Using HeaderDoc with .hpp files instead of .h files

Question

I want to document my interface. The interface is written in C++ and it is in .hpp files. However, headerdoc2html doesn't seem to know about .hpp files; it expects .h files.

$ headerdoc2html include/*.hpp
HTML output mode.
File include/serializer.hpp is not of a known header or source code file type
No valid input files specified. 

Usage: headerdoc2html [-dq] [-o <output directory>] <input file(s) or directory>.

How can I force HeaderDoc to interpret the input as C++ code?

@Tibi epic incompatibility with existing users of the interface. — , Feb 11 '12 at 12:08
Okay, but you could create a temporary folder where you put all the .hpp files, rename them to .h, build the documentation, without modifying the original. — Tibi, Feb 11 '12 at 12:12

Jörg Beyer · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-11T13:58:49.147

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I only have a dirty suggestion: copy the .hpp files to .h files. You can do that in the makefile.

Here is a snippet of the Makefile

.SUFFIXES: .h .hpp
.hpp.h:
     cp $< $@

remember the tab in the Makefile, before the "cp"-line

edited Feb 11 '12 at 13:58

answered Feb 11 '12 at 13:51

Jörg Beyer

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Using HeaderDoc with .hpp files instead of .h files

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