From 26080d1542c3695b6ebca127f180be102dd59af3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anton Khirnov Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 14:59:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc/developer.texi: improve the introductory text Remove confusing references to "external" vs. "internal" developers. --- doc/developer.texi | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) 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