Doxygen appends a dot at the end of a brief description

diff -upr doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/Doxyfile doxygen-1.4.4/Doxyfile
--- doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/Doxyfile	2005-06-12 22:00:20.000000000 +0200
+++ doxygen-1.4.4/Doxyfile	2005-08-18 18:25:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ OUTPUT_LANGUAGE        = English
 USE_WINDOWS_ENCODING   = NO
 BRIEF_MEMBER_DESC      = YES
 REPEAT_BRIEF           = YES
+BRIEF_APPEND_DOT       = YES
 ABBREVIATE_BRIEF       = 
 ALWAYS_DETAILED_SEC    = NO
 INLINE_INHERITED_MEMB  = NO
diff -upr doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/addon/doxmlparser/Doxyfile doxygen-1.4.4/addon/doxmlparser/Doxyfile
--- doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/addon/doxmlparser/Doxyfile	2002-02-13 20:47:35.000000000 +0100
+++ doxygen-1.4.4/addon/doxmlparser/Doxyfile	2005-08-18 18:26:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ HIDE_UNDOC_MEMBERS     = NO
 HIDE_UNDOC_CLASSES     = NO
 BRIEF_MEMBER_DESC      = YES
 REPEAT_BRIEF           = YES
+BRIEF_APPEND_DOT       = YES
 ALWAYS_DETAILED_SEC    = NO
 INLINE_INHERITED_MEMB  = NO
 FULL_PATH_NAMES        = NO
diff -upr doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/addon/doxmlparser/Doxyfile.impl doxygen-1.4.4/addon/doxmlparser/Doxyfile.impl
--- doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/addon/doxmlparser/Doxyfile.impl	2002-04-01 19:13:39.000000000 +0200
+++ doxygen-1.4.4/addon/doxmlparser/Doxyfile.impl	2005-08-18 18:26:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ HIDE_UNDOC_MEMBERS     = NO
 HIDE_UNDOC_CLASSES     = NO
 BRIEF_MEMBER_DESC      = YES
 REPEAT_BRIEF           = YES
+BRIEF_APPEND_DOT       = YES
 ALWAYS_DETAILED_SEC    = NO
 INLINE_INHERITED_MEMB  = NO
 FULL_PATH_NAMES        = NO
diff -upr doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/doc/config.doc doxygen-1.4.4/doc/config.doc
--- doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/doc/config.doc	2005-07-03 18:31:22.000000000 +0200
+++ doxygen-1.4.4/doc/config.doc	2005-08-18 18:34:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ followed by the descriptions of the tags
 \refitem cfg_alphabetical_index ALPHABETICAL_INDEX 
 \refitem cfg_always_detailed_sec ALWAYS_DETAILED_SEC
 \refitem cfg_binary_toc BINARY_TOC
+\refitem cfg_brief_append_dot BRIEF_APPEND_DOT
 \refitem cfg_brief_member_desc BRIEF_MEMBER_DESC 
 \refitem cfg_call_graph CALL_GRAPH
 \refitem cfg_case_sense_names CASE_SENSE_NAMES 
@@ -298,6 +299,15 @@ followed by the descriptions of the tags
  If both \c HIDE_UNDOC_MEMBERS and \c BRIEF_MEMBER_DESC are set to \c NO, the 
  brief descriptions will be completely suppressed.
 
+\anchor cfg_brief_append_dot
+<dt>\c BRIEF_APPEND_DOT <dd>
+ \addindex BRIEF_APPEND_DOT
+ If the \c BRIEF_APPEND_DOT tag is set to \c YES (the default) Doxygen will append
+ a dot (".") after each brief description.
+ \par Note:
+ If \c OUTPUT_LANGUAGE is set to \c Chinese, \c Japanese, or Korean, no dot
+ will be appended.
+
 \anchor cfg_abbreviate_brief
 <dt>\c ABBREVIATE_BRIEF <dd>
  \addindex ABBREVIATE_BRIEF
diff -upr doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/qtools/Doxyfile doxygen-1.4.4/qtools/Doxyfile
--- doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/qtools/Doxyfile	2004-05-16 19:13:44.000000000 +0200
+++ doxygen-1.4.4/qtools/Doxyfile	2005-08-18 18:35:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ BRIEF_MEMBER_DESC      = YES
 
 REPEAT_BRIEF           = YES
 
+# If the BRIEF_APPEND_DOT tag is set to YES (the default) Doxygen will append
+# a dot (".") after each brief description.
+# Note: if OUTPUT_LANGUAGE is set to Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, no dot
+# will be appended.
+
+BRIEF_APPEND_DOT       = YES
+
 # This tag implements a quasi-intelligent brief description abbreviator 
 # that is used to form the text in various listings. Each string 
 # in this list, if found as the leading text of the brief description, will be 
diff -upr doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/src/config.l doxygen-1.4.4/src/config.l
--- doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/src/config.l	2005-07-03 18:31:22.000000000 +0200
+++ doxygen-1.4.4/src/config.l	2005-08-18 18:35:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -1379,6 +1379,14 @@ void Config::create()
                     "brief descriptions will be completely suppressed. \n",
                     TRUE
                  );
+  cb = addBool(
+                    "BRIEF_APPEND_DOT",
+                    "If the BRIEF_APPEND_DOT tag is set to YES (the default) Doxygen will append \n"
+                    "a dot (\".\") after each brief description. \n"
+                    "Note: if OUTPUT_LANGUAGE is set to Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, no dot \n"
+                    "will be appended. \n",
+                    TRUE
+                 );
   cl = addList(
                     "ABBREVIATE_BRIEF",
                     "This tag implements a quasi-intelligent brief description abbreviator \n"
diff -upr doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/src/definition.cpp doxygen-1.4.4/src/definition.cpp
--- doxygen-1.4.4.vorher/src/definition.cpp	2005-06-19 20:09:34.000000000 +0200
+++ doxygen-1.4.4/src/definition.cpp	2005-08-18 18:23:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ void Definition::setBriefDescription(con
   static QCString outputLanguage = Config_getEnum("OUTPUT_LANGUAGE");
   static bool needsDot = outputLanguage!="Japanese" && 
                          outputLanguage!="Chinese" &&
-                         outputLanguage!="Korean";
+                         outputLanguage!="Korean" &&
+                         Config_getBool("BRIEF_APPEND_DOT");
 
   //fprintf(stderr,"Definition::setBriefDescription(%s,%s,%d)\n",b,briefFile,briefLine);
   m_brief=QCString(b).stripWhiteSpace();