[boost] Re: Using Boost.Book

From: Arkadiy Vertleyb (vertleyb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-27 03:35:31

"David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote

> "Arkadiy Vertleyb" <vertleyb_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> > The discussion about Boost.Build is valuable by itself, but OTOH, (why)
do I
> > need the Boost.Build to use the Boost.Book?  Isn't Boost.Build just a
way to
> > run something that otherwise can be run from the command line?
>
> For the same reasons you need Boost.Build to build Boost.  There are
> lots of steps to translating BoostBook into HTML or PDF.  If you want
> to figure those steps out by hand and put them all in a .bat file and
> do all of them every time even if only a small percentage need to be
> done, then by all means go for it!

No, I don't want it :-)

I havn't realized it's so complicated.  I thought it's just some kind of
minor automation, and wanted to avoid it until my problems with the build
are resolved.  Thanks for the explanation.

Regards,
Arkadiy