discuss: One-page replacement for LDP-Author-Guide (not exactly, but ...)
Subject:
Re: One-page replacement for LDP-Author-Guide (not exactly,
but ...)
From:
Tabatha Persad ####@####.####
Date:
2 May 2003 19:01:32 -0000
Message-Id: <1051901587.20316.31.camel@mysticchild>
Hi Saqib,
I took a look, seems interesting...but not quite what I envision (though
close). I'd like to see an emphasis on the free-ness of the tool - this
Ektron one comes across as proprietary to me.
Also, for integration to the LDP site, it would need more to it than it
currently has. I couldn't get their demo to work right either, just got
a lot of blank boxes and instructions to click things that weren't
there!
Tab
On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 11:46, ####@####.#### wrote:
> Since you mentioned online editor, take a look at this
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> http://www.ektron.com/ewebeditproxml.cfm?doc_id=2380
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> In Peace,
> Saqib Ali
> http://www.seagate.com/cheetah/
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> Tabatha Persad
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> On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 07:55, jdd wrote:
> > I think that at a moment or an other (but surely not soon) anyboby will
> > be able to write his HOWTOs inline on the ldp site and with full xml
> > capabilities (not text wiki). may be when the lampada successor will be
> > out there.
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> Someone I know is writing something like this using PHP and integrating
> DocBook for creation of documents via a web page. Since he's got to
> develop this for his work anyway, he's taking my suggestions so that he
> can make it something the LDP would be interested in having.
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> My ideal would be to have an online editor that would allow the user to
> choose from Linuxdoc or DocBook (I know there are issues with this but I
> think that since they are both officially supported they should both be
> made available). It ought to be smart enough to prompt for the type of
> document and then insert the appropriate taggage on the user's behalf.
> Then, working in an outline method, an author could first create the
> chapter/section names, and then start inserting content, with
> lists/menus of tags nearby for formatting the text. On the back end the
> appropriate scripts would be in place to parse the document, confirm
> it's validity, and process it into other formats. Version control could
> be built-in, as could a management database to keep stats and info
> regarding reviews.
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> Just a little dream I have! I imagine it will be built anyway, whether
> the LDP uses it or not, but I sure hope it could be a tool that would
> help authors who are not comfortable with any type of markup, or who
> lack the tools (for whatever reason) to work in this manner.
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> Though I can't say when something like this would happen, maybe it's
> incentive enough for other PHPers out there who are fluent in
> DocBook/Linuxdoc to band together and see what can be created based on
> this idea. I believe it would be an excellent resource for the LDP.
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