On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:14:30PM -0700, Alexandre Julliard wrote:
> Eric Pouech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > a last point would be to have Alexandre's agreement to use DocBook as 
> > primary format for documentation. I remembered one of his remarks
> > where he wished to have at least all docs in text format so anyone
> > could read them (it doesn't mean of course docs must be written in text
> > format)
> 
> I think the important factor is that the doc is as accessible as
> possible; if it requires the user to install a lot of tools just to be
> able to read the doc there is a problem. And this is what worries me a
> bit about DocBook; I find the raw SGML text painful to read, and I'm
> not sure how easy it is to get the right tools to format it to
> something readable. I think texinfo is better in this respect; but
> this is only a personal opinion, ultimately the choice is up to the
> people who actually write the doc.
> 
> What do other people think? Any strong opinions for/against DocBook?

I think we should include the HTML converted docbook in the CVS tree and
snapshots. This reduces the number of tools to install ;)

Every patch goes through Alexandre anyway, so he can rebuild the html.

Ciao, Marcus

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