Improving Boost Docs project

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News

• (22/07/07) A new translation tool has been released! ( ​more information )
• (21/07/07) Syntax highlighting, Revolution! ( ​more information )
• (19/07/07) Four really cool guys volunteers to translate docs to quickbook ( ​more information )
• (18/07/07) A few steps from XHTML 1.1 validation ( ​more information )
• (15/07/07) Box wrappers support in Boostbook ( ​more information )
• (12/07/07) New Grouped Links select boxes in header ( ​more information )
• (11/07/07) Linked CSE Google search box in header ( ​more information )
• (09/07/07) Test document for new styles ( ​more information )

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Open positions for "Improving Boost Docs" projects

These are small projects waiting for one or two folks to jump into them.

• Html to docbook project ( ​more information, project wiki page )
• Google Search Box project ( ​more information, project wiki page )
• Svg icons set project ( ​more information, project wiki page )
• Syntax highlighting project ( ​more information, project wiki page )

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Docs Translations

The translated docs will be located in: SVN: snadbox/doc_test/libs/xxx/doc

Once they are stable, the lib author will be invited to see the results and commit them to the correct location CVS: boost/libs/xxx/doc

Volunteers looking for something to do

Add yourself here!

Volunteers sweating

• Stjepan Rajko (translating smart_ptr)
• Glyn Matthews (translating bind and mem_fun)
• Darren Garvey (lists.drrngrvy@… : translating tribool and range)
• Andrew Sutton (translating and improving graph docs)

HTML to Quickbook translations

Ongoing

• smart_ptr (assigned to Stjepan Rajko)
• bind (assigned to Glyn Matthews)
• mem_fun (assigned to Glyn Matthews)
• graph (assigned to Andrew Sutton)

Pending

• wave (translator wanted)
• serialization (translators wanted... it may be too big for one person)
• spirit (translators wanted)

Authozarization from author needed

• compatibility
• crc
• dynamic_bitset
• integer
• pool
• random
• rational
• timer
• tokenizer

Boostbook to Quickbook translations

• tribool (assigned to Darren Garvey)
• range (assigned to Darren Garvey)

This translations are low priority for now.

• string_algo (translator wanted)
• function (translator wanted)
• signals (translator wanted)
• assign (translator wanted)
• ptr_container (translator wanted)

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Unified look & feel

You can see the last iteration of the ​new style here.

Some of the new features:

• Validated XHTML 1.1 output (better than strict XHTML)
• New header and footer based on beta.boost.org.
• ​GroupedLinks select boxes for Boost Libraries and Section quick jumping.
• Google Search box over our docs.
• Box-wrapper based blurbs that allow us to include rounded corners, drop shadows, etc.
• Alternatives syntax highlighthing that simulates your own IDE (move the mouse to the upper-right corner of a code block)
• Chapter logo support
• Modular css design
• css based admonitions and navigation graphics
• PDF stylesheet matches the HTML style.

You are welcome to join ​boost-docs list to help us improve it even further.

The project is hosted in boost sandbox at boost/sandbox/doc_test

Last version of Boosbook: boost/sandbox/doc_test/box_wrapper/xsl

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Browser testing

Go to the browser testing chart.