discuss: One-page replacement for LDP-Author-Guide (not exactly, but ...)
Subject:
Re: One-page replacement for LDP-Author-Guide (not exactly, but ...)
From:
jdd ####@####.####
Date:
13 May 2003 05:46:07 -0000
Message-Id: <3EC0869C.2000600@dodin.net>
David Lawyer wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 04:55:49PM +0200, jdd wrote:
> [snip]
>
>>I think that at a moment or an other (but surely not soon) anybody will
>>be able to write his HOWTOs inline on the ldp site and with full xml
>>capabilities (not text wiki). may be when the lampadas successor will be
>>out there.
>
>
> This is not desirable for 2 reasons. One is that being online consumes
> bandwidth, especially the bandwidth of tying up the local phone line if
> that's how one is connected.
wrong on ISDN or dsl lines. I think there will no more be phone/modem
internet lines in a near future (for the average user)
> Also, most people have already learned an editor or word processor and
> don't want to have to learn another one. If the one that supports XML
> is very simple to learn, it can't have many feature and is not as
> convenient (and efficient to use) as what one already knows.
LDP don't use XML, it uses docbook, that is not the same. HOWTO format
will still stay a little peculiar and need some learning.
However I never said that online editing should be mandatory, only
available.
I use to work at different places (home, vacations, midday free time)
and can't have my docs at hand, there online is best.
jdd
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