> My css file is a proposed inclusion into the website. John, may I kindly asked you to start trimming your responses to this list?
You always top post, write a line or two then followed by a large amount of text, most of which has little to do with what you just wrote. For illustration purposes I left the stuff below as is - however it is unrelated and I normally would have deleted it. Thank you for your consideration, Michael > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> wrote: > > > > > > On 11/30/16 6:53 PM, "Paul" <p...@paulwmorris.com> wrote: > > > >>On 11/30/2016 08:01 PM, John Roper wrote: > >> > >>> Why is the website auto generated? What content is auto generated or > >>> is it just setup that way so that it is always built to the latest > >>> version for releases? > > > > By having the website auto generated, we never need to change the website > > when we have a new release. We only need to change the website when we > > specifically want to change something about the website. This > > dramatically minimizes the amount of time spent on maintaining the website. > > > >> > >>Others can probably give better answers, as this is kind of second hand > >>based on past discussions... but the website is basically an appendage > >>to the (much larger) documentation, and, well let me quote > >> > >>https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ > >> > >>------------------- > >>Texinfo is the official documentation format of the GNU project. It was > >>invented by Richard Stallman and Bob Chassell many years ago, loosely > >>based on Brian Reid's Scribe and other formatting languages of the time. > >>It is used by many non-GNU projects as well. > >> > >>Texinfo uses a single source file to produce output in a number of > >>formats, both online and printed (dvi, html, info, pdf, xml, etc.). This > >>means that instead of writing different documents for online information > >>and another for a printed manual, you need write only one document. And > >>when the work is revised, you need revise only that one document. The > >>Texinfo system is well-integrated with GNU Emacs. > >>------------------- > > > > One thing that is note mentioned in your quote is that texinfo separates > > semantics from appearance. It is this precise separation that allows one > > to make big but consistent changes in the appearance of the website with > > changes in the CSS. I'm a firm believer in the principle of separating > > semantics from presentation (and we do that with LilyPond, by the way, > > which is one of its strengths IMO). > > > >> > >>So using texinfo to produce the documentation in info, pdf, html formats > >>etc. is then also used for the website. I think that's the main reason, > >>but it's also tied up with supporting multiple translations of the > >>docs/website and how building the docs runs LilyPond to generate all of > >>the images for the examples, etc. Also the argument is that having one > >>system for docs and website is simpler and makes maintenance easier, > >>especially with fewer contributors, etc. That's the gist of past > >>discussions. > >> > >>I think there's a case for decoupling the website from the documentation > >>to a greater degree, e.g. as Federico argued earlier in the thread, but > >>based on past discussions I am not optimistic that this would go as far > >>as not using texinfo. (But I've often wondered how important is it for > >>the content of the website to be available in pdf and info formats.) > > > > I don't think that there is any need for the website to be available in > > pdf and info. But IMO there is a huge need for the website to > > presentation to be auto-generated from a semantic text description. I > > don't care how beautiful the new website is, if it requires a webmaster to > > continually update the pages (including in all of the languages we have), > > it's not a step forward. It would be setting up the website for bitrot. > > > >> > >>Upgrading to the latest version of texi2any[0] and/or using Haunt would > >>help, but those are non-trivial endeavors. The current setup certainly > >>introduces friction for website work, especially for those who are used > >>to working directly with HTML. > > > > I believe that we want to avoid working directly with HTML because of its > > mixture of semantics and presentation. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Carl > > > > > > -- > John Roper > Freelance Developer and Simulation Artist > Boston, MA USA > http://jmroper.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > -- Michael Gerdau email: m...@qata.de GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user