[drupal-docs] Handbook v2

[Dries Buytaert]

On 20 Mar 2005, at 19:17, Boris Mann wrote:
> It would have been nice if this had been brought up earlier ;)
>
> Basically, we've been working under the assumption that we work with 
> the tools we have. I also happen to think that some of the items 
> provide a barrier to doc editing that I'm not sure outweighs the 
> benefits.
>
> In any case, here are the steps we'll need to take this:
>
> 1. export to text/intermediate format (done once for all doc sources)
> 2. import to LaTeX / Docbook (done once)
> 3. write up how to set up a desktop doc editing environment, from 
> tools for editing, to CVS clients, on multiple platforms
> 3a. pray that we have enough people that can figure out the previous 
> step and have time to maintain (sorry, couldn't resist)
> 4. have process to generate online (HTML and/or book.module) and 
> offline (PDF, etc.) docs from CVS
>
> #3 is something we can all work on. I did a *very* quick search and 
> couldn't find any free desktop DocBook editing tools for OS X. Please 
> post to list with suggestions.

LaTeX is easier.
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