2013/11/19 Pete Travis <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 11/18/2013 04:53 PM, Eric H. Christensen wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 01:39:34PM -0800, Leslie S Satenstein wrote: >> > I would consider LibreOffice. We could have a master document and >> pre-assign the chapters. With markup and ability to work offline while >> commuting, it or a similar product would be beneficial for smaller >> docs or even for collaboration. >> >> With the exception of your suggestion of LibreOffice the rest is >> exactly what we do right now. I see the biggest problem is creating >> source. Most(?) contributors would either use vi(m) or emacs (or >> similar) to create the source. There are other options as well, >> however. gedit would be one of those programs that would work quite >> well as a GUI text editor. LibreOffice Writer seems a bit heavy for >> writing source, though. >> >> I just did a quick check and it appears that LibreOffice Writer *can* >> save in the DocBookXML format although it's rendering is lacking. I'm >> not sure it can truly support DocBookXML. Pasting source into Writer >> and then saved as DocBookXML came out badly. Working with something >> that isn't trying to do so much for you is better for writing code. >> >> -- Eric >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Eric "Sparks" Christensen >> Fedora Project >> >> sparks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - sparks@xxxxxxxxxx >> 097C 82C3 52DF C64A 50C2 E3A3 8076 ABDE 024B B3D1 >> -------------------------------------------------- > > Of course, that doesn't mean that we can't accept content that isn't > marked up in a given file format. If someone wants to take the time to > write an article, but they're only willing to email it to the list in > .odf, fine. I might be willing to convert it to docbook and fit it into > a guide for a new contributor, while they learn the ropes - within > reason. Converting things repeatedly back and forth between any two > formats is going to degrade the work, and eat up a lot of time. This > would be something for a mentor and protege to work out between them, at > the mentor's discretion. +1 That would though that the protégé is indeed _willing_ to learn how to write DocBook content. -- docs mailing list docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/docs
