Paul A Bristow wrote: > Before I do a lot of typing, I wanted to sure I am on the right track > ;-) > > For a .qbk file contain common greek and math symbols > > templates are preferred > > [template alpha '''α'''] [template beta '''β'''] ... > > to macros > > [def __alpha '''α'''] [def __Alpha '''Α''']
Yes, unless others object. Templates are more powerful and tend to clash less because of its explicit syntax. > And how should I name, epecially to distiguish between upper and > lower case > > [template GAMMA '''Γ'''] > > or > > [template Gamma '''Γ'''] > > So far I have called it squiggles.qbk but what would be the best > name? > > glyphs.qbk? > > std.qbk? > > And what should it contain? > > http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/symbols.html > > shows the main greek and math symbols. > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/docbook/chapter/book/iso-grk1.html > > is from the Docbook book which gives 'names to entities like alpha > agr, Agr, bgr, ... > > as well as descriptions like Greek small letter alpha, ... > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/docbook/chapter/book/refchar.html > gives the full sets of 'squiggles'. > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/docbook/chapter/book/iso-tech.html is > a useful collection of technical symbols for math etc. > > Or are we in danger of inveenting the wheel here? I think the templates should just forward to the DocBook counterparts with exactly the same spellings. > What else should std.qbk contain? As Eric Niebler noted, the plan is to simplify quickbook through templates. A significant chunk of Qbk can potentially be rewritten as templates. I'd say that the squiggles are a good start; I think it's a good idea to place them in std.qbk. Later, after I incorporate explicit qualification and template imports, then we can add more of Qbk into it. Regards, -- Joel de Guzman http://www.boost-consulting.com http://spirit.sf.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
