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  permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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  OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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-->

<!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 % 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 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 tools-gen SYSTEM "tools.gen">
    <!ENTITY variables-gen SYSTEM "variables.gen">

]>

  <!--

  XXX FindFile()
  XXX FindPathDirs()
  XXX GetBuildPath()
  XXX GetLaunchDir()

  XXX ParseDepends()
  XXX Platform()
  XXX SConsignFile()
  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</pubdate>

    <copyright>
      <year>2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008</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>

  <!-- These next three sections should be combined into one chapter -->
  <chapter id="chap-mergeflags">
    <title>Merging Options into the Environment: the &MergeFlags; Function</title>
    &mergeflags;
  </chapter>
  <chapter id="chap-parseflags">
    <title>Separating Compile Arguments into their Variables:  the &ParseFlags; Function</title>
    &parseflags;
  </chapter>
  <chapter id="chap-parseconfig">
    <title>Finding Installed Library Information:  the &ParseConfig; Function</title>
    &parseconfig;
  </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-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>