Re: Simple JAM questoin on "using" syntax for explicit exe (with Quickbook)

From: Joao Abecasis (jpabecasis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-06 19:33:56

Hi!

Brian Braatz wrote:
> on a Win32 platform, I am trying to set quickbook to an explicit exe.
> 
> in my user-config.jam I have tried:
> 
> # using quickbook : "C:\\data\\_boost\\bin\\quickbook.exe" ;
> using quickbook : "C:\\data\\_boost\\bin\\quickbook" ;
> # using quickbook : : C:/data/_boost/bin/quickbook.exe ; 
> # using quickbook : C:/data/_boost/bin/quickbook ; 
> # using quickbook : C:/data/_boost/bin : quickbook.exe ; 
> # using quickbook : "C:/data/_boost/V_1_33/bin" : quickbook.exe ; 
> 
> # using quickbook ;
> 
> 
> (and many other variations)
> 
> what is the correct syntax?

Hmm... not sure. Can you try:

using quickbook : "/C:/data/_boost/bin/quickbook.exe" ;

?

> * Sometimes it says that I have an argument error 
> * sometimes I get "rulename $(quickbook-main-target).generate expands to
> empty string"
> * yet OTHER times, windows gives me a dialog asking me to pick the
> program to use to read my .qbk file

Did you get any errors saying the quickbook executable wasn't found?

Regards,

João