Can Doxygen project brief contain link? - doxygen

Question

I am writing my Doxyfile configuration and was wondering if I can include a link within the PROJECT_BRIEF. I have tried HTML and Markdown syntax, but it appears to only accept plaintext. Is there a way to add simple markup to the PROJECT_BRIEF?
PROJECT_BRIEF = "Project heavily inspired by <a href='https://example.com'>Other Project</a>"
PROJECT_BRIEF = "Project heavily inspired by [Other Project](https://example.com)"
My system currently has Doxygen 1.8.17 installed.

Answer 1

I managed to accomplish this using a custom HTML_HEADER.
Generate default templates (we will only be looking at header.html).
doxygen -w html header.html footer.html stylesheet.css Doxyfile
rm footer.html stylesheet.css
Modify header.html.
Find the existing $projectbrief tag.
<div id="projectbrief">$projectbrief</div>
Add some javascript to "unescape" the HTML.
<script>
function htmlDecode(input) {
var doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(input, "text/html");
return doc.documentElement.textContent;
}
document.getElementById("projectbrief").innerHTML = htmlDecode("$projectbrief");
</script>
Modify Doxyfile to use new HTML_HEADER
HTML_HEADER = header.html
Admire your markup!
Note: Other output types (e.g. LaTeX) also can similarly use custom header files.
Additionally, Markdown syntax is theoretically possible using any number of JavaScript Markdown parsers.