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diff --git a/more/download.html b/more/download.html index 7444ff0258..76a2517035 100644 --- a/more/download.html +++ b/more/download.html @@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ </tr> </table> -<p> - <h1>Boost Download and Installation</h1> The boost libraries are intended for easy download and installation. @@ -28,21 +26,22 @@ configuration tool. <h2>Download</h2> The boost libraries are available in various formats. Most of the files are available through links from the individual library's -documentation. As many boost headers include other boost headers, -installing one at a time is painful. Therefore, archive formats have -been prepared which contain all of boost in a single file. +documentation. Since many boost headers include other boost headers, +installing one at a time is painful. Downloading all of Boost as a single archive +file (.zip or .tar.gz) is a lot easier. CVS access is also +available. -<h3>ZIP file</h3> +<h3>.zip file</h3> The .zip format is widely supported by both free decoders and -commercial commpress/archive utilities. If you don't already have a +commercial compress/archive utilities. If you don't already have a .zip file decoder, download one from the <a href="http://www.info-zip.org/">Info-ZIP</a> -web site. +web site, which supplies versions for many operating systems. <p> -Unix/Linux hints: boost_all.zip is built on a Win32 platform, so the -line endings are wrong for Unix/Linux. Use the -a option when -unzipping with InfoZip for Unix/Linux friendly line endings. +Text file line endings in the .zip file are as supplied by each library +developer. This works fine for Windows, but not for Unix/Linux. The +.tar.gz file supplies Unix/Linux friendly line endings. <ul> <li><a href="ftp://boost.sourceforge.net/pub/boost/release/">Latest version</a> @@ -52,7 +51,11 @@ unzipping with InfoZip for Unix/Linux friendly line endings. <h3>.tar.gz file</h3> The .tar.gz format is widely supported on Unix/Linux platforms. Some -Windows compress/archive utilities can read the format as well. +Windows compress/archive utilities can read the format as well. Because +the gzip format compresses the archive as a single file rather than compressing +each file individually, the .tar.gz file is smaller that the .zip file. +<p>Text file line endings in the .tar.gz file have been converted to newlines +for ease of use on Unix/Linux platforms.</p> <ul> <li><a href="ftp://boost.sourceforge.net/pub/boost/release/">Latest version</a> @@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.boost.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost logout Read the manual for your CVS client for further information. <p> -This access is read-only, if you are a library author and wish to have +This access is read-only; if you are a library author and wish to have CVS write access, please contact one of the <a href="mailto:boost-owner@yahoogroups.com">moderators</a>. @@ -97,8 +100,7 @@ Many boost libraries are implemented entirely within their header files. The only preparation for their use is to add the path for the parent directory of the boost headers sub-directory to your compiler's list of <code>#include</code> search directories. - -<blockquote> +<p> For example, using Windows 2000, if you have unzipped release 1.20.2 from boost_all.zip into the top level directory of your C drive, for Borland, GCC, and Metrowerks compilers add '-Ic:/boost_1_20_2' to the @@ -106,19 +108,20 @@ compiler command line, and for the Microsoft compiler add '/I "c:/boost_1_20_2"'. For IDE's, add 'c:/boost_1_20_2' (or whatever you have renamed it to) to the search list using the appropriate GUI dialog. -</blockquote> <p> A few boost libraries are implemented by separate source files, and thus require compilation on your system to link properly. Boost does -not currently have an overall "build" or "make" machanism in place. +not currently have an overall "build" or "make" mechanism in place. Some of the individual libraries do include make and/or project files for various compilers, though. <p> <hr> -2001-02-11 <a href="../people/jens_maurer.htm">Jens Maurer</a> +Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->14 March, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="28773" --> +<p>Written by <a href="../people/jens_maurer.htm">Jens Maurer</a> +2001-02-11</p> </body> </html> diff --git a/more/generic_programming.html b/more/generic_programming.html index 9ab4054e2f..9cd5d80342 100644 --- a/more/generic_programming.html +++ b/more/generic_programming.html @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ namespace std { named, appropriately <tt>type</tt>. A type generator is usually used to consolidate a complicated type expression into a simple one, as in <tt>boost::<a href= - "../libs/utility/filter_iterator.hpp">filter_iterator_generator</a></tt>, + "../libs/utility/filter_iterator.htm">filter_iterator_generator</a></tt>, which looks something like this: <blockquote> @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ void tweak_all_widgets2(int arg) <hr> <p>Revised - <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %b %Y" startspan -->09 Mar 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="14894" --> + <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %b %Y" startspan -->14 Mar 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="14885" --> <p>© Copyright David Abrahams 2001. Permission to copy, use, modify, |