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Subject: Re: [boost] QuickBook generate table of references?
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-01-27 10:08:27


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Nat Goodspeed
> Sent: 27 January 2016 12:31
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] QuickBook generate table of references?
>
> Thank you for suggestions so far! I see that I omitted a key phrase:
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Nat Goodspeed <nat_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > I would like to mark up <ins>the QuickBook documentation for</ins>
> > particular methods of particular classes in such a way that QuickBook
> > will produce a consolidated list of links to <ins>the documentation
> > for</ins> those methods.
>
> Ideally I'd like to define a QuickBook template that will (a) insert a bit of boilerplate text
into the
> method description, and (b) add an entry to a central table of references linking back to this
anchor.
> I've already used QuickBook templates enough to be able to accomplish (a). My question concerns
(b).
>
> I don't know whether that makes it easier or harder, but at least I need to ask the right
question.

I'm not clear what you mean by "central table of references linking ..."

Do you mean an index (as might be produced by Boost.Autoindex by adding item to index.idx file)?

Or a Quickbook table containing links?

Or?

Paul


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