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From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-27 07:44:59


Rene Rivera wrote:

> >One more comment: I still don't understand 'prefix/suffix' thing. Do you
>
> mean
>
> >that 'prefix' text will be output before the target is created?
>
> No. The output in the file will be prefix strings, followed by body
> strings, followed by suffix strings. That allows for calling print.text in
> some order other than first to last. Like the HTML output does, where it
> needs to set up the "<html><body>..." and "...</body></html>" prefix and
> suffix.

Ah... I understand this now.... I might try to change the comment to reflect
my understanding, though not sure I'll come up with any better wording.

And, there's hopefully the last question. It seems like you've changed from
one-line-per-action to whole-text-per-action approach. Won't that cause a
problem on windows due to limited command line length? I suspect output of

bjam --help stlport --help-output html --help-output-file foo.html

might well overflow it.

- Volodya

 


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