"techdocs" idea

[Derek Atkins]

Ah..  I see.  I misunderstood.

Well, there is always CVSWeb ;)

-derek

plussier at mindspring.com writes:

> In a message dated: 16 Jun 2003 15:48:13 EDT
> Derek Atkins said:
> 
> >It's not a question of "at the website" -- it's a question of "in the
> >source tree".  As I'm working (offline!) I want access to the necessary
> >developer docs at my fingertips.
> 
> I understand that, and that's exactly my point.  If people want to 
> access these docs via the web site, just create links to the ascii 
> docs in the source tree.  Maintain them there, *as ascii*.  People 
> who just want to look at them on the web, without checking out the 
> entire CVS tree can.  Those who check out the CVS tree have them in 
> ascii.
> 
> >I dont think we need to put "books.txt" or "on periods" onto the web.
> >I dont think we need "README.cvs" on the web, either.  Arguably
> >the README file might be useful on the web, but I see no reason it
> >needs to be pretty-ified into HTML.
> 
> I'm not advocating prettying them into HTML, I'm suggesting creating 
> a link directly to the ascii doc itself.  No HTML anywhere.
> 
> When the CVS base gets updated, so should this, since these are 
> nothing more than links into the CVS tree.
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> Seeya,
> Paul
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