Tools for the HTML manuals

Dave Peticolas peticola@krondo.com
Thu, 03 Aug 2000 22:54:29 -0700


Robert Graham Merkel writes:
> Niklaus Giger writes:
>  > Hello,
>  > 
>  > I am starting the translation of the GnuCash HTML-manuals into german.
>  > 
>  > Do I just have to copy the doc/html/c/*.html files into a new doc/html/de 
>  > directory?
>  > 
>  > Or do you use any tools (docbook, SGML, XML)?
>  > 
> No, not at the moment - it's just raw HTML.
> 
> However, now is a *very* good time to raise this issue - we probably
> should move to something that produces a printed manual properly, and
> I suspect docbook might be an appropriate choice.
> 
> Guys, what do you think?

I think it's a fine idea, let's do it. Since docbook is used by
most other gnome programs, people compiling gnome programs should
have those tools already.

dave