[Scummvm-devel] I would like to volunteer to work on writing the manual

James 'Ender' Brown ender at scummvm.org
Sun Dec 18 03:26:52 CET 2005


> Also: I think it would be possible to write the docs in another  
> format initially (e.g. HTML, OpenOffice, RTF, LaTeX). I would always  
> be able to convert them to DocBook later. Please note that I am not  
> *eager* to convert a manual to DocBook, but it's far easier for me to  
> do than to write the docs from scratch :-). And we could even decide  
> to drop DocBook altogether in favor of something different (provided  
> there is a good alternative); I am not married to that format :-)

I also have been more in favor of something other than docbook.
Personally I'd like a HTML manual, which could easily be converted to
various formats. OpenOffice is not very optimal for format conversion,
nor really is RTF... although it can be made acceptable, it's just a
longer process :)

Cheers,
	Ender

> 
> Cheers,
> Max
> 
> 
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