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An example of a block is the paragraph or a C++ code snippet. Some blocks have special mark-ups. Blocks, except code snippets which have their own grammar (C++ or Python), are composed of one or more phrases. A phrase can be a simple contiguous run of characters. Phrases can have special mark-ups. Marked up phrases can recursively contain other phrases, but cannot contain blocks. A terminal is a self contained block-level or phrase-level element that does not nest anything. </p> <p> Blocks, in general, are delimited by two end-of-lines (the block terminator). Phrases in each block cannot contain a block terminator. This way, syntax errors such as un-matched closing brackets do not go haywire and corrupt anything past a single block. </p> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.comments"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.comments" title="Comments">Comments</a> </h3></div></div></div> <p> Can be placed anywhere. </p> <pre class="programlisting">[/ comment (no output generated) ] </pre> <pre class="programlisting">[/ comments can be nested [/ some more here] ] </pre> <pre class="programlisting">[/ Quickbook blocks can nest inside comments. [*Comment this out too!] ] </pre> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase" title="Phrase Level Elements"> Phrase Level Elements</a> </h3></div></div></div> <div class="toc"><dl> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.font_styles">Font Styles</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.replaceable">Replaceable</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.quotations">Quotations</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.simple_formatting">Simple formatting</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.inline_code">Inline code</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.code_blocks">Code blocks</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.source_mode">Source Mode</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.line_break">line-break</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.anchors">Anchors</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.links">Links</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.anchor_links">Anchor links</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.refentry_links">refentry links</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.code_links"> Code Links</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.escape">Escape</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.single_char_escape">Single char escape</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.unicode_escape">Unicode escape</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.images">Images</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.footnotes">Footnotes</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.cond"> Conditional Generation</a></span></dt> </dl></div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.font_styles"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.font_styles" title="Font Styles">Font Styles</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">['italic], [*bold], [_underline], [^teletype], [-strikethrough] </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>italic</em></span>, <span class="bold"><strong>bold</strong></span>, <span class="underline">underline</span>, <code class="literal">teletype</code>, <span class="strikethrough">strikethrough</span> </p> <p> Like all non-terminal phrase level elements, this can of course be nested: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[*['bold-italic]] </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <p> <span class="bold"><strong><span class="emphasis"><em>bold-italic</em></span></strong></span> </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.replaceable"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.replaceable" title="Replaceable">Replaceable</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> When you want content that may or must be replaced by the user, use the syntax: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[~replacement] </pre> <p> This will generate: </p> <p> <em class="replaceable"><code>replacement</code></em> </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.quotations"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.quotations" title="Quotations">Quotations</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">["A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?]--Einstein </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <p> <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?</span>”</span>--Einstein </p> <p> Note the proper left and right quote marks. Also, while you can simply use ordinary quote marks like "quoted", our quotation, above, will generate correct DocBook quotations (e.g. <quote>quoted</quote>). </p> <p> Like all phrase elements, quotations may be nested. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">["Here's the rule for bargains: ["Do other men, for they would do you.] That's the true business precept.] </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <p> <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Here's the rule for bargains: <span class="quote">‘<span class="quote">Do other men, for they would do you.</span>’</span> That's the true business precept.</span>”</span> </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.simple_formatting"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.simple_formatting" title="Simple formatting">Simple formatting</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Simple markup for formatting text, common in many applications, is now supported: </p> <pre class="programlisting">/italic/, *bold*, _underline_, =teletype= </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>italic</em></span>, <span class="bold"><strong>bold</strong></span>, <span class="underline">underline</span>, <code class="literal">teletype</code> </p> <p> Unlike QuickBook's standard formatting scheme, the rules for simpler alternatives are much stricter<sup>[<a name="id3244461" href="#ftn.id3244461" class="footnote">6</a>]</sup>. </p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> Simple markups cannot nest. You can combine a simple markup with a nestable markup. </li> <li class="listitem"> Simple markups cannot contain any other form of quickbook markup. </li> <li class="listitem"> A non-space character must follow the leading markup </li> <li class="listitem"> A non-space character must precede the trailing markup </li> <li class="listitem"> A space or a punctuation must follow the trailing markup </li> <li class="listitem"> If the matching markup cannot be found within a block, the formatting will not be applied. This is to ensure that un-matched formatting markups, which can be a common mistake, does not corrupt anything past a single block. We do not want the rest of the document to be rendered bold just because we forgot a trailing '*'. A single block is terminated by two end of lines or the close bracket: ']'. </li> <li class="listitem"> A line starting with the star will be interpreted as an unordered list. See <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.unordered_lists" title="Unordered lists">Unordered lists</a>. </li> </ul></div> <div class="table"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.simple_formatting.more_formatting_samples"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 31.1. More Formatting Samples</b></p> <div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="More Formatting Samples"> <colgroup> <col> <col> </colgroup> <thead><tr> <th> <p> Markup </p> </th> <th> <p> Result </p> </th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">*Bold*</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> <span class="bold"><strong>Bold</strong></span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">*Is bold*</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> <span class="bold"><strong>Is bold</strong></span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">* Not bold* *Not bold * * Not bold *</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> * Not bold* *Not bold * * Not bold * </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">This*Isn't*Bold (no bold)</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> This*Isn't*Bold (no bold) </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">(*Bold Inside*) (parenthesis not bold)</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> (<span class="bold"><strong>Bold Inside</strong></span>) (parenthesis not bold) </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">*(Bold Outside)* (parenthesis bold)</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> <span class="bold"><strong>(Bold Outside)</strong></span> (parenthesis bold) </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">3*4*5 = 60 (no bold)</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> 3*4*5 = 60 (no bold) </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">3 * 4 * 5 = 60 (no bold)</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> 3 * 4 * 5 = 60 (no bold) </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">3 *4* 5 = 60 (4 is bold)</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> 3 <span class="bold"><strong>4</strong></span> 5 = 60 (4 is bold) </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">*This is bold* this is not *but this is*</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> <span class="bold"><strong>This is bold</strong></span> this is not <span class="bold"><strong>but this is</strong></span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">*This is bold*.</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> <span class="bold"><strong>This is bold</strong></span>. </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">*B*. (bold B)</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> <span class="bold"><strong>B</strong></span>. (bold B) </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">['*Bold-Italic*]</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>Bold-Italic</strong></span></em></span> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <code class="literal">*side-by*/-side/</code> </p> </td> <td> <p> <span class="bold"><strong>side-by</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>-side</em></span> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <br class="table-break"><p> As mentioned, simple markups cannot go past a single block. The text from "have" to "full" in the following paragraph will be rendered as bold: </p> <pre class="programlisting">Baa baa black sheep, *have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!* One for the master, one for the dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane. </pre> <p> Baa baa black sheep, <span class="bold"><strong>have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!</strong></span> One for the master, one for the dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane. </p> <p> But in the following paragraph, bold is not applied: </p> <pre class="programlisting">Baa baa black sheep, *have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! One for the master, one for the dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane. </pre> <p> Baa baa black sheep, *have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! One for the master, one for the dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.inline_code"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.inline_code" title="Inline code">Inline code</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Inlining code in paragraphs is quite common when writing C++ documentation. We provide a very simple markup for this. For example, this: </p> <pre class="programlisting">This text has inlined code `int main() { return 0; }` in it. </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <p> This text has inlined code <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span></code> in it. The code will be syntax highlighted. </p> <div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td> <th align="left">Note</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> We simply enclose the code with the tick: <code class="literal">"`"</code>, not the single quote: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="string">"'"</span></code>. Note too that <code class="literal">`some code`</code> is preferred over <code class="literal">[^some code]</code>. </p></td></tr> </table></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.code_blocks"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.code_blocks" title="Code blocks">Code blocks</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Preformatted code simply starts with a space or a tab (See <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.code" title="Code">Code</a>). However, such a simple syntax cannot be used as phrase elements in lists (See <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.ordered_lists" title="Ordered lists">Ordered lists</a> and <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.unordered_lists" title="Unordered lists">Unordered lists</a>), tables (See <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.tables" title="Tables">Tables</a>), etc. Inline code (see above) can. The problem is, inline code does not allow formatting with newlines, spaces, and tabs. These are lost. </p> <p> We provide a phrase level markup that is a mix between the two. By using the double-tick, instead of the single-tick, we are telling QuickBook to use preformatted blocks of code. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">`` #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << "Hello, World!" << std::endl; return 0; } `` </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <p> </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Hello, World!"</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> </pre> <p> </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.source_mode"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.source_mode" title="Source Mode">Source Mode</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> If a document contains more than one type of source code then the source mode may be changed dynamically as the document is processed. All QuickBook documents are initially in C++ mode by default, though an alternative initial value may be set in the <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.document" title="Document">Document</a> section. </p> <p> To change the source mode, use the <code class="literal">[source-mode]</code> markup, where <code class="literal">source-mode</code> is one of the supported modes. For example, this: </p> <pre class="programlisting">Python's [python] `import` is rather like C++'s [c++] `#include`. A C++ comment `// looks like this` whereas a Python comment [python] `# looks like this`. </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <p> Python's <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">import</span></code> is rather like C++'s <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span></code>. A C++ comment <code class="computeroutput"><span class="comment">// looks like this</span></code> whereas a Python comment <code class="computeroutput"><span class="comment">#looks like this</span></code>. </p> <div class="table"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.source_mode.supported_source_modes"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 31.2. Supported Source Modes</b></p> <div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Supported Source Modes"> <colgroup> <col> <col> </colgroup> <thead><tr> <th> <p> Mode </p> </th> <th> <p> Source Mode Markup </p> </th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p> C++ </p> </td> <td> <p> <code class="literal">[c++]</code> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Python </p> </td> <td> <p> <code class="literal">[python]</code> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Plain Text </p> </td> <td> <p> <code class="literal">[teletype]</code> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <br class="table-break"><div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td> <th align="left">Note</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> The source mode strings are lowercase. </p></td></tr> </table></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.line_break"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.line_break" title="line-break">line-break</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[br] </pre> <div class="warning"><table border="0" summary="Warning"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="../../../doc/src/images/warning.png"></td> <th align="left">Warning</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">br</span><span class="special">]</span></code> is now deprecated. <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.blurbs" title="Blurbs">Blurbs</a>, <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.admonitions" title="Admonitions">Admonitions</a> and table cells (see <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.tables" title="Tables">Tables</a>) may now contain paragraphs. </p></td></tr> </table></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.anchors"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.anchors" title="Anchors">Anchors</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[#named_anchor] </pre> <p> A named anchor is a hook that can be referenced by a link elsewhere in the document. You can then reference an anchor with <code class="literal">[link named_anchor Some link text]</code>. See <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.anchor_links" title="Anchor links">Anchor links</a>, <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.section" title="Section">Section</a> and <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.headings" title="Headings">Heading</a>. </p> <p> These anchors are global and can be accessed from anywhere in the quickbook documentation. Be careful to avoid clashes with anchors in other sections. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.links"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.links" title="Links">Links</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[@http://www.boost.org this is [*boost's] website....] </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <p> <a href="http://www.boost.org" target="_top">this is <span class="bold"><strong>boost's</strong></span> website....</a> </p> <p> URL links where the link text is the link itself is common. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">see http://spirit.sourceforge.net/ </pre> <p> so, when the text is absent in a link markup, the URL is assumed. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">see [@http://spirit.sourceforge.net/] </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <p> see <a href="http://spirit.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">http://spirit.sourceforge.net/</a> </p> <p> Boostbook also support a custom url schema for linking to files within the boost distribution: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[@boost:/libs/spirit/index.html the Boost.Spirit documentation] </pre> <p> will generate: <a href="../../../libs/spirit/index.html" target="_top">the Boost.Spirit documentation</a> </p> <p> Note that this is only available when using BoostBook, and only for links - it can't be used for images. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.anchor_links"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.anchor_links" title="Anchor links">Anchor links</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> You can link within a document using: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[link document_id.section_id.normalized_header_text The link text] </pre> <p> See sections <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.section" title="Section">Section</a> and <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.headings" title="Headings">Heading</a> for more info. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.refentry_links"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.refentry_links" title="refentry links">refentry links</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> In addition, you can link internally to an XML refentry like: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[link xml.refentry The link text] </pre> <p> This gets converted into <code class="literal"><link linkend="xml.refentry">The link text</link></code>. </p> <p> Like URLs, the link text is optional. If this is not present, the link text will automatically be the refentry. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[link xml.refentry] </pre> <p> This gets converted into <code class="literal"><link linkend="xml.refentry">xml.refentry</link></code>. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.code_links"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.code_links" title="Code Links"> Code Links</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> If you want to link to a function, class, member, enum, concept, global, or header in the reference section, you can use: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[funcref fully::qualified::function_name The link text] [classref fully::qualified::class_name The link text] [memberref fully::qualified::member_name The link text] [enumref fully::qualified::enum_name The link text] [macroref MACRO_NAME The link text] [conceptref ConceptName The link text] [headerref path/to/header.hpp The link text] [globalref fully::qualified::global The link text] </pre> <p> Again, the link text is optional. If this is not present, the link text will automatically be the function, class, member, enum, macro, concept, global, or header name. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[classref boost::bar::baz] </pre> <p> would have "boost::bar::baz" as the link text. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.escape"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.escape" title="Escape">Escape</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> The escape mark-up is used when we don't want to do any processing. </p> <pre class="programlisting">''' escape (no processing/formatting) ''' </pre> <p> Escaping allows us to pass XML markup to <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/boostbook.html" target="_top">BoostBook</a> or <a href="http://www.docbook.org/" target="_top">DocBook</a>. For example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">''' <emphasis role="bold">This is direct XML markup</emphasis> ''' </pre> <p> <span class="bold"><strong>This is direct XML markup</strong></span> </p> <div class="important"><table border="0" summary="Important"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Important]" src="../../../doc/src/images/important.png"></td> <th align="left">Important</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> Be careful when using the escape. The text must conform to <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/boostbook.html" target="_top">BoostBook</a>/<a href="http://www.docbook.org/" target="_top">DocBook</a> syntax. </p></td></tr> </table></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.single_char_escape"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.single_char_escape" title="Single char escape">Single char escape</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> The backslash may be used to escape a single punctuation character. The punctuation immediately after the backslash is passed without any processing. This is useful when we need to escape QuickBook punctuations such as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">]</span></code>. For example, how do you escape the triple quote? Simple: <code class="literal">\'\'\'</code> </p> <p> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">\</span><span class="identifier">n</span></code> has a special meaning. It is used to generate line breaks. </p> <div class="warning"><table border="0" summary="Warning"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="../../../doc/src/images/warning.png"></td> <th align="left">Warning</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">\</span><span class="identifier">n</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">br</span><span class="special">]</span></code> are now deprecated. <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.blurbs" title="Blurbs">Blurbs</a>, <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.admonitions" title="Admonitions">Admonitions</a> and table cells (see <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.tables" title="Tables">Tables</a>) may now contain paragraphs. </p></td></tr> </table></div> <p> The escaped space: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">\</span> </code> also has a special meaning. The escaped space is removed from the output. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.unicode_escape"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.unicode_escape" title="Unicode escape">Unicode escape</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> You can enter any 16-bit unicode character by using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">\</span><span class="identifier">u</span></code> followed by its 4 digit hexadecimal code, or a 32-bit character by using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">\</span><span class="identifier">U</span></code> followed by an 8 digit hexadecimal code. eg. </p> <pre class="programlisting">\u03B1 + \u03B2 </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p> α + β </p></blockquote></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.images"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.images" title="Images">Images</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[$image.jpg] </pre> <p> From version 1.5, you can also use <a href="http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/imagedata.html" target="_top">DocBook imagedata attributes</a>: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[$image.jpg [width 200in] [height 200in]] </pre> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.footnotes"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.footnotes" title="Footnotes">Footnotes</a> </h4></div></div></div> <div class="toc"><dl> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.footnotes.macro_expansion">Macro Expansion</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.footnotes.template_expansion">Template Expansion</a></span></dt> </dl></div> <p> As of version 1.3, QuickBook supports footnotes. Just put the text of the footnote in a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">footnote</span><span class="special">]</span></code> block, and the text will be put at the bottom of the current page. For example, this: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[footnote A sample footnote] </pre> <p> will generate this<sup>[<a name="id3246364" href="#ftn.id3246364" class="footnote">7</a>]</sup>. </p> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.footnotes.macro_expansion"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.footnotes.macro_expansion" title="Macro Expansion">Macro Expansion</a> </h5></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">__a_macro_identifier__ </pre> <p> See <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.macros" title="Macros">Macros</a> for details. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.footnotes.template_expansion"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.footnotes.template_expansion" title="Template Expansion">Template Expansion</a> </h5></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[a_template_identifier] </pre> <p> See <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates" title="Templates">Templates</a> for details. </p> </div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.phrase.cond"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.cond" title="Conditional Generation"> Conditional Generation</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Like C++ <code class="computeroutput"><span class="comment">#ifdef</span></code>, you can generate phrases depending on the presence of a macro. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[? __to_be__ To be or not to be] </pre> <p> </p> <p> Here, the phrase "To be or not to be" will only be generated if the macro symbol __to_be__ has been previously defined. The phrase above will not do anything since we haven't defined __to_be__. Now, let's define the symbol: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[def __to_be__] </pre> <p> And try again: </p> <p> To be or not to be </p> <p> Yes!<sup>[<a name="id3246511" href="#ftn.id3246511" class="footnote">8</a>]</sup> </p> </div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block" title="Block Level Elements"> Block Level Elements</a> </h3></div></div></div> <div class="toc"><dl> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.document">Document</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.section">Section</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.xinclude">xinclude</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.paragraphs">Paragraphs</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists">Lists</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.code">Code</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.escape_back"> Escaping Back To QuickBook</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.preformatted">Preformatted</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.blockquote">Blockquote</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.admonitions">Admonitions</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.headings">Headings</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.generic_heading">Generic Heading</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.macros">Macros</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.predefined_macros">Predefined Macros</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates">Templates</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.blurbs">Blurbs</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.tables">Tables</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.variable_lists">Variable Lists</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.include">Include</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.import">Import</a></span></dt> </dl></div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.document"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.document" title="Document">Document</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Every document must begin with a Document Info section, which should look like this: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[document-type The Document Title [quickbook 1.5] [version 1.0] [id the_document_name] [dirname the_document_dir] [copyright 2000 2002 2003 Joe Blow, Jane Doe] [purpose The document's reason for being] [category The document's category] [authors [Blow, Joe] [Doe, Jane]] [license The document's license] [source-mode source-type] ] </pre> <p> Where document-type is one of: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> book </li> <li class="listitem"> article </li> <li class="listitem"> library </li> <li class="listitem"> chapter </li> <li class="listitem"> part </li> <li class="listitem"> appendix </li> <li class="listitem"> preface </li> <li class="listitem"> qandadiv </li> <li class="listitem"> qandaset </li> <li class="listitem"> reference </li> <li class="listitem"> set </li> </ul></div> <p> quickbook 1.5 declares the version of quickbook the document is written for. In its absence, version 1.1 is assumed. </p> <p> <code class="literal">version</code>, <code class="literal">id</code>, <code class="literal">dirname</code>, <code class="literal">copyright</code>, <code class="literal">purpose</code>, <code class="literal">category</code>, <code class="literal">authors</code>, <code class="literal">license</code>, <code class="literal">last-revision</code> and <code class="literal">source-mode</code> are optional information. </p> <p> <code class="literal">dirname</code>, <code class="literal">purpose</code> and <code class="literal">category</code> are boostbook attributes which are only valid for <code class="literal">library</code> documents. If you use them for other document types, quickbook will warn about them, but still use them, generating invalid markup, that's just ignored by the style sheets. </p> <p> <code class="literal">source-type</code> is a lowercase string setting the initial <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.source_mode" title="Source Mode">Source Mode</a>. If the <code class="literal">source-mode</code> field is omitted, a default value of <code class="literal">c++</code> will be used. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.section"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.section" title="Section">Section</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Starting a new section is accomplished with: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[section:id The Section Title] </pre> <p> where <span class="emphasis"><em>id</em></span> is optional. id will be the filename of the generated section. If it is not present, "The Section Title" will be normalized and become the id. Valid characters are <code class="literal">a-Z</code>, <code class="literal">A-Z</code>, <code class="literal">0-9</code> and <code class="literal">_</code>. All non-valid characters are converted to underscore and all upper-case are converted to lower case. Thus: "The Section Title" will be normalized to "the_section_title". </p> <p> End a section with: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[endsect] </pre> <p> Sections can nest, and that results in a hierarchy in the table of contents. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.xinclude"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.xinclude" title="xinclude">xinclude</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> You can include another XML file with: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[xinclude file.xml] </pre> <p> This is useful when file.xml has been generated by Doxygen and contains your reference section. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.paragraphs"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.paragraphs" title="Paragraphs">Paragraphs</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Paragraphs start left-flushed and are terminated by two or more newlines. No markup is needed for paragraphs. QuickBook automatically detects paragraphs from the context. Block markups [section, endsect, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, blurb, (block-quote) ':', pre, def, table and include ] may also terminate a paragraph. This is a new paragraph... </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.lists"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists" title="Lists">Lists</a> </h4></div></div></div> <div class="toc"><dl> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.ordered_lists">Ordered lists</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.list_hierarchies">List Hierarchies</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.long_list_lines">Long List Lines</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.unordered_lists">Unordered lists</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.mixed_lists">Mixed lists</a></span></dt> </dl></div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.lists.ordered_lists"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.ordered_lists" title="Ordered lists">Ordered lists</a> </h5></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting"># One # Two # Three </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"> <li class="listitem"> One </li> <li class="listitem"> Two </li> <li class="listitem"> Three </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.lists.list_hierarchies"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.list_hierarchies" title="List Hierarchies">List Hierarchies</a> </h5></div></div></div> <p> List hierarchies are supported. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting"># One # Two # Three # Three.a # Three.b # Three.c # Four # Four.a # Four.a.i # Four.a.ii # Five </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"> <li class="listitem"> One </li> <li class="listitem"> Two </li> <li class="listitem"> Three <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="a"> <li class="listitem"> Three.a </li> <li class="listitem"> Three.b </li> <li class="listitem"> Three.c </li> </ol></div> </li> <li class="listitem"> Fourth <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="a"><li class="listitem"> Four.a <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="i"> <li class="listitem"> Four.a.i </li> <li class="listitem"> Four.a.ii </li> </ol></div> </li></ol></div> </li> <li class="listitem"> Five </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.lists.long_list_lines"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.long_list_lines" title="Long List Lines">Long List Lines</a> </h5></div></div></div> <p> Long lines will be wrapped appropriately. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting"># A short item. # A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. # A short item. </pre> <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"> <li class="listitem"> A short item. </li> <li class="listitem"> A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. A very long item. </li> <li class="listitem"> A short item. </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.lists.unordered_lists"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.unordered_lists" title="Unordered lists">Unordered lists</a> </h5></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">* First * Second * Third </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> First </li> <li class="listitem"> Second </li> <li class="listitem"> Third </li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.lists.mixed_lists"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.lists.mixed_lists" title="Mixed lists">Mixed lists</a> </h5></div></div></div> <p> Mixed lists (ordered and unordered) are supported. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting"># One # Two # Three * Three.a * Three.b * Three.c # Four </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"> <li class="listitem"> One </li> <li class="listitem"> Two </li> <li class="listitem"> Three <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> Three.a </li> <li class="listitem"> Three.b </li> <li class="listitem"> Three.c </li> </ul></div> </li> <li class="listitem"> Four </li> </ol></div> <p> And... </p> <pre class="programlisting"># 1 * 1.a # 1.a.1 # 1.a.2 * 1.b # 2 * 2.a * 2.b # 2.b.1 # 2.b.2 * 2.b.2.a * 2.b.2.b </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"> <li class="listitem"> 1 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> 1.a <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="a"> <li class="listitem"> 1.a.1 </li> <li class="listitem"> 1.a.2 </li> </ol></div> </li> <li class="listitem"> 1.b </li> </ul></div> </li> <li class="listitem"> 2 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> 2.a </li> <li class="listitem"> 2.b <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="a"> <li class="listitem"> 2.b.1 </li> <li class="listitem"> 2.b.2 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="circle"> <li class="listitem"> 2.b.2.a </li> <li class="listitem"> 2.b.2.b </li> </ul></div> </li> </ol></div> </li> </ul></div> </li> </ol></div> </div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.code"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.code" title="Code">Code</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Preformatted code starts with a space or a tab. The code will be syntax highlighted according to the current <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.source_mode" title="Source Mode">Source Mode</a>: </p> <p> </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="comment">// Sample code </span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Hello, World\n"</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> </pre> <p> </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">cgi</span> <span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">cookForHtml</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">):</span> <span class="string">'''"Cooks" the input text for HTML.'''</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">cgi</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">escape</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">)</span> </pre> <p> </p> <p> Macros that are already defined are expanded in source code. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[def __array__ [@http://www.boost.org/doc/html/array/reference.html array]] [def __boost__ [@http://www.boost.org/libs/libraries.htm boost]] using __boost__::__array__; </pre> <p> Generates: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">using</span> <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/libraries.htm" target="_top">boost</a><span class="special">::</span><a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/array/reference.html" target="_top">array</a><span class="special">;</span> </pre> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.escape_back"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.escape_back" title="Escaping Back To QuickBook"> Escaping Back To QuickBook</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Inside code, code blocks and inline code, QuickBook does not allow any markup to avoid conflicts with the target syntax (e.g. c++). In case you need to switch back to QuickBook markup inside code, you can do so using a language specific <span class="emphasis"><em>escape-back</em></span> delimiter. In C++ and Python, the delimiter is the double tick (back-quote): "``" and "``". Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">void ``[@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo#Foo.2C_Bar_and_Baz foo]``() { } </pre> <p> Will generate: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo#Foo.2C_Bar_and_Baz" target="_top">foo</a><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">}</span> </pre> <p> When escaping from code to QuickBook, only phrase level markups are allowed. Block level markups like lists, tables etc. are not allowed. