-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/06/07 21:26, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 10:09:30PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > >> The way I see it all that we'll need is HTML, PDF, and plain text. Plain >> text is the easiest to read through a terminal window, and it should be >> how we write the original documentation. Once we finish a full plain >> text version we can worry about converting it to other formats. >> >> HTML is nice for viewing over the internet, and whenever possible I >> prefer HTML over PDF. Especially since you can tie URLs in HTML to other >> points on the page, so that you can link someone back and forth >> throughout a single page quickly and easily. >> >> PDF is good for it's sleekness really, I know nothing about the PDF >> format so I'm going to completely leave this in someone else's hands. >> But since PDF supports images, why don't we add in a few images for the >> PDF version? (Maybe the HTML version, but I really do think that this >> project should be as text based as possible.) >> > > Pdf can have internal links as well as a table of contents that one can > click on. On the other hand, one needs X to read it and a postscript > capable printer to print it (yes I know...).
Know what? That you don't need a PS printer to print PS & PDF files? > HTML can be read with lynx or mc as long as it doesn't have pictures and > has the advantage that it has links to click through a document to what > one wants. links2 is your friend. If a penguin pops up on your console during the boot phase, then you can read graphic web pages using: $ links2 -g > Plain text, is, well, plain text. > > So if we go with plain text +/- simple html, we need a home for it and a > way to work on it. > > Isn't it ironic that here we are fitzing around trying to set up a > documentation method when that is what UNIX was designed to do as its > primary role when it was invented? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFyUuBS9HxQb37XmcRAjztAJ9SlXXX/r9S4t21zPc1gvSOdUrTvgCfcHmn xrtG8jBE0HmGnyZrBQshZmI= =xid7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
