Re: [boost] Boost documentation format (was Re: Boost documentation)

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-25 17:02:41

Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
> "Douglas Gregor" <dgregor_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:468025D2.4050102_at_osl.iu.edu...

>> The DocBook or BoostBook XML will be generated via Quickbook when
>> needed. Or do you want the DocBook/BoostBook XML to always be in the
>> source tree, even if it can be regenerated?
>
> Yes. Essentially  I should be able to generate docs for any library
> and know nothing about quickbook and it's tools whatsoever.

I think that a well-placed 'bjam' command can do that since QuickBook can 
bootstrap itself (if it supports an HTML target directly). In contrast, it 
is not possible to generate docs knowing nothing about DocBook and its 
tools. But I may be misunderstanding something.