HTML Commands

Here is a list of all HTML commands that may be used inside the documentation. Note that all attributes of a HTML tag are ignored (the HREF and NAME attributes for the A tag are the only exception).

<A HREF="..."> Starts a HTML hyper-link (HTML only).
<A NAME="..."> Starts an named anchor (HTML only).
</A> Ends a link or anchor (HTML only).
<B> Starts a piece of text displayed in a bold font.
</B> Ends a <B> section.
<BODY> Does not generate any output.
</BODY> Does not generate any output.
<BR> Forces a line break.
<CENTER> starts a section of centered text.
</CENTER> ends a section of centered text.
<CODE> Starts a piece of text displayed in a typewriter font.
</CODE> End a <CODE> section.
<DD> Starts an item description.
<DFN> Starts a piece of text displayed in a typewriter font.
</DFN> Ends a <DFN> section.
<DL> Starts a description list.
</DL> Ends a description list.
<DT> Starts a item title.
</DT> Does not generate any output.
<EM> Starts a piece of text displayed in an italic font.
</EM> Ends a <EM> section.
<FORM> Does not generate any output.
</FORM> Does not generate any output.
<HR> Writes a horizontal ruler.
<H1> Starts an unnumbered section.
</H1> Ends an unnumberd section.
<H2> Starts an unnumbered subsection.
</H2> Ends an unnumbered subsection.
<H?> Where ? is one of {3,4,5,6}, starts an unnumbered subsubsection using <H3> in HTML.
</H?> Where ? is one of {3,4,5,6}, ends an unnumbered subsubsection using <H3> in HTML.
<I> Starts a piece of text displayed in an italic font.
<INPUT> Does not generated any output.
</I> Ends a <I> section.
<IMG> This command is written with attributes to the HTML output only.
<LI> Starts a new list item.
</LI> Does not generate any output.
<META> Does not generate any output.
<MULTICOL> ignored by Doxygen.
</MUTLICOL> ignored by Doxygen.
<OL> Starts a numbered item list.
</OL> Ends a numbered item list.
<P> Starts a new paragraph.
</P> Does not generate any output.
<PRE> starts a code fragment, equivalent to the command \code (see section \code).
</PRE> ends a code fragment, equivalent to the command \endcode (see section \endcode).
<SMALL> starts a section of text displayed in a smaller font.
</SMALL> ends a <SMALL> section.
<STRONG> starts a section of bold text.
</STRONG> ends a section of bold text.
<SUB> Starts a piece of text displayed in subscript.
</SUB> Ends a <SUB> section.
<SUP> Starts a piece of text displayed in superscript.
</SUP> Ends a </SUP> section.
<TABLE> starts a table, the available space of a page is always divided equally amount the columns.
</TABLE> ends a table
<TD> Starts a new table element.
</TD> Does not generate any output.
<TR> Starts a new table row.
</TR> Does not generate any output.
<TT> Starts a piece of text displayed in a typewriter font.
</TT> Ends a <TT> section.
<UL> Starts an unnumbered item list.
</UL> Ends an unnumbered item list.
<VAR> Starts a piece of text displayed in an italic font.
</VAR> Ends a </VAR> section.

The special HTML characters entities that are recognized by Doxygen:

&copy; the copyright symbol
&quot; a double quote
&?uml; where ? is one of {A,E,I,O,U,Y,a,e,i,o,u,y}, writes a character with a diaeresis accent (like ä).
&?acute; where ? is one of {A,E,I,O,U,Y,a,e,i,o,u,y}, writes a character with a acute accent (like á).
&?grave; where ? is one of {A,E,I,O,U,a,e,i,o,u,y}, writes a character with a grave accent (like à).
&?circ; where ? is one of {A,E,I,O,U,a,e,i,o,u,y}, writes a character with a circumflex accent (like â).
&?tilde; where ? is one of {A,N,O,a,n,o}, writes a character with a tilde accent (like ã).
&szlig; write a sharp s (i.e. ß) to the output.

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