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<!--

  __COPYRIGHT__

  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
  "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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  distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
  permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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  LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
  OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
  WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

-->

<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"
[

    <!ENTITY % version SYSTEM "../version.xml">
    %version;

    <!ENTITY % scons SYSTEM "../scons.mod">
    %scons;

    <!ENTITY % builders-mod SYSTEM "builders.mod">
    %builders-mod;

    <!ENTITY % functions-mod SYSTEM "functions.mod">
    %functions-mod;

    <!ENTITY % tools-mod SYSTEM "tools.mod">
    %tools-mod;

    <!ENTITY % variables-mod SYSTEM "variables.mod">
    %variables-mod;

    <!ENTITY actions SYSTEM "actions.xml">
    <!ENTITY alias SYSTEM "alias.xml">
    <!ENTITY ant SYSTEM "ant.xml">
    <!ENTITY build-install SYSTEM "build-install.xml">
    <!ENTITY builders SYSTEM "builders.xml">
    <!ENTITY builders-built-in SYSTEM "builders-built-in.xml">
    <!ENTITY builders-commands SYSTEM "builders-commands.xml">
    <!ENTITY builders-writing SYSTEM "builders-writing.xml">
    <!ENTITY add-method SYSTEM "add-method.xml">
    <!ENTITY caching SYSTEM "caching.xml">
    <!ENTITY command-line SYSTEM "command-line.xml">
    <!ENTITY copyright SYSTEM "copyright.xml">
    <!ENTITY depends SYSTEM "depends.xml">
    <!ENTITY environments SYSTEM "environments.xml">
    <!ENTITY errors SYSTEM "errors.xml">
    <!ENTITY example SYSTEM "example.xml">
    <!ENTITY factories SYSTEM "factories.xml">
    <!ENTITY file-removal SYSTEM "file-removal.xml">
    <!ENTITY functions SYSTEM "functions.xml">
    <!ENTITY hierarchy SYSTEM "hierarchy.xml">
    <!ENTITY java SYSTEM "java.xml">
    <!ENTITY install SYSTEM "install.xml">
    <!ENTITY less-simple SYSTEM "less-simple.xml">
    <!ENTITY libraries SYSTEM "libraries.xml">
    <!ENTITY make SYSTEM "make.xml">
    <!ENTITY mergeflags SYSTEM "mergeflags.xml">
    <!ENTITY misc SYSTEM "misc.xml">
    <!ENTITY nodes SYSTEM "nodes.xml">
    <!ENTITY output SYSTEM "output.xml">
    <!ENTITY parseconfig SYSTEM "parseconfig.xml">
    <!ENTITY parseflags SYSTEM "parseflags.xml">
    <!ENTITY preface SYSTEM "preface.xml">
    <!ENTITY python SYSTEM "python.xml">
    <!ENTITY repositories SYSTEM "repositories.xml">
    <!ENTITY run SYSTEM "run.xml">
    <!ENTITY scanners SYSTEM "scanners.xml">
    <!ENTITY sconf SYSTEM "sconf.xml">
    <!ENTITY separate SYSTEM "separate.xml">
    <!ENTITY simple SYSTEM "simple.xml">
    <!ENTITY sourcecode SYSTEM "sourcecode.xml">
    <!ENTITY tasks SYSTEM "tasks.xml">
    <!ENTITY tools SYSTEM "tools.xml">
    <!ENTITY troubleshoot SYSTEM "troubleshoot.xml">
    <!ENTITY variables-xml SYSTEM "variables.xml">
    <!ENTITY variants SYSTEM "variants.xml">

    <!ENTITY builders-gen SYSTEM "builders.gen">
    <!ENTITY functions-gen SYSTEM "functions.gen">
    <!ENTITY tools-gen SYSTEM "tools.gen">
    <!ENTITY variables-gen SYSTEM "variables.gen">

]>

  <!--

  XXX Platform()
  XXX Tools()

  XXX GetOption('duplicate')
  XXX SetOption('duplicate')
  XXX - - duplicate=

  XXX CheckTypeSize()

  XXX - - diskcheck=

  XXX - - warn=

  -->

<book>
  <bookinfo>
    <title>SCons User Guide &buildversion;</title>

    <author>
      <firstname>Steven</firstname>
      <surname>Knight</surname>
    </author>

    <edition>Revision &buildrevision; (&builddate;)</edition>

    <pubdate>2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010</pubdate>

    <copyright>
      <year>2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010</year>
      <holder>Steven Knight</holder>
    </copyright>

    <legalnotice>
      &copyright;
    </legalnotice>

    <releaseinfo>version &buildversion;</releaseinfo>

  </bookinfo>

  <preface id="chap-preface">
    <title>Preface</title>
    &preface;
  </preface>

  <chapter id="chap-build-install">
    <title>Building and Installing &SCons;</title>
    &build-install;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-simple">
    <title>Simple Builds</title>
    &simple;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-less-simple">
    <title>Less Simple Things to Do With Builds</title>
    &less-simple;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-libraries">
    <title>Building and Linking with Libraries</title>
    &libraries;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-nodes">
    <title>Node Objects</title>
    &nodes;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-depends">
    <title>Dependencies</title>
    &depends;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-environments">
    <title>Environments</title>
    &environments;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-manip-options">
    <title>Automatically Putting Command-line Options into their Construction Variables</title>
    <!-- TODO:  This intro paragraph should describe at a high-level
    what these things do.  People are likely to use the intro as a
    (brief) overview of *what* these functions do to decide if this
    chapter is where they should read in more detail.  -->
    <para>
    This chapter describes the &MergeFlags;, &ParseFlags;, and &ParseConfig; methods of a &consenv;.
    </para>
    <section id="sect-mergeflags">
      <title>Merging Options into the Environment: the &MergeFlags; Function</title>
      &mergeflags;
    </section>
    <section id="sect-parseflags">
      <title>Separating Compile Arguments into their Variables: the &ParseFlags; Function</title>
      &parseflags;
    </section>
    <section id="sect-parseconfig">
      <title>Finding Installed Library Information: the &ParseConfig; Function</title>
      &parseconfig;
    </section>
    <!--
    XXX parse_flags= option of Environment()

    <section id="sect-env-parseflags">
      <title>Adding Flags when Constructing Enviroment: the parse_flags Optional Argument</title>
      &envparseflags;
    </section>
    -->
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-output">
    <title>Controlling Build Output</title>
    &output;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-command-line">
    <title>Controlling a Build From the Command Line</title>
    &command-line;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-install">
    <title>Installing Files in Other Directories:  the &Install; Builder</title>
    &install;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-factories">
    <title>Platform-Independent File System Manipulation</title>
    &factories;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-file-removal">
    <title>Controlling Removal of Targets</title>
    &file-removal;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-hierarchical">
    <title>Hierarchical Builds</title>
    &hierarchy;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-separate">
    <title>Separating Source and Build Directories</title>
    &separate;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-variants">
    <title>Variant Builds</title>
    &variants;
  </chapter>

  <!--

  <chapter id="chap-builders-built-in">
    <title>Built-In Builders</title>
    &builders-built-in;
  </chapter>

  -->

  <chapter id="chap-builders-writing">
    <title>Writing Your Own Builders</title>
    &builders-writing;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-builders-commands">
    <title>Not Writing a Builder:  the &Command; Builder</title>
    &builders-commands;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-add-method">
    <title>Pseudo-Builders:  the AddMethod function</title>
    &add-method;
  </chapter>

  <!--

  XXX Action()
  XXX AddPostAction()
  XXX AddPreAction()

  <chapter id="chap-actions">
    <title>&SCons; Actions</title>
    &actions;
  </chapter>

  -->

  <chapter id="chap-scanners">
    <title>Writing Scanners</title>
    &scanners;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-repositories">
    <title>Building From Code Repositories</title>
    &repositories;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-sconf">
    <title>Multi-Platform Configuration (&Autoconf; Functionality)</title>
    &sconf;
  </chapter>

  <!--

  <chapter id="chap-sourcecode">
    <title>Fetching Files From Source Code Management Systems</title>
    &sourcecode;
  </chapter>

  -->

  <chapter id="chap-caching">
    <title>Caching Built Files</title>
    &caching;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-alias">
    <title>Alias Targets</title>
    &alias;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-java">
    <title>Java Builds</title>
    &java;
  </chapter>

  <!--

  <chapter id="chap-run">
    <title>How to Run &SCons;</title>
    &run;
  </chapter>

  -->

  <chapter id="chap-misc">
    <title>Miscellaneous Functionality</title>
    &misc;
  </chapter>

  <chapter id="chap-troubleshooting">
    <title>Troubleshooting</title>
    &troubleshoot;
  </chapter>

  <appendix id="app-variables">
    <title>Construction Variables</title>
    &variables-xml;
  </appendix>

  <appendix id="app-builders">
    <title>Builders</title>
    &builders;
  </appendix>

  <appendix id="app-tools">
    <title>Tools</title>
    &tools;
  </appendix>

  <appendix id="app-functions">
    <title>Functions and Environment Methods</title>
    &functions;
  </appendix>

  <appendix id="app-tasks">
    <title>Handling Common Tasks</title>
    &tasks;
  </appendix>

  <!--

  <appendix id="app-python">
    <title>Python Overview</title>
    &example;
  </appendix>

  <appendix id="app-example">
    <title>Complex &SCons; Example</title>
    &example;
  </appendix>

  <appendix id="app-make">
    <title>Converting From Make</title>
    &make;
  </appendix>

  <appendix id="app-cons">
    <title>Converting From Cons</title>
    &cons;
  </appendix>

  <appendix id="app-ant">
    <title>Converting From Ant</title>
    &ant;
  </appendix>

  -->

</book>