Yes, I must say that I also think it's good but difficult stuff. I'm trying to use it for my own project, but it's not easy to manage, even to install... It's a pity, because it rock otherwise.
2008/3/4, Dashamir Hoxha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Pierce, > > The last release of docbookwiki, books-0.9.1 was made > almost one year ago, and as far as I know it is stable. > I am using it for myself to document my things, and I > haven't noticed anything that does not work. Of course, > there may be many things that can be improved or that > can be done better, but these do not prevent it from being > used. In case that there are any bugs, I am still willing > to try and fix them. > > However, I have stopped developing DocBookWiki, in the sense > that I am not trying to add any new features to it. Instead, > I have started a new branch of it that I have called DocBookEasy. > > The difference between them is how the chunks are handled. > In DocBookWiki I have written my own XSL stylesheets to do > chunk processing. In DocBookEasy I try to use customizations > of the standard XSL stylesheets (those that convert XML docbook > document into html, pdf etc.). This way I try to achieve support > for almost the full syntax of the DocBook, because this support > is already present in the XSL DocBook stylesheets. > > DocBookEasy also has the benefit that it could be more easily > understood and customized by people, provided that they are familiar > with XSL DocBook stylesheets. DocBookWiki, on the other hand, is > like a bunch of tricks, which are somewhat difficult to understand, > modify and improve. > > However, editing in DocBookEasy may not be as efficient as in > DocBookWiki. This is why I have decided to make them separate > branches, and not to consider DocBookEasy as an improvment of > DocBookWiki. There may be cases when DocBookEasy can be more > preferable, and other cases when DocBookWiki can be more preferable. > > I am still working to prepare a first release of DocBookEasy, > an many things are still not clear. After I make the first release, > I think that things will be more clear, and I also hope that I will > get some help for improving it. On the contrary, I have had very > little help with DocBookWiki, and I think that it is because of the > tricky nature of it. > > But I also intend to support DocBookWiki, in the sense that I will try > to fix any bugs that are not too difficult to be fixed. So, do give it > a try. Don't wait for DocBookEasy, because it may take long until it > becomes usable. > > Regards, > Dashamir > > > Pierce Tyler wrote: > > Hi, Dashamir: > > > > We are seriously evaluating your DocBook Wiki project for our PostBooks > > project docs: > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/postbooks > > > > I just want to ask if your project is still alive and well. I know you > > have a SourceForge site and a small number of downloads each day. But I > > am curious to know if the developers are still active. Do you plan to > > continue supporting this project in the future? Are future versions > > planned? Or are you done releasing updates? (The copyright notice in > > your user guide says 2004-2005, so I wasn't sure.) > > > > Thanks for any information you can provide. > > > > Best wishes, > > Pierce > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Doc-book-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/doc-book-users > -- Néstor Amigo Cairo +34 687 96 74 81 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Doc-book-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/doc-book-users
