Am 28.06.97 schrieb alegre # saturn.superlink.net ...
Moin Fernando!
a> 1) The default format for online documentation is HTML. A web browser
a> (lynx) and a very small web server (boa) will be in the core distribution,
a> marked important.
But a lot of people don't want to have a WWW server on
Am 28.06.97 schrieb schwarz # monet.m.isar.de ...
Moin Christian!
CS> > Would not texi-html or html-texi be a better name?
CS> What do the others think about this?
I would vote for /usr/doc//html.
cu, Marco
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On Fri, Jun 27 1997 16:10 CDT John Goerzen writes:
John, I agree with the overall contents of your remarks. Just some
remarks:
> * HTML cannot do very much with formatting.
[...]
> * HTML cannot be easily printed.
[...]
> * HTML cannot be easily grepped.
[...]
I fully agree.
[...]
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes:
> > "John" == John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> John> * GNU Info has an awkward interface and is difficult to
> John> search. It is also nearly impossible to print an entire
> John> manual from the files in the info director
Am 27.06.97 schrieb jgoerzen # complete.org ...
Moin John!
JG>better. And, keep in mind that TeX and SGML/LinuxDoc can be
JG>converted to HTML on-the-fly if somebody writes a simple CGI
JG>program.
That's not true. You can't convert TeX or SGML on-the-fly, because the
converters p
> One questions remains: Is it possible to browse "html.gz" files _without_
> a CGI script with the usual HTML browsers (Netscape, lynx)? If so, we'll
> make it policy to gzip all html files and to adopt the references. If not,
> we'll have to install all html files gezipped--or add a cgi capable
On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Christian Schwarz wrote:
>
> > "objections" this times. If you can't live with this proposal, you'll have
> > to present another formulation of a paragraph or of the whole text.
> >
> > [ ... ]
> >
> > /usr/doc//html-info
> "John" == John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> * GNU Info has an awkward interface and is difficult to
John> search. It is also nearly impossible to print an entire
John> manual from the files in the info directory.
Difficult to search? Did you read its help page at
Richard Kaszeta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> A good format, but the problem here is that the LinuxDoc/SGML source
> isn't very useful by itself, it has to be converted to another source
> to be useful.
I don't see a big problem with that because, as I said, the conversion
programs are small and
Hi folks!
I think we should came to an end of that _silly_ "Documentation Policy"
discussion. Most people here are discussing topics that are already
decided and topics that would need to be discussed are forgotten.
So I'll make another proposal. This is meant to be a "compromise" that
everyone
>I would suggest either of the following:
> * DVI format. It can be converted to HTML (I think...) and plain
> text on-the-fly.
The conversions of DVI->HTML and DVI->Text produce results that range
from poor to completely unusable.
> * LinuxDoc/SGML. This is probably the best choice. It co
Whoa!
I kinda had noticed that some packages were going to HTML, but with a
new job and a pending move, I haven't been reading these lists as
closely as I probably should.
There are several VERY SERIOUS problems with making everything HTML:
* HTML cannot do very much with formatting. When a pr
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On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Christian Schwarz wrote:
> "objections" this times. If you can't live with this proposal, you'll have
> to present another formulation of a paragraph or of the whole text.
>
> [ ... ]
>
> /usr/doc//html-info/
Would not texi-html or
> "Christian" == Christian Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Christian> One questions remains: Is it possible to browse
Christian> "html.gz" files _without_ a CGI script with the usual
Christian> HTML browsers (Netscape, lynx)?
I used to be able to read gzipped html files with N
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
>> "Christian" == Christian Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>Christian> One questions remains: Is it possible to browse
>Christian> "html.gz" files _without_ a CGI script with the usual
>Christian> HTML browsers (Netscape
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