Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 23:26:03 +0700 From: "Rashid N. Achilov" <shelton@sentry.granch.ru> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Docs in SGML Message-ID: <01061623260305.21543@sentry.granch.com> In-Reply-To: <3B2B83DE.1C2E3370@iowna.com> References: <01061622231103.21543@sentry.granch.com> <3B2B83DE.1C2E3370@iowna.com>
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On Saturday 16 June 2001 23:05, Bill Moran wrote: > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/docproj-primer/index.html > > Out of curiosity, what would you recommend instead of SGML? > I think the doc primer explains that SGML is used because it's so easily > translated into different languages (i.e. a man page written in SGML can > automagically be translated to HTML, XML, man, ASCII, etc) > Some background: Ten (10) years ago in USSR were only DOS boxes (Imagine, NO Windoze :-)) ). And, of course, no programs with Russian interface. :-)That time I already was a Programmer :-) Since that I'm got so accustomed to English interface, that and now for me "1 Помощь 2 Меню 3 Смотр" (here was used russian letters) looks like strange and enormous rather "1 Help 2 Menu 3 View". Thats way I find all this noise about "localization" useless for me. Yes, I write letters for my colleagues in Russian and need locale support to be able to read their answers :-) But that and now I prefer English-interfaced programs, docs, etc...For me and English docs suited best, instead of installing some tools, make some docs...and read English docs :-))) Well, probably SGML is a future-language. But why would have been remained text files, and make SGML in additon instead make in replacing? -- With Best Regards. Rashid N. Achilov (RNA1-RIPE), Web: http://granch.ru/~shelton Granch Ltd. system administrator, e-mail: achilov@granch.ru PGP: 83 CD E2 A7 37 4A D5 81 D6 D6 52 BF C9 2F 85 AF 97 BE CB 0A To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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