Jan Harkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So it is not just the text that gets outdated real fast, the tools to > convert it into printable format seem to have a short lifespan as well.
As long as documents are SGML-based, at least they're convertible. Tools exist to convert from LinuxDoc to DocBook, and I'm rather sure the DocBook DTD, and suitable related tools for presentation format generation, will be around for a while. So, the documentation should probably be attacked like this: - What's in DocBook 3.1 should be cleaned up, normalized and debugged until it validates cleanly and formats well with current tools. - Man pages should be converted, as Greg says in another posting, to traditional '*roff -man' format. - What's then left in LinuxDoc should be converted to DocBook, then handled as described above for the DocBook 3.1 material. -tih -- Tom Ivar Helbekkmo, Senior System Administrator, EUnet Norway www.eunet.no T: +47-22092958 M: +47-93013940 F: +47-22092901
