7 files changed, 258 insertions, 112 deletions
diff --git a/config/Makefile.am b/config/Makefile.am
index b029690131..abc34e3449 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.am
+++ b/config/Makefile.am
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ m4macros = \
 	gr_require_mc4020.m4 \
 	gr_scripting.m4 \
 	gr_set_md_cpu.m4 \
+	gr_standalone.m4 \
 	gr_subversion.m4 \
 	gr_swig.m4 \
 	gr_sysv_shm.m4 \
diff --git a/config/gr_standalone.m4 b/config/gr_standalone.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0974454204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/gr_standalone.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+dnl
+dnl Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl 
+dnl This file is part of GNU Radio
+dnl 
+dnl GNU Radio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+dnl it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+dnl the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+dnl any later version.
+dnl 
+dnl GNU Radio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+dnl GNU General Public License for more details.
+dnl 
+dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+dnl with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+dnl 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+dnl
+
+dnl
+dnl GR_STANDALONE([package],[version])
+dnl
+dnl Handles the bulk of the configure.ac work for an out-of-tree build
+dnl
+dnl N.B., this is an m4_define because if it were an AC_DEFUN it would
+dnl get called too late to be useful.
+
+m4_define([GR_STANDALONE],
+[
+  AC_INIT([$1],[$2])
+  AC_PREREQ(2.57)
+  AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config/gr_standalone.m4])
+  AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])	
+  AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+
+  AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
+  AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+  AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
+
+  AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+
+  LF_CONFIGURE_CC
+  LF_CONFIGURE_CXX
+  GR_LIB64		dnl check for lib64 suffix after choosing compilers
+
+  dnl add ${prefix}/lib${gr_libdir_suffix}/pkgconfig to the head of the PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+  if test x${PKG_CONFIG_PATH} = x; then
+      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${prefix}/lib${gr_libdir_suffix}/pkgconfig
+  else
+      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${prefix}/lib${gr_libdir_suffix}/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}
+  fi
+  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+
+  LF_SET_WARNINGS
+  GR_SET_GPROF
+  GR_SET_PROF
+  AM_PROG_AS
+  AC_PROG_LN_S
+  AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+  AC_PROG_INSTALL
+  AC_PATH_PROG([RM_PROG], [rm])
+
+  AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
+  AC_ENABLE_SHARED	dnl do build shared libraries
+  AC_DISABLE_STATIC	dnl don't build static libraries
+  m4_ifdef([LT_INIT],[LT_INIT],[AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])
+  dnl GR_FORTRAN
+
+  GR_NO_UNDEFINED	dnl do we need the -no-undefined linker flag
+  GR_SCRIPTING		dnl Locate python, SWIG, etc
+
+  dnl Set the c++ compiler that we use for the build system when cross compiling
+  if test "x$CXX_FOR_BUILD" = x
+  then
+    CXX_FOR_BUILD=${CXX}
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(CXX_FOR_BUILD)
+
+  dnl Checks for header files.
+  AC_HEADER_STDC
+
+  dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+  AC_C_CONST
+  AC_C_INLINE
+  AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
+  AC_HEADER_TIME
+  AC_C_BIGENDIAN
+
+  dnl Check for Mingw support
+  GR_PWIN32
+
+  AC_CHECK_PROG([XMLTO],[xmlto],[yes],[])
+  AM_CONDITIONAL([HAS_XMLTO], [test x$XMLTO = xyes])
+
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNURADIO_CORE, gnuradio-core >= 3)
+  LIBS="$LIBS $GNURADIO_CORE_LIBS"
+])
diff --git a/gr-howto-write-a-block/Makefile.am b/gr-howto-write-a-block/Makefile.am
index 638e4114e2..a230be80e0 100644
--- a/gr-howto-write-a-block/Makefile.am
+++ b/gr-howto-write-a-block/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright 2004,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # 
 # This file is part of GNU Radio
 # 
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 # Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 # 
 
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I config
+
 include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.common
 
 EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap configure config.h.in
diff --git a/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/Makefile.am b/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/Makefile.am
index 5af3e38e5d..5858d2219b 100644
--- a/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/Makefile.am
+++ b/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/Makefile.am
@@ -25,38 +25,54 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.common
 m4datadir = $(datadir)/aclocal
 
 # List your m4 macros here
-m4macros = 			\
-	acx_pthread.m4		\
-	bnv_have_qt.m4		\
-	cppunit.m4		\
-	gr_boost.m4		\
+m4macros = \
+	acx_pthread.m4 \
+	ax_boost_base.m4 \
+	ax_boost_date_time.m4 \
+	ax_boost_filesystem.m4 \
+	ax_boost_iostreams.m4 \
+	ax_boost_program_options.m4 \
+	ax_boost_python.m4 \
+	ax_boost_regex.m4 \
+	ax_boost_serialization.m4 \
+	ax_boost_signals.m4 \
+	ax_boost_system.m4 \
+	ax_boost_test_exec_monitor.m4 \
+	ax_boost_thread.m4 \
+	ax_boost_unit_test_framework.m4 \
+	ax_boost_wserialization.m4 \
+	bnv_have_qt.m4 \
+	cppunit.m4 \
 	gr_check_createfilemapping.m4 \
-	gr_check_usrp.m4	\
-	gr_check_mc4020.m4	\
-	gr_check_shm_open.m4	\
-	gr_doxygen.m4		\
-	gr_gprof.m4		\
+	gr_check_mc4020.m4 \
+	gr_check_shm_open.m4 \
+	gr_check_usrp.m4 \
+	gr_doxygen.m4 \
+	gr_fortran.m4 \
+	gr_gprof.m4 \
+	gr_lib64.m4 \
 	gr_libgnuradio_core_extra_ldflags.m4 \
-	gr_no_undefined.m4	\
-	gr_omnithread.m4	\
-	gr_pwin32.m4		\
-	gr_python.m4		\
-	gr_require_mc4020.m4	\
-	gr_scripting.m4		\
-	gr_set_md_cpu.m4	\
-	gr_swig.m4		\
-	gr_sysv_shm.m4		\
-	gr_x86_64.m4		\
-	lf_cc.m4		\
-	lf_cxx.m4		\
-	lf_warnings.m4		\
-	lf_x11.m4		\
-	mkstemp.m4		\
-	onceonly.m4		\
-	pkg.m4			\
-	usrp_fusb_tech.m4	\
-	usrp_libusb.m4		\
-	usrp_sdcc.m4		
+	gr_no_undefined.m4 \
+	gr_omnithread.m4 \
+	gr_pwin32.m4 \
+	gr_python.m4 \
+	gr_require_mc4020.m4 \
+	gr_scripting.m4 \
+	gr_set_md_cpu.m4 \
+	gr_standalone.m4 \
+	gr_subversion.m4 \
+	gr_swig.m4 \
+	gr_sysv_shm.m4 \
+	lf_cc.m4 \
+	lf_cxx.m4 \
+	lf_warnings.m4 \
+	lf_x11.m4 \
+	mkstemp.m4 \
+	onceonly.m4 \
+	pkg.m4 \
+	usrp_fusb_tech.m4 \
+	usrp_libusb.m4 \
+	usrp_sdcc.m4
 
 
 # Don't install m4 macros anymore
diff --git a/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/gr_doxygen.m4 b/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/gr_doxygen.m4
index 43433098d1..15ece8b12c 100644
--- a/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/gr_doxygen.m4
+++ b/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/gr_doxygen.m4
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([GR_CHECK_DOXYGEN],[
 		AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-doxygen],
 			       [enable documentation generation with doxygen (no)]))
   AC_ARG_ENABLE(dot, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-dot],[use 'dot' to generate graphs in doxygen (auto)]))
-  AC_ARG_ENABLE(html-docs,
-                AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-html-docs],[enable HTML generation with doxygen (yes)]),
-                [], [ enable_html_docs=yes])
-  AC_ARG_ENABLE(latex-docs,
-                AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-latex-docs],
-			       [enable LaTeX doc generation with doxygen (no)]),
-                [], [ enable_latex_docs=no])
 
   if test "x$enable_doxygen" = xyes; then
         AC_PATH_PROG(DOXYGEN, doxygen, , $PATH)
@@ -60,7 +53,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([GR_CHECK_DOXYGEN],[
         enable_dot=yes
   fi
   AC_SUBST(enable_dot)
-  AC_SUBST(enable_html_docs)
-  AC_SUBST(enable_latex_docs)
+  AC_SUBST(enable_xml_docs, YES)
+  AC_SUBST(enable_html_docs, YES)
+  AC_SUBST(enable_latex_docs, NO)
   AC_SUBST(generate_docs)
 ])
diff --git a/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/gr_standalone.m4 b/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/gr_standalone.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0974454204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gr-howto-write-a-block/config/gr_standalone.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+dnl
+dnl Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl 
+dnl This file is part of GNU Radio
+dnl 
+dnl GNU Radio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+dnl it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+dnl the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+dnl any later version.
+dnl 
+dnl GNU Radio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+dnl GNU General Public License for more details.
+dnl 
+dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+dnl with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+dnl 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+dnl
+
+dnl
+dnl GR_STANDALONE([package],[version])
+dnl
+dnl Handles the bulk of the configure.ac work for an out-of-tree build
+dnl
+dnl N.B., this is an m4_define because if it were an AC_DEFUN it would
+dnl get called too late to be useful.
+
+m4_define([GR_STANDALONE],
+[
+  AC_INIT([$1],[$2])
+  AC_PREREQ(2.57)
+  AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config/gr_standalone.m4])
+  AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])	
+  AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+
+  AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
+  AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+  AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
+
+  AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+
+  LF_CONFIGURE_CC
+  LF_CONFIGURE_CXX
+  GR_LIB64		dnl check for lib64 suffix after choosing compilers
+
+  dnl add ${prefix}/lib${gr_libdir_suffix}/pkgconfig to the head of the PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+  if test x${PKG_CONFIG_PATH} = x; then
+      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${prefix}/lib${gr_libdir_suffix}/pkgconfig
+  else
+      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${prefix}/lib${gr_libdir_suffix}/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}
+  fi
+  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+
+  LF_SET_WARNINGS
+  GR_SET_GPROF
+  GR_SET_PROF
+  AM_PROG_AS
+  AC_PROG_LN_S
+  AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+  AC_PROG_INSTALL
+  AC_PATH_PROG([RM_PROG], [rm])
+
+  AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
+  AC_ENABLE_SHARED	dnl do build shared libraries
+  AC_DISABLE_STATIC	dnl don't build static libraries
+  m4_ifdef([LT_INIT],[LT_INIT],[AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])
+  dnl GR_FORTRAN
+
+  GR_NO_UNDEFINED	dnl do we need the -no-undefined linker flag
+  GR_SCRIPTING		dnl Locate python, SWIG, etc
+
+  dnl Set the c++ compiler that we use for the build system when cross compiling
+  if test "x$CXX_FOR_BUILD" = x
+  then
+    CXX_FOR_BUILD=${CXX}
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(CXX_FOR_BUILD)
+
+  dnl Checks for header files.
+  AC_HEADER_STDC
+
+  dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+  AC_C_CONST
+  AC_C_INLINE
+  AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
+  AC_HEADER_TIME
+  AC_C_BIGENDIAN
+
+  dnl Check for Mingw support
+  GR_PWIN32
+
+  AC_CHECK_PROG([XMLTO],[xmlto],[yes],[])
+  AM_CONDITIONAL([HAS_XMLTO], [test x$XMLTO = xyes])
+
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNURADIO_CORE, gnuradio-core >= 3)
+  LIBS="$LIBS $GNURADIO_CORE_LIBS"
+])
diff --git a/gr-howto-write-a-block/configure.ac b/gr-howto-write-a-block/configure.ac
index 6648263756..fa7e02c1a1 100644
--- a/gr-howto-write-a-block/configure.ac
+++ b/gr-howto-write-a-block/configure.ac
@@ -19,83 +19,20 @@ dnl  the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
 dnl  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 dnl 
 
