> > 1) I believe there are conversion utilities out there. They won't > convert the whole thing because the current manual uses vector drawing > capabilities in LaTeX not found in DocBook. > > 2) One will probably have to use pdf2ps and pstops to extract in > postscript form, those pages which contain vector drawings. Those > could them be imported into The GIMP, cropped and saved in both eps > and png formats.
Honestly, I would probably just do a mass copy and paste and format. > > Since DocBook doesn't do any rendering itself, my own suggestion is > that we also maintain custom LaTeX .sty and HTML CSS files for > handling the formatting information. I can maintain the .sty, but it > would be helpful if others could maintain the .css. Sure. > > Also one question that was brought up before and never really answered > (I thought) was how we want to encourage non-technical users to > contribute documentation. The current approach (use LyX as a graphical > LaTeX editor) would probably have to be changed to "accept user > submissions in HTML from programs like FrontPage or Word and manually > merge them" or "force users (i.e. bookkeepers) who want to contribute > to learn DocBook." My own preference is with the former, but I don't > have the time to commit to taking on that role. We should probably > settle that question before we do the conversion. > Honestly... Docbook just isn't that hard. Also commandprompt has a utility it wrote to transform html to docbook if we must. One thing I would note is that we should stick to docbook simple. > So I guess those are the immediate questions: > > 1) Who wants to take on the docuentation editor role? > > 2) What formats will we accept documentation edits in? Do we want to > force bookkeepers and accountants to learn DocBook, or are HTML > submissions fine? I would say, plain text or docbook only. Anyone can do plain text. Joshua D. Drake > > Best Wishes, > Chris Travers > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Ledger-smb-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
