Thanks. I for one think that this will lead to the
documentation being more accurate and easier to
navigate. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Thornton [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 9:56 AM
> To: EMC Developers List
> Subject: [Emc-developers] Docs
> 
> I've created a branch called 2.7_Docs where I've combined the User, 
> Integrator and HAL manual into one document. I used to think it made 
> sense to have separate user and integrator manuals but now I 
> feel that 
> most users are the integrators as well so that separation is only a 
> limitation for the documents.
> 
> The biggest reason driving me to spend the time to do this is 
> to remove 
> duplicate chapters in the PDF documents.
> 
> The second and really the most important reason is to be able 
> to freely 
> link from anywhere to anywhere in our documents. This will get rid of 
> all the "See the x documents for more information on x".
> 
> The third is to be able to search the PDF documents with the search 
> function. When you don't know which PDF contains the information you 
> have a hard time finding things.
> 
> PDF docs are here 
> <http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/doc/scratch/v2.7.0%7Epre6%7E2.7-
> Docs%7E383a65a/pdf> 
> and the HTML docs are here 
> <http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/doc/scratch/v2.7.0%7Epre6%7E2.7-
> Docs%7E383a65a/html> 
> thanks to Seb's buildbot.
> 
> When you look at the LinuxCNC Documentation pdf make sure you turn on 
> the side pane so you can see the index. The only problem I 
> have now with 
> any PDF is the Contents link in the side pane doesn't send you to the 
> beginning of the contents but rather the end. The side pane is much 
> easier to navigate with the collapsible index. I'm looking at 
> providing 
> the collapsible function on the HTML docs as well to reduce the page 
> height on them to a screen full.
> 
> JT
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