5 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003 Steven Knight
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28 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
29 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"
33 We haven't updated the design document in ages.
34 Rather than fool people into thinking that it's
35 actually up-to-date and reflects the current design,
36 hard-code the version from back when we last updated it.
37 <!ENTITY % version SYSTEM "../version.xml">
40 <!ENTITY builddate "2001/12/13 20:55:46">
41 <!ENTITY buildversion "0.91">
42 <!ENTITY buildrevision "0.01.D177">
45 Also freeze the scons.mod DTD extensions
46 to what they were way back when.
47 <!ENTITY % scons SYSTEM "../scons.mod">
49 <!ENTITY % scons SYSTEM "scons.mod">
52 <!ENTITY acks SYSTEM "acks.xml">
53 <!ENTITY bground SYSTEM "bground.xml">
54 <!ENTITY copyright SYSTEM "copyright.xml">
55 <!ENTITY engine SYSTEM "engine.xml">
56 <!ENTITY goals SYSTEM "goals.xml">
57 <!ENTITY install SYSTEM "install.xml">
58 <!ENTITY intro SYSTEM "intro.xml">
59 <!ENTITY issues SYSTEM "issues.xml">
60 <!ENTITY native SYSTEM "native.xml">
61 <!ENTITY overview SYSTEM "overview.xml">
67 <title>SCons Design version &buildversion;</title>
70 <firstname>Steven</firstname>
71 <surname>Knight</surname>
74 <edition>Revision &buildrevision; (&builddate;)</edition>
76 <pubdate>2001</pubdate>
80 <holder>Steven Knight</holder>
87 <releaseinfo>version &buildversion;</releaseinfo>
91 <chapter id="chap-intro">
92 <title>Introduction</title>
96 <chapter id="chap-goals">
101 <chapter id="chap-overview">
102 <title>Overview</title>
106 <chapter id="chap-engine">
107 <title>Build Engine API</title>
111 <chapter id="chap-native">
112 <title>Native Python Interface</title>
118 <chapter id="chap-install">
119 <title>Installation</title>
125 <chapter id="chap-issues">
126 <title>Other Issues</title>
130 <chapter id="chap-background">
131 <title>Background</title>
135 <chapter id="chap-summary">
136 <title>Summary</title>
139 &SCons; offers a robust and feature-rich design for an SC-build
140 tool. With a Build Engine based on the proven design of
141 the &Cons; utility, it offers increased simplification of the
142 user interface for unsophisticated users with the addition
143 of the "do-the-right-thing" <function>env.Make</function>
144 method, increased flexibility for sophisticated users with the
145 addition of &Builder; and &Scanner; objects, a mechanism to
146 allow tool-masters (and users) to share working construction
147 environments, and embeddability to provide reliable dependency
148 management in a variety of environments and interfaces.
153 <chapter id="chap-acks">
154 <title>Acknowledgements</title>