On 22/12/2010, at 12:57 AM, Max Kellermann wrote: > - Scribtex: Scott, what problem does this solve? You still need to > learn TeX.
Yes. But you don't need to install any tools to see the results. And allows collaborative editing. But I think this doesn't solve the main problems. > - Wiki: no-go, because you can't pack a Wiki into one file (PDF) and > print it. One needs internet access to read a Wiki. Maybe you can > export all pages of a Wiki into a PDF, but that won't be usable - > the structure of a wiki does not work well with linear mediums such > as paper. Yes, and no. There is even TeX wikis :-) > - OpenOffice/MSWord: no-go, because that would mean passing a DOC file > around, and that's going to be versioning hell. Agree. > - Google Docs: seems like a clever solution, but we give up a lot of > control to a commercial company. Google Docs is not very > sophisticated: it doesn't even have text styles, so if we want to > change a certain text, we have to touch each and every line using it > manually. > > My proposal: > > Some sort of compromise. The "real" thing is still a TeX file managed > in git. We export this (via RTF?) into Google Docs. There, any user > may contribute to the wording of the manual. > > One volunteer (who knows git and TeX) is the "lector". The lector > extracts changes from Google Docs to TeX (mostly copy&paste of > highlighted text), creates git commits and submits those to me. Yes, something like that. I will setup the docs in sections into Google Docs. Most of our work will be producing images and text. So we could cut/paste/import into tex later, or possibly even have a good product anyway. Either way, we will have the important work, the text & images :-) Thanks Scooter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester recently released a report on the Return on Investment (ROI) of Google Apps. They found a 300% ROI, 38%-56% cost savings, and break-even within 7 months. Over 3 million businesses have gone Google with Google Apps: an online email calendar, and document program that's accessible from your browser. Read the Forrester report: http://p.sf.net/sfu/googleapps-sfnew _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
