I agree something else would be better. ePub might be acceptable to me although I might prefer something like ReStructureText (RST) or another of the plain text markup languages which could be converted to many outputs. However my preference might be influenced by my Python background, at least still with XML there are plenty of editors which can simplify the task should one want to work that way.
Michael Whapples On 17/06/2014 20:24, John J. Boyer wrote:
I have never been keen on texinfo, but some people on this list really like it. I would rather see the documentation in an xml flavor, such as epub. One thing people could do is submit documentation for particular features as text files in attachments to messages to this list. John On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 06:15:45PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:As John has commented, it appears that nobody is updating the documentation in liblouisutdml. There are whole features undocumented (eg. the macros feature, assigning a style without a semantic action, etc). Also there are probably things which need better explanations. So we need to ask the question why is the documentation not being updated and what can be done to improve the situation? Speaking for myself, the use of texinfo is a roadblock for me to update it, and also at the moment there are too many unknowns in the workings of liblouisutdml for me sometimes to clarify things which are not clear in the documentation (looking at the source code sometimes does not even help, it possibly confuses it even more and one cannot be sure whether the actual working of the code is the intended behaviour when the code is the only reference). What is the case for others involved in liblouisutdml (either simply using it or may be developing it) as to why they do not update the documentation? Do we have a simple lack of people? Michael Whapples For a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
For a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com