Re: HOWTO vs mini-HOWTO [was: Linux Doc Infrastructure]

["Nelson_Ingersoll" <ningersoll mail codenet net>]

Morten, 

    I agree that the now artificial segregation of HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs should be abolished.  I also like your suggestions about the indexing/grouping of the HOWTOs.  

- Nelson Ingersoll
  
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Morten Kjeldgaard <mok@imsb.au.dk>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:15:13 +0100 (CET)

>On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote:
> 
>> A new way of grouping the documentation should be implemented, to make it
>> faster and easier to locate the document you need. I very much support
>> Kim's ideas:
>> 
>> > The hierarchy should be able to be cross refrernced in at least 3 ways
>> > (and also via
>> > a word search):
>> >         By title
>> >         By problem/concept/
>> >        By program|module|group name
>
>Technically, the grouping and other information of each document could
>easily be encoded in an SGML comment near the beginning of the file for
>example:
>
>  <!-- Group: software/configuration --> 
>  <!-- Keywords: sendmail:mail:e-mail:Internet Connectivity: --> 
>
>These instructions could be used by a script to build the documentation
>hierachy in whatever way desired. It should be the responsibility of the
>LDP to coordinate with the authors the assignment of group, keywords etc.
>
>/Morten
>
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