Re: [docbook-apps] Ideas for GSoC 2011

2011-02-11 Thread Kasun Gajasinghe
ngliche Nachricht- > Von: Cramer, David W (David) [mailto:dcra...@motive.com] > Gesendet: Freitag, 11. Februar 2011 00:26 > An: Rowland, Larry; Jirka Kosek; denis.bradf...@verizon.net > Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org > Betreff: RE: [docbook-apps] Ideas for GSoC 2011 > &

RE: [docbook-apps] Ideas for GSoC 2011

2011-02-10 Thread Cramer, David W (David)
rka Kosek [mailto:ji...@kosek.cz] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:46 AM To: denis.bradf...@verizon.net Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Ideas for GSoC 2011 Denis Bradford wrote: > That said, Help 3 seems likely to eventually take hold. And since the > outputs wil

RE: [docbook-apps] Ideas for GSoC 2011

2011-02-10 Thread Rowland, Larry
rsday, February 10, 2011 8:46 AM To: denis.bradf...@verizon.net Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Ideas for GSoC 2011 Denis Bradford wrote: > That said, Help 3 seems likely to eventually take hold. And since the > outputs will be mostly straight XHTML, maybe it'

Re: [docbook-apps] Ideas for GSoC 2011

2011-02-10 Thread Denis Bradford
Amen to that! On 02/10/2011 10:45 AM, Jirka Kosek wrote: or... of WebHelp output.Almost any platform now supports applications written purely in HTML, CSS and Javascript and packaged for easy installation. This is something worth to explore. And it is more "sexy" then boring VisualStudio h

Re: [docbook-apps] Ideas for GSoC 2011

2011-02-10 Thread Jirka Kosek
Denis Bradford wrote: > That said, Help 3 seems likely to eventually take hold. And since the > outputs will be mostly straight XHTML, maybe it's not too risky to get > started on the DocBook stylesheets. Or we can decide not to wait for MS and build just packaging to Web Widgets, or Air, or iPad

Re: [docbook-apps] Ideas for GSoC 2011

2011-02-10 Thread Denis Bradford
I second the motion, but maybe there's not a huge hurry. My 2₵: Help 3 (official name: Microsoft Help Viewer) is currently used only in Visual Studio (and MSDN, in some form) -- MS does not yet consider it a general purpose replacement for HTML Help. Help 3 design is still a moving target. Th