# rustdoc-prettier
Format `//!` and `///` comments with [`prettier`]
## Installation
```sh
cargo install rustdoc-prettier
```
`rustdoc-prettier` requires `prettier` to be installed independently, e.g.:
```sh
npm install -g prettier
```
## Usage
```
rustdoc-prettier [ARGS]
```
Arguments ending with `.rs` are considered source files and are
formatted. All other arguments are forwarded to `prettier`, with
one exception. An option of the form:
```
---max-width <N>
```
is converted to options of the form:
```
--prose-wrap always --print-width <M>
```
where `M` is `N` minus the width of the indentation, of the
`//!` or `///` syntax, and of the space that might follow that
syntax. If the current directory contains a rustfmt.toml file
with a `max_width` key, the `--max-width` option will be applied
automatically. See: https://prettier.io/docs/en/options.html
## Notes
`rustdoc-prettier` parses source code manually. It does not use [`rustdoc-json`]. There are two reasons for this:
1. `rustdoc-json` provides the [span] of the commented code, but not of the comment itself. To the best of my knowledge, there is no easy way to extract `rustdoc` comments using `rustdoc-json`'s output.
2. `rustdoc-json` does not output [span]s for items that come [from macro expansions or inline assembly]. However, there are legitimate reasons to want to format such comments.
[`prettier`]: https://prettier.io/
[`rustdoc-json`]: https://crates.io/crates/rustdoc-json
[from macro expansions or inline assembly]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/e190983bd3cefdec262c63dc8d47f76d965fea65/src/rustdoc-json-types/lib.rs#L65-L66
[span]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/2963-rustdoc-json.html#span