Re: [Boost-docs] The beauty of LATEX

Subject: Re: [Boost-docs] The beauty of LATEX
From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-20 00:20:46

On 10/20/2011 1:54 AM, Paul A. Bristow wrote:
>> Joel de Guzman

>> But really, it's not just aesthetics. What I hate most is the insane and fragile toolchain that's
> sooo
>> impenetrable to hacking. I'd insist that the way to move forward is to get rid of this nasty
> toolchain, or at
>> least provide an alternative, more reasonable, more hackable, toolchain. LaTeX is vastly more
> refined and
>> mature.
> 
> I'll happily go with that - I've suffered grievously with the toolchain  (but mostly unnecessarily
> through lack of good documentation of the toolchain and its foibles.  Now I've got going, I am
> knocking stuff out quite quickly).
> 
> But I'm still adamant that a good toolchain should allow us to build a source-linked C++ reference
> automatically, pulling in what has been 'handwritten' about classes, functions, macros, typdefs -
> the info that might be described as 'concepts' - parameters, returns, throws...

Can't disagree there.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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