c true, QDoc creates a log file named
    \c {<project>-qdoc-warnings.log} in the output directory and writes
    all warning messages to this file. Warnings are still also written
    to stderr as usual.
 
    The log file includes a header with project information and, by default,
    the command-line arguments used to invoke QDoc for reproducibility.
 
    Setting this to \c true enables warning logging:
 
    \badcode
        logwarnings = true
    \endcode
 
    The default value is \c false.
 
    This feature is useful for large documentation sets or CI environments
    where warnings can be numerous and scroll by too quickly to be analyzed
    systematically.
 
    The \c logwarnings variable was introduced in QDoc 6.11.
 
    \section2 logwarnings.disablecliargs
 
    The \c logwarnings.disablecliargs boolean sub-variable controls whether
    CLI arguments are omitted from warning log file headers.
 
    \badcode
    logwarnings.disablecliargs = true
    \endcode
 
    When set to \c true, the command-line arguments are omitted from the log
    file header, making the log files portable across different environments.
    This is useful for test suites and CI systems where command-line arguments
    contain environment-specific paths and temporary directories.
 
    The default value is \c false.
    The \c {logwarnings.disablecliargs} variable was introduced in QDoc 6.11.
 
 
    \target macro-variable
    \section1 macro
 
    The \c macro variable is used to create your own simple QDoc
    commands. The syntax is \tt {macro.\e{command} = \e{definition}}.
    \e command is limited to a combination of letter and number
    characters, but no special characters like dash or underscore.
    \e definition is written using QDoc syntax.
 
    A macro variable can be restricted for use in one type of output
    generation. By appending \c {.HTML} to the macro name, for
    example, the macro is only used when generating HTML output.
 
    \badcode
        macro.key              = "\\b"
        macro.raisedaster.HTML = "<sup>*</sup>"
    \endcode
 
    The first macro defines the \\key command to render its argument
    using a bold font. The second macro defines the \\raisedaster
    command to render a superscript asterisk, but only when generating
    HTML.
 
    A macro can also take up to seven parameters:
 
    \badcode
    macro.hello            = "Hello \1!"
    \endcode
 
    Parameters are passed to macros the same way as to other commands:
 
    \badcode
    \hello World
    \endcode
 
    When using more than one parameter, or when an argument
    contains whitespace, enclose each argument in braces:
 
    \badcode
    macro.verinfo          = "\1 (version \2)"
    \endcode
 
    \badcode
    \verinfo {QFooBar} {1.0 beta}
    \endcode
 
    A special macro option, \e match, can be added for additional
    regular expression pattern matching for expanded macros.
 
    For example,
 
    \badcode
    macro.qtminorversion       = "$QT_VER"
    macro.qtminorversion.match = "\\d+\\.(\\d+)"
    \endcode
 
    This creates a macro \\qtminorversion that expands to the minor
    version based on the QT_VER environment variable.
 
    A macro that defines a match pattern outputs all capture groups
    (parentheses) concatenated together, or the exact matched string
    if the pattern does not contain any capture groups.
 
    For more information about pre-defined macros, see \l {Macros}.
 
    \target manifestmeta-variable
    \section1 manifestmeta
 
    The \c manifestmeta variable specifies additional meta-content
    for the example manifest files generated by QDoc.
 
    See the \l{Manifest Meta Content} section for more information.
 
    \target moduleheader-variable
    \section1 moduleheader
 
    The \c moduleheader variable defines the name of the module
    header of a documented C++ module.
 
    Projects that document C++ APIs require a module-level header
    that includes all public classes, namespaces and header files
    for the module. The Clang parser in QDoc uses this file to
    build a pre-compiled header (PCH) for the module to increase
    the speed of parsing source files.
 
    By default, the \l{project-variable}{project} name is used
    also as the module header name.
 
    \badcode
    project = QtCore
    \endcode
 
    With the above project name, QDoc searches a module header
    \e QtCore in all known include paths; first using the paths
    passed as command line arguments, then the paths listed in
    the \l includepaths variable.
 
    QDoc will issue a warning if the module header is not found.
    It will then attempt to build an artificial module header
    based on the headers listed in the \l {headerdirs-variable}
    {headerdirs} variable.
 
    For Qt documentation projects, the build system typically
    provides QDoc with correct include paths to locate the
    module header, provided that the \c project variable is set
    correctly. The \c moduleheader variable provides an
    alternative file name for QDoc to search for.
 
    If the project contains no C++ documentation, QDoc should be
    instructed to skip generating a PCH by setting \c moduleheader
    to an empty string:
 
    \badcode
    # No C++ code to document in this project
    moduleheader =
    \endcode
 
    See also \l includepaths and \l project.
 
    \target naturallanguage-variable
    \section1 naturallanguage
 
    The \c naturallanguage variable specifies the natural language
    used for the documentation generated by QDoc.
 
    \badcode
        naturallanguage = zh-Hans
    \endcode
 
    By default, the natural language is \c en for compatibility with
    legacy documentation.
 
    QDoc will add the natural language information to the HTML it
    generates, using the \c lang and \c xml:lang attributes.
 
    See also \l {sourceencoding-variable} {sourceencoding},
    \l {outputencoding-variable} {outputencoding},
    \l{http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_7}
    {C.7. The lang and xml:lang Attributes} and
    \l{http://www.w3.org/TR/i18n-html-tech-lang/#ri20040429.113217290}
    {Best Practice 13: Using Hans and Hant codes}.
 
    \target navigation-variable
    \section1 navigation
 
    The \c navigation sub-variables, if defined, set the home page, landing
    page, C++ classes page, and QML types page that are visible in the
    generated navigation bar for each page.
 
