Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 21:40:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Linuxdoc Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960604212648.26610G-100000@ginger.eng.umd.edu>
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I sent this to John Fieber, then I realized I should have let the list in on it. I was noting that the idea of making an intermediate language like linuxdoc is a good one, the only bad part (for me) is the specific choice of linuxdoc. The reasons that I can't use it are (1) I've never been able to undersatnd sgml all that well, and (2) linuxdoc seems to be undocumented. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be all that hard for me to do up a macro package using groff to do all the stuff we've used linuxdoc for. I think it might be doable in TeX eve better (tho I don't persoanlly understand TeX as well as I do troff code). I think TeX would be a good choice because it has a wider user base than groff, and is somewhat more modern. I think the TeX/LaTeX distribution in /usr/ports/print/teTeX is a great starting point, if largeish. I think groff would be a better choice because I already know it and I'm lazy. It could produce the ascii version pretty directly, and just use the groff tool we already have. I'd be happy to accept linuxdoc, if it were just well-documented, like groff and TeX. I can buy books on either TeX or groff. The sheer generality of sgml has always defeated me. When I get confused by something in groff, I break it up into pieces that at least have definitions. The pieces of sgml basically don't have any base, concrete definitions. Are there any other possibilities for discussion? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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