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# Snipdoc
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Snipdoc is a simple tool for maintaining package documentation that contains
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code samples.
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1. Create a subdirectory of your package to hold the following files. "internal"
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is a good name.
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2. Write a template file (for example, "doc.template") with the text of your package documentation. The file
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should look exactly like you want your doc.go file to look, except for code
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snippets.
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Instead of embedding a code snippet, write a line consisting solely of
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[NAME]
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for your choice of NAME.
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3. Write a snippets file (for example, "doc-snippets.go") as a valid Go source
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file. Begin each snippet you'd like to appear in your package docs with
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`//[ NAME` and end it with `//]`.
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4. Construct your doc.go file with the command
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```
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awk -f snipdoc.awk doc-snippets.go doc.template
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```
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The file "sample-makefile" in this directory verifies that the
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snippets file compiles and safely constructs a doc.go file.
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