On Sunday 14 July 2002 05:46 am, F J Franklin wrote: > > AbiWord looks great, and I'm really impressed that it can export DocBook > > format, which I need to do when this document is finished. If I can get > > the reliability to improve, this will be a winning app for me. > > Someone's playing with docbook at the moment, and there are at least three > other AbiWord developers who haven't quite got round to it yet (and may > never), and we could do with some expert support/development.
I'm not a docbook wizard, just learning it. I'm in the process of writing a HOWTO document on something that is entirely unrelated to this thread, and since that's the preferred format, that's what I'm learning to use. It seems to be a decent standard, and I like the way I can generate other formats from docbook. I'm pushing really hard on a big software project of my own, with a hard deadline of July 31 for release, so I don't have a lot of time to offer to other projects right now. After I get this other project out the door, though, I'd be glad to help with testing and refining AbiWord. I've just started using it, but I'm very impressed with its potential so far. Unfortunately, I'm not a C++ wizard, so I'd have a big learning curve to get to where I could actually code for the AbiWord project. I'm not averse to the idea of learning C++ better, and in fact would like to do so. There are just so many other time demands. <sigh> If nothing else, though, perhaps I can contribute user documentation since I do have some skill as a writer and editor. Kind regards, Scott -- -----------------------+------------------------------------------------------ Scott Courtney | "I don't mind Microsoft making money. I mind them [EMAIL PROTECTED] | having a bad operating system." -- Linus Torvalds http://4th.com/ | ("The Rebel Code," NY Times, 21 February 1999) | PGP Public Key at http://4th.com/keys/courtney.pubkey ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
