Re: Sphinx integration

Dave Abrahams <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.boost.documentation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
on Fri Oct 07 2011, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz-AT-loskot.net> wrote:

> On 07/10/11 21:04, Dave Abrahams wrote:
>> on Fri Oct 07 2011, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz-AT-loskot.net> wrote:
>
>>> Looking at slides 30-37, I'm wondering...why Boost documentation
>>> looks and feels more like a scientific paper than a handbook.
>>> The handbooks are for mortals. The scientific paper are not.
>>> The Boost is developed by immortals, so let them use scientific paper.
>>> The Boost is for use mostly by mortals who need handbook, but not
>>> scientific paper, about Boost.
>>>
>>> If Boost documentation (and website) aims the slides 30-37, it will be
>>> a rockstar documentation.
>>>
>>> Is it possible at all?
>> 
>> Yes, it's possible.  Are you familiar with
>> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/ImprovingBoostDocs#Objectives?
>> That could be revived.  Matias Capeletto was the driving force, IIRC.
>
> I found it long time ago, forgot and haven't come back since.
>
> The objectives are aligned to what we've discussed so far.
> The idea is feels big. I think it would improve a lot if
> we could implement the unification for use and processing
> of Doxygen in Boost.

Sorry, I don't know what you mean by "implement the unification for use
and processing of Doxygen in Boost."  Could you explain?

> BTW, DocBook seems mandatory
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/DocsOrganization#DocsfilesOrganization

Yeah, that was Matias' proposal, but nothing's set in stone of course.

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Dave Abrahams
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