Re: free/open documentation formats

2001-12-03 Thread Serafim Zanikolas
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:03:46AM +0100, Timo Boewing wrote: > p.s. i would be happy to get some hints on good viewers. should be Concerning viewers I recommend xdvi(1), definitely not fancy but with all the keystrokes and mouse actions you need -- assuming your source is something from which

Re: free/open documentation formats

2001-12-03 Thread Timo Boewing
Hey, thank you all for your reply. Regarding PDF/PostScript that was exactly what i was thinking of, the LZW compression. But good to hear it is possible to avoid this compression. Regarding the authoring tools, i am using a selfmade XML format that i transform into XHTML using XSL Templates.

Re: free/open documentation formats

2001-12-03 Thread Holger Rauch
Hi Christoph! On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Lupe Christoph wrote: > [...] > I had a hard time getting the DocBook tools working enough to > convert the docs of one free software package on Solaris x86. > I can't call them universal. What DocBook tools have you used on Solaris? What was your problem with

Re: free/open documentation formats

2001-12-03 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Sunday, 2001-12-02 at 21:03:18 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:03:46AM +0100, Timo Boewing ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > for some future and current works i want to provide my writings > > additionally in other formats than xhtml. Has anyone a link to a list > > o

Re: free/open documentation formats

2001-12-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:03:46AM +0100, Timo Boewing ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello all, > > for some future and current works i want to provide my writings > additionally in other formats than xhtml. Has anyone a link to a list > of free documentation formats? The problem is that i want to

Re: free/open documentation formats

2001-12-02 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:26:13 -0600 (CST), Ian Monroe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Timo Boewing wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > for some future and current works i want to provide my writings > > additionally in other formats than xhtml. Has anyone a link to a list > > of fre

Re: free/open documentation formats

2001-12-02 Thread Ian Monroe
I do not know about patents, but IIRC GPL software does convert to PDF. Good enough for me. Ian Monroe http://mlug.missouri.edu/~eean/ On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Timo Boewing wrote: > Hello all, > > for some future and current works i want to provide my writings > additionally in other formats than x

Re: free/open documentation formats

2001-12-02 Thread Tran Nam Binh
Hackers have put my user id into some redistributing list of your technical forum. I can't unsubcribe with automated system because my user id is not on the main list. Please help. I received tons of unwanted mails. Please forward this request to the list owner Thanks --- Timo Boewing <[EMAIL PR

free/open documentation formats

2001-12-02 Thread Timo Boewing
Hello all, for some future and current works i want to provide my writings additionally in other formats than xhtml. Has anyone a link to a list of free documentation formats? The problem is that i want to avoid using formats on that evtl. patents are pending. for example, i would like to prov