Re: [Boost-docs] [quickbook] Where are the docs for Jamfiles?

Subject: Re: [Boost-docs] [quickbook] Where are the docs for Jamfiles?
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-05 14:43:40

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-docs-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-docs-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of
> Beman Dawes
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 3:10 PM
> To: Boost Documentation List
> Subject: [Boost-docs] [quickbook] Where are the docs for Jamfiles?
> 
> The Quickbook docs
> (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_47_0/doc/html/quickbook.html) don't seem to have any information
> about how to create a Jamfile.v2 for a project. Am I missing something?
> 
> A "Hello World" level example .qbk file with annotated Jamfile.v2 that builds it would be very
helpful.

There are lots of (confusingly, and unnecessarily,  different) jamfiles about.

I've tried to provide an (over-)annotated version at

https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/guild/mylibrary/libs/mylibrary/doc/jamfile.v2

which discusses some of issues and settings.

It needs attention from some jam-experts and docs experts.

IMO it would be really helpful to standardise the settings and toolchain so we don't keep
re-inventing slightly different wheels.

HTH

Paul

PS There is also discussion about similar on [Boost-docs] Sphinx integration thread.

PSS You also have a working (for me) example for endian in stuff that I sent.