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From: "Civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 4:43 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Dial on Demand
>
>
> Sean Middleditch wrote:
>
> > > Ever read the HOWTO HOWTO? For the DocBook unaware, there's a big
hurdle to
> > > overcome if you want to submit it. If there's a way to submit without
> > > DocBook, I'm listening since I will have a few things to contribute or
> > > update myself.
> > >
> > > Hoyt
> >
> > DocBook converters work quite nicely if you write in text/HTML. do a
search
> > on freshmeat for one.
> >
> > Sean Middleditch
>
> I used SDF to do something in docbook--fortunately the others working on
the same
> project were able to cover for me--and I did search freshmeat. I used the
best
> and discovered there is no substitute for knowledge.
>
> Civileme
>
I participated in editing the Mandrake users manual for 7.1. I wound up
editing in a plain text editor - I could never get the time to ramp up and
configure/learn an sgml editor - even the sgml editor in WP8 was confusing.
I found the docs on DocBook burdensome and onerous (they assumed I knew more
than I did). IMHO it's no wonder that the _content_ of the available Linux
documentation is in such a pitiful state. While I can appreciate the reasons
behind using sgml, it's not as easy to use as a wysiwyg html or text editor.
Why can't it be? Or am I missing something?
I suppose I'll just have to buckle down if I want to contribute
Hoyt
Awaiting Enlightenment
