-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Niall Douglas Sent: 11 August 2014 12:59 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [1.56] Sorry but no PDF doc build (build script has been broken)
On 11 Aug 2014 at 12:24, John Maddock wrote:
Sorry folks, but as things stand there will be no PDF build of the docs for 1.56 as the build script appears to be hopelessly broken :-( [snip] Which so freaking inscrutable that I'm pretty sure it's a Japanese translation of Klingon.
I did however eventually get PDF docs working for proposed Boost.AFIO and which you can witness at https://ci.nedprod.com/view/All/job/Boost.AFIO%20Build%20Documentation %20PDF/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/boost-local/bin.v2/libs/afio/doc/g cc-4.6/debug/afio.pdf. Getting docs working correctly was the hardest part of
Ah - so that's why I can never understand bjam diagnostic output! Neither my Klingon nor Japanese is up to it. the
modularisation effort :(
Nice (but I note a very curious effect of 'fl' and 'fi' being elided into a bold 'f' - as in fags for flags...) Otherwise, I have had no problems with building pdf docs for several embryonic libraries, but I added stuff to the jamfile, so I suspect that John is correct in saying that changes to *all* the docs jamfiles will be needed. I personally like the PDF versions - because you can search through the 'whole' document, something you can't do beyond a single HTML pages. GIT has strengths, but here it is just getting in the way? :-) Paul PS Tell me if I can help. --- Paul A. Bristow Prizet Farmhouse Kendal UK LA8 8AB +44 (0) 1539 561830