On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 12:27:09AM -0500, Mark Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday, April 3, Chris Tillman wrote: > > Bruce Byfield has put together a team of 10-15 people to work on a new > > Debian manual based on the Progeny manual, which would address (IMHO) > > a real need the project has for linux beginner and Debian-newbie > > documentation. The Progeny manual was GPL'd last month. The current > > incarnation is at > > The posted url had some typos. Here's the fixed version: > > http://archive.progeny.com/progeny/debian/doc >
Thanks > > The plan is to convert it into an open-source format, it's looking > > like DocBook ahould be the choice. We'd like to set it up in the > > Debian cvs area. > > > > Is there any objection or feedback? > > I think this is a great idea. And sorely needed. I hope the job gets done. And > it sounds like Bruce has the resources to do it. > > If they hit any stumbling blocks, I do know some people who have experience in > converting framemaker to docbook. Lemme know if I can help. I think that would be great! I looked around last night on the web and couldn't come up with anything publically available that would do the job. That's the first thing that needs to be done, I think it would be a real advantage to get the smarts from the framemaker version; starting from the html version would be quite a bit more cumbersome. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
