discuss: Processing doco - and other links in the LAG (was Re: db2omf)
Subject:
Re: Processing doco - and other links in the LAG (was Re: db2omf)
From:
David Merrill ####@####.####
Date:
9 Mar 2001 17:36:07 -0000
Message-Id: <20010309123502.B953@lupercalia.net>
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 11:24:07AM -0600, Patrick K. O'Brien wrote:
> I am in the middle of writing exactly what you suggest. I figured that while
> I'm still suffering as a "new author" I have the proper perspective to write
> for other newbies. So I'm writing as I go, before I lose my virginity, so to
> speak. I'm starting from the assumption that my reader wants to start
> writing as soon as possible and wants to use free tools. So I start with
> Emacs/Xemacs (with psgml) and go from there. I'm focusing on the latest XML
> version of DocBook and downplaying the SGML heritage. I hope to have this
> done by the end of next week, followed by the article and book templates and
> Python programs to generate OMF stuff the following week.
Great, thanks for letting us know.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael C. Jett ####@####.####
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 11:06 AM
> To: ldp-discuss
> Subject: RE: Processing doco - and other links in the LAG (was Re: db2omf)
>
> <snip>
>
> A suggestion I might have is to present a simplified setup HowTo for someone
> wanting to write docs here. Don't go into any optional packages, just
> straight Emacs/XEmacs with the tools required to create the SGML and
> generate HTML. If I am a new author, I want to spend as little time as
> possible with the formatting of the document, I want to write content. I
> can figure out later all the neat things that SGML and Docbook can do. The
> more trouble it is to get setup and writing, the fewer new authors we'll
> have and the less they'll produce.
>
> <snip>
>
>
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