On 20/12/10 09:35, Scott Penrose wrote: > I would like to do a collaborative edited document, preferably online. Anyone > want to suggest any special technology. Choices are: > > * Existing format = tex and use GIT to edit it > * Wiki pages > * Google Docs > * Other ? > > I know John will frown at me for saying this, but I think editing it with Tex > is great for techies, but I would like to see manual contributors who are in > the user space as well as the dev space, and an online edited system will > remove all barriers to entry. > > Thoughts? > > Yes I am putting this to the User team rather than Dev, as I think there is > many users could contribute to the manual. > > BTW. You already have access to editing the wiki, so if there is any FAQ, > Data file questions/answers, preferred setup, ability to share config files > etc, you can already do it on the wiki My feelings are that we should produce the document using software that is already usable by ordinary glider pilots and that means we cannot use Tex. For myself, it has been way too long since I wrote using Tex and I would have to relearn and simply don't have the time to do that.
My suggestion is that we use something like Open/Libre Office for user text. This is open source software (like XCSoar itself) and is readily available at no cost. I have not used OO for a large document, so if its capabilities are not good there, then we may need to migrate the text to something else. I have used MS Word to write several large documents (150+ pages) and that was a bit of a stretch...hopefully OO is better but I don't know! In hte first instance, I think the project is more manageable and more readily distributed amongst many users if it is in several documents at least during the writing stage. Whatever we use, we really need to produce a document that is PRINTABLE. That way people can sit in their gliders on the ground and play with XCSoar with their instrumentation. If we don't have a format that is printable, I think we are missing the boat for many pilots. I like the idea of having an online document (such as google docs or similar) as this makes collaboration easier (or I hope it would as I have not used it). -- Robert Hart ha...@interweft.com.au +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
