Looks very promising for the headers only (though it doesn't mention VS 8 and to avoid being outdated soon, it probably should). (BTW VS * Express beta 2 has the feature to set include directories removed by mistake - so you have to edit the xml project file info as a workaround!) And recommending a top level ./boost directory means that one will probably blow the max recommended directory depth for recording onto CDs for backup? And it might be better to recommend a separate partition, say D:? And what about building the libraries with bjam ? Or could we ship the common .lib versions pre-built for MS? The test library is the one most people NEED. Then we would just need to say how to copy to the MS/lib directory. Paul Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB +44 1539 561830 +44 7714 330204 mailto: pbristow@hetp.u-net.com | -----Original Message----- | From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org | [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Flinn | Sent: 25 May 2005 13:47 | To: boost@lists.boost.org | Subject: [boost] Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation | | | "Paul A Bristow" <pbristow@hetp.u-net.com> wrote in message | news:E1DarwS-0004uN-KK@he303war.uk.vianw.net... | > Recently we had a flurry of discussion of why Boost is not | more widely | > used. | | ... | | > But if we are to interest your average Windows IDE | programmer, for whom | > MAKE | > is a blank or a distant nightmare, IMO we need some much better and | > simpler | > instructions, including lots of examples of input and | output, and to be as | > well tested as the rest of Boost code. Like it or not, | these are the | > potential customers and I spoken to many who are put off by | the 'build | > barrier'. | > | > I suggest that we explicitly say that you can use all of | Boost (except the | > ones that must have built libraries) by adding to the | include list - and | > say | > exactly how in Windows IDE-ese. | | Something like this as a start? | | For MSVC | ======== | | Organizing boost files | ====================== | | 1) Create a main boost directory which will contain the | current and future | boost library verstions. For example: C:\boost | | 2) Download the desired version(s) of boost (.exe or .zip | files ) from | http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&pac | kage_id=8041 | to the boost directory created in step 1. | | 3) Extract the .exe or .zip file(s) from Step 2 into the | directory from Step | 1. These sub-directories should retain the boost version | within it's name. | For example | | C:\boost\boost_1_32_0 | C:\boost\boost_1_31_0 | | Using the header only boost libraries from MSVC7.1 | ================================================== | | Using a single version of boost header only libraries | installation wide | -------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | 1) Open an instance of MSVC 7.1 IDE. | | 2) Click the 'Tools | Options...' menu. | | 3) Select the 'Projects | VC++ Directories' item from the | tree view on the | left of the Options dialog. | | 4) Select 'Include Files' from the 'Show directories for' dropdown. | | 5) Double-click just below the last entry in the directory | list box, and | enter the path to the sub-directory for the desired version | of boost. For | example: C:\boost\boost_1_33_0. | | 6) Repeat 5 for each Platform of interest after selecting | another platform | from the 'Platform' dropdown. | | 7) Click Ok. | | | OR | | Using a single version of boost header only libraries on a project by | project basis | -------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | | 1) Open your project with the MSVC 7.1 IDE. | | 2) Select the desired project from the Class View or Solution | View browsers. | | 3) Click the 'Project | Properties' menu. | | 4) Select 'All Configurations' from the 'Configuration' dropdown. | | 5) Select 'Configuration Properties | C/C++ | General' item | from the tree | view on the left of the '<project> Property Pages' dialog. | | 6) Enter the desired boost version directory name in the | 'Additional Include | Directories' value field in the properties listbox. For example: | C:\boost\boost_1_33_0. Note that directories are delimited with ';'. | | 7) Click Ok. | | | Jeff Flinn | | | | _______________________________________________ | Unsubscribe & other changes: | http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost |