Benigno, I am right there with you. When I sent the draft out I was looking for feedback. So slap it around and offer recommendations.
The primary reason I did it in Scribus was I could get the formatting the way I wanted it. The fact it is PDF is probably more germane. JohnMc. On Jul 21, 9:00 am, Benigno <bca...@albendas.com> wrote: > Sorry I got lost on this discussion, > > I'd be happy to help document with example PayPal to start with. As > for document formats, I have never used scribus. I am ok, with LaTex, > and Beamer and Sphinx. > > However, I think a little structure would be needed on the format > this documents would be shared, and reviewed (which I think is vital), > as the way they may be produced may vary depending on how and where > they will be shown. So, I do think a bit of consensus should be > reached before commiting to writing documentation. > > Cheers, > Benigno. > > On Jul 21, 6:35 am, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > anyway, since I'm Scribus-ing other things, I'll go with you on that here... > > perhaps we can share master pages, etc. so the slew of stuff (eventually) > > has some "common"-ish look to it. > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > (and yes, on looking again, sure: reST doesn't address the 1st 2, nor does > > > (if I'm getting you) LaTex (by itself, nor TeX in general), troff, or any > > > of > > > the wiki markups, nor XML-ish stuff.... > > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Yarko Tymciurak > > > <yark...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> :-) 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
