Andy Little wrote: > "Dean Michael Berris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On 7/12/06, David Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Another reason we should have our own DOM. Figuring out how to do all >>> that XML junk might not be worth the trouble. >>> >> Sounds like a good idea to me -- perhaps one schema for documentation >> generated with Boost.Book and then just stylesheets for HTML >> generation. >> >> Is there a reason why Boost is using DocBook still? > > One good point about DocBook is that it produces pdf output for free.
I believe pdf is the primary reason we went that direction. That's important to me, at least. See examples: http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/libraries/date_time/date_time_1_33.pdf http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/libraries/date_time/proposal_v75/n1900.pdf Not to mention that there are books written how to use it, xml editors that support is, it's used by some publishers, etc. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
