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Subject: Re: [boost] [doc] Liven up Boost Documentation with Java Script?
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-02-25 17:10:25


On 2/24/16 11:59 AM, Paul Fultz II wrote:

>> My point is that there are two ways to go:
>>
>> a) convince boost library developers to create a whole new markup for
>> their documentation so they can test/use your proposed infrastructure to
>> add commenting to their documentation.
>>
>> b) make a small optional add-on to boost book using xslt which would
>> work with the markup they already have.
>>
>> Now step back and consider which of the two strategies is more likely to
>> result in convincing boost library authors to experiment with including
>> commenting with their documentation?
>>
>
> I am not proposing using some new markup nor I am not proposing that all
> boost
> libraries jump ship to mkdocs either.

Then exactly what ARE you proposing?

> There should be plenty of room for
> more documentation tools for boost libraries.

More tools in order to ... what exactly.

The demos are pretty cool - but what are you trying to
convince the rest of us to do?

Robert Ramey


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