discuss: New HOWTO - Blackbox
Subject:
Re: New HOWTO - Blackbox
From:
Rachel Collins ####@####.####
Date:
30 Jul 2002 15:04:07 -0000
Message-Id: <20020730100630.0cf414e7.katryel@asgardsrealm.net>
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:03:22 -0400
David Merrill ####@####.#### wrote:
> On Monday 29 July 2002 06:02, Rachel Collins wrote:
> > I would like to write a HOWTO about the Window Manager, Blackbox, to
> > include information on installation, customization, etc. I've
> > discussed it with the blackbox programmers, and they approve of the
> > idea. Is this something that would be useful in tldp?
> >
> > I also wondered: Is it acceptable to begin writing the document in
> > LaTeX, since I don't yet know how to write XML? Is converting
> > difficult?
>
> AFAIK there is no way to convert LaTeX into DocBook, so that makes it
> a poor choice for LDP documentation. If you don't want to learn
> DocBook, you could look at LinuxDoc, Texinfo or WikiText, all of which
> can be converted into DocBook.
It's not that I mind learning DocBook. I was having some difficulties
with Jade and thought that perhaps I could table it for now. With a bit
of helpful advice from Greg (that LaTeX was a bad idea, among other
things), I spent a good deal of last night arguing with my computer. I
finally got it to compile one of the samples. I think things will go
much better from here on out. =)
Is there anything I need to do, beyond sending a message to this list,
before I begin the HOWTO, so that it will be an official HOWTO?
--
Rachel Collins
