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Month: February 2012

Re: [trinity-devel] How to build one package component only

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:17:26 -0600
> Every package has a doc directory containing the documentation files. How
> do I build only that directory as a mini package?
>
> Reason: All Trinity documentation is contained in Docbook files. DocBook
> is a markup language. Quanta Plus and Kate provide no mechanism to view
> the final result because all Docbook files have to be converted to another
> form for viewing.
>
> As I revise the various docbook files, I want to regularly view the
> results in a Trinity desktop. I want to do this quickly without building
> an entire package.
>
> Side note: Basically, this is the beginning of a discussion about creating
> an efficient Docbook editing environment, which I'll post to the wiki. If
> you have any experience or interest in the development side of Docbook
> then please feel welcome to help. You don't have to write or edit, just
> help set up the environment and I'll document the process for everybody
> --- but I need help getting there. :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Darrell

You could try running ./configure or cmake normally, then change to the
doc/ directory before running make/make install.

Tim