Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:19:00 -0700 From: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG (Bruce A. Mah) To: Randy Pratt <rpratt@ezwv.com> Cc: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-docs@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, Murray Stokely <murray@osd.bsdi.com>, Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Install Preview (was Re: (was) I'm leaving, now something like "anti official docs rant" :) ) Message-ID: <200105152019.f4FKJ0F08351@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <01051515135804.00373@k6-2.weeble.com> References: <01051513051703.00373@k6-2.weeble.com> <200105151727.f4FHRos64816@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <01051515135804.00373@k6-2.weeble.com>
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--==_Exmh_751432316P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Randy Pratt wrote: > I used XV to capture the html table views and convert them to 8 bit png > images. These were used instead of the html tables to ease the conversion to > sgml. If you take a look at the source of the 4.2 previews, the tables would > be difficult (if not impossible) to convert to sgml and a problem to maintain That was going to be my next question. Looking at the 4.2 previews...the thing that was hard for you to do there is what <screen> </screen> is designed for. Well, mostly. > I'm not familar with sgmy (yet) so I'm probably not the best to answer that. > The PNG formats produced views similar to those that would be seen by a new > user. It was my intention to get as close as possible to what they would > see. If the <screen></screen> would do that, then its a possibility. Except I just realized that it won't handle the colors, which IMHO are actually sort of important. So maybe that isn't such a great idea. (BTW I just treated SGML as a funny-looking HTML. ELNOTESng was my first project with SGML and DocBook, so let me know if you need another SGML newbie's perspective.) > I hope other formats can be produced since I've had a few requests for them > in the past. Assuming you are (or will be) using the DocProj infrastructure, then when you go to build the rendering from the SGML source, just do: % make FORMATS=pdf Some other valid and interesting values are "ps" and "txt". Note that FORMATS= is a list, so you can actually do something like: % make 'FORMATS=html pdf txt' > Where the documents reside is probably best decided by those more familar > with the doc project and what best suits the needs of new people. We should > get all the mileage possible out of them. Agree 100% with your last sentence. But I'm betting you also have some thoughts about how we do this. :-) Bruce. --==_Exmh_751432316P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.3.1+ 05/14/2001 iD8DBQE7AY802MoxcVugUsMRAucoAJsF64JrnRBaVeCdGBwelAW7VjWbFwCdHdMB 0fchKurgxwF//6otYDF/HLA= =oMLl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_751432316P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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