Hi Keith, I have been playing with DocBook and it certainly takes a while to learn. I suspect that once it was figured out, it would be a workable way to produce documents in various formats. I say that based on the progress I made in about a week starting from zero knowledge. I am, however, still struggling and it is not an easy path. I have two questions at the moment. The second one is really for anyone. 1. I do not see a way to publish to MediaWiki from DocBook. I thought you mentioned there is an extension and I fear I am being stupid but I am not finding it. Can you point me in the right direction? 2. My AOO 4.2.0 version does not include the DocBook format in the Save As dialog from Writer. I rolled back to 4.1.7 and used that. Is there a known reason for 4.2.0 to be lacking that option?
In general, I really like the idea you present of having the document production based on Writer. Allowing new people to contribute immediately should greatly lower a barrier to recruitment. To adopt that strategy we have to demonstrate the viability of Writer -> MediaWiki transfers. Is there anyone with the knowledge and time to look at the Wiki Publisher extension? I think we have to get that question clearly posed and answered so we know whether that approach can be considered. Regards, Francis On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 10:14 AM Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 6/13/2020 5:05 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: > > Hi Keith, > > > > Thank you for your effort! > > > > I found some typos: > > > > "Apace" should be "Apache" > > > > "Anaysis" should be "Analysis" (in file properties) > > > > Regards, > > > > Matthias > > Thanks Matthias; > > Thought I had got all those in the source. > > Keith > > Am 13.06.20 um 01:42 schrieb Keith N. McKenna: > >> On 6/3/2020 9:11 AM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > >>> On 5/30/2020 8:41 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > >>>> I should probably have my head examined but I am thinking of one more > >>>> time trying to revive the documentation effort for AOO. One of the > >>>> drawbacks is that most people that have started to help have left as > >>>> there has been very limited availability of mentoring. I do not see > this > >>>> changing but I am hoping that by defining a new process we can reduce > >>>> the dependency on mentoring. > >>>> > >>>> One idea for this would require that the MediaWiki extension be made > >>>> functional again. This would allow for using Writer to create the > source > >>>> which could be stored in the git repository and then be transferred to > >>>> the mwiki for easy online access. By storing the source in the > >>>> repository it would give us better revision control over the > >>>> documentation. Plus it may help relieve the mentoring problem as many > >>>> more people are familiar with using Writer. > >>>> > >>>> Another would be to use Docbook, though this is not as appealing as I > >>>> have no familiarity with it and it appears that there is a steep > >>>> learning curve to its use and that would be a disadvantage to > attracting > >>>> new people. > >>>> > >>>> I look forward to any other suggestions that could move this effort > >>>> along as it has languished for far to long. > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> Keith > >>>> > >>> AS part of this effort I am working on a document laying out What I see > >>> as the need for this project and a number of alternatives that could be > >>> used to to address those needs. Once completed I will share it both > here > >>> and on doc@for more comments and suggestions. > >>> > >>> Thanks to all who have responded for there time and suggestions > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Keith > >>> > >> As promised the document is ready to be shared. There are tow versions,a > >> ODT file and a PDF one that can be downloaded from the following link > >> https://1drv.ms/f/s!AsMYmStvrJNJin9GvgxRst1AMk2c. There are Two > >> versions, PDF and ODT just pick the one you want and download it. All > >> comments and suggestions are welcome. > >> > >> I am also going to be starting a thread over on doc@ to try and solicit > >> from there as well. > >> > >> Regards > >> Keith > >> > > > > >
