[boost] RE: [Poll] New look-n-feel for Boost documentation

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-30 01:17:05

Reid Sweatman wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
>> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Manfred Doudar
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:12 PM
>> To: boost_at_[hidden]
>> Subject: Re: [boost] [Poll] New look-n-feel for Boost documentation
>> 
>> 
>> Eric Niebler wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> > Joel de Guzman and I, with the help of many smart folks on the
>> > boost-docs list[*], have been working on improving the
>> look-n-feel of
>> > Boost's documentation. We're ready to commit the new style,
>> but wanted
>> > to check here first.
>> >
>> > Volodya was good enough to put up a copy of Boost's docs
>> with the new
>> > style applied. You can preview them here:
>> > http://zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su/~ghost/boost_docs/
>> >
>> > Please say whether you like the new style or not. If not,
>> be specific
>> > about why.
>> 
>> 
>> Speaking strictly as a user of these pages, I think it's
>> definitely an
>> improvement, much cleaner, and better from where we were.
>> 
>> I would however suggest that an option (and only as an option) be
>> provided to view a chapter in one page rather than having to navigate
>> back and forth (with <- , -> at the bottom of the pages).
>> Even better
>> still, the "Table of Contents" for each chapter, if it were
>> to appear on
>> each page of the chapter would be very desirable, most useful and
>> convenient.
> 
> <snipped>
> 
> I agree, especially with the remark concerning a single-page option; why
> not
> turn that into a "print version" if possible?  

Does ability to generate PDF output amounts to "print version"? Personally,
I find PDF output which can be printed with one click one of the killer
features of BoostBook.

- Volodya