Write a plugin to handle private function automatically.

docs/jsdoc_plugin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,12 b''
+exports.handlers = {
+    newDoclet: function(e) {
+        // e.doclet will refer to the newly created doclet
+        // you can read and modify properties of that doclet if you wish
+        if (typeof e.doclet.name === 'string') {
+            if (e.doclet.name[0] == '_') {
+                console.log('Private method "' + e.doclet.longname + '" not documented.');
+                e.doclet.memberof = '<anonymous>';
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
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IPython/html/static/notebook/js/notebook.js

@@ -336,7 +336,7 b' define(['
                 }
             }
         });
-    }
+    };
 
     /**
      * Set the dirty flag, and trigger the set_dirty.Notebook event
@@ -921,7 +921,6 b' define(['
      * Insert an element at given cell index.
      * return true if everything whent fine.
      *
-     * @private
      * @param {HTMLElement} element - a cell element
      * @param {integer} [index] a valid index where to inser cell
      **/
@@ -1101,7 +1100,6 b' define(['
     
     /**
      * warn about heading cells being removed
-     * @private
      */
     Notebook.prototype._warn_heading = function () {
         dialog.modal({
@@ -1543,7 +1541,6 b' define(['
     /**
      * Once a session is started, link the code cells to the kernel and pass the 
      * comm manager to the widget manager
-     * @private
      */
     Notebook.prototype._session_started = function (){
         this._session_starting = false;
@@ -1557,7 +1554,6 b' define(['
         }
     };
     /**
-     * @private
      */
     Notebook.prototype._session_start_failed = function (jqxhr, status, error){
         this._session_starting = false;
@@ -1927,7 +1923,6 b' define(['
      * update the autosave interval based on how long the last save took
      * 
      * @param {integer} timestamp - when the save request started
-     * @private
      */
     Notebook.prototype._update_autosave_interval = function (start) {
         var duration = (new Date().getTime() - start);

docs/jsdoc_config.json

@@ -3,7 +3,8 b''
         "parser": "gfm"
     },
     "plugins": [ 
-        "plugins/markdown" 
+        "plugins/markdown" ,
+        "jsdoc_plugin.js"
     ],
     "source": {
         "include": [