On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 04:34:20PM +0100, Mario Domgörgen wrote:
> Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16_at_yahoo.com> writes:
>
> >> > Please read the messages and attachments in this thread to see why
> >> this
> >> > idea is not considered good:
> >> > http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/archive/0301/msg00181.html
> >>
> >> I read the thread but couldn't get the attachment ...
> >>
> >> The thread seems to die on some point?! Was there a decision?
> >
> > Yes, reading it often helps. I am going to stick by the manpage
> > idea...manpages are much easier than info pages. Their navigation sucks
> > even with the use of: 'pinfo'.
> >
> > No, I prefer manpages for all the reasons stated thus far. It won't be
> > changing and as Mikhael points out, is counter productive.
>
> Huh? I can't find anything in my former mails about switching to info
> format. And if you read it in it, I'm sorry ... i just wanted to
> convert the man page to the info page to ease *my* pain in reading it
> ... i never wanted you to throw man away...
It's because of this sentence:
> The decision between texinfo and docbook is rather contructed as
> both can be easily converted forth and back.
In any case, if we ever switch the documentation source format,
the man page will still be the most important output format. If,
with a certain source format, we can't easily have a man page of
at least the quality it is now, that source format is
inacceptable. Other than that the decision should be made by ease
or use, maintainability and how it supports other output formats.
It's probably wise not to require installing a documentation
package that is hard to set up.
Ciao
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Tue Jan 20 2004 - 09:46:43 GMT