On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 07:08:20PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:15:32PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > > Is anyone responsible for the rewrite of the install manual for d-i? > > > I'd prefer not to take it since I'd like to put my attention on > > > developers-reference, doc-base, and my bugs for a while... > > > > Chris Tillman did the large amounts of work on the current install manual, > > IIRC, he might be interested in this. > > Welcome back, Adam! > > I'm still lurking around, but I probably would need help setting up > the build framework etc. Osamu may be able to help with that. > > ATM d-i is not buildable on powerpc, which I would need to get started. > > OTOH Osamu imported the progeny manual into debiandoc, and that may > make a good template for the install manual, at least of the GUI > installer we will eventually have. We might want to split the manual > up into GUI and non-GUI pieces, to make it simpler for the GUI people. > The GUI portion should have screenshots, which is handled awkwardly > with debiandoc - I think that might really make XML look attractive.
Check http://www.teaser.fr/~pbatailler/ And look for Debiandoc2docbookxml.tar.gz Why not start with debiandoc and use this script to move into docbook sgml/xml. With tables and figures, at least docbook is more useful and timing is right to do file conversion from debiandoc to docbook sgml/xml. Osamu -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers : :' : http://qref.sf.net and http://people.debian.org/~osamu `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract
