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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Using make with jade
Works OK with the versions of make that I use (gmake in the main). You might find the Makefile that comes with openjade 1.3.1 docsrc/Makefile interesting as that is used to build documentation. It certainly makes use of a "#" in the command line. On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 14:10, Trevor Jenkins wrote: > I'm trying to write a Makefile for my Docbook documentation project. > Thought this would be simple until I came across the option I want to pass > to the customised driver stylesheet. In the shell this would appear in the > > -d projdir/project-driver.dsl#print > > option to (open)jade. > > My problem is that the man and info files for make are almost silent as to > the effect of this number sign in a command file (or variable assignment > for that fact). The usual interpretation of # in make is to denote the > start of commentary material but in this instance it isn't comment it's > vital to the correct operation of jade. > > The info for make says this: > > * `#' in a line of a makefile starts a "comment". It and the rest of > the line are ignored, ... Comments may appear ... within commands > (where the shell decides what is a comment). ... > > I need to be certain that this jade-mandated # isn't going to be eaten by > make but will be passed intact to the shell. > > Anyone else encountered this problem and solved it? > > Regards, Trevor > > British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living language. > Support the campaign for formal recognition by the British government now! > Details at http://www.fdp.org.uk/ or http://www.bsl-march.co.uk/ > > -- > > <>< Re: deemed!
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