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:
"Greg Ferguson" ####@####.####
Date:
9 Mar 2001 17:39:46 -0000
Message-Id: <10103091234.ZM27330@hoop.timonium.sgi.com>
On Mar 9, 12:35pm, David Merrill wrote:
> Subject: Re: Processing doco - and other links in the LAG (was Re:
db2omf)
> 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.
Robert Easter also completed a similar document:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/DocBook-Install/
Before we get a plethora of these type of docs, might want to
consider consolidating into one (or two) docs.
just a thought,
Ferg
