"John D. Blair" wrote:
>
> > This is a fine idea, but I'm not certain it is the right one.
> You seem to have missed a point regarding LDP. LDP docs are mostly in
> SGML (or rather, linuxdoc-sgml), but the point of this format is all of
> its output formats. It outputs nroff man page format (so man still
> works), html, postscript, and whatever else somebody wants to code. One
> can argue that techinfo is more powerful, but that's exactly why I like
> linuxdoc-sgml. Simple is good.
Simple is not only good, it's necessary. Each level of complexity that
gets added reduces the liklihood that a project will succeed. For now,
I think that sticking with the simplest methods is the best idea.
Later, perhaps, if this part of the project succeeds, we can introduce a
new level of complexity, but "first things first" and all that. One
thing I didn't mention in my earlier post is the fact that there are
also -hundreds- of "see also" references in existing man pages that are
broken. That should probably be step 2, but we'll deal with that later
(as coordinating that part is significantly more complicated).
> Deb has already fallen prey to my LyX evangelism. LyX (www.lyx.org) is
> a pretty easy to use WYSYWIM (what you see is what you *mean*) GUI
> editor. One of the formats it can edit is linuxdoc-sgml, so you don't
> even have to learn the tags.
I've only been using LyX for a few days (since John sent me an RPM after
we discussed it at the Atlanta Linux Showcase). I'm very impressed so
far, however, and I can see it becoming my primary authoring tool. I
recommend that everyone take the time to check it out.
- deb
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