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.preformatted"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.preformatted" title="Preformatted">Preformatted</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Sometimes, you don't want some preformatted text to be parsed as C++. In such cases, use the <code class="literal">[pre ... ]</code> markup block. </p> <pre class="programlisting">[pre Some *preformatted* text Some *preformatted* text Some *preformatted* text Some *preformatted* text Some *preformatted* text Some *preformatted* text ] </pre> <p> Spaces, tabs and newlines are rendered as-is. Unlike all quickbook block level markup, pre (and Code) are the only ones that allow multiple newlines. The markup above will generate: </p> <pre class="programlisting">Some <span class="bold"><strong>preformatted</strong></span> text Some <span class="bold"><strong>preformatted</strong></span> text Some <span class="bold"><strong>preformatted</strong></span> text Some <span class="bold"><strong>preformatted</strong></span> text Some <span class="bold"><strong>preformatted</strong></span> text Some <span class="bold"><strong>preformatted</strong></span> text </pre> <p> Notice that unlike Code, phrase markup such as font style is still permitted inside <code class="literal">pre</code> blocks. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.blockquote"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.blockquote" title="Blockquote">Blockquote</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[:sometext...] </pre> <div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p> Indents the paragraph. This applies to one paragraph only. </p></blockquote></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.admonitions"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.admonitions" title="Admonitions">Admonitions</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[note This is a note] [tip This is a tip] [important This is important] [caution This is a caution] [warning This is a warning] </pre> <p> generates <a href="http://www.docbook.org/" target="_top">DocBook</a> admonitions: </p> <div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td> <th align="left">Note</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> This is a note </p></td></tr> </table></div> <div class="tip"><table border="0" summary="Tip"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="../../../doc/src/images/tip.png"></td> <th align="left">Tip</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> This is a tip </p></td></tr> </table></div> <div class="important"><table border="0" summary="Important"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Important]" src="../../../doc/src/images/important.png"></td> <th align="left">Important</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> This is important </p></td></tr> </table></div> <div class="caution"><table border="0" summary="Caution"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Caution]" src="../../../doc/src/images/caution.png"></td> <th align="left">Caution</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> This is a caution </p></td></tr> </table></div> <div class="warning"><table border="0" summary="Warning"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="../../../doc/src/images/warning.png"></td> <th align="left">Warning</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> This is a warning </p></td></tr> </table></div> <p> These are the only admonitions supported by <a href="http://www.docbook.org/" target="_top">DocBook</a>. So, for example <code class="literal">[information This is some information]</code> is unlikely to produce the desired effect. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.headings"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.headings" title="Headings">Headings</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[h1 Heading 1] [h2 Heading 2] [h3 Heading 3] [h4 Heading 4] [h5 Heading 5] [h6 Heading 6] </pre> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_1"></a><h2> <a name="id3248080"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_1">Heading 1</a> </h2> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_2"></a><h3> <a name="id3248101"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_2">Heading 2</a> </h3> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_3"></a><h4> <a name="id3248122"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_3">Heading 3</a> </h4> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_4"></a><h5> <a name="id3248144"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_4">Heading 4</a> </h5> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_5"></a><h6> <a name="id3248164"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_5">Heading 5</a> </h6> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_6"></a><h5> <a name="id3248185"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.headings.heading_6">Heading 6</a> </h5> <p> Headings 1-3 [h1 h2 and h3] will automatically have anchors with normalized names with <code class="literal">name="document_id.section_id.normalized_header_text"</code> (i.e. valid characters are <code class="literal">a-z</code>, <code class="literal">A-Z</code>, <code class="literal">0-9</code> and <code class="literal">_</code>. All non-valid characters are converted to underscore and all upper-case are converted to lower-case. For example: Heading 1 in section Section 2 will be normalized to <code class="literal">section_2.heading_1</code>). You can use: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[link document_id.section_id.normalized_header_text The link text] </pre> <p> to link to them. See <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.anchor_links" title="Anchor links">Anchor links</a> and <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.section" title="Section">Section</a> for more info. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.generic_heading"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.generic_heading" title="Generic Heading">Generic Heading</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> In cases when you don't want to care about the heading level (1 to 6), you can use the <span class="emphasis"><em>Generic Heading</em></span>: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[heading Heading] </pre> <p> The <span class="emphasis"><em>Generic Heading</em></span> assumes the level, plus one, of the innermost section where it is placed. For example, if it is placed in the outermost section, then, it assumes <span class="emphasis"><em>h2</em></span>. </p> <p> Headings are often used as an alternative to sections. It is used particularly if you do not want to start a new section. In many cases, however, headings in a particular section is just flat. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[section A] [h2 X] [h2 Y] [h2 Z] [endsect] </pre> <p> Here we use h2 assuming that section A is the outermost level. If it is placed in an inner level, you'll have to use h3, h4, etc. depending on where the section is. In general, it is the section level plus one. It is rather tedious, however, to scan the section level everytime. If you rewrite the example above as shown below, this will be automatic: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[section A] [heading X] [heading Y] [heading Z] [endsect] </pre> <p> They work well regardless where you place them. You can rearrange sections at will without any extra work to ensure correct heading levels. In fact, with <span class="emphasis"><em>section</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>heading</em></span>, you have all you need. <span class="emphasis"><em>h1</em></span>..<span class="emphasis"><em>h6</em></span> becomes redundant. <span class="emphasis"><em>h1</em></span>..<span class="emphasis"><em>h6</em></span> might be deprecated in the future. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.macros"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.macros" title="Macros">Macros</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[def macro_identifier some text] </pre> <p> When a macro is defined, the identifier replaces the text anywhere in the file, in paragraphs, in markups, etc. macro_identifier is a string of non- white space characters except ']'. A macro may not follow an alphabetic character or the underscore. The replacement text can be any phrase (even marked up). Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[def sf_logo [$http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=28447&type=1]] sf_logo </pre> <p> Now everywhere the sf_logo is placed, the picture will be inlined. </p> <p> <span class="inlinemediaobject"></span> </p> <div class="tip"><table border="0" summary="Tip"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="../../../doc/src/images/tip.png"></td> <th align="left">Tip</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> It's a good idea to use macro identifiers that are distinguishable. For instance, in this document, macro identifiers have two leading and trailing underscores (e.g. <code class="literal">__spirit__</code>). The reason is to avoid unwanted macro replacement. </p></td></tr> </table></div> <p> Links (URLS) and images are good candidates for macros. <span class="bold"><strong>1</strong></span>) They tend to change a lot. It is a good idea to place all links and images in one place near the top to make it easy to make changes. <span class="bold"><strong>2</strong></span>) The syntax is not pretty. It's easier to read and write, e.g. <code class="literal">__spirit__</code> than <code class="literal">[@http://spirit.sourceforge.net Spirit]</code>. </p> <p> Some more examples: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[def :-) [$theme/smiley.png]] [def __spirit__ [@http://spirit.sourceforge.net Spirit]] </pre> <p> (See <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.images" title="Images">Images</a> and <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase.links" title="Links">Links</a>) </p> <p> Invoking these macros: </p> <pre class="programlisting">Hi __spirit__ :-) </pre> <p> will generate this: </p> <p> Hi <a href="http://spirit.sourceforge.net" target="_top">Spirit</a> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../src/images/smiley.png" alt="smiley"></span> </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.predefined_macros"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.predefined_macros" title="Predefined Macros">Predefined Macros</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Quickbook has some predefined macros that you can already use. </p> <div class="table"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.predefined_macros.predefined_macros"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 31.3. Predefined Macros</b></p> <div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Predefined Macros"> <colgroup> <col> <col> <col> </colgroup> <thead><tr> <th> <p> Macro </p> </th> <th> <p> Meaning </p> </th> <th> <p> Example </p> </th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p> __DATE__ </p> </td> <td> <p> Today's date </p> </td> <td> <p> 2010-Aug-12 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> __TIME__ </p> </td> <td> <p> The current time </p> </td> <td> <p> 10:43:40 PM </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> __FILENAME__ </p> </td> <td> <p> Quickbook source filename </p> </td> <td> <p> /Users/daniel/boost/release/boost-release/tools/quickbook/doc/quickbook.qbk </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <br class="table-break"> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.templates"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates" title="Templates">Templates</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> Templates provide a more versatile text substitution mechanism. Templates come in handy when you need to create parameterizable, multi-line, boilerplate text that you specify once and expand many times. Templates accept one or more arguments. These arguments act like place-holders for text replacement. Unlike simple macros, which are limited to phrase level markup, templates can contain block level markup (e.g. paragraphs, code blocks and tables). </p> <p> Example template: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[template person[name age what] Hi, my name is [name]. I am [age] years old. I am a [what]. ] </pre> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.templates.template_identifier"></a><h6> <a name="id3248738"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.template_identifier">Template Identifier</a> </h6> <p> Template identifiers can either consist of: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> An initial alphabetic character or the underscore, followed by zero or more alphanumeric characters or the underscore. This is similar to your typical C/C++ identifier. </li> <li class="listitem"> A single character punctuation (a non-alphanumeric printable character) </li> </ul></div> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.templates.formal_template_arguments"></a><h6> <a name="id3248787"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.formal_template_arguments">Formal Template Arguments</a> </h6> <p> Template formal arguments are identifiers consisting of an initial alphabetic character or the underscore, followed by zero or more alphanumeric characters or the underscore. This is similar to your typical C/C++ identifier. </p> <p> A template formal argument temporarily hides a template of the same name at the point where the <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.template_expansion">template is expanded</a>. Note that the body of the <code class="literal">person</code> template above refers to <code class="literal">name</code> <code class="literal">age</code> and <code class="literal">what</code> as <code class="literal">[name]</code> <code class="literal">[age]</code> and <code class="literal">[what]</code>. <code class="literal">name</code> <code class="literal">age</code> and <code class="literal">what</code> are actually templates that exist in the duration of the template call. </p> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.templates.template_body"></a><h6> <a name="id3248892"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.template_body">Template Body</a> </h6> <p> The template body can be just about any QuickBook block or phrase. There are actually two forms. Templates may be phrase or block level. Phrase templates are of the form: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[template sample[arg1 arg2...argN] replacement text... ] </pre> <p> Block templates are of the form: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[template sample[arg1 arg2...argN] replacement text... ] </pre> <p> The basic rule is as follows: if a newline immediately follows the argument list, then it is a block template, otherwise, it is a phrase template. Phrase templates are typically expanded as part of phrases. Like macros, block level elements are not allowed in phrase templates. </p> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.templates.template_expansion"></a><h6> <a name="id3248945"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.template_expansion">Template Expansion</a> </h6> <p> You expand a template this way: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[template_identifier arg1..arg2..arg3] </pre> <p> At template expansion, you supply the actual arguments. The template will be expanded with your supplied arguments. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[person James Bond..39..Spy] [person Santa Clause..87..Big Red Fatso] </pre> <p> Which will expand to: </p> <p> </p> <p> Hi, my name is James Bond. I am 39 years old. I am a Spy. </p> <p> </p> <p> Hi, my name is Santa Clause. I am 87 years old. I am a Big Red Fatso. </p> <p> </p> <div class="caution"><table border="0" summary="Caution"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Caution]" src="../../../doc/src/images/caution.png"></td> <th align="left">Caution</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> A word of caution: Templates are recursive. A template can call another template or even itself, directly or indirectly. There are no control structures in QuickBook (yet) so this will always mean infinite recursion. QuickBook can detect this situation and report an error if recursion exceeds a certain limit. </p></td></tr> </table></div> <p> Each actual argument can be a word, a text fragment or just about any <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.phrase" title="Phrase Level Elements">QuickBook phrase</a>. Arguments are separated by the double dot <code class="literal">".."</code> and terminated by the close parenthesis. </p> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.templates.nullary_templates"></a><h6> <a name="id3249038"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.nullary_templates">Nullary Templates</a> </h6> <p> Nullary templates look and act like simple macros. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[template alpha[]'''&#945;'''] [template beta[]'''&#946;'''] </pre> <p> Expanding: </p> <pre class="programlisting">Some squigles...[*[alpha][beta]]</pre> <p> We have: </p> <p> Some squiggles...<span class="bold"><strong>αβ</strong></span> </p> <p> The difference with macros are </p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> The explicit <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.template_expansion">template expansion syntax</a>. This is an advantage because, now, we don't have to use obscure naming conventions like double underscores (e.g. __alpha__) to avoid unwanted macro replacement. </li> <li class="listitem"> The template is expanded at the point where it is invoked. A macro is expanded immediately at its point of declaration. This is subtle and can cause a slight difference in behavior especially if you refer to other macros and templates in the body. </li> </ul></div> <p> The empty brackets after the template identifier (<code class="literal">alpha[]</code>) indicates no arguments. If the template body does not look like a template argument list, we can elide the empty brackets. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[template aristotle_quote Aristotle: [*['Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.]]] </pre> <p> Expanding: </p> <pre class="programlisting">Here's a quote from [aristotle_quote]. </pre> <p> We have: </p> <p> Here's a quote from Aristotle: <span class="bold"><strong><span class="emphasis"><em>Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.</em></span></strong></span>. </p> <p> The disadvantage is that you can't avoid the space between the template identifier, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">aristotle_quote</span></code>, and the template body "Aristotle...". This space will be part of the template body. If that space is unwanted, use empty brackets or use the space escape: "<code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">\</span> </code>". Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[template tag\ _tag] </pre> <p> Then expanding: </p> <pre class="programlisting">`struct` x[tag]; </pre> <p> We have: </p> <p> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">struct</span></code> x_tag; </p> <p> You have a couple of ways to do it. I personally prefer the explicit empty brackets, though. </p> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.templates.simple_arguments"></a><h6> <a name="id3249245"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.simple_arguments">Simple Arguments</a> </h6> <p> As mentioned, arguments are separated by the double dot <code class="literal">".."</code>. Alternatively, if the double dot isn't used and more than one argument is expected, QuickBook uses whitespace to separate the arguments, following this logic: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> Break the last argument into two, at the first space found (<code class="literal">'', '\n', \t' or '\r'</code>). </li> <li class="listitem"> Repeat until there are enough arguments or if there are no more spaces found (in which case, an error is reported). </li> </ul></div> <p> For example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[template simple[a b c d] [a][b][c][d]] [simple w x y z] </pre> <p> will produce: </p> <p> wxyz </p> <p> "w x y z" is initially treated as a single argument because we didn't supply any <code class="literal">".."</code> separators. However, since <code class="literal">simple</code> expects 4 arguments, "w x y z" is broken down iteratively (applying the logic above) until we have "w", "x", "y" and "z". </p> <p> QuickBook only tries to get the arguments it needs. For example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[simple w x y z trail] </pre> <p> will produce: </p> <p> wxyz trail </p> <p> The arguments being: "w", "x", "y" and "z trail". </p> <div class="caution"><table border="0" summary="Caution"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Caution]" src="../../../doc/src/images/caution.png"></td> <th align="left">Caution</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> The behavior described here is for QuickBook 1.5. In older versions you could use both the double dot and whitespace as separators in the same template call. If your document is marked up as an older version, it will use the old behavior, which is described in the <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/quickbook/syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.simple_arguments" target="_top">QuickBook 1.4 documentation</a>. </p></td></tr> </table></div> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.templates.punctuation_templates"></a><h6> <a name="id3249388"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.punctuation_templates">Punctuation Templates</a> </h6> <p> With templates, one of our objectives is to allow us to rewrite QuickBook in QuickBook (as a qbk library). For that to happen, we need to accommodate single character punctuation templates which are fairly common in QuickBook. You might have noticed that single character punctuations are allowed as <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.templates.template_identifier">template identifiers</a>. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[template ![bar] <hey>[bar]</hey>] </pre> <p> Now, expanding this: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[!baz] </pre> <p> We will have: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><hey>baz</hey> </pre> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.blurbs"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.blurbs" title="Blurbs">Blurbs</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[blurb :-) [*An eye catching advertisement or note...] __spirit__ is an object-oriented recursive-descent parser generator framework implemented using template meta-programming techniques. Expression templates allow us to approximate the syntax of Extended Backus-Normal Form (EBNF) completely in C++. ] </pre> <p> will generate this: </p> <div class="sidebar"> <p class="title"><b></b></p> <p> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../src/images/smiley.png" alt="smiley"></span> <span class="bold"><strong>An eye catching advertisement or note...</strong></span> </p> <p> <a href="http://spirit.sourceforge.net" target="_top">Spirit</a> is an object-oriented recursive-descent parser generator framework implemented using template meta-programming techniques. Expression templates allow us to approximate the syntax of Extended Backus-Normal Form (EBNF) completely in C++. </p> </div> <div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td> <th align="left">Note</th> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> Prefer <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.admonitions" title="Admonitions">admonitions</a> wherever appropriate. </p></td></tr> </table></div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.tables"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.tables" title="Tables">Tables</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[table:id A Simple Table [[Heading 1] [Heading 2] [Heading 3]] [[R0-C0] [R0-C1] [R0-C2]] [[R1-C0] [R1-C1] [R1-C2]] [[R2-C0] [R2-C1] [R2-C2]] ] </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <div class="table"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.tables.id"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 31.4. A Simple Table</b></p> <div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="A Simple Table"> <colgroup> <col> <col> <col> </colgroup> <thead><tr> <th> <p> Heading 1 </p> </th> <th> <p> Heading 2 </p> </th> <th> <p> Heading 3 </p> </th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p> R0-C0 </p> </td> <td> <p> R0-C1 </p> </td> <td> <p> R0-C2 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> R1-C0 </p> </td> <td> <p> R1-C1 </p> </td> <td> <p> R1-C2 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> R2-C0 </p> </td> <td> <p> R2-C1 </p> </td> <td> <p> R2-C2 </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <br class="table-break"><p> The table title is optional. The first row of the table is automatically treated as the table header; that is, it is wrapped in <code class="literal"><thead>...</thead></code> XML tags. Note that unlike the original QuickDoc, the columns are nested in [cells... ]. </p> <p> Giving tables an id is a new feature for quickbook 1.5 onwards. As with sections, the id is optional. If the table has a title but no id, an id will be generated from the title. The table above can be linked to using: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[link quickbook.syntax.block.tables.id link to table] </pre> <p> which will generate: </p> <p> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.tables.id" title="Table 31.4. A Simple Table">link to table</a> </p> <p> The syntax is free-format and allows big cells to be formatted nicely. Example: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[table Table with fat cells [[Heading 1] [Heading 2]] [ [Row 0, Col 0: a small cell] [ Row 0, Col 1: a big fat cell with paragraphs Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. We emphasize libraries that work well with the C++ Standard Library. Boost libraries are intended to be widely useful, and usable across a broad spectrum of applications. The Boost license encourages both commercial and non-commercial use. ] ] [ [Row 1, Col 0: a small cell] [Row 1, Col 1: a small cell] ] ] </pre> <p> and thus: </p> <div class="table"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.tables.table_with_fat_cells"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 31.5. Table with fat cells</b></p> <div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Table with fat cells"> <colgroup> <col> <col> </colgroup> <thead><tr> <th> <p> Heading 1 </p> </th> <th> <p> Heading 2 </p> </th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p> Row 0, Col 0: a small cell </p> </td> <td> <p> Row 0, Col 1: a big fat cell with paragraphs </p> <p> Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. We emphasize libraries that work well with the C++ Standard Library. Boost libraries are intended to be widely useful, and usable across a broad spectrum of applications. The Boost license encourages both commercial and non-commercial use. </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Row 1, Col 0: a small cell </p> </td> <td> <p> Row 1, Col 1: a small cell </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <br class="table-break"><p> Here's how to have preformatted blocks of code in a table cell: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[table Table with code [[Comment] [Code]] [ [My first program] [`` #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << "Hello, World!" << std::endl; return 0; } ``] ] ] </pre> <div class="table"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.tables.table_with_code"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 31.6. Table with code</b></p> <div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Table with code"> <colgroup> <col> <col> </colgroup> <thead><tr> <th> <p> Comment </p> </th> <th> <p> Code </p> </th> </tr></thead> <tbody><tr> <td> <p> My first program </p> </td> <td> <p> </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Hello, World!"</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> </pre> <p> </p> </td> </tr></tbody> </table></div> </div> <br class="table-break"> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.variable_lists"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.variable_lists" title="Variable Lists">Variable Lists</a> </h4></div></div></div> <pre class="programlisting">[variablelist A Variable List [[term 1] [The definition of term 1]] [[term 2] [The definition of term 2]] [[term 3] [ The definition of term 3. Definitions may contain paragraphs. ]] ] </pre> <p> will generate: </p> <div class="variablelist"> <p class="title"><b>A Variable List</b></p> <dl> <dt><span class="term">term 1</span></dt> <dd><p> The definition of term 1 </p></dd> <dt><span class="term">term 2</span></dt> <dd><p> The definition of term 2 </p></dd> <dt><span class="term">term 3</span></dt> <dd> <p> The definition of term 3. </p> <p> Definitions may contain paragraphs. </p> </dd> </dl> </div> <p> The rules for variable lists are the same as for tables, except that only 2 "columns" are allowed. The first column contains the terms, and the second column contains the definitions. Those familiar with HTML will recognize this as a "definition list". </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.include"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.include" title="Include">Include</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> You can include one QuickBook file from another. The syntax is simply: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[include someother.qbk] </pre> <p> The included file will be processed as if it had been cut and pasted into the current document, with the following exceptions: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> The __FILENAME__ predefined macro will reflect the name of the file currently being processed. </li> <li class="listitem"> Any macros defined in the included file are scoped to that file. </li> </ul></div> <p> The <code class="literal">[include]</code> directive lets you specify a document id to use for the included file. When this id is not explicitly specified, the id defaults to the filename ("someother", in the example above). You can specify the id like this: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[include:someid someother.qbk] </pre> <p> All auto-generated anchors will use the document id as a unique prefix. So for instance, if there is a top section in someother.qbk named "Intro", the named anchor for that section will be "someid.intro", and you can link to it with <code class="literal">[link someid.intro The Intro]</code>. </p> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.import"></a><a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.import" title="Import">Import</a> </h4></div></div></div> <p> When documenting code, you'd surely need to present code from actual source files. While it is possible to copy some code and paste them in your QuickBook file, doing so is error prone and the extracted code in the documentation tends to get out of sync with the actual code as the code evolves. The problem, as always, is that once documentation is written, the tendency is for the docs to languish in the archives without maintenance. </p> <p> QuickBook's import facility provides a nice solution. </p> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.import.example"></a><h6> <a name="id3250233"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.import.example">Example</a> </h6> <p> You can effortlessly import code snippets from source code into your QuickBook. The following illustrates how this is done: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[import ../test/stub.cpp] [foo] [bar] </pre> <p> The first line: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[import ../test/stub.cpp] </pre> <p> collects specially marked-up code snippets from <a href="../../../tools/quickbook/test/stub.cpp" target="_top">stub.cpp</a> and places them in your QuickBook file as virtual templates. Each of the specially marked-up code snippets has a name (e.g. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">foo</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bar</span></code> in the example above). This shall be the template identifier for that particular code snippet. The second and third line above does the actual template expansion: </p> <pre class="programlisting">[foo] [bar] </pre> <p> And the result is: </p> <p> </p> <p> This is the <span class="bold"><strong><span class="emphasis"><em>foo</em></span></strong></span> function. </p> <p> </p> <p> This description can have paragraphs... </p> <p> </p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> <li class="listitem"> lists </li> <li class="listitem"> etc. </li> </ul></div> <p> </p> <p> And any quickbook block markup. