Re: [Boost-docs] [boost-docs] Proof of concept: GroupedLinks selectboxes

From: Michael Marcin (mmarcin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-12 23:56:48

Matias Capeletto wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have been playing the past two days to include links between boost
> libraries and between internal sections of a lib. I wanted a very
> simple way to traverse boost docs that do not interfere in my way.
> Frames were discarded for this reason.
> 
> You can see the results here:
> http://tinyurl.com/22sja5
> 
> IMO, the search box plus this two grouped links select boxes completes
> the new banner.
> 
> The select boxes are populated from an external xml definition file,
> so the pages have not get any bigger. We can have one
> boost_libs_grouped_links.xml in the boost root. Each library must
> define his own xml sections file if he want to add this select box.
> 
> The xml definitions are very simple to write (in the future this can
> be automated)
> 
> I have build GroupedLinks, a very small javascript lib that lets us do
> this. I will release it under BSL so we can freely use it. I have add
> GroupedLinks support into boostbook (it is optional, you must add a
> param for activate it) and write some docs about it:
> http://tinyurl.com/332tsh
> 
> (the docs of GroupedLinks were compiled with the same version of
> boostbook not including the params to show the select boxes and the
> search box)
> 
> I have test it in firefox linux, firefox windows, ie and Konqueror.
> 

That's f*ing cool.

Keep up the great work.

Thansk,

Michael Marcin