discuss: re:One-page replacement for LDP-Author-Guide (not exactly, but ...)
Subject:
re:One-page replacement for LDP-Author-Guide (not exactly, but ...)
From:
Greg Ferguson ####@####.####
Date:
2 May 2003 13:45:19 -0000
Message-Id: <200305021344.h42DiLRc075114@hoop.timonium.sgi.com>
On Fri, 02 May 2003 08:53:40 +0200 jdd ####@####.#### wrote:
> not to start a new flame war, but the switch from linuxdoc to docbook
> was not precisely a good idea...
>
> time ago, using any vi/emacs or LyX to make linuxdoc was very simple.
> even if this format is still supported it's only with restrictions. I
> would probably never have done any HOWTO if I had not linuxdoc (and used
> it for many others docs)
>
> there was only a slight lack of graphics and tables but that could
> easily be corrected.
>
> today I am still reluctant to update my HOWTO given I must fight with
> docbook :-(
But you don't. Let's be careful with the wording here. We do not
plan to give up support for Linuxdoc. The LDP supports *all* these
foirms of markup/DTDs:
Linuxdoc SGML; DocBook SGML v4.2, v4.1 or v3.x; and
DocBook XML v4.2 or v4.1.2
It just so happens that the majority of the documents we now receive
are in DocBook (XML or SGML), but Linuxdoc is certainly supported and
welcome!
regards,
--
Greg
