On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 06:34:16PM +0200, Kurt Pfeifle wrote: > Hi, > > first -- sorry for crossposting, I don't know which would be the > appropriate place to discuss this. > > The Linux Docuemntation Project have now put a long discussed new > tool to work -- "Lampadas". Announcement is at > > http://www.tldp.org/ldpwn/ldpwn-2002-04-30.html > > One important sentence of it is this: > > Not only do we hope to mirror KDE, Gnome and other Free > documentation, but we hope that some of the technology > being developed for Lampadas will make its way into other > end-user help systems, such as Gnome and KDE's help browsers. > > The technology includes conversion tools to and from DocBook XMl, > a WikiWiki that allows easy authoring of documents as simple > (near-ASCII) text (which finally gets converted into DocBook > automatically), utilities to help administer a huge amount of > documents, authors and translations, an interface to CVS, etc.
It does not include a WikiWiki. The LDP Database did have a very rudimentary WikiWiki, but I will not be carrying it over into Lampadas. The reason is that it is better for me to have the ability to pull from existing Wiki systems than to try to reproduce them. Why reinvent the wheel? I did create the WikiText to DocBook converter, wt2db. But WikiText is a format, not the actual online system. Now Lampadas *does* have an online editing capability, but it is not a Wiki. It actually stores your changes into the cvs (which can be made optional if you don't want cvs integration). > To me, Lampadas seems to have some really cool and unique features. Thanks. Obviously I think so too. > Could our people designing our documentation infrastructure and the > tools to produce and maintain them please check it out? Also be sure to see the "Development" section of my website, where I keep my personal notes. Although I think some of them are outdated now, having been altered in the implementation somewhat. -- David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net Linux Documentation Project david at lupercalia.net Lead Developer http://www.tldp.org We all come from the Goddess And to Her we shall return Like a drop of rain Flowing to the ocean