-AC_INIT
-AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/lib/howto.i])
-AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+dnl This is kind of non-standard, but it sure shortens up this file :-)
+m4_include([config/gr_standalone.m4])
 
-AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
-AC_CANONICAL_HOST
-AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
+GR_STANDALONE(gr-howto-write-a-block,3.1.svn)
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gr-howto-write-a-block,3.1.svn)
-
-LF_CONFIGURE_CC
-LF_CONFIGURE_CXX
-GR_LIB64		dnl check for lib64 suffix after choosing compilers
-
-
-dnl add ${prefix}/lib${gr_libdir_suffix}/pkgconfig to the head of the PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-if test x${PKG_CONFIG_PATH} = x; then
-    PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${prefix}/lib${gr_libdir_suffix}/pkgconfig
-else
-    PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${prefix}/lib${gr_libdir_suffix}/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}
-fi
-export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-
-LF_SET_WARNINGS
-GR_SET_GPROF
-GR_SET_PROF
-AM_PROG_AS
-AC_PROG_LN_S
-AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
-AC_PROG_INSTALL
-AC_PATH_PROG([RM_PROG], [rm])
-
-AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
-AC_ENABLE_SHARED	dnl do build shared libraries
-AC_DISABLE_STATIC	dnl don't build static libraries
-m4_ifdef([LT_INIT],[LT_INIT],[AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])
-dnl GR_FORTRAN
-
-GR_NO_UNDEFINED		dnl do we need the -no-undefined linker flag
-GR_SCRIPTING		dnl Locate python, SWIG, etc
-
-AC_CHECK_PROG([XMLTO],[xmlto],[yes],[])
-AM_CONDITIONAL([HAS_XMLTO], [test x$XMLTO = xyes])
-
-
-dnl Checks for libraries.
-
-dnl Set the c++ compiler that we use for the build system when cross compiling
-if test "x$CXX_FOR_BUILD" = x
-then
-  CXX_FOR_BUILD=${CXX}
-fi
-AC_SUBST(CXX_FOR_BUILD)
-
-dnl Checks for header files.
-AC_HEADER_STDC
-AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(fcntl.h limits.h strings.h sys/ioctl.h sys/time.h unistd.h)
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/mman.h)
-
-dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
-AC_C_CONST
-AC_C_INLINE
-AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
-AC_HEADER_TIME
-AC_C_BIGENDIAN
+dnl Check for any libraries you need
+dnl AC_CHECK_LIBRARY
 
+dnl Check for header files you need
+dnl AC_CHECK_HEADERS(fcntl.h limits.h strings.h sys/ioctl.h sys/time.h unistd.h)
+dnl AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/mman.h)
 
 dnl Checks for library functions.
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([])
-
-dnl Check for Mingw support
-GR_PWIN32
-
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNURADIO_CORE, gnuradio-core >= 3)
-LIBS="$LIBS $GNURADIO_CORE_LIBS"
+dnl AC_CHECK_FUNCS([])
 
 dnl We pick up the boost cppflags, cxxflags and thread lib via GNURADIO_CORE
 dnl