On 01/12/2011 02:48:29 PM, Jan Just Keijser wrote:

> As for the document format: if we want users to contribute then we 
> should not opt for a too-difficult format that users would have to
> learn 
> before being able to contribute. Docbook and/or texinfo are nice for 
> Linux users but you'd scare away most Windows/Mac users.
> What about plain simple OpenDoc (odf) ?

If you say so.  (It's not as if they haven't seen html,
which is superficially similar to docbook/xml,
or haven't they?)  But they could install and use lyx
and get a full-gui experience.  They'll have to install
something anyway if they want to use odf.



Karl <k...@meme.com>
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                 -- Robert A. Heinlein


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