    In a project with multiple sub-projects (for example, Qt modules), each
    sub-project typically defines its own landing page while the same home
    page is used across all sub-projects.
 
    \b Sub-variables
 
    \table
      \row \li \c navigation.homepage
           \li Project home page.
      \row \li \c navigation.hometitle
           \li (Optional) User-visible title for the home page.
               Default value is taken from \c homepage.
      \row \li \c navigation.landingpage
           \li Sub-project landing page.
      \row \li \c navigation.landingtitle
           \li (Optional) User-visible title for the landing page.
               Defaults value is taken from \c landingpage.
      \row \li \c navigation.cppclassespage
           \li Top-level page that lists all C++ classes for this (sub-)project.
               Typically, the title of a \l {module-command}{\\module} page.
      \row \li \c navigation.cppclassestitle
           \li (Optional) User-visible title for the C++ classes page.
               Default is "C++ Classes".
      \row \li \c navigation.qmltypespage
           \li Top-level page that lists all QML types for this (sub-)project.
               Typically, the title of a \l {qmlmodule-command}{\\qmlmodule} page.
      \row \li \c navigation.qmltypestitle
           \li (Optional) User-visible title for the QML types page.
               Default is "QML Types".
      \row \li \c navigation.toctitles (Since QDoc 6.0)
           \li Page title(s) containing a \l {list-command}{\\list} structure that
               acts as a table of contents (TOC). QDoc generates navigation links
               for pages listed in the TOC, without the need for
               \l {nextpage-command}{\\nextpage} and \l {previouspage-command}
               {\\previouspage} commands, as well as a navigation hierarchy that's
               visible in the navigation bar (breadcrumbs) for HTML output.
      \row \li \c navigation.toctitles.inclusive (Since QDoc 6.3)
           \li If set to \c true, page(s) listed in \c navigation.toctitles
               will also appear in the navigation bar as a root item.
      \row \li \c navigation.trademarkspage (Since QDoc 6.8)
           \li Title of a page that documents trademarks mentioned in the
               documentation. See also \qdoccmd tm command.
    \endtable
 
    For example:
 
    \badcode
    # Common configuration
    navigation.homepage  = index.html
    navigation.hometitle = "Qt $QT_VER"
 
    # qtquick.qdocconf
    navigation.landingpage    = "Qt Quick"
    navigation.cppclassespage = "Qt Quick C++ Classes"
    navigation.qmltypespage   = "Qt Quick QML Types"
    \endcode
 
    The above configuration produces the following navigation bar for \c Item QML type:
 
    \badcode
    Qt 5.10 > Qt Quick > QML Types > Item QML Type
    \endcode
 
    \section2 Table of contents and navigation links
 
    If there are one or more pages that act as a table of contents (TOC),
    list their titles in \c navigation.toctitles to automate
    the navigational (\e {previous} and \e {next} page) link generation
    for all pages listed in a TOC.
 
    QDoc expects a \qdoccmd {list} of links on each TOC page. Nested
    sub-lists are allowed.
 
    For example,
 
    \badcode
    \list
        \li \l {Home}
        \li \l {Getting started}
        \li What's new
            \list
                \li \l {What's new in v1.3} {v1.3}
                \li \l {What's new in v1.2} {v1.2}
                \li \l {What's new in v1.1} {v1.1}
            \endlist
    \endlist
    \endcode
 
    Since QDoc version 6.10, also \qdoccmd {generatelist} can appear
    in the table of contents list:
 
    \badcode
    \list
        \li \l {Home}
        \li \l {Getting started}
        \li What's new
        \generatelist [descending] whatsnew
    \endlist
    \endcode
 
    Here, the result is similar to the first \\list, assuming all
    three `What's new` pages are part of the same \c whatsnew group.
 
    See also \qdoccmd {ingroup}.
 
    \target overloadedsignalstarget-variable
    \section1 overloadedsignalstarget
 
    \b {Default:} \c connecting-overloaded-signals
 
    The \c overloadedsignalstarget variable specifies the link target used in
    automatically generated notes for overloaded signals.
 
    When QDoc encounters an overloaded signal, it generates a note with a link
    to help documentation on connecting to overloaded signals. By default, this
    links to a target named \c connecting-overloaded-signals.
 
    Projects can customize this to link to their own documentation:
 
    \badcode
    # Link to a target within the project
    overloadedsignalstarget = signals-guide.html#overloaded-signals
 
    # Link to external documentation
    overloadedsignalstarget = https://example.com/docs/signals.html#overloaded-signals
    \endcode
 
    The target can be:
    \list
        \li A simple target name (for use with \qdoccmd {target} commands):
            \c {connecting-overloaded-signals}
        \li A relative URL: \c {signals-guide.html#overloaded-signals}
        \li An absolute URL: \c {https://example.com/docs/signals.html#overloaded-signals}
    \endlist
 
    See also \l {overloadedslotstarget-variable} {overloadedslotstarget}.
 
    \target overloadedslotstarget-variable
    \section1 overloadedslotstarget
 
    \b {Default:} \c connecting-overloaded-slots
 
    The \c overloadedslotstarget variable specifies the link target used in
    automatically generated notes for overloaded slots.
 
    When QDoc encounters an overloaded slot, it generates a note with a link
    to help documentation on connecting to overloaded slots. By default, this
    links to a target named \c connecting-overloaded-slots.
 
