Re: no doc format discussion, please
On 31 May 1999, Gordon Matzigkeit wrote:
> >>>>> Guy's Account writes:
>
> GA> On Thu, 27 May 1999, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> >> please try not to discuss document formats on this list.
>
> GA> Can we start a hurd documentation list then please.
>
> I'd like to start hurd-docs@gnu.org, but to be honest, doc format
> discussions will not be welcome there either.
>
Why don't you leave that to the people who subscribe.
<doc-format-monologue-snip'd> :)
my $0.02:
Personally, I am heavily into XML at work. I'd like to leverage anything
I do there to help with Hurd documentation.
I have used TeX etc. since 1984. I have tried texinfo, linux-doc-sgml, etc
etc. I strongly disagree with GNU's "no man-pages" philosophy. Sometimes
I want a man page, sometimes I want "info"-style docs, sometimes I want a
print out. XML (or SGML, or <whatever>) would allow combined 'man' and 'info'
documentation so that the end-user can choose. Gnome is already using
XML as a standard file format.
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