Re: Style questions for RDP

[Dave Mason <dcm redhat com>]

> We already use tables for all the function parameters, so I don't think it
> will make our problem much worse if we use them for structs and enums as well.
> 
> Postscript can certainly handle tables. It's just the conversion tools that
> are having trouble. I'm not sure if they have improved much since I last
> tried.
> 
> (If the free tools prove inadequate, one possibility is to find someone who
> has
> commercial SGML tools to do the conversion. I'm sure there are some around
> which
> could handle it. By the way, O'Reilly's 'Programming Perl' book used DocBook -
> it
> was converted to Postscript via groff.)


I agree we shouldn't stop using tables that are already used and I am not 
against them all together, I'm just wary of using them for exactly the reasons 
you stated.

I was thinking about using groff the other day ... maybe I'll give it 
a test run if I get some time. I'll let everyone know how it looks.

Dave
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          David Mason
        Red Hat AD Labs

        dcm@redhat.com