Quick Reference

Table 51.8. Syntax Compendium

To do this...	Use this...	See this...
comment	`[/ some comment]`	Comments
italics	`['italics] or /italics/`	Font Styles and Simple formatting
bold	`[bold] or bold*`	Font Styles and Simple formatting
underline	`[_underline] or _underline_`	Font Styles and Simple formatting
`teletype`	`[^teletype] or =teletype=`	Font Styles and Simple formatting
strikethrough	`[-strikethrough]`	Font Styles and Simple formatting
`replaceable`	`[~replaceable]`	Replaceble
source mode	`[c++]` or `[python]`	Source Mode
inline code	`int main();`	Inline code
code block	``int main();``	Code
code escape	``from c++ to QuickBook``	Escaping Back To QuickBook
line break	`[br] or \n`	line-break DEPRECATED
anchor	`[#anchor]`	Anchors
link	`[@http://www.boost.org Boost]`	Links
anchor link	`[link section.anchor Link text]`	Anchor links
refentry link	`[link xml.refentry Link text]`	refentry links
function link	`[funcref fully::qualified::function_name Link text]`	function, class, member, enum, macro, concept or header links
class link	`[classref fully::qualified::class_name Link text]`	function, class, member, enum, macro, concept or header links
member link	`[memberref fully::qualified::member_name Link text]`	function, class, member, enum, macro, concept or header links
enum link	`[enumref fully::qualified::enum_name Link text]`	function, class, member, enum, macro, concept or header links
macro link	`[macroref MACRO_NAME Link text]`	function, class, member, enum, macro, concept or header links
concept link	`[conceptref ConceptName Link text]`	function, class, member, enum, macro, concept or header links
header link	`[headerref path/to/header.hpp Link text]`	function, class, member, enum, macro, concept or header links
global link	`[globalref fully::qualified::global Link text]`	function, class, member, enum, macro, concept or header links
escape	`'''escaped text (no processing/formatting)'''`	Escape
single char escape	`\c`	Single char escape
images	`[$image.jpg]`	Images
begin section	`[section The Section Title]`	Section
end section	`[endsect]`	Section
paragraph	No markup. Paragraphs start left-flushed and are terminated by two or more newlines.	Paragraphs
ordered list	# one # two # three	Ordered lists
unordered list	* one * two * three	Unordered lists
code	No markup. Preformatted code starts with a space or a tab.	Code
preformatted	`[pre preformatted]`	Preformatted
block quote	`[:sometext...]`	Blockquote
heading 1	`[h1 Heading 1]`	Heading
heading 2	`[h2 Heading 2]`	Heading
heading 3	`[h3 Heading 3]`	Heading
heading 4	`[h4 Heading 4]`	Heading
heading 5	`[h5 Heading 5]`	Heading
heading 6	`[h6 Heading 6]`	Heading
macro	`[def macro_identifier some text]`	Macros
template	`[template[a b] [a] body [b]]`	Templates
blurb	`[blurb advertisement or note...]`	Blurbs
admonition	`[warning Warning text...]`	Admonitions
table	[table Title [[a][b][c]] [[a][b][c]] ]	Tables
variablelist	[variablelist Title [[a][b]] [[a][b]] ]	Variable Lists
include	`[include someother.qbk]`	Include
conditional generation	`[? symbol phrase]`	Conditional Generation