Re: drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-04 Thread Jacob Carlborg
On 2013-02-04 23:29, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: I wonder whether a big, continuous HTML would be a good possibility. I would rather like to have a first page which list all symbols with a filter, just like the Ruby docs: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/ -- /Jacob Carlborg

Re: drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-04 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 2/4/13 2:08 PM, Dejan Lekic wrote: Nick Sabalausky wrote: On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:58:35 -0800 Walter Bright wrote: drop html docs from the dmd distribution? PLEASE NO. They seem rather pointless, considering: 1. them being on the web is better anyway Not when you don't

Re: drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-04 Thread Dejan Lekic
Nick Sabalausky wrote: > On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:58:35 -0800 > Walter Bright wrote: >> >> drop html docs from the dmd distribution? > > PLEASE NO. > >> They seem rather pointless, considering: >> >> 1. them being on the web is better anyway > &

Re: drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-03 Thread Walter Bright
On 2/3/2013 3:58 PM, Walter Bright wrote: They seem rather pointless, considering: 1. them being on the web is better anyway 2. the new pdf version of the spec Ok, everyone, you made your point! They stay.

Re: drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-03 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:53:32 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote: On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:58:35 -0800 Walter Bright wrote: drop html docs from the dmd distribution? PLEASE NO. They seem rather pointless, considering: 1. them being on the web is better anyway Not when you don't

Re: drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-03 Thread Kiith-Sa
On Sunday, 3 February 2013 at 23:58:39 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: They seem rather pointless, considering: 1. them being on the web is better anyway 2. the new pdf version of the spec I use the included HTML docs when I have no internet access (e.g. in train, which is 2hr/day for me).

Re: drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-03 Thread Nick Sabalausky
On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:58:35 -0800 Walter Bright wrote: > > drop html docs from the dmd distribution? PLEASE NO. > They seem rather pointless, considering: > > 1. them being on the web is better anyway Not when you don't have internet access or when you need docs an olde

Re: drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-03 Thread Nathan M. Swan
On Monday, 4 February 2013 at 00:26:06 UTC, FG wrote: On 2013-02-04 00:58, Walter Bright wrote: They seem rather pointless, considering: 1. them being on the web is better anyway 2. the new pdf version of the spec Theoretically: It's useful, because the docs' version matches the compiler, whi

Re: drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-03 Thread FG
On 2013-02-04 00:58, Walter Bright wrote: They seem rather pointless, considering: 1. them being on the web is better anyway 2. the new pdf version of the spec Theoretically: It's useful, because the docs' version matches the compiler, while the website only lists current documentation. Pract

Re: drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-03 Thread Andrej Mitrovic
On 2/4/13, Walter Bright wrote: > They seem rather pointless, considering: > > 1. them being on the web is better anyway > 2. the new pdf version of the spec > They're used for CHM generation.

drop html docs from the dmd distribution?

2013-02-03 Thread Walter Bright
They seem rather pointless, considering: 1. them being on the web is better anyway 2. the new pdf version of the spec