discuss: TLDP DocBook pages need work - Start there!
Subject:
Re: TLDP DocBook pages need work - Start there!
From:
"Rodolfo J. Paiz" ####@####.####
Date:
25 Nov 2003 15:06:23 -0000
Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.0.20031125085914.025c25c0@mail.simpaticus.com>
At 23:03 11/24/2003, David Lawyer wrote:
>Here's an example of some differences:
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> Comparison of DocBook to LinuxDoc (short).
> by David Lawyer, June 23, 2000, revised July 2001
>
>Using DocBook instead of LinuxDoc requires many more tags and the tags
>tend to be longer. DocBook tags tend to be nested. The tag clutter
>makes DocBook harder to read. Thus DocBook is not nearly as easy to
>do by hand. Even with an editor that supports it, there is a lot
>more complexity to DocBook.
David,
I find your "example of some differences" biased, subjective, and
irrelevant. You have not noted any specific differences (not one!), and
only made comparative statements that were _all_ favorable to Linuxdoc, of
which you are an open advocate. Now, it's fine that you have your opinion,
and it's fine that you state your opinion clearly, but these are not
differences, these are not examples, and the entire text achieves exactly
nothing when attempting to answer the original question:
On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 01:51:16PM -0500, John R. Daily wrote:
> What is the functional difference between LinuxDoc and a
> comparable subset of DocBook tags[1] with a well-defined toolchain?
That question has not been answered. Personally, I like DocBook as being
more flexible and more scalable (things that come along with the increased
complexity you decry). However, I do not care about either my subjective
opinion or yours on this matter.
What I _would_ like to see, if someone more knowledgeable cares to offer
it, is an answer to John Daily's actual question: What is the FUNCTIONAL
DIFFERENCE between LinuxDoc and a COMPARABLE SUBSET of DocBook tags with a
WELL-DEFINED TOOLCHAIN? (Emphasis mine, of course.)
--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
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