    Projects can customize this to link to their own documentation:
 
    \badcode
    # Link to a target within the project
    overloadedslotstarget = signals-guide.html#overloaded-slots
 
    # Link to external documentation
    overloadedslotstarget = https://example.com/docs/slots.html#overloaded-slots
    \endcode
 
    The target can be:
    \list
        \li A simple target name (for use with \qdoccmd {target} commands):
            \c {connecting-overloaded-slots}
        \li A relative URL: \c {signals-guide.html#overloaded-slots}
        \li An absolute URL: \c {https://example.com/docs/slots.html#overloaded-slots}
    \endlist
 
    See also \l {overloadedsignalstarget-variable} {overloadedsignalstarget}.
 
    \target outputdir-variable
    \section1 outputdir
 
    The \c outputdir variable specifies the directory where QDoc will
    put the generated documentation.
 
    \badcode
        outputdir = $QTDIR/doc/html
    \endcode
 
    locates the generated Qt reference documentation in
    $QTDIR/doc/html. For example, the documentation of the QWidget
    class is located in
 
    \badcode
        $QTDIR/doc/html/qwidget.html
    \endcode
 
    The associated images will be put in an \c images subdirectory.
 
    \warning When running QDoc multiple times using the same output
    directory, all files from the previous run will be lost.
 
    \target outputencoding-variable
    \section1 outputencoding
 
    The \c outputencoding variable specifies the encoding used for the
    documentation generated by QDoc.
 
    \badcode
        outputencoding = UTF-8
    \endcode
 
    By default, the output encoding is \c ISO-8859-1 (Latin1) for
    compatibility with legacy documentation. When generating
    documentation for some languages, particularly non-European
    languages, this is not sufficient and an encoding such as UTF-8 is
    required.
 
    QDoc will encode HTML using this encoding and generate the correct
    declarations to indicate to browsers which encoding is being
    used. The \l naturallanguage configuration variable should also be
    specified to provide browsers with a complete set of character
    encoding and language information.
 
    See also \l outputencoding and \l naturallanguage.
 
    \target outputformats-variable
    \section1 outputformats
 
    The \c outputformats variable specifies the format(s) of
    the generated documentation.
 
    Since Qt 5.11, QDoc supports the HTML and WebXML formats; since
    Qt 5.15, it can also generate the documentation in DocBook. If no
    \c outputformats are specified, QDoc generates the documentation
    in HTML (the default format). All output formats can be specified,
    with dedicated output directories and other settings. For example:
 
    \badcode
    outputformats = WebXML HTML
    WebXML.nosubdirs = true
    WebXML.outputsubdir = webxml
    WebXML.quotinginformation = true
    \endcode
 
    This generates HTML documentation using the default settings, as well
    as WebXML documentation into output subdirectory \e webxml.
 
    \target outputprefixes-variable
    \section1 outputprefixes
 
    The \c outputprefixes variable specifies a mapping between types of files
    and the prefixes to prepend to the output file names in the generated
    documentation.
 
    QDoc supports adding an output prefix to the file names of QML type, C++
    class, namespace, and header file reference pages.
 
    \badcode
        outputprefixes     = QML CPP
        outputprefixes.QML = uicomponents-
        outputprefixes.CPP = components-
    \endcode
 
    By default, files containing the API documentation for QML types
    are prefixed with \c {qml-}. In the above example, the prefix \c
    {uicomponents-} is used instead.
 
    Likewise, C++ type documentation pages are prefixed with \c {components-}
    in the above example. By default, C++ type pages have no prefix.
 
    \target outputsuffixes-variable
    \section1 outputsuffixes
 
    The \c outputsuffixes variable specifies a mapping between types of
    files and suffixes to apply to the module or type name as they appear
    in the output file names.
 
    QDoc supports adding an output suffix to the file names of module pages,
    QML type, C++ class, namespace, and header file reference pages.
 
    By default, no suffix is used. The QML output suffix, if defined, is
    applied as a suffix to the module name as it appears in the file names
    of QML type and QML module pages.
 
    File names for C++ types do not include the module name. The CPP
    output suffix, if defined, is applied as a suffix for the type name.
 
    \badcode
        outputsuffixes = QML CPP
        {outputsuffixes.QML,outputsuffixes.CPP} = -tp
    \endcode
 
    With the definitions above, given a QML module name \e FooBar and the default
    \l {outputprefixes-variable}{output prefix} (\c {qml-}), the name of
    the generated file for a QML type \e FooWidget is
    \c qml-foobar-tp-foowidget.html.
 
    Likewise, for a C++ class \e QFoobar, QDoc generates \c qfoobar-tp.html.
 
    The \c outputsuffixes variable was introduced in QDoc 5.6.
 
    \target qhp-variable
    \section1 qhp
 
    The \c qhp sub-variables are used to define the information to be
    written out to Qt Help Project (\c{qhp}) files.
 
    See the \l{Creating Help Project Files} chapter for information
    about this process.
 
    Since QDoc 6.6, setting the base \c qhp variable to \c true means
    that a valid help project configuration is expected:
 
    \badcode
    qhp = true
    \endcode
 
    Then, if a project configuration did not define \c {qhp.projects},
    QDoc issues a warning. This is useful for ensuring that all
    documentation projects with a shared top-level \e .qdocconf file
    (as in Qt) are configured correctly.
 
    To turn off the warning, set the variable to \c false.
 
    \target sourcedirs-variable
    \section1 sourcedirs
 
    The \c sourcedirs variable specifies the directories containing
    the \c .cpp or \c .qdoc files used in the documentation.
 
    \badcode
        sourcedirs  += .. \
                       ../../../examples/gui/doc/src
    \endcode
 
    When executed, the first thing QDoc will do is to read through the
    headers specified in the \l {header-command} {\c header} variable,
    and the ones located in the directories specified in the \c
    headerdir variable (including all subdirectories), building an
    internal structure of the classes and their functions.
 
