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Some rustdoc manual fixes
Clarify that it's sundown, and that we don't support magic
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doc/rustdoc.md

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Then, one can run `rustdoc universe.rs`. By default, it generates a directory
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called `doc`, with the documentation for `universe` being in
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Doc comments are markdown, and are currently parsed with the
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[sundown][sundown] library. rustdoc does not yet do any fanciness such as
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referencing other items inline, like javadoc's `@see`. One exception to this
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is that the first paragrah will be used as the "summary" of an item in the
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generated documentation:
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/// A whizbang. Does stuff. (this line is the summary)
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/// Whizbangs are ...
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struct Whizbang;
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~~~
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To generate the docs, run `rustdoc universe.rs`. By default, it generates a
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directory called `doc`, with the documentation for `universe` being in
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`doc/universe/index.html`. If you are using other crates with `extern mod`,
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rustdoc will even link to them when you use their types, as long as their
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documentation has already been generated by a previous run of rustdoc, or the
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documentation. There is a search bar at the top, which is powered by some
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javascript and a statically-generated search index. No special web server is
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[sundown]: https://github.com/vmg/sundown/

doc/tutorial.md

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[container]: tutorial-container.html
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[conditions]: tutorial-conditions.html
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[rustpkg]: tutorial-rustpkg.html
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[rustdoc]: tutorial-rustdoc.html
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[rustdoc]: rustdoc.html
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[wiki]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Docs
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[wiki-packages]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-packages,-editors,-and-other-tools

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