Integrate Boost documents and resources with a common look and feel.
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HTML docs
Check out the new style
You can see the latest iteration of the new style here.
If you checkout boost from the SVN repository, you can build docs with the new style by switching the boostbook directory to the updated version in the sandbox. To switch, go to the tools/boostbook directory of your checked out boost working copy, and depending on whether you check out using http or https, execute one of the following:
svn switch http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/boost_docs/trunk/tools/boostbook . (or) svn switch https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/boost_docs/trunk/tools/boostbook .
This will make the boostbook subdirectories be synchronized with the new style. After switching, you may also need to update your docbook/fop tools by using one of the setup_boostbook scripts in the boostbook subdirectory.
To switch back, return to the boostbook subdirectory and execute:
svn switch http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/tools/boostbook . (or) svn switch https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/tools/boostbook .
To use the new style, you may need to modify to your Jamfile. The root directory containing doc/style, doc/javascript, etc. may be specified with a line something like:
<xsl:param>project.root="path-to-project-style-root"
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 quick jumps to sections.
- Google Search box for our docs.
- Box-wrapper-based blurbs that allow us to include rounded corners, drop shadows, etc.
- Highlighting of alternative syntax that simulates your own IDE (move the mouse to the upper righthand corner of a code block)
- Chapter logo support
- Modular CSS design
- CSS-based admonitions and navigation graphics
- Quickbook source stylesheet
Known issues
- On http://beta.boost.org/development/doc/doc_test/doc/html/index.html
- Firefox and IE7 don't display code blocks correctly in print-preview (and presumably when printed).
- IE7 indicates that there were Javascript errors on the page when loading the above page. And when stylesheets are used locally then IE7 complains about "active content".
Subprojects
The following subprojects deal with HTML documents
- Boost HTML stylesheet
- Boostscript
- Google Search box project
- Improving Boostbook
- Quickbook source stylesheet
- SVG icons set project
- Syntax-highlighting project
PDF docs
PDF stylesheet matches the ULF.
Look for the following subprojects:
Trac
Trac stylesheet that matches the ULF of Boost.
Subproject
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