Re: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-23 Thread Gabor Hojtsy
A quick question why can't we build a PDF version I could put some resources into this if needed Sure. Tired of explaining this all the time (or searching up my explanation in the archives), I have added this as an RFC, and can be found here: http://cvs.php.net/co.php/phpdoc/RFC/pdf_problems?p=

RE: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-22 Thread Philip Olson
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) wrote: > Just a suggestion.. but what if we look at a way for the viewer of the > manual to choose their version of PHP and then see it as it related to > that version then the issue of PHP3 etc and removed extensions etc is > not > an issue anymore an

RE: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-22 Thread Timothy Hitchens \(HiTCHO\)
ject: Re: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual > > > > > - removal of outdated extensions > > > > If the extension has been completely removed from the > > source tree, then yes it should be gone from the > > manual. Not sure if someone is ke

Re: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-22 Thread Philip Olson
> > - removal of outdated extensions > > If the extension has been completely removed from the > source tree, then yes it should be gone from the > manual. Not sure if someone is keeping an archive of > old manuals, just in case. I partially disagree with this. Simply removing them is not the a

Re: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-22 Thread Jesus M. Castagnetto
(Crossposting to pear-doc) -1 on forking to a PHP5 only manual. As Philip already mentioned is not a good idea, whereas the User - Developer separation does make sense. --- Friedhelm Betz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...snip...] > - removal of outdated extensions If the extension has been complet

Re: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-22 Thread Jesus M. Castagnetto
(Crossposting to pear-doc) -1 on forking to a PHP5 only manual. As Philip already mentioned is not a good idea, whereas the User - Developer separation does make sense. --- Friedhelm Betz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...snip...] > - removal of outdated extensions If the extension has been complet

Re: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-22 Thread Friedhelm Betz
> Regarding PHP 3 specific information, this indeed should be > moved but not simply deleted. History is good. Another idea > would be to move all PHP 3 specific information into a PHP 3 > section and where the information was, point to it instead. So > something like: > > php3 note > > This w

Re: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-22 Thread Friedhelm Betz
Hi Thomas, > > P.S. Other questions like this will follow, like: > > Since we aren't able to build a pdf-version due to a lack of resources: > Why don't we make the FAQ an extra document (esp. for 'bundled' builds > like chm, pdf, bightml, ... - I've never read a book where chap. 43 > describes the

RE: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-22 Thread Philip Olson
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) wrote: > A quick question why can't we build a PDF version I could put some > resources into this if needed and I agree with a branch for a PHP5 > clean manual for the future. Okay, spend time on an automated build of a full PHP manual built into PDF

Re: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-22 Thread Philip Olson
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, [ISO-8859-1] Thomas Schöfbeck wrote: > Hi there, > > looking at the current - esp. for newbies sometimes confusing - manual, > where several old info and even functions simply disappeared, but > several exlanations and even whole chapters (like 'Migrating from PHP/FI > 2 to

RE: [PHP-DOC] Suggestion for a clean PHP 5 - Manual

2003-01-22 Thread Timothy Hitchens \(HiTCHO\)
A quick question why can't we build a PDF version I could put some resources into this if needed and I agree with a branch for a PHP5 clean manual for the future. Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) Open Source Consulting e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: Thomas Schöfbeck [mai