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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2021-12-17 15:06:40 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2021-12-17 15:06:40 +0200
commit099ed0ad345300eb2bdea119d4594d711def90bf (patch)
treee0163e78f895e3fe2769805c98e31f0590f56c3c /doc/intro.cli
parent2645991b63f3d7a921fdfd1dc0c8fb8c58c50460 (diff)
Add note to intro on where to look for library/header names
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diff --git a/doc/intro.cli b/doc/intro.cli
index 79ec41f..3b76b9d 100644
--- a/doc/intro.cli
+++ b/doc/intro.cli
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ Hello, World!
$ edit repositories.manifest # add https://example.org/libhello.git
$ edit manifest # add 'depends: libhello ^1.0.0'
-$ edit hello/buildfile # import libhello
-$ edit hello/hello.cxx # use libhello
+$ edit hello/buildfile # import libhello library
+$ edit hello/hello.cxx # include libhello header
$ b
fetching from https://example.org/libhello.git
@@ -1028,9 +1028,19 @@ to our project:
\
repositories.manifest # add https://pkg.cppget.org/1/stable
manifest # add 'depends: libhello ^1.0.0'
-buildfile # import libhello
-hello.cxx # use libhello
-\
+buildfile # import libhello library
+hello.cxx # include libhello header (or import module)
+\
+
+\N|While the repository URL and package name are easy to find on the
+\l{https://cppget.org cppget.org}'s package description page, the C/C++
+library ecosystem unfortunately does not follow any predictable library or
+header naming scheme. If the library documentation does not provide any clues,
+then another place to check are the library tests and examples that can often
+be found in the package source directory (or source repository). In
+particular, every library in the \c{stable} section of the
+\l{https://cppget.org cppget.org} repository should provide at least a basic
+test.|
With a new dependency added, let's check the status of our project: