[Scons-users] What is the difference between Variables and Options

[Stefan Seefeld]

On 03.01.2016 17:20, William Blevins wrote:
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> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Bill Deegan
> <bill at baddogconsulting.com <mailto:bill at baddogconsulting.com>> wrote:
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>     Stefan,
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>     I think of a user guide as a low depth document and a reference
>     guide and/or manpage as the depth document.
>     So when I'm not sure about the details in the user guide I look to
>     a reference guide or manpage.
>     This is a pretty typical pattern.
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>     We've not heard much (if any) other requests for such cross
>     referencing.
>     If you'd like to create a pull request to demonstrate more fully
>     what you're suggesting, please feel free.
>
>     It does sound like perhaps there should be a section in the user
>     guide with more foundational information, what's a builder, what's
>     an action, whats a scanner,etc.
>     Or perhaps you can file a doc bug for the specific example above
>     and we'll see what we can do.
>
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> Yes, I think this would be useful. I have also thought about need a
> section in the introduction that describes key SCons constructs and/or
> paradigms. I find that the SCons mailing list gets a lot of questions
> that I would consider to be about basic architecture. This might help
> with that,

I just noticed the "Design" document (e.g.
http://www.scons.org/doc/2.4.1/HTML/scons-design/), which isn't linked
to from the website. I think that contains useful bits that might be
used for that, at least as a starting point.

        Stefan

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