On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Guten Tag Kurt Pfeifle, > > am Dienstag, 11. November 2003 um 00:04 schrieben Sie: > > KP> Hi, all -- > > KP> this is a really great initiative. Please keep us informed about your > KP> progress! > > We will do as this project grows ... > > KP> One little question: are you aware that the *sources* of all English > KP> Samba documentation are now DocBook/XML? Have you considered to write > KP> the docu (or maybe convert it at a later stage) into that format? > > KP> I know that DocBook/XML is rather difficult for people who are not used > KP> to it and it makes them slow down a lot. (I myself haven't written my > KP> part of the HOWTO Collection in XML. but in HTML and one kind soul did > KP> convert it for me). However, it makes it more easy to create PDFs and > KP> other formats from that input. > > We talked to John H Terpstra and he told us that he would take the > part of converting to XML (I hope it still is like that ;-) )
I would of course prefer if you could provide your files in XML. I do not know when I will get time to convert html or text to XML, I'll do it some time, but you would save me about 1 day of work per chapter if you can provide files in XML. - John T. > > So we can happily use our little crappy html-editors and concentrate > at translating english-german instead of converting html-xml. > > Thanks for your point! > > KP> Thanks again and Cheers! > KP> Kurt > > You´re welcome. > > Stefan G. Weichinger > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
