Here is a list of all HTML commands that may be used inside the documentation. Notice that all attributes of a HTML tag are ignored (the HREF and NAME attributes for the A tag are the only exception).
<A HREF="...">
Starts a HTML hyper-link (HTML only).
<A NAME="...">
Starts an named anchor (HTML only).
</A>
Ends a link or anchor (HTML only).
<B>
Starts a piece of text displayed in a bold font.
</B>
Ends a <B>
section.
<BODY>
Does not generate any output.
</BODY>
Does not generate any output.
<BR>
Forces a line break.
<CENTER>
starts a section of centered text.
</CENTER>
ends a section of centered text.
<CODE>
Starts a piece of text displayed in a typewriter font.
</CODE>
End a <CODE>
section.
<DD>
Starts an item description.
<DFN>
Starts a piece of text displayed in a typewriter font.
</DFN>
Ends a <DFN>
section.
<DL>
Starts a description list.
</DL>
Ends a description list.
<DT>
Starts a item title.
</DT>
Does not generate any output.
<EM>
Starts a piece of text displayed in an italic font.
</EM>
Ends a <EM>
section.
<FORM>
Does not generate any output.
</FORM>
Does not generate any output.
<HR>
Writes a horizontal ruler.
<H1>
Starts an unnumbered section.
</H1>
Ends an unnumberd section.
<H2>
Starts an unnumbered subsection.
</H2>
Ends an unnumbered subsection.
<H?>
Where ? is one of {3,4,5,6}, starts an unnumbered subsubsection.
</H?>
Where ? is one of {3,4,5,6}, ends an unnumbered subsubsection.
<I>
Starts a piece of text displayed in an italic font.
<INPUT>
Does not generated any output.
</I>
Ends a <I>
section.
<IMG>
This command is written with attributes to the HTML output only.
<LI>
Starts a new list item.
</LI>
Does not generate any output.
<META>
Does not generate any output.
<MULTICOL>
ignored by Doxygen.
</MUTLICOL>
ignored by Doxygen.
<OL>
Starts a numbered item list.
</OL>
Ends a numbered item list.
<P>
Starts a new paragraph.
</P>
Does not generate any output.
<PRE>
starts a code fragment,
equivalent to the command \code (see section "\code").
</PRE>
ends a code fragment,
equivalent to the command \endcode (see section "\endcode").
<SMALL>
starts a section of text displayed in a smaller font.
</SMALL>
ends a <SMALL>
section.
<STRONG>
starts a section of bold text.
</STRONG>
ends a section of bold text.
<SUB>
Starts a piece of text displayed in superscript.
</SUB>
Ends a <SUB>
section.
<SUP>
Starts a piece of text displayed in subscript.
</SUP>
Ends a </SUP>
section.
<TABLE>
starts a table, the available space of a page is always
divided equally amount the columns.
</TABLE>
ends a table
<TD>
Starts a new table element.
</TD>
Does not generate any output.
<TR>
Starts a new table row.
</TR>
Does not generate any output.
<TT>
Starts a piece of text displayed in a typewriter font.
</TT>
Ends a <TT>
section.
<UL>
Starts an unnumbered item list.
</UL>
Ends an unnumbered item list.
<VAR>
Starts a piece of text displayed in an italic font.
</VAR>
Ends a </VAR>
section.
The special HTML characters entities that are recognized by Doxygen:
©
the copyright symbol
"
a double quote
&?uml;
where ? is one of {A,E,I,O,U,Y,a,e,i,o,u,y},
writes a character with a diaeresis accent (like ä).
&?acute;
where ? is one of {A,E,I,O,U,Y,a,e,i,o,u,y},
writes a character with a acute accent (like á).
&?grave;
where ? is one of {A,E,I,O,U,a,e,i,o,u,y},
writes a character with a grave accent (like à).
&?circ;
where ? is one of {A,E,I,O,U,a,e,i,o,u,y},
writes a character with a circumflex accent (like â).
&?tilde;
where ? is one of {A,N,O,a,n,o},
writes a character with a tilde accent (like ã).