:-) Ahh, mercy at last! ;-) On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:27 PM, JohnMc <maruadventu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yarko, > > I could go into a long histronic on document systems and disparate > roles for each but I will pass. I'll just close with the comment that > the four roles are distinct and not to be merged. Learned that at > Xerox. > > JohnMc > > On Jul 20, 10:49 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:41 PM, JohnMc <maruadventu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Yarko, > > > > > Understand your viewpoint as well. Documentation is a 4 part process - > > > create, edit, format, distribute. reST is excellent on the last 2 > > > points and bordering on sad on the first two. > > > > BTW - didn't mean to sound harsh, but this mis-info, topic is wearing on > > me... > > > > From a strictly structural analysis of your argument, you seem to want to > > INTEGRATE in stead of separate the 4 processes you describe (want them > > coupled). For Scriptus, I've seen create/edit tool lists that are > > bafflingly rich and long. Editing text is... editing text; With Scribus > > you can insert a layout box, and put in it the output of LaTex > (processed), > > or reST. so the editing is still separate. > > > > It seems to me the argument you are making is one of workflow, and > prefering > > not to deal w/ markup languages (of any kind) if at all necessary, and I > > don't know that I disagree with you.... it's just that I don't find > markup > > languages all that troubling (heck , used nroff and troff for years - was > > the best way to self generate a book / paper, well before "Word" ... or > even > > Microsoft! existed). > > > > But I'm just toying with you - I don't mean to dismiss you, merely show > the > > circularness of these arguments. There's nothing wrong with Sphinx. > Theres > > nothing wrong with LaTex; there's nothing wrong with Scribus. All > require > > some learning (now, if you want to mush it all together, let's just use > > open office and be done). > > > > Kindly, > > Yarko > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
