On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Ramon van Handel wrote:
> Kevin P. Lawton wrote:
> >
> > So, do you folks think we ought to start an html/ directory in
> > the source? We're going to need one at some point. We could
> > toss that virtualization paper in there too. It could use some
> > hyperlinks as well.
>
> I don't want to start a flamewar, but if we're
> going to take this documentation thing seriously
> then HTML might not be a very good choice. People
> may want to print out the manual/papers/etc., and
> HTML is just not suitable for that. You're better
> off with a more general format. My personal
> preference goes out to LaTeX though it seems that
> many people like SGML better.
the major advantage of using SGML is that you can automatically output
html, ascii text, postscript and... another format I forgot.
If the markup language itself is a problem, I suggest using LyX.
> I'm quite willing to maintain the documentation in
> LaTeX format, if that's going to be the choice and
> nobody else really wants to do it.
Isn't there a conversion tool to convert LaTeX to SGML?
Wouter