    Then it will read through the sources specified in the \l
    {sources} {\c sources}, and the ones located in the directories
    specified in the \l {sourcedirs} {\c sourcedirs} variable
    (including all subdirectories), merging the documentation with the
    structure it retrieved from the header files.
 
    If both the \c sources and \c sourcedirs variables are defined,
    QDoc will read through both, first \l {sources} {\c sources} then
    \c sourcedirs.
 
    In the specified directories, QDoc will only read the files with
    the \c fileextensions specified in the \l {sources.fileextensions}
    {\c sources.fileextensions} variable. The files specified by \l {sources}
    {\c sources} will be read independent of their fileextensions.
 
    See also \l {sources-variable} {sources} and
    \l {sources.fileextensions-variable} {sources.fileextensions}.
 
    \target sourceencoding-variable
    \section1 sourceencoding
 
    The \c sourceencoding variable specifies the encoding used for the
    source code and documentation.
 
    \badcode
        sourceencoding = UTF-8
    \endcode
 
    By default, the source encoding is \c ISO-8859-1 (Latin1) for
    compatibility with legacy documentation. For some languages,
    particularly non-European languages, this is not sufficient and an
    encoding such as UTF-8 is required.
 
    Although QDoc will use the encoding to read source and
    documentation files, limitations of C++ compilers may prevent you
    from using non-ASCII characters in source code comments. In cases
    like these, it is possible to write API documentation completely
    in documentation files.
 
    See also \l {naturallanguage-variable} {naturallanguage} and
    \l {outputencoding-variable} {outputencoding}.
 
    \target sources-variable
    \section1 sources
 
    The \c sources variable allows you to specify individual source
    files in addition to those located in the directories specified by
    the \l {sourcedirs-variable} {sourcedirs} variable.
 
    \badcode
        sources = $QTDIR/src/gui/widgets/qlineedit.cpp \
                  $QTDIR/src/gui/widgets/qpushbutton.cpp
    \endcode
 
    When processing the \c sources variable, QDoc behaves in the same
    way as it does when processing the \l {sourcedirs-variable}
    {sourcedirs} variable. For more information, see the \l
    {sourcedirs-variable} {sourcedirs} variable.
 
    See also \l {sourcedirs-variable} {sourcedirs}.
 
    \target sources.fileextensions-variable
    \section1 sources.fileextensions
 
    The \c sources.fileextensions variable filters the files within a
    source directory.
 
    When processing the source files specified in the \l {sourcedirs}
    {\c sourcedirs} variable, QDoc will only read the files with the
    fileextensions specified in the \c sources.fileextensions
    variable. In this way QDoc avoid spending time reading irrelevant
    files.
 
    The default extensions are *.c++, *.cc, *.cpp, *.cxx, *.mm, *.qml
    and *.qdoc.
 
    The extensions are given as standard wildcard expressions. You
    can add a file extension to the filter using '+='. For example:
 
    \badcode
        sources.fileextensions += *.CC
    \endcode
 
    \warning The above assignment may not work as described.
 
    See also \l {sourcedirs-variable} {sourcedirs} and \l
    {sources-variable} {sources}.
 
 
    \target spurious-variable
    \section1 spurious
 
    The \c spurious variable excludes specified QDoc warnings from the
    output. The warnings are specified using standard wildcard
    expressions.
 
    \badcode
        spurious = "Cannot find .*" \
        "Missing .*"
    \endcode
 
    makes sure that warnings matching either of these expressions,
    will not be part of the output when running QDoc. For example
    would the following warning be omitted from the output:
 
    \badcode
        src/opengl/qgl_mac.cpp:156: Missing parameter name
    \endcode
 
    \target syntaxhighlighting
    \section1 syntaxhighlighting
 
    The \c syntaxhighlighting variable specifies whether QDoc should
    perform syntax highlighting on source code quoted in the
    documentation it generates.
 
    \badcode
        syntaxhighlighting = true
    \endcode
 
    will enable syntax highlighting for all supported programming
    languages.
 
    \target tabsize-variable
    \section1 tabsize
 
    The \c tabsize variable defines the size of a tab character.
 
    \badcode
    tabsize = 4
    \endcode
 
    will give the tab character the size of 4 spaces. The default
    value of the variable is 8, and doesn't need to be specified.
 
    \target tagfile-variable
    \section1 tagfile
 
    The \c tagfile variable specifies the Doxygen tag file to be
    written when HTML is generated.
 
    \target version-variable
    \section1 version
 
    The \c version variable specifies the version number of the
    documented software.
 
    \badcode
        version = 5.6.0
    \endcode
 
    When a version number is specified (using the \tt{\l version} or
    \tt {\l versionsym} variables in a \c .qdocconf file), it is
    accessible through the corresponding \\version command for use in
    the documentation.
 
    \warning The \\version command's functionality is not fully
    implemented; currently it only works within raw HTML code.
 
    See also \l versionsym.
 
    \target versionsym-variable
    \section1 versionsym
 
    The \c versionsym variable specifies a C++ preprocessor symbol
    that defines the version number of the documented software.
 
    \badcode
        versionsym = QT_VERSION_STR
    \endcode
 
    QT_VERSION_STR is defined in qglobal.h as follows
 
    \badcode
        #define QT_VERSION_STR   "5.14.1"
    \endcode
 
    When a version number is specified (using the \tt{\l version} or
    \tt {\l versionsym} variables in a \c .qdocconf file), it is
    accessible through the corresponding \\version command for use in
    the documentation.
 
    \warning The \\version command's functionality is not fully
    implemented. Currently, it only works within raw HTML code.
 
    See also \l {version} {\\version}.
 
