[1497] in Coldmud discussion meeting
Re: Reference Manual updates
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mon Nov 29 09:29:10 1999
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From: "Ian Klimon, Esq." <ian@aephirsden.com>
To: <coldstuff@cold.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:19:05 -0500
Reply-To: coldstuff@cold.org
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Well, it suited my purposes and the platform that I use (which is why I =
set about doing it), however, I'm more than willing to port the work =
into whatever format suits the furtherance of ColdC best. :-)
ian
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Miroslav Silovic=20
To: coldstuff@cold.org=20
Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: Reference Manual updates
"Ian Klimon, Esq." <ian@aephirsden.com> writes:
> I've found Word to be quite useful for indexing and table of
> contents. I wanted it in a format that I could read offline that
> clearly delineated the sections, etc, Word seemed to be the
> appropriate way to achieve this.
It is -a- way to achive this, but being tied to a single OS, very hard
to convert to anything else (without major losses in markup) - in
particular very hard to convert to CML - it's definitely not the
appropriate way. Docbook (SGML), LaTeX or even texinfo are all
superior by the criteria above (both allow sections, can be printed
and read offline, allow indexing and TOC... and are bloody portable).
--=20
How to eff the ineffable?
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Well, it suited my purposes and the platform that I =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>ian</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 29, 1999 =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Reference Manual=20
updates</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>"Ian Klimon, Esq." <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:ian@aephirsden.com">ian@aephirsden.com</A>>=20
writes:<BR><BR>> I've found Word to be quite useful for indexing =
and table=20
of<BR>> contents. I wanted it in a format that I could read =
offline=20
that<BR>> clearly delineated the sections, etc, Word seemed to be=20
the<BR>> appropriate way to achieve this.<BR><BR>It is -a- way to =
achive=20
this, but being tied to a single OS, very hard<BR>to convert to =
anything else=20
(without major losses in markup) - in<BR>particular very hard to =
convert to=20
CML - it's definitely not the<BR>appropriate way. Docbook (SGML), =
LaTeX or=20
even texinfo are all<BR>superior by the criteria above (both allow =
sections,=20
can be printed<BR>and read offline, allow indexing and TOC... and are =
bloody=20
portable).<BR><BR>-- <BR>How to eff the=20
ineffable?<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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