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[Thomas <Thomas@taj.flyer.co.uk>]

Manuel Gutierrez Algaba wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 3 Sep 2000 bill@mail.tasis.ch wrote:
> > We can coordinate so that we don't have 2 documents on the same topic.  Other
> > areas we can collaborate on is the liscencing and document structure issue.
> > Please read the current guidelines (ignoring all the DocBook stuff) and see what
> > you agree with so that our documents will have a standard layout.
> 
> You seem not to have understood my point. It's not about these
> guidelines or those. It's about making things the easiest. And
> any DTD or structured thing (LaTeX) is a burden. Any writer must
> bear that burden and face the job of creating several pages long
> doc. That's my point.
> 
> >
> > Please also keep in mind that it would be nice in the future to have a way to
> > automatically have a search engine sort through and find the relevant
> > information a user is searching for.  How does LaTex address this?
> 
> The only method that can search effectively I'm aware of is
> "Leibniz-chunks". Try to search for "python" in www.yahoo.com
> yes, even there, you'll get info from Monty _, the _ snakes and
> _ the language.
> 
> >  Maybe this
> > isn't important, but I hope to have enough docs to have it matter someday.  I
> > don't think we need to use each others methods so I won't be doing the
> > excersize.  But I would gladly discuss the other issues in the Doc Standards.
> 
> > We could even rewrite it so that it accomodates both projects.
> 
> I proposed LaTeX because I speak LaTeX. Frankly, I don't think
> many people will help if we have a complex DTD. Besides, we are
> not alone in requiring help, and the "writing-doc-guys" focus in
> other areas of the Linux world. Or we make it utterly easy or
> we're _alone_.
> 
> >
> > So I suggest we review the standard.  Work in on docs using different techniques
> > (probably not having overlapping subjects).  However, you can chunk whatever is
> > in the current documents -- just follow the liscence.
> 
> I'd chunk it, ... If I knew  my effort would be appreciated. The
> definitive proof if chunk is a good idea is when people (not you
> or me, but "anonymous" people ) starts sending them.
> 
> >  When your project
> > demonstrates itself to be an overwhelming success then we can discuss a total
> > takeover.
> 
> Which was first hen or egg?
> 
> > PS -- Doug is a good guy (well at least he gets stuff done and is generally
> > diplomatic).  I think your comments lead several of us to mistake your
> > enthusiasm for agression and ignoring the work (as trivial as it may seem) which
> > has been done to date.
> 
> I usually agrede what I know. As, I'm not fully aware of your work,
> I can't perform any agression.
> 
> >  For some of us who have been using the "Internet" since
> > the early 80's (okay it wasn't the Internet we know today), we remeber that the
> > Internet accomplished many projects and became important from cooperation and
> > working together.
Much as I appreciate the idea of SEUL, there is just not enough time in
my day at the moment to read, let alone respond to any of this
correspondance.
Hopefully, I will be able to resume at some future date.

Thomas A Johnson