2018-03-02 7:44 GMT+01:00 Jan Matèrne (jhm) <apa...@materne.de>:

> > > > > I made an attempt to convert the manual to HTML 5, the rationale
> > > > being
> > > > > that HTML 5 deprecates tt tag and recommends to replace it with
> > > > > tags like code, kbd, samp and var, which could be used in a more
> > > > consistent
> > > > > way to achieve something closer to a semantic markup.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried then to use the replacement tags as consistently as
> > > > > possible in such a large body of text, but I realised that we
> > > > > perhaps need a kind of a style guide. Would you like to discuss
> > > > > it? Where would it best fit in the source code tree?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Isn't the HTML manual generated? Sure it's checked-in, but I
> > thought
> > > > there was a generation process.
> > > > If that's the case (I may have dreamed it) then it's likely the
> > > > generator that needs fixing, not the build product. --DD
> > >
> > > No. There were some experiments and maybe some pages were generated
> > > during that experiment.
> > > But the manual is a manual work. (double manual ;)
> > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/sandbox/historical/xdocs/
> > >
> >
> > One may use xdoc and generate html with Doxia by calling its CLI.
> > However, Ant sorely lacks a site generator on par with Maven site
> > plugin.
>
> All generation requires a model to generate from.
> AFAIK the site-plugin uses the pom for this purpose.
> We don't have such a model in Ant.
> Also I can't remember a wish for that.
> Additionally I don't know any project (in my company) that uses these
> sites. Maybe
> they are useful for open source projects.
>

site plugin gets a lot of configuration from pom.xml, but there's site.xml,
too.
Perhaps if a wrapper of Doxia sitetools with a distinct skin would be used
if it were available?

Gintas

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