Re: [Boost-docs] Including a few lines from another file in BoostBook?

Subject: Re: [Boost-docs] Including a few lines from another file in BoostBook?
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-08 14:58:30


Boris wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:22:44 +0200, Eric Niebler
> <eric_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> Boris wrote:
>>> I've been converting a Quickbook documentation to DocBook.
>>
>> Do you mind if I ask why?
>
> I took over a library (not yet an official Boost library), and as I'm
> much more familiar with DocBook I converted the QuickBook files. It also
> seemed to me that BoostBook is now the official documentation format
> while QuickBook is older? When I was trying to find out how to document
> a Boost library correctly I was also referred to BoostBook.

QuickBook is not older than BoostBook. QBK was adapted from an existing
program to output BoostBook as writing DocBook is a PITA (without some
for of program help).

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