Documentation markup experience

[Daniel Holbach]

On 07.06.2010 16:36, Jim Campbell wrote:
> I agree with much of what Milo has written, and just wanted to add a few
> things.  With regards to writing in Mallard, there is a GSoC student
> working on an online Mallard editor this summer.  This could simplify
> the Mallard authoring process even further, but we'll have to see how
> things turn out on that project.
> 
> As for PDF output, Milo mentioned that there is no PDF option for
> Mallard at the present time, but even if there were . . . FOP only
> provides for relatively basic PDF formatting.   This affects DocBook PDF
> output, too.  LaTeX provides for excellent PDF output, but it suffers
> with regards to ease of translation.  AFAIK, there are no automated
> tools in place to process LaTeX docs, as they are not XML-based.
> 
> Mallard docs can reasonably be put into a format resembling a book.  You
> can see an initial draft example of this at the Gitorious page for the
> Snake Wrangling for Kids book.  http://gitorious.org/swfk

Thanks a lot for all these comments. If there's any more comments, let
me know.

Have a great day,
 Daniel