Port jodoc to JS

[markc]

Would you be interested in a port of jodoc to javascript using node?

I've been working on a similar inline doc system using markdown but based on showdown.js. I use /*** ... ***/ as special comment markers so it leaves /** ... */ javadoc style comments in place and I mark up the actual live JS files by preprocessing them before passing them to my hacked showdown.js. Your joDoc system is far more mature and complete in that it creates linked indexes. I'm still learning JS and node'isms but I'd love to "port" my markdown js hack to a Jo-like style and include all or most of jodoc functionality as a single file node script (no deps other than the node binary, certainly no perl or ruby etc.)

[davebalmer]

ABSOLUTELY! This is on the roadmap for joDoc, and I'd love to see what you put together because Dan and I haven't started on the node.js port yet.

[rtsuk]

I would try to find some time to help out with porting joDoc to JavaScript. Or even CoffeeScript.

[davebalmer]

Check out Dan Freedman's efforts. He has a good start to a node.js port of joDoc over here http://bit.ly/exwmu4 (Dan is also responsible for beating the perl into shape for this version of joDoc!)

[rtsuk]

Quoting davebalmer
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Check out Dan Freedman's efforts.

I will, thanks!

Rob