Doxygen vs TextPad

Doxygen

Description: Doxygen is a popular open-source documentation generator for C++, C, Java, Objective-C, Python and other programming languages. It allows developers to document their code with specially formatted comments that Doxygen then parses to produce documentation in various formats like HTML, LaTeX, and XML.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

TextPad

Description: TextPad is a text editor for Windows. It has features for editing plain text, source code, and markup languages. It's lightweight, customizable, and supports syntax highlighting, macros, editing multiple files in tabs, and more.

Type: software

Doxygen Features

• Generates documentation from source code comments
• Supports many programming languages like C++, C, Java, Objective-C, Python
• Generates documentation in multiple formats like HTML, LaTeX, XML
• Can extract diagrams like call graphs and inheritance diagrams from code
• Customizable output through templates and CSS stylesheets
• Automatic cross referencing between code entities
• Supports documenting libraries and APIs
• Can generate graphical class hierarchy diagrams

TextPad Features

• Syntax highlighting
• Search and replace
• Regular expression support
• Multiple document interface
• Extensive language support
• Customizable interface
• Macro support
• Plugins
• Column/block editing
• Word wrap
• Zooming
• Print preview
• File comparison
• FTP browser
• Project support
• Spell checking

Doxygen

• Open Source

TextPad

• Not listed