>
> I would prefer if the source for the (PDF-)documentation would be
> available in some open, free and widely used meta-language, e.g. LaTeX
> (or XML or txt2tags or ..., but I'm oldschool and prefer LaTeX ;) ). So
> everyone could build it's copy in whatever f
On 2012-10-18, Jon Loeliger wrote:
>>
>> I would prefer if the source for the (PDF-)documentation would be
>> available in some open, free and widely used meta-language, e.g. LaTeX
>> (or XML or txt2tags or ..., but I'm oldschool and prefer LaTeX ;) ). So
>>
Am 16.10.2012 15:22, schrieb Constantine Shulyupin:
> Questions:
> - have same issues with PDF documentation and datasheets?
No.
> - do you think documentation and datasheets in HTML format on a site
> can be more useful than PDF?
I would prefer if the source for the (PDF-)documen
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux
wrote:
> Consider also, from their point of view, the issue of documentation
> control. Notice that most companies don't provide download links for
> old documentation...
Yep. That's why I archive all datasheets I can get my hands on. Th
Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> If there was not a problem here, all documentation would explicitly
> state that it is able to be freely distributed.
Lawyers like job security as much as the guy on the floor, theirs
just involves different psychology.
//Peter
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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:25:20AM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > You have to be careful of copyright infringement.
>
> Yeah, because a company might sue for datasheet copyright
> infringement when someone is (if only potentially) buying
> their product.
>
> I wou
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Tim Bird wrote:
> Being able to identify a page of an existing online PDF is already
> possible with URLs. See
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/125632/is-it-possible-to-link-to-a-bookmark-within-a-pdf-using-url-parameters
Yes, I know. I already wrote about it
Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> You have to be careful of copyright infringement.
Yeah, because a company might sue for datasheet copyright
infringement when someone is (if only potentially) buying
their product.
I would think that one through one more time. :)
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On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 04:05:55PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
> > Sometimes it is more easy just to copy paste and send by email part
> > of documentation instead of using hyperlinks.
>
> A group collaborating around a given hardware certainly needs a
> common repository of documentation. A file se
On 10/17/2012 12:26 PM, Constantine Shulyupin wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Peter Stuge wrote:
>> Constantine Shulyupin wrote:
>>> Peter, can you please just send me some links to most frequently
>>> used online PDF?
>>
>> I don't have a particular PDF that is used more frequently than
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Constantine Shulyupin wrote:
>> Peter, can you please just send me some links to most frequently
>> used online PDF?
>
> I don't have a particular PDF that is used more frequently than
> others. Here's one I used recently, for a common flash ch
Constantine Shulyupin wrote:
> >> - what PDF documentation do you use? (You can just drop a link to PDF,
> >> for example http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/omap4430.pdf)
> >
> > I don't understand what you want to know. I have thousands of data
> > sheets fo
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Constantine Shulyupin wrote:
>> - what PDF documentation do you use? (You can just drop a link to PDF,
>> for example http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/omap4430.pdf)
>
> I don't understand what you want to know
Dear Tim,
In message <507da84a.2080...@am.sony.com> you wrote:
>
> Several years ago, CELF tried to add a similar capability to
> MoinMoin (the ability to take arbitrary page lists, and
> automatically publish them to PDF). Unfortunately, it didn't
> work very well. The tools to produce PDF were
situations, but I agree that it is
> also non-perfect for many other use cases.
>
>> Questions:
>> - have same issues with PDF documentation and datasheets?
>> - do you think documentation and datasheets in HTML format on a site
>> can be more useful than PDF?
>
&
times it is possible just to convert
> PDF to HTML.
>
> Questions:
> - have same issues with PDF documentation and datasheets?
No. They work just fine.
> - do you think documentation and datasheets in HTML format on a site
> can be more useful than PDF?
Fore brief overviews, html will d
not so easy to manage a lot of PDF documents
> sometimes with strange code in file names. It is not easy to store
> and share links to documentation.
PDF has a lot of advantages in many situations, but I agree that it is
also non-perfect for many other use cases.
> Questions:
>
HTML.
I strongly prefer working with PDF because it is the canonical
documentation made available by the manufacturer and because my
PDF readers are much much better than my HTML readers.
> - have same issues with PDF documentation and datasheets?
Personally no.
> - do you think docume
just to convert
> PDF to HTML.
>
> Questions:
> - have same issues with PDF documentation and datasheets?
Yes, PDFs can be unwieldy. However, for a vendor, they provide an
immutable format that allows vendors to disseminate technical
information in one format, thereby decre
documentation instead of using hyperlinks.
I found, that it is more easy work (and work collaboratively) with
documentation in HTML format. Sometimes it is possible just to convert
PDF to HTML.
Questions:
- have same issues with PDF documentation and datasheets?
- do you think documentation and
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