fixes #846 Document IPC public API

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+= nng_ipc_dialer_alloc(3ipc)
+//
+// Copyright 2018 Staysail Systems, Inc. <info@staysail.tech>
+// Copyright 2018 Capitar IT Group BV <info@capitar.com>
+// Copyright 2019 Devolutions <info@devolutions.net>
+//
+// This document is supplied under the terms of the MIT License, a
+// copy of which should be located in the distribution where this
+// file was obtained (LICENSE.txt).  A copy of the license may also be
+// found online at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+//
+
+== NAME
+
+nng_ipc_dialer_alloc - allocate IPC dialer
+
+== SYNOPSIS
+
+[source, c]
+----
+#include <nng/nng.h>
+#include <nng/supplemental/ipc/ipc.h>
+
+int nng_ipc_dialer_alloc(nng_ipc_dialer *dp);
+----
+
+== DESCRIPTION
+
+The `nng_ipc_dialer_alloc()` allocates an IPC dialer, which can be used
+to create outgoing connections over IPC, and stores a pointer to it
+it in the location referenced by _dp_.
+
+== RETURN VALUES
+
+This function returns 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise.
+
+== ERRORS
+
+[horizontal]
+`NNG_ENOMEM`:: Insufficient free memory exists.
+
+== SEE ALSO
+
+[.text-left]
+<<nng_ipc_dialer_close.3ipc#,nng_ipc_dialer_close(3ipc)>>,
+<<nng_ipc_dialer_dial.3ipc#,nng_ipc_dialer_dial(3ipc)>>,
+<<nng_ipc_dialer_free.3ipc#,nng_ipc_dialer_free(3ipc)>>,
+<<nng_ipc_dialer.5#,nng_ipc_dialer(5)>>,
+<<nng_strerror.3#,nng_strerror(3)>>