[boost] building docs (Was: [test] trunk breakage)

Subject: [boost] building docs (Was: [test] trunk breakage)
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-07 16:22:26

Rene Rivera wrote:

>> c) I could choose which kind of documentation I wanted
>> html or pdf or (maybe someday) windows help file
> 
> Building PDF docs is complicated by needing to have a specific PDF
> generator software which is commercial, IIRC. I heven't tried building
> PDF so someone else will have to answer as to how to do it.

Technically, you can use Apache FOP. In practice, you might need to use
specific version, as all other versions are badly broken. What version
exactly is sacred knowledge. I believe John is using XEP Personal for
generating release docs on PDF.

- Volodya