boost/tools/quickbook/doc/faq.qbk

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[chapter Frequently Asked Questions
    [quickbook 1.6]
    [compatibility-mode 1.5]
    [id quickbook.faq]
    [source-mode teletype]
]

[heading Can I use QuickBook for non-Boost documentation?]

QuickBook can be used for non-Boost documentation with a little extra work.

[:['Faq contributed by Michael Marcin]]

When building HTML documentation with BoostBook a Boost C++ Libraries header
is added to the files. When using QuickBook to document projects outside of
Boost this is not desirable. This behavior can be overridden at the BoostBook
level by specifying some XSLT options. When using Boost Build version 2 (BBv2)
this can be achieved by adding parameters to the BoostBook target declaration.

For example:
[pre
using quickbook ;

xml my_doc : my_doc.qbk ;

boostbook standalone
    :
        my_doc
    :
        <xsl:param>boost.image.src\=images/my_project_logo.png
        <xsl:param>boost.image.alt\="\\"My Project\\""
        <xsl:param>boost.image.w=100
        <xsl:param>boost.image.h=50
        <xsl:param>nav.layout=none
    ;
]

[heading Is there an easy way to convert BoostBook docs to QuickBook?]

There's a stylesheet that allows Boostbook generated HTML to be viewed
as quickbook source, see
[@http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/QuickbookSourceStylesheetProject],
so it's then just a cut and paste job to convert the BoostBook to
QuickBook (which IMO is a whole lot easier to edit and maintain).

--John Maddock