Inside Macintosh: Apple Guide Complete / Part 2 - Building Guide Files

Chapter 5 - Creating Your Guide File

Checking the Syntax of Your Source Files

When you compile your source files, Guide Maker performs both a syntax check and a full compilation. To perform a syntax check without a full compilation, choose the Compile Check Syntax Only command from the Build menu.

Guide Maker doesn't write information to the guide file or symbols file when performing a syntax check. Thus, a syntax check is noticeably faster than a full compile, especially for large guide files. Use the Compile Check Syntax Only command if you are making small, incremental changes to your source files. You can quickly verify the syntax of your changes without having to perform a full compilation. When you are ready to build your guide file, use the Compile command, as described in "Building Your Guide File in Four Steps" on page 5-6.