    \target warninglimit-variable
    \section1 warninglimit
 
    The \c warninglimit variable sets the maximum number of documentation
    warnings allowed. If this limit is exceeded, QDoc continues as normal
    but exits with the warning count as the error code. If the limit was
    not exceeded or \c warninglimit was not defined, QDoc process exits
    with 0, assuming there were no other critical errors.
 
    Setting the \c warninglimit to \c 0 means failure on any warning.
 
    \note By default, QDoc does not enforce the warning limit. Enable it
    with \c {warninglimit.enabled = true} or by defining
    the \c QDOC_ENABLE_WARNINGLIMIT environment variable.
 
    For example,
 
    \badcode
    # Fail the documentation build if we have more than 100 warnings
    warninglimit = 100
    warninglimit.enabled = true
    \endcode
 
    The \c warninglimit variable was introduced in Qt 5.11.
*/
 
/*!
    \page 22-creating-help-project-files.html
    \previouspage Generic Configuration Variables
    \nextpage Format-specific Configuration Variables
 
    \title Creating Help Project Files
 
    \section1 Overview
 
    Qt Assistant uses a system for managing Qt documentation that requires
    QDoc to generate inventories of files.
 
    QDoc allows configuration variables to be used to specify which pages are
    to be used in each documentation set it generates. These are specified as
    subvariables of the \c qhp variable with each set declared using a unique
    identifier as a subvariable.
 
    For example, the configuration file for the Qt Quick documentation set
    specifies information about the set as subvariables with the
    \c{qhp.QtQuick} prefix:
 
    \badcode
    qhp.projects = QtQuick
 
    qhp.QtQuick.file                = qtquick.qhp
    qhp.QtQuick.namespace           = org.qt-project.qtquick.$QT_VERSION_TAG
    qhp.QtQuick.virtualFolder       = qtquick
    qhp.QtQuick.indexTitle          = Qt Quick
    qhp.QtQuick.indexRoot           =
 
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects         = qmltypes classes examples
 
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.qmltypes.title = QML Types
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.qmltypes.indexTitle = Qt Quick QML Types
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.qmltypes.selectors = qmlclass
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.qmltypes.sortPages = true
 
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.classes.title = Classes
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.classes.title = C++ Classes
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.classes.indexTitle = Qt Quick C++ Classes
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.classes.selectors = class fake:headerfile
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.classes.sortPages = true
 
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.examples.title = Examples
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.examples.indexTitle = Qt Quick Examples and Tutorials
    qhp.QtQuick.subprojects.examples.selectors = fake:example
    \endcode
 
    The documentation set may include one or more subprojects, which are added
    to the table of contents under the name specified by \c title. The page
    in the documentation referred to by the \c indexTitle acts as the index page
    for the subproject. The page types to list under the subproject are specified
    by \c selectors. The entries are alphabetically sorted if \c sortPages is set
    to \c true.
 
    \section2 Using Selectors
 
    The \c selectors property specifies which page types are listed under the
    table of contents entry for a subproject. Multiple selectors can be listed,
    separated by whitespace.
 
    \note If a subproject does not define a \c selectors property, all pages
    in the project are included by default.
 
    \table
    \header \li Selector             \li Description
    \row    \li \c namespace         \li Namespaces
    \row    \li \c class             \li Classes
    \row    \li \c qmltype           \li QML Types
    \row    \li \c qmlclass          \li Alias for \c qmltype.
    \row    \li \c module[:name]     \li C++ modules or members of the module
                                         with a specified name.
    \row    \li \c qmlmodule[:name]  \li QML modules or members of the module
                                         with a specified name.
    \row    \li \c doc[:subtype]     \li Documentation pages with a specified
                                         \c subtype. Multiple subtypes can be
                                         listed as a comma-separated list.
    \row    \li \c fake              \li Alias for \c doc.
    \row    \li \c group[:groupname] \li Documentation pages for members of a
                                         specified group, as added using the
                                         \l {ingroup-command}
                                         {\\ingroup} groupname command.
                                         Multiple group names can be listed as
                                         a comma-separated list.
                                         (Introduced in QDoc 5.6).
    \row    \li \c none              \li Selects nothing; only a link to the
                                         \c indexTitle is generated.
                                         (Introduced in QDoc 6.9).
    \endtable
 
    Available subtypes for the \c doc selector:
 
    \table
    \header \li Subtype              \li Description
    \row    \li \c example           \li Examples
    \row    \li \c headerfile        \li Header files
    \row    \li \c page              \li Documentation pages defined with the
                                         \l {page-command} {\\page} command.
    \endtable
 
    For example, the following configuration would select example pages and
    pages that include the \c {\ingroup tutorials} command:
 
    \badcode
    qhp.QtQuickControls.subprojects = examples
    qhp.QtQuickControls.subprojects.examples.title = Examples and Tutorials
    qhp.QtQuickControls.subprojects.examples.indexTitle = Qt Quick Controls Examples
    qhp.QtQuickControls.subprojects.examples.selectors = doc:example group:tutorials
    qhp.QtQuickControls.subprojects.examples.sortPages = true
    \endcode
 
    \section2 Adding Table of Contents
 
    To create a table of contents for a manual, create a subproject with
    a \c{type} property and set it to \c{manual}. The page in the documentation
    referred to by the \c{indexTitle} property must contain a list of links
    that acts as a table of contents for the whole manual. QDoc will take the
    information in this list and create a table of contents for the subproject.
 
    For example, the configuration file for Qt Creator defines only one
    subproject for its documentation, including all the documentation in a
    single manual:
 
    \badcode
    qhp.QtCreator.subprojects = manual
    qhp.QtCreator.subprojects.manual.title = Qt Creator Manual
    qhp.QtCreator.subprojects.manual.indexTitle = Qt Creator Manual
    qhp.QtCreator.subprojects.manual.type = manual
    \endcode
 
    In this example, the page entitled "Qt Creator Manual" contains a nested
    list of links to pages in the documentation which is duplicated in
    Qt Assistant's Contents tab.
*/
 
/*!
    \page 24-qdoc-configuration-htmlvariables.html
    \previouspage Creating Help Project Files
    \nextpage Supporting Derived Projects
 
    \keyword HTML Specific Configuration Variables
    \title Format-specific Configuration Variables
 
    The format-specific configuration variables define the generated
    documentation's style, or define the contents of the
    documentation's footer or postheader.
 
    Some of the configuration values are relevant only for the HTML
    output format and their values contain raw HTML.
 
    \target HTML.footer-variable
    \section1 HTML.footer
 
    The \c HTML.footer variable defines the content of the generated
    HTML documentation's footer.
 
    The footer is rendered at the bottom of the generated
    documentation page.
 
    The variable's value is given as raw HTML code enclosed by
    quotation marks. Note that if the value spans several lines, each
    line needs to be enclosed by quotation marks.
 
    \badcode
        HTML.footer = "<p /><address><hr /><div align=\"center\">\n" \
                      ...
                      "</tr></table></div></address>"
    \endcode
 
    \target FORMAT.nosubdirs
    \section1 <FORMAT>.nosubdirs
 
    A boolean value which, when \c true, enables single-directory output
    mode; all generated files go to \l {FORMAT.outputsubdir} directory,
    instead of a subdirectory based on the documentation project name.
 
    \target FORMAT.outputsubdir
    \section1 <FORMAT>.outputsubdir
 
    Defines the subdirectory under \l outputdir where documentation is
    generated.
 
    \badcode
    HTML.nosubdirs = true
    HTML.outputsubdir = html
    \endcode
 
    With above, the output goes to \c {<outputdir>/html}.
 
    \target HTML.postheader-variable
    \section1 HTML.postheader
 
    The \c HTML.postheader variable defines the content of the
    generated HTML documentation's postheader.
 
    The header is rendered at the top of the generated documentation
    page, immediately after the opening \c {<body>} element.
 
    The variable's value is given as raw HTML enclosed by quotation
    marks. Note that if the value spans several lines, each line needs
    to be enclosed by quotation marks.
 
    After rendering the content of \c HTML.postheader, QDoc outputs the
    page's breadcrumb navigation as set of \c {<li>} elements. Therefore,
    postheader must end with a valid parent element for \c {<li>}, such
    as \c {<ul>}. The default value for \c HTML.postheader is
 
    \badcode
     HTML.postheader = "<ul class=\"breadcrumb\">\n"
    \endcode
 
    See also \qdocvar {HTML.postpostheader}.
 
    \target HTML.postpostheader-variable
    \section1 HTML.postpostheader
 
    The \c HTML.postpostheader variable defines the content that
    closes the HTML document's postheader and its enclosed list of
    navigation breadcrumb items. Its value must include the
    matching closing tag for the list element opened in
    \qdocvar {HTML.postheader}.
 
    The default value for \c HTML.postpostheader is
 
    \badcode
    HTML.postpostheader = "</ul>\n"
    \endcode
 
    \target FORMAT.quotinginformation
    \section1 <FORMAT>.quotinginformation
 
    A boolean value which, when \c true, generates references to
    quoted content (for example, \l {quotefromfile-command}{\\quotefromfile}
    and \l {snippet-command}{\\snippet} commands) instead of including
    the content directly.
 
    Used currently for the \c WebXML output format.
 
    \badcode
    WebXML.quotinginformation = true
    \endcode
 
    \target HTML.style-variable
    \section1 HTML.style
 
    The HTML.style variable defines the style for
    the generated HTML documentation.
 
    The variable's value is given as raw HTML enclosed by quotation
    marks. Note that if the value spans several lines, each line needs
    to be enclosed by quotation marks.
 
    \badcode
    HTML.style = "h3.fn,span.fn" \
                 "{ margin-left: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; }\n" \
                 "a:link { color: #004faf; text-decoration: none }\n" \
                 "a:visited" \
                 "{ color: #672967; text-decoration: none }\n" \
                 "td.postheader { font-family: sans-serif }\n" \
                 "tr.address { font-family: sans-serif }\n" \
                 "body { background: #ffffff; color: black; }"
    \endcode
 
    \target HTML.stylesheets-variable
    \section1 HTML.stylesheets
 
    The HTML.stylesheets variable defines a list of stylesheets
    to use for the generated HTML documentation.
 
    Using separate stylesheets for the documentation makes it easier
    to customize and experiment with the style used once the contents
    has been generated. Typically, it is only necessary to define a
    single stylesheet for any set of documentation; for example:
 
    \badcode
    HTML.stylesheets = path/to/classic.css
    \endcode
 
    QDoc expects to find stylesheets in the directory containing the
    \l qtgui.qdocconf file, and it will copy those specified to the output
    directory alongside the HTML pages.
 
    \target HTML.tocdepth
    \section1 <FORMAT>.tocdepth
 
    The \c {<FORMAT>.tocdepth} variable defines how many document sections
    are printed in the table of contents. Setting tocdepth to \c 0 disables
    the table of contents while leaving it undefined prints all document
    sections.
 
    Currently only has an effect for the HTML format:
 
    \badcode
    HTML.tocdepth = 3
    \endcode
*/
 
/*!
    \page 25-qdoc-configuration-derivedprojects.html
    \previouspage Format-specific Configuration Variables
    \nextpage Example Manifest Files
 
    \title Supporting Derived Projects
 
    Some configuration variables allow you to use QDoc to support
    Qt-based projects. They allow your project to contain links to the
    online Qt documentation, which means that QDoc will be able to
    create links to the class reference documentation, without any
    explicit linking command.
 
