Nim/doc/tools.rst

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Tools available with Nim
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The standard distribution ships with the following tools:

- | `Hot code reloading <hcr.html>`_
  | The "Hot code reloading" feature is built into the compiler but has its own
    document explaining how it works.

- | `Documentation generator <docgen.html>`_
  | The builtin document generator ``nim doc`` generates HTML documentation
    from ``.nim`` source files.

- | `Nimsuggest for IDE support <nimsuggest.html>`_
  | Through the ``nimsuggest`` tool, any IDE can query a ``.nim`` source file
    and obtain useful information like definition of symbols or suggestions for
    completion.

- | `C2nim <https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim/blob/master/doc/c2nim.rst>`_
  | C to Nim source converter. Translates C header files to Nim.

- | `niminst <https://nim-lang.org/docs/niminst.html>`_
  | niminst is a tool to generate an installer for a Nim program.

- | `nimgrep <nimgrep.html>`_
  | Nim search and replace utility.

- | nimpretty
  | ``nimpretty`` is a Nim source code beautifier,
    to format code according to the official style guide.