Hi Carl,

Am 31.05.20 um 13:38 schrieb Carl Marcum:
> Hi Keith,
>
> On 5/30/20 8:41 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote:
>> I should probably have my head examined but I am thinking of one more
>> time trying to revive the documentation effort for AOO. One of the
>> drawbacks is that most people that have started to help have left as
>> there has been very limited availability of mentoring. I do not see this
>> changing but I am hoping that by defining a new process we can reduce
>> the dependency on mentoring.
>>
>> One idea for this would require that the MediaWiki extension be made
>> functional again. This would allow for using Writer to create the source
>> which could be stored in the git repository and then be transferred to
>> the mwiki for easy online access. By storing the source in the
>> repository it would give us better revision control over the
>> documentation. Plus it may help relieve the mentoring problem as many
>> more people are familiar with using Writer.
>
> Is this extension a different one that the IDL tag extension that is
> causing the
> problem with the dev guides?

Keith is talking about the Wiki publisher extension from AOO.
Although we build it with every release it has not been functional for a
long time...

You are probably thinking of the Wiki extension for our Wiki server.

Two different things, but both must be fixed. ;-)

Regards,

   Matthias

>
>>
>> Another would be to use Docbook, though this is not as appealing as I
>> have no familiarity with it and it appears that there is a steep
>> learning curve to its use and that would be a disadvantage to attracting
>> new people.
>>
>> I look forward to any other suggestions that could move this effort
>> along as it has languished for far to long.
>>
>> Regards
>> Keith
>>
> Thanks,
> Carl
>
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