Re: [Boost-users] Problems trying to use boost book

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-09 20:43:37

Robert Ramey wrote:
> I've fiddled with the pathnames for a while with no success.  I guess
> I'll have to delve deeper into how the whole thing is supposed to
> work.  In the mean time, my original question remains unanswered.
> 
> "Its not altogether clear from reading the documentation whether things like
> DOCBOOK_XSL_DIR should be an exported environmental variable
> with the value set to the appropriate directory or if the actual directory
> name should be substitued where DOCBOOK_XSL_DIR appears in
> the example."
> 
>  I've tried it both ways an no luck.  The typefaces and code
> snippet in the manual seem to suggest the former - but a literal reading
> of the text suggests the latter.

I think the blog by Julio M. Merino Vidal is more enlightening than
our own "official" docs: http://tinyurl.com/nc65b.

HTH.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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