-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowto > > > This is good because community could update it. Glad you agree. > > I can see three problems: > > - sgml source advantages > - dynamically generates one-large-page version and > one-page-per-chapter version > - can generate pdf as well > - can easily put images but probably possible for wiki as well Assuming that we can get wt2db (http://tldp.org/wt2db/) to work sufficiently well, the first two can be solved. Extracting the images from the wiki is probably also possible. > > - there is an internal version of the mdk rpm howto (well this is > mostly outdated, all "internal" information can be removed) > To paraphrase, "Un-documented work or unpubished documentation has no value" > - me and wiki actually :/... i use a real editor for editing my > documents, i have much trouble editing a larger document like > mdk rpm howto in my browser, without real editing capabilities; > copy-paste back and forth between wiki and local harddrive > would also be a pain.. how do you use wiki with larger files? > These are some valid issues. Maybe there are extensions for editors to handle wiki's? > >>Relating to that, is there any better way to handle docs like this, >>where community participation is advantageous, revision control is >>desirable, and off-line copies useful? > > > I don't much know :/... I see that wiki is good for community > involvement, ability to edit & publish very easily. Revisions are > automatically available via wiki, if I'm correct. I guess we can > extract an offline copy as well. > Yes, although I am not sure how easily. > I still see a problem with editing capabilities but maybe you > have a brilliant answer on that problem? :) Well, I think if wt2db (and db2omf too) can be made to work, we may have an end-product that may be worth the inconvenience? Actually, maybe I should try db2omf on the sgml version of mdk-rpm-howto (I couldn't get wt2db to give me anything docbook-utils like from the wikitext version of mdk-rpm-howto). Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/J/1crJK6UGDSBKcRAnGsAKCG4TG6ledGLjHPKaph8veXh0SfiwCfUIR/ YZkMhqcR8wcSk7pNSfQ1d7M= =Lohm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