    \target description-variable
    \section1 description
 
    The description variable holds a short description of the
    associated project.
 
    See also \l project.
 
    \target indexes-variable
    \section1 indexes
 
    The \c indexes variable defines a set of paths to index files to load.
 
    \badcode
    indexes = \
        $QT_INSTALL_DOCS/qtcore/qtcore.index \
        $SOME_OTHER_PROJECT/doc/foo.index
    \endcode
 
    The \c indexes variable provides an alternative to \l depends for
    defining project's dependencies. As direct paths are provided, no
    \c -indexdir command line option(s) are required when invoking QDoc.
 
    It is possible to define dependencies using either variable. Qt
    documentation only uses the \c depends variable.
 
    See also \l depends, \l project and \l url.
 
    \target productname-variable
    \section1 productname
 
    Use the \c productname variable if the name of the product being documented
    is different from the name of the documentation \qdocvar project. This is
    particularly useful for larger documentation sets that consist of multiple
    documentation projects and/or modules, as it allows QDoc to generate the
    product name instead of project name in certain contexts, such as the
    \qdoccmd since command.
 
    For example, Qt defines \e Qt as the \c productname, while each individual
    module defines its own \c project name. This allows authors to use the
    shorthand notation for the \qdoccmd since command.
 
    This configuration variable was introduced to QDoc with Qt 6.9.
 
    See also \qdoccmd {since}.
 
    \target project-variable
    \section1 project
 
    The \c project variable provides a name for the project associated
    with the \c .qdocconf file. This is a mandatory variable that all
    projects must set.
 
    The project's name is used to form a file name for the associated
    project's \e index file.
 
    \badcode
        project = QtCreator
    \endcode
 
    This will cause an index file called \c qtcreator.index to be
    created.
 
    If the project name contains whitespace or special characters,
    these are replaced with dashes ('-') in the generated index file
    name.
 
    See also \l depends, \l indexes, and \l description.
 
    \target projectroot-variable
    \section1 projectroot
 
    The \c projectroot variable sets the project root directory for relative
    path calculation in warning logs.
 
    \badcode
    projectroot = /path/to/project/root
    \endcode
 
    QDoc uses the following priority order to determine the project root:
 
    \list 1
        \li \c QDOC_PROJECT_ROOT environment variable
        \li \c projectroot configuration variable
        \li If neither is set, absolute paths are used
    \endlist
 
    When a project root is set, QDoc converts absolute file paths to relative
    paths in warning log files. This makes logs portable across different
    build environments.
 
    Qt's build system automatically sets \c QDOC_PROJECT_ROOT, so you
    typically don't need to set \c projectroot manually.
 
    For standalone QDoc usage, setting \c projectroot enables portable
    warning logs:
 
    \badcode
    projectroot = /home/user/myproject
    logwarnings = true
    \endcode
 
    The \c projectroot variable was introduced in QDoc 6.11.
    See also \l logwarnings.
 
    \target url-variable
    \section1 url
 
    The \c url variable holds the base URL for the
    documentation associated with the current project.
 
    The URL is stored in the generated index file for the
    project. When we use the index on its own, QDoc will use this as
    the base URL when constructing links to classes, functions, and
    other things listed in the index.
 
    \badcode
    project     = QtCore
    description = Qt Core Reference Documentation
    url         = https://doc.qt.io/qt/
 
    ...
    \endcode
 
    This ensures that whenever QDoc generates
    references to entities in the Qt Core module, the base URL is
    \c https://doc.qt.io/qt/.
 
    See also \l depends, \l indexes and \l {url.examples}.
 
    \target url.examples-variable
    \section1 url.examples
 
    The \c url.examples variable holds the base URL for the examples
    associated with the current project.
 
    If defined, a link to the example project directory is generated
    at the end of each example documentation page. The \c url.examples
    variable refers to the root directory of the examples related to
    this project; it can be a link to an online repository (starting
    with \e http:// or \e https://), or to the local file system
    (\c file://).
 
    If \c url.examples is not defined, QDoc will output a list of
    example's files and images instead.
 
    For example, given these definitions:
 
    \badcode
    url.examples = "https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/examples/"
    examplesinstallpath = corelib
    \endcode
 
    Then, for the following \l {example-command}{\\example} command:
 
    \badcode *
    /\1!
        \example threads/semaphores
        ...
    \1/
    \endcode
 
    QDoc generates a link to
    \c https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/examples/corelib/threads/semaphores.
 
    If the URL contains more components (for example, a query string)
    after the example path, \\1 can be used as a placeholder for the
    path:
 
    \badcode
    url.examples = "https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/examples/\1?h=$QT_VER"
    examplesinstallpath = corelib
    \endcode
 
    Given the same \\example command as above and assuming that
    \c $QT_VER expands to \c {5.13}, the generated URL is
    \c https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/examples/corelib/threads/semaphores?h=5.13.
 
    \c {url.examples} variable was introduced in QDoc version 5.13.
 
    See also \l url, \l examplesinstallpath, and \l {example-command}{\\example}.
 
    \target url.sources-variable
    \section1 url.sources
 
    The \c {url.sources} variable holds the base URL for the C++ source
    code associated with the current project. This is a URL for viewing
    the project's sources in a repository, for example, on \e {github.com}.
 
    Enable the source links by setting \c {url.sources.enabled} to
    \c true. When enabled, QDoc generates a link to a declaration
    in the \e synopsis (signature) of each documented C++ entity in its
    \e {Detailed description} section.
 
    In addition, define the root directory of the sources with
    \c {url.sources.rootdir}. The generated link is composed of the
    base URL (\c {url.sources}) and the path of the source file, relative
    to \c {url.sources.rootdir}.
 
    If the URL contains more components after the path (for example, a query
    string specifying a branch), \\1 acts as a placeholder for
    the path. Similarly, \\2 acts as a placeholder for the line number.
 
    \c {url.sources.linktext} sets the user-visible link text for source
    links. By default, the link text is an empty string; use the \c {a.srclink}
    CSS selector to style the links in the HTML output.
 
    For example, with the following configuration in
    \c {qtbase/src/gui/doc/qtgui.qdocconf}:
 
    \badcode
    url.sources = "https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/\1?h=$QT_VER#n\2"
    url.sources.rootdir = ../../..    # root of the `qtbase` repository
    url.sources.linktext = "(source)"
    url.sources.enabled = true
    \endcode
 
    QDoc will generate links to \e code.qt.io for each documented C++
    entity, specific to the branch defined with the \c QT_VER environment
    variable.
 
    The \c {url.sources} variable was introduced to QDoc with Qt 6.10.
 
    \target usealttextastitle-variable
    \section1 usealttextastitle
    In some cases, it's desirable to provide a "tooltip" for images when
    rendered in graphical browsers. QDoc offers a way to do this, where the
    \e alt text given as an optional string to the \qdoccmd image command is
    also used as the \e title attribute for the image. Enable this behavior
    by setting the this variable with \c {usealttextastitle = true} in your
    QDoc configuration file.
 
    This configuration variable was introduced to QDoc with Qt 6.9.
 
 
    \target howto
    \section1 How to Support Derived Projects
 
    This feature makes use of the comprehensive indexes generated by
    QDoc when it creates the Qt reference documentation.
 
    For example, \l qtgui.qdocconf (the configuration file for Qt GUI)
    contains the following variable definitions:
 
    \badcode
        project     = QtGui
        description = Qt GUI Reference Documentation
        url         = http://doc.qt.io/qt/
 
        ...
    \endcode
 
    The \l project variable name is used to form a file name for the
    index file; in this case the \c qtgui.index file is created. The \l
    url is stored in the index file. Afterwards, QDoc will use this
    as the base URL when constructing links to classes, functions,
    and other things listed in the index.
 
    See also \l depends, \l indexes, \l project, and \l url.
*/
 
/*!
    \page 26-qdoc-configuration-example-manifest-files.html
    \previouspage Supporting Derived Projects
 
    \title Example Manifest Files
 
    QDoc generates example-manifest.xml files that contain information about
    all documented examples. These files are used by Qt Creator to present a
    list of examples in its welcome screen and to link to their documentation.
 
    \section1 Manifest XML Structure
 
    A manifest file has the following structure:
 
    \badcode
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <instructionals module="QtGui">
        <examples>
            <example
                name="Analog Clock Window"
                docUrl="qthelp://org.qt-project.qtgui.502/qtgui/analogclock.html"
                projectPath="gui/analogclock/analogclock.pro"
                imageUrl="qthelp://org.qt-project.qtgui.502/qtgui/images/analogclock-window.png">
                <description><![CDATA[The Analog Clock Window example shows how
                    to draw the contents of a custom window.]]></description>
                <tags>analog,clock,window</tags>
                <fileToOpen>gui/analogclock/main.cpp</fileToOpen>
            </example>
            ...
        </examples>
    </instructionals>
    \endcode
 
    Each \c {<example>} element contains information about a name,
    description, the location of the project file and documentation,
    as well as a list of tags associated with the example.
 
    \target metacontent
    \section1 Manifest Meta Content
 
    It is possible to augment the manifest files with additional
    meta-content - that is, extra attributes and tags for selected
    examples, using the \c manifestmeta configuration command.
 
    One use case for meta-content is highlighting a number of prominent
    examples. Another is improving search functionality by adding
    relevant keywords as tags for a certain category of examples.
 
    The examples for which meta-content is applied to is specified using
    one or more filters. Matching examples to filters is done based on
    names, with each example name prefixed with a module name and a
    slash. Simple wildcard matching is supported; by using \c {*} at the
    end it's possible to match multiple examples with a single string.
 
    Example:
 
    \badcode
    manifestmeta.filters                = highlighted sql webkit global
 
    manifestmeta.highlighted.names      = "QtGui/Analog Clock Window" \
                                          "QtWidgets/Analog Clock"
    manifestmeta.highlighted.attributes = isHighlighted:true
 
    manifestmeta.sql.names              = "QtSql/*"
    manifestmeta.sql.tags               = database,sql
 
    manifestmeta.webkit.names           = "QtWebKitExamples/*"
    manifestmeta.webkit.tags            = webkit
 
    manifestmeta.global.names           = *
    manifestmeta.global.tags            = qt6
    \endcode
 
    Above, an \c isHighlighted attribute is added to two examples. If
    the attribute value is omitted, QDoc uses the string \c {true} by
    default. Extra tags are added for Qt WebKit and Qt SQL examples, and
    another tag is applied to all examples by using just \c {*} as the
    match string.
*/
 
/*!
    \page 21-1-minimum-qdocconf.html
    \previouspage qtgui.qdocconf
    \nextpage The QDoc Configuration File
 
    \title minimum.qdocconf
 
    \quotefile examples/minimum.qdocconf
*/
 
/*!
    \page 21-2-qtgui-qdocconf.html
    \previouspage Supporting Derived Projects
    \nextpage minimum.qdocconf
 
    \title qtgui.qdocconf
 
    \quotefile files/qtgui.qdocconf
*/