Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 11:25:54 -0600 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Installation Guide Project [Was: Re: FreeBSD Adovcacy] Message-ID: <3708F222.AA220AFF@thuntek.net> References: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990405105648.2526I-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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Bill Fumerola wrote: > > On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Donald Wilde wrote: > > > _Nobody_ here is saying that the Handbook should _not_ be updated and > > expanded, Bill. The Handbook is the definitive meta-resource (above the > > source code and man pages), and I would bet that now that the DocBook > > transistion is happening, Nik and the rest of the guys who've been doing > > it will get on to their _real_ goal, which is doing the updates of which > > you speak. > > Amen. > > > My point was that the handbook doesn't do any good while your computer's > > in pieces. Darren's point is that the Handbook -- and Greg's book -- > > scare newbies who would be quite happy with FreeBSD once their system > > was installed. It's that initial hump that we want to get them over, so > > they can _get__to_ the Handbook, -questions, Dan's site, DN, The Open > > Directory Project, and all the other resources we have out there. > > My point is that anything that is created can be hooked into the handbook. > Look at the PPP Primer that's in the handbook. That could be printed by > itself and be fully self-sufficent. That is what this installation guide > should strive for. It should "look and feel" like the handbook, it should > be in the handbook, and it should be able to be yanked from the handbook > and printed and still make sense. > Now, _that_ I can agree with, with one exception. I think this is envisioned to be more of a book, with pix, screenshots, etc. The text can _also_ be turned into SGML by someone so inclined, but as Darren and others have pointed out SGML text formatting is Yet Another Thing To Learn. Perhaps our next project should be turning Jade into point-n-click? ;-D Real Soon Now... -- Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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