[cells-devel] Use-case rough draft (take two)

[Kenny Tilton]

Nikodemus Siivola wrote:

>>a corresponding reference section (PDF again).
>>    
>>
>
>Urk. PDF really sucks as a reference document: hard to convert to
>other formats, not browsable from within Emacs, etc.
>
>Could you do HTML or plain text as well, or even better: TeX/LaTeX (or
>even Docbook) instead?
>
Adobe FrameMaker exports HTML, plain text, RTF, XML, Word... the HTML 
and RTF fail on the fancier formatting stuff, but I can simply avoid the 
fancier stuff while authoring. I'll take a look at LaTex, but I have 
heard that stuff has a learning curve. If I find a wysiwyg editor I'll 
give it a go, otherwise I better apply some triage.

Come to think of it, HTML butchered not just the fancy stuff but also 
the ascii picture of the network, as well as the layout of the code. 
Probably the tab characters. PDF does