discuss: One-page replacement for LDP-Author-Guide (not exactly, but ...)
Subject:
Re: One-page replacement for LDP-Author-Guide (not exactly, but ...)
From:
Howard Shane ####@####.####
Date:
2 May 2003 19:39:08 -0000
Message-Id: <3EB2C941.6010505@charter.net>
Tabatha,
You might take a look nedit. It has SGML and XML syntax highlighting
modes (alas, no Linuxdoc), has a motif-based GUI that is quite intuitive
and a client-server mode (though I'm not sure it has the ability to edit
online documents).
Best of all it's GPL software.
http://www.nedit.org/about/features.shtml
hs
Tabatha Persad wrote:
> 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:
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>>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
>> <tabatha@merlinmo To: ####@####.####
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>> tabatha
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>>On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 07:55, jdd wrote:
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>>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>--
>>Tabatha Persad
>>Web: www.merlinmonroe.com
>>Linux Documentation Project Review Coordinator (http://www.tldp.org)
>>Linux Counter Area Manager US:wa (http://counter.li.org)
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