Re: [Documentation] What gives the most bang for the buck?

2013-01-16 Thread Kay Schenk
On 12/18/2012 12:25 PM, Rob Weir wrote: As we wait, patiently, for the new doc list to be created, it might be worth having a quick discussion about priorities. I know there has been talk about getting started guides, perhaps done on the wiki. Another idea I had was a very targeted version

Re: [Documentation] What gives the most bang for the buck?

2012-12-19 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak and...@pitonyak.org wrote: On 12/18/2012 03:25 PM, Rob Weir wrote: As we wait, patiently, for the new doc list to be created, it might be worth having a quick discussion about priorities. May I assume that the ODF Authors site and

Re: [Documentation] What gives the most bang for the buck?

2012-12-19 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Stephen Cameron steve.cameron...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rob, I agree with your points, It should be possible to create something using the AOO Writer by borrowing the DITA concepts rather than the standard itself, maybe by using templates. The key concept is

Re: [Documentation] What gives the most bang for the buck?

2012-12-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Stephen Cameron steve.cameron...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rob, I agree with your points, It should be possible to create something using the AOO Writer by borrowing the DITA concepts rather than the standard itself, maybe by using templates. The

Re: [Documentation] What gives the most bang for the buck?

2012-12-18 Thread Donald Whytock
Hotkey reference pages? My personal preference for documentation is usually immediate-answer stuff like reference pages and very specific how-tos, as opposed to general guides and introductions. Perhaps that's just me coming from a programming perspective. Don On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 3:25 PM,

Re: [Documentation] What gives the most bang for the buck?

2012-12-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Donald Whytock wrote: Hotkey reference pages? My personal preference for documentation is usually immediate-answer stuff like reference pages and very specific how-tos, as opposed to general guides and introductions. Perhaps that's just me coming from a programming perspective. Don Don;

Re: [Documentation] What gives the most bang for the buck?

2012-12-18 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Keith N. McKenna keith.mcke...@comcast.net wrote: Donald Whytock wrote: Hotkey reference pages? My personal preference for documentation is usually immediate-answer stuff like reference pages and very specific how-tos, as opposed to general guides and

Re: [Documentation] What gives the most bang for the buck?

2012-12-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Keith N. McKenna keith.mcke...@comcast.net wrote: Donald Whytock wrote: Hotkey reference pages? My personal preference for documentation is usually immediate-answer stuff like reference pages and very specific how-tos, as opposed to general

Re: [Documentation] What gives the most bang for the buck?

2012-12-18 Thread Stephen Cameron
Hi, Have you ever thought of DITA as an option for AOO documentation? I've just started using it for documentation of some non-commercial software. There is an FOSS resource in the DITA Open Toolkit. In theory the DITA concepts are resources from which is generated different types of

Re: [Documentation] What gives the most bang for the buck?

2012-12-18 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 12/18/2012 03:25 PM, Rob Weir wrote: As we wait, patiently, for the new doc list to be created, it might be worth having a quick discussion about priorities. May I assume that the ODF Authors site and methods will not be used (initial intent was to have both supported) and that a separate