Hi

APT does support style sheets for Maven sites. We have our own L&F for our
APT based sites.

I have many images included in my APT files using URLs.

Table layout is no better or worse than a Wiki.

Meta information can be supported by Velocity templates *.apt.vm).

Regards

Nathan


On 29/07/2009 10:44, "Lukas Theussl" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Just use the easiest tool that does the job, it all depends on what you need.
> Apt 
> is easy to learn and use (especially for people who are allergic to xml), but
> in 
> turn it also lacks in flexibility and misses advanced functionality, eg (from
> the 
> top of my head):
> 
> - no styles (css)
> - no javascript
> - no inline images (icons)
> - no figures as links
> - no advanced formatting and layout (eg tables)
> - no meta-information
> 
> 
> If you need any of those, you'd have to use eg xdoc or direct xhtml. Xdoc lets
> you 
> do all of the above (plus the things you mention: snippets and .vm macros),
> but is 
> also more complicated and, for some, harder to read.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Lukas
> 
> 
> nsowatsk wrote:
>> We use APT as it is easy to use and has features like snippets that allow us
>> to include code in the documents.
>> 
>> Of course you can also use html in the resources directory also, so using
>> APT doesn't mean that's all you get.
>> 
>> APT also allows you to create .apt.vm files that can contain macros that do
>> funky stuff (when they work at all).
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Nathan
>> 
>> 
>> On 28/07/2009 20:46, "EJ Ciramella" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> So a discussion has popped up here as to why use apt, xdoc or fml over
>>> just plain html.
>>>  
>>> I (personally) think it's easier to just throw together APT docs REALLY
>>> fast and not worry about various components (css and such).
>>>  
>>> How do I sell apt as the format to use?
>> 
>> 
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
>> 
>> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
> 


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]

Reply via email to