Re: [boost] boost test documentation problems

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-14 19:42:39

At 05:21 PM 8/14/2002, William E. Kempf wrote:

 >From: "parksie ;-)" <parksie_at_[hidden]>
 >> Does DocBook have any vague place in this? AFAIK it can make all these
 >> formats.
 >>
 >TeX, LaTeX, DocBook, et. al. aren't good solutions.  The tools required 
for
 >using these formats aren't likely to be available out of the box on all
 >platforms.  HTML on the other hand requires only a text editor for
 >creating, which we'll all have, and a browser for viewing, which we can
 >safely assume everyone will have as well.

I think DocBook is neat, but the problems Bill mentions are 
overwhelming.  And it isn't just that the tools aren't available; we don't 
want to limit Boost participation to those who understand DocBook tools, or 
are willing to learn them.

--Beman