Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:16:28 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wishlist item: <sys/queue.h> in schematic form Message-ID: <19991123081628.A94129@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <19991120103826.A41154@daemon.ninth-circle.org>; from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai on Sat, Nov 20, 1999 at 10:38:26AM %2B0100 References: <25692.942762210@critter.freebsd.dk> <19991118081404.C93488@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <19991118213606.E35248@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <19991119193946.A85059@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <19991120103826.A41154@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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On Sat, Nov 20, 1999 at 10:38:26AM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> >That's not to say that we couldn't have an article about using the queue(3)
> >macros, written in DocBook, with pretty pictures, but I'd like to get
> >the core programmer's documentation sorted first.
>
> Sound idea. And also one of the goals I am working on as well, as you
> know by know. ;) That aalib, could one go from gif to ASCII with it?
> Can't remember for sure what it's exact function was. Time for some
> more research. =)
aalib? I thought that was more for producing 'snoopy calendar' type
pictures from graphics files.
> >To answer your question -- I haven't yet tested embedding[1] pictures in our
> >documentation so that it appears in the formatted output. GIF files or
> >similar for the web output will certainly work, and I strongly suspect
> >(but, as I say, haven't tested) that EPS will be the necessary format
> >for PS and PDF. We'll probably need BMP for RTF output too.
>
> *nod*
>
> But the thing is, can we specify multiple formats for one and the same
> image which the conversion proces automatically picks when going from
> DocBook to, say, RTF, PDF or HTML?
Yes. I'm hazy on the details, because I haven't got around to implementing
it yet, but my local archives of the SGML Tools and Davenport mailing
lists have instructions in them somewhere.
> >Testing this is high on my list of priorities. On the 1st of December my
> >current contract ends, at which point I get to do all this 9 to 5, instead
> >of 7.30 to 11, which will make a big difference.
>
> I am somewhat doing DocBook now from 9 to 5, barring my Cisco and Unix
> administrating and programming work, to document our local, national and
> global network and all things associated. But I still have a lot to
> play with and test. Might be interesting to pass ideas back and forth.
You should probably subscribe to the Davenport mailing list (Davenport
was the name of the DocBook maintainers project). The list address is
docbook@lists.oasis-open.org, www.oasis-open.org should have subscription
instructions (probably "echo subscribe | mail docbook-request@lists...)
N
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