V2 : documenting more rules in the docus

From: Samuel Krempp (krempp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-03 11:53:22

the online-help system is a good thing, but I don't think it's suited for
the basic facilities a new typically will be looking for.
I have a hard time guessing what module to look in for some rule I want info
on, I'd much rather have an html page list most of the rules..

finding the right module where to look is not always intuitive, and just
getting the list of modules as a starting point is :
1. slow to run (more than 20s on my system)
2. too detailed (so many modules you just can't expect the user to find the
right module in which to look for the rule he wants help on)
and the modules descriptions are not homogenous at all for now.
3. not as convenient for the user as a html page would be
(clicking a link is so much better than copy-pasting to a command-line and
running a help command)

Having the online-help system generate static docs once after each update
would probably be ideal, but simply copying the most important rules to a
page would already be an improvement.

IMO there should be a full page describing available rules, rather than a
paragraph with a ew rules mentionned like it is at the moment in 
http://zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su/~ghost/Boost.Build.docs/advanced.html

-- 
Samuel