Re: [Boost-docs] Suppressing quickbook formatting

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-14 20:06:06

John Maddock wrote:
> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>> The QuickBook docs do it this way:
>>
>> [pre'''
>> 2-Sided Confidence Limits For Mean
>> __________________________________
>> Number of Observations = 195
>> Mean = 9.26146
>> Standard Deviation = 0.02278881
>> ''']
>>
>> HTH.
> 
> Aha, could that trick for suppessing markup be placed in the docs somewhere 
> (if it isn't already?).  

Sure. Noted.

I had to vary things a bit because my program
> output contains < and > so fully escaping to XML wasn't possible either, but 
> a mix of just escaping where needed did the job nicely.  So... I still think 
> a [programlisting] markup might be useful, pity we can't implement it with a 
> template?

How about a Source Mode? Example:

     [teletype]

Such a source mode can simply output the text as-is.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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