Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:09:30 -0500
Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
So if we go with the wiki, we (or at least I) have to learn a new
markup language and resign ourselves that the work can't be used in
any other work. If we go with another format, it needs a home and
we (or at least I) have to learn a new markup language. Unless, of
course we don't need html and can do with pdf, ps, and plain text.
If so, does anyone other than me use Lout?
The berlios.de wiki is *very* easy to edit. Unfortunately not very
stable :(
The wiki and the MediaWiki software are stable enough - it is the
Berlios server that is not always available. Not every Free software
organisation will host a wiki sucessfully - eg SourceForge has a better
uptime but permissions will not allow user contributions, thus defeating
the whole point of a wiki. Also, the latest version of MediaWiki
requires PHP5 - again, not always provided. Still, there are quite a few
hosting services for Free software projects. MediaWiki is the software
behind Wikipedia and is built with Free documentation in mind. It is
mature, well-maintained and continuing to be developed so it may be a
good choice in the long run.
In my earlier post
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/02/msg01169.html I explained
the DocBook/CVS alternative - great for HTML, PDF and plain text, but
cumbersome.
You you may be able to use utilities to convert an HTML wiki page to
other formats eg Htmldoc, though Htmldoc in Etch seems to have problems
related to CSS.
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Chris.
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