Massimo, I would agree with 'use YOUR tools' philosophy. The fact the entire web2py community is spread across Win/Mac/Linux assures that in a physical sense. I have read the Sphinx docs, tussled with some simple markup and gotten resultant output. Its like futzing with another dialect of Wiki markup in my mind. The output side of Sphinx is elegant. But the creation side is its weak link right now. But that is not only Sphinx's problem, but the case with most markup formats. A Sphinx DTD for OpenOffice would go a long way to solving that problem.
JohnMc PS: In many cases the software industry has advanced. But I have to tell you I am old enough to have used WordStar 0.5 from the late 1970's with its '.' print commands. It was then as sophisticated as any of the current markups extant today. On Jul 19, 12:32 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > I think users are better off people creainge content the way that > works for them. Aggregating content in one place and one format is not > that difficult (if they want us to do so). > > So far only Tim and Hans has demonstrated proficiency with Sphinx > syntax and it has been a roadblock for me too. > > Massimo > > On Jul 18, 11:48 pm, Francisco Gama <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ... for each tutorial, article, script, whatever we shouldn't be > > creating a new engine, tool, daemon whatever to support it... > > > before things get messy > > couldn't all this be included in the wiki? or with that ReST > > convention mentioned previously? > > > thanks, good idea btw > > > On Jul 19, 4:04 am, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ok - so I think what you're saying is you plan to make "regular" docs and > > > make them available thru some webinar / slide-show hosting site, like > > > these.... > > > > I suppose I get the concept. So, you will index and reference these as > > > people load things up everywhere - is that the idea? > > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 9:41 PM, gluegl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> I personally favor SlideShare, ScribD, DocStoc, Vimeo, Truveo/ > > > >> YouTube... > > > >> However every is encourage to contribute in whatever manner they feel > > > >> they can do the best job at it. > > > >> At least something positive is being done, which a great step in the > > > >> right direction. > > > > > That's nice..... > > > > > My sepcific question was about your choice of Scribus - and if you chose > > > > "printed" document generation (Scribus's forte), and if you considered > > > > Sphinx (which generates online, static, searchable document as an > > > > option). > > > > > -Y > > > > >> -G > > > > >> On Jul 18, 5:43 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > Scribus (starting w/ 1.3.5 I think) also has rendered frames, e.g. > > > >> > LaTex.... > > > > >> > Any reason you did not consider Sphinx? That gives indexs, > > > >> searchability, > > > >> > both web and pdf presentation.... > > > > >> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM, JohnMc <[email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > > Yarko, > > > > >> > > Well I have drafted my article using OOffice and am preparing to > > > >> > > publish in Scribus. Text/graphics format. I can embed a link to > > > >> > > video. > > > >> > > I don't know if I can embed video in a Scribus document but I will > > > >> > > find out. Being the 'test subject' I fully expect a bunch of > > > >> > > feedback. > > > > >> > > If the format is acceptable I would be willing to act as > > > >> > > 'publisher' > > > >> > > so long as an agreed upon submission format can be adhered to. I > > > >> > > would > > > >> > > want it make it as drop-in and publish as possible. > > > > >> > > JohnMc > > > > >> > > On Jul 18, 2:18 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > many questions I have before getting to "where"... > > > > >> > > > What form? Tutorials of what sort? Videos? Text? Interactive w/ > > > >> > > excercises? > > > > >> > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:12 PM, gluegl <[email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > Will follow Massimo and the members of this group advice... > > > >> > > > > Where do you suggest? > > > >> > > > > -G --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
