Rene Rivera wrote: > Joel de Guzman wrote: >> David Abrahams wrote: >>> on Wed Jul 11 2007, "John Maddock" <john-AT-johnmaddock.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> so it is possible to have only one version of an >>>> example, and to have it tested as well as in the docs, albeit not in the >>>> way >>>> you invision. >>>> >>>> It would still make a great feature though.. >>> Yeah. Well it doesn't need to be a feature of quickbook... in fact it >>> probably shouldn't be. It should be a postprocessing step on the QB >>> XML output. We can use QB templates to generate special XML tags that >>> enclose testing instructions. Most of the infrastructure of LitRe >>> could be reused. > > Technically it would be possible to run Quickbook with an appropriate > template that generates source code directly skipping the need to use > XML. But this is closer to what Joel mentions than what Dave is > suggesting. The point being that both options are possible, and we > likely want to have both to allow for a range of lightweight to complex > process.
Yep. >> Rene is working on the standard template stuff for qbk. I'll have >> those templates in as soon as Rene's work gets merged into head. >> Let's see how it goes. > > It's getting there, going through all the output actions and turning > them into templates, and testing them is slow work :-( Although the code > that's currently checked in has a good portion implemented (as of > yesterday). I'd say 60% of the output in regular looking docs is 60%! Cool! > template driven now. I have the hard step of restructuring how lists are > processed next. QBk Lists? Hmmm... maybe break it down to some low-level templates for a) ordered list start/end b) unordered list start/end. c) list items. Then have qbk generate the templates. Ditto for tables. Regards, -- Joel de Guzman http://www.boost-consulting.com http://spirit.sf.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
