# Install doxymacs with Homebrew Elisp package for using doxygen under Emacs. Version 1.8.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:doxymacs ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install doxymacs ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:doxymacs - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.8.0 - **Source summary:** Elisp package for using doxygen under Emacs - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - doxymacs_parser (cli) - doxymacs_parser (alias) ## Dependencies - doxygen - emacs ## Uses from macOS - libxml2 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.8.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://doxymacs.sourceforge.net/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage doxymacs is an Emacs/XEmacs helper package for Doxygen. It makes Doxygen-created documentation easier to use from the editor and helps insert Doxygen-style comments into source files. ### Project history The official homepage describes doxymacs as Doxygen plus Emacs/XEmacs and says its purpose is to create a Lisp package that makes using Doxygen from within those editors easier. Version 1.8.0 was released on 10 June 2007. SourceForge file-release metadata shows a release line from at least the 1.1.0 tarball in June 2001 through 1.8.0 in June 2007. The public evidence points to a small, focused editor-extension project from the period when Doxygen, XEmacs, and Emacs Lisp helpers were commonly distributed as separate packages. ### Adoption history doxymacs' adoption appears niche and editor-specific. Its packaging in Homebrew preserves a small workflow tool for developers who used Doxygen tags and Emacs key bindings rather than a standalone documentation system. ### How it is used Users install the Lisp files into an Emacs load path, require doxymacs from their .emacs, enable doxymacs-mode, customize Doxygen root and tag-file variables, and use key bindings to look up documentation, rescan tags, or insert Doxygen comment templates. ### Why package nerds care doxymacs is package-nerd interesting because it captures a pre-LSP editor-integration pattern: a small editor mode, an optional C helper for XML parsing, and a dependency on generated Doxygen tag data. It is less important as a modern tool than as packaging sediment around Doxygen and Emacs workflows. ### Timeline - 2001: SourceForge file feed lists doxymacs 1.1.0. - 2003: 1.4.0 and 1.5.0 tarballs published. - 2006: 1.7.0 tarball published. - 2007: 1.8.0 released with documentation lookup, comment insertion, optional external XML parser, and Doxygen keyword fontification. ### Related projects - doxymacs is directly related to Doxygen, GNU Emacs, XEmacs, libxml2, W3, and tempo. Its value comes from connecting generated Doxygen documentation and tags back into the editor. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** doxymacs - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [doxygen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doxygen/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [emacs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/emacs/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [action-docs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/action-docs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [adr-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adr-tools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [adr-viewer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adr-viewer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [cargo-docset](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-docset/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [cheat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cheat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [context7-mcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/context7-mcp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [cppman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cppman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [dita-ot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dita-ot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. - [docutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docutils/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. 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