WIP : generate the docs for the builtin element based on comments in builtins.slint#11356
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WIP : generate the docs for the builtin element based on comments in builtins.slint#11356
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The doc generator emits inherited properties first, then the element's own properties. Reorder the hand-written mdx files so that they already follow this order, to minimize the diff when the generator takes over.
Move the enum/struct/keys mdx generation from xtask/slintdocs and the screenshot generation from tools/docsnapper into a single new tool at docs/slint-doc-generator with subcommands: generate-mdx, screenshots, build-astro. Running without a subcommand generates mdx, screenshots, and builds astro. Update CI workflows and READMEs.
…lint.
Instead of writing <CodeSnippetMD> XML tags in doc comments, screenshot
attributes are now placed directly on the code fence info string:
/// ```slint playground imageAlt="example" width="200" height="200"
The doc generator transforms these into <CodeSnippetMD> wrappers with
auto-generated numbered image paths (e.g. rectangle-1.png, rectangle-2.png).
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Part of #104
The goal here is to make sure there is less inconsistency in the documentation.
Use
///for normal documentation comment and//!for "section" documentation or documentation of property that are not in the builtins.slintThe Text of the documentation should be unchanged (modulo bug)
This PR still contain the generated files, at this point, so we see them in the diff. But Before merging that we should remove the generated files from the git tree.