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| author | Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net> | 2022-11-09 14:59:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net> | 2022-11-17 10:56:48 +0100 |
| commit | 26080d1542c3695b6ebca127f180be102dd59af3 (patch) | |
| tree | 79695c59e2f85c03d57873be339b9da21f0b27d6 | |
| parent | b58264217b605d0e8f2ef1cf7d41396b6cb1617f (diff) | |
| download | ffmpeg-26080d1542c3695b6ebca127f180be102dd59af3.tar.gz | |
doc/developer.texi: improve the introductory text
Remove confusing references to "external" vs. "internal" developers.
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diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi index addee0d826..5cf3b19ee0 100644 --- a/doc/developer.texi +++ b/doc/developer.texi @@ -10,13 +10,19 @@ @contents -@chapter Notes for external developers +@chapter Introduction -This document is mostly useful for internal FFmpeg developers. -External developers who need to use the API in their application should -refer to the API doxygen documentation in the public headers, and -check the examples in @file{doc/examples} and in the source code to -see how the public API is employed. +This text is concerned with the development @emph{of} FFmpeg itself. Information +on using the FFmpeg libraries in other programs can be found elsewhere, e.g. in: +@itemize @bullet +@item +the installed header files +@item +@url{http://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/trunk/index.html, the Doxygen documentation} +generated from the headers +@item +the examples under @file{doc/examples} +@end itemize You can use the FFmpeg libraries in your commercial program, but you are encouraged to @emph{publish any patch you make}. In this case the |