On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:15:57 +0200 Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dnia 2013-09-25, o godz. 14:38:14 > Tom Wijsman <[email protected]> napisał(a): > > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:36:56 +0200 > > Martin Gysel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Am 24.09.2013 19:49, schrieb hasufell: > > > > I wonder if it would make any sense to take the effort to > > > > convert markdown docs to html format before installing them. > > > > > > > > > > following that logic we should also consider converting all man > > > and info pages to html... > > > > > > it doesn't make any sense... > > > > Yet there are many websites that show these converted man pages, as > > well as users looking them up there; that it doesn't make sense for > > you doesn't necessarily mean that nobody else is doing it. > > *Websites* is the keyword here. Yes, it connects the dots between man pages and a browser. > > > simply provide or suggest a markdown > > > capable viewer to the user > > > > Yet another viewer I have to install; imagine that I had to do the > > same for video formats, then I'd have to install an AVI player, a > > MKV player, a MP4 player, a MOV player, an OGG player, a VOB > > player, ... > > > > No, I'd rather have a single converted format and/or a single > > player. > > Yet you don't mind most of our users installing a Markdown converter > (and possibly even more converters) in the sake of converting docs to > the format you like... Exactly, it is a single tool as opposed to multiple. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : [email protected] GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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