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="comment">// return 'em, foo man! </span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="string">"foo"</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> </pre> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> This is the <span class="bold"><strong><span class="emphasis"><em>bar</em></span></strong></span> function </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">bar</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="comment">// return 'em, bar man! </span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="string">"bar"</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span></pre> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Some trailing text here </p> <p> </p> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.import.code_snippet_markup"></a><h6> <a name="id3250770"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.import.code_snippet_markup">Code Snippet Markup</a> </h6> <p> Note how the code snippets in <a href="../../../tools/quickbook/test/stub.cpp" target="_top">stub.cpp</a> get marked up. We use distinguishable comments following the form: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">//[id </span><span class="identifier">some</span> <span class="identifier">code</span> <span class="identifier">here</span> <span class="comment">//] </span></pre> <p> The first comment line above initiates a named code-snippet. This prefix will not be visible in quickbook. The entire code-snippet in between <code class="computeroutput"><span class="comment">//[id</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="comment">//]</span></code> will be inserted as a template in quickbook with name <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="emphasis"><em>id</em></span></em></span>. The comment <code class="computeroutput"><span class="comment">//]</span></code> ends a code-snippet This too will not be visible in quickbook. </p> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.import.special_comments"></a><h6> <a name="id3250875"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.import.special_comments">Special Comments</a> </h6> <p> Special comments of the form: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">//` some [*quickbook] markup here </span></pre> <p> and: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">/*` some [*quickbook] markup here */</span> </pre> <p> will be parsed by QuickBook. This can contain quickbook <span class="emphasis"><em>blocks</em></span> (e.g. sections, paragraphs, tables, etc). In the first case, the initial slash-slash, tick and white-space shall be ignored. In the second, the initial slash-star-tick and the final star-slash shall be ignored. </p> <p> Special comments of the form: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">/*<- this C++ comment will be ignored ->*/</span> </pre> <p> or </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">/*<-*/</span> <span class="string">"this c++ code will be ignored"</span> <span class="comment">/*->*/</span> </pre> <p> or </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">//<- </span><span class="keyword">private</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">some_member</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">//-> </span></pre> <p> can be used to inhibit code from passing through to quickbook. All text between the delimeters will simply be ignored. </p> <a name="quickbook.syntax.block.import.callouts"></a><h6> <a name="id3251025"></a> <a class="link" href="syntax.html#quickbook.syntax.block.import.callouts">Callouts</a> </h6> <p> Special comments of the form: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">/*< some [*quickbook] markup here >*/</span> </pre> <p> will be regarded as callouts. These will be collected, numbered and rendered as a "callout bug" (a small icon with a number). After the whole snippet is parsed, the callout list is generated. See <a href="http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/callout.html" target="_top">Callouts</a> for details. Example: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">foo_bar</span><span class="special">()</span> <a class="co" name="quickbook0co" href="syntax.html#quickbook0"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/1.png" alt="1" border="0"></a> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="string">"foo-bar"</span><span class="special">;</span> <a class="co" name="quickbook1co" href="syntax.html#quickbook1"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/2.png" alt="2" border="0"></a> <span class="special">}</span> </pre> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div class="calloutlist"><table border="0" summary="Callout list"> <tr> <td width="5%" valign="top" align="left"><p><a name="quickbook0"></a><a href="#quickbook0co"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/1.png" alt="1" border="0"></a> </p></td> <td valign="top" align="left"><p> The <span class="emphasis"><em>Mythical</em></span> FooBar. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar" target="_top">Foobar for details</a> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%" valign="top" align="left"><p><a name="quickbook1"></a><a href="#quickbook1co"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/2.png" alt="2" border="0"></a> </p></td> <td valign="top" align="left"><p> return 'em, foo-bar man! </p></td> </tr> </table></div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> This is the actual code: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">//[ foo_bar </span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">foo_bar</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="comment">/*< The /Mythical/ FooBar. See [@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar Foobar for details] >*/</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="string">"foo-bar"</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">/*< return 'em, foo-bar man! >*/</span> <span class="special">}</span> <span class="comment">//] </span></pre> <p> The callouts bugs are placed exactly where the special callout comment is situated. It can be anywhere in the code. The bugs can be rather obtrusive, however. They get in the way of the clarity of the code. Another special callout comment style is available: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">/*<< some [*quickbook] markup here >>*/</span> </pre> <p> This is the line-oriented version of the callout. With this, the "bug" is placed at the very left of the code block, away from the actual code. By placing it at the far left, the code is rendered un-obscured. Example: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> <a class="co" name="quickbook2co" href="syntax.html#quickbook2"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/1.png" alt="1" border="0"></a><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">}</span> <a class="co" name="quickbook3co" href="syntax.html#quickbook3"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/2.png" alt="2" border="0"></a><span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">}</span> <a class="co" name="quickbook4co" href="syntax.html#quickbook4"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/3.png" alt="3" border="0"></a><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> <a class="co" name="quickbook5co" href="syntax.html#quickbook5"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/4.png" alt="4" border="0"></a><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">n_</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">n</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">n_</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">};</span> </pre> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div class="calloutlist"><table border="0" summary="Callout list"> <tr> <td width="5%" valign="top" align="left"><p><a name="quickbook2"></a><a href="#quickbook2co"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/1.png" alt="1" border="0"></a> </p></td> <td valign="top" align="left"><p> Constructor </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%" valign="top" align="left"><p><a name="quickbook3"></a><a href="#quickbook3co"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/2.png" alt="2" border="0"></a> </p></td> <td valign="top" align="left"><p> Destructor </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%" valign="top" align="left"><p><a name="quickbook4"></a><a href="#quickbook4co"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/3.png" alt="3" border="0"></a> </p></td> <td valign="top" align="left"><p> Get the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">n</span></code> member variable </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%" valign="top" align="left"><p><a name="quickbook5"></a><a href="#quickbook5co"><img src="../../../doc/src/images/callouts/4.png" alt="4" border="0"></a> </p></td> <td valign="top" align="left"><p> Set the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">n</span></code> member variable </p></td> </tr> </table></div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> See the actual code here: <a href="../../../tools/quickbook/test/stub.cpp" target="_top">boost:/tools/quickbook/test/stub.cpp</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="footnotes"> <br><hr width="100" align="left"> <div class="footnote"><p><sup>[<a name="ftn.id3244461" href="#id3244461" class="para">6</a>] </sup> Thanks to David Barrett, author of <a href="http://quinthar.com/qwikiwiki/index.php?page=Home" target="_top">Qwiki</a>, for sharing these samples and teaching me these obscure formatting rules. I wasn't sure at all if <a href="http://spirit.sourceforge.net" target="_top">Spirit</a>, being more or less a formal EBNF parser, can handle the context sensitivity and ambiguity. </p></div> <div class="footnote"><p><sup>[<a name="ftn.id3246364" href="#id3246364" class="para">7</a>] </sup> A sample footnote </p></div> <div class="footnote"><p><sup>[<a name="ftn.id3246511" href="#id3246511" class="para">8</a>] </sup> Conditional Generation makes quickbook turing complete. </p></div> </div> </div> <table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> <td align="left"></td> <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2002, 2004, 2006 Joel de Guzman, Eric Niebler<p> Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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