Changes between Version 54 and Version 55 of BoostDocs/GettingStarted

Timestamp:

May 27, 2010, 1:26:20 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Beman Dawes

Comment:

Fix some cygwin paths and some formatting

BoostDocs/GettingStarted

@@ -20 +20 @@
 [[Image(https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/raw-attachment/wiki/BoostDocs/GettingStarted/documentation-toolchain.png)]]
 
-=== Windows, running under the Windows command prompt and using Cygwin tools ===
+=== Windows, using the Windows command prompt and Cygwin toolchain ===
 
 First, you need to get the boost build tools set up.
@@ -38 +38 @@
 will need to set up your own in the Cygwin bin directory:
 
-  * `cd ''cygwin-root''/bin`
+  * `cd `''cygwin-root''`/bin`
   * `mklink latex.exe pdfetex.exe`
   * `mklink gswin32c.exe gs.exe`
@@ -46 +46 @@
 Build bjam. Be sure to under the Windows command prompt rather than Cygwin bash:
 
-  * `cd ''boost-root''/tools/jam/src`
+  * `cd `''boost-root''`/tools/jam/src`
   * `build`
   * copy `bin.ntx86\bjam.exe` to a directory in your path.
 
-Be sure your home directory bjam configuration file (`%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\user-config.jam`) is set up correctly:
-
-{{{
-using msvc ;  # or some other compiler
+Be sure your home directory bjam configuration file (`%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\user-config.jam`) is set up correctly.
+Here is an actual user-config.jam for a machine with Cygwin installed in c:\cygwin and several C++ compilers configured:
+
+{{{
+using msvc : 9.0express ;
+using msvc : 10.0express ;
+using gcc : 4.3 : c:/cygwin/bin/g++-4 ;
+
+# MinGW from www.equation.com/servlet/equation.cmd?fa=fortran
+using gcc : 4.4 : c:/mingw/gcc-4.4/bin/g++ : <cxxflags>"-std=gnu++0x" ;
 
 using xsltproc ;
 
 using boostbook
-    : c:/boost/docbook/xsl
-    : c:/boost/docbook/dtd
+    : c:/cygwin/usr/share/sgml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets
+    : c:/cygwin/usr/share/sgml/docbook/xml-dtd-4.2
     ;
 
@@ -66 +72 @@
 }}}
 
-=== Windows, running under the Windows command prompt and using manually downloaded tools ===
+=== Windows, using the Windows command prompt and manually downloaded toolchain ===
 
 First, you need to get the boost build tools set up, see [http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/more/getting_started/index.html the getting started guide] for an introduction.
@@ -117 +123 @@
 }}}
 
-=== Windows, running under bash and using Cygwin tools ===
+=== Windows, using bash and Cygwin toolchain ===
 
 First, you need to get the boost build tools set up. `bjam` will need to be built using cygwin, so don't use the prebuilt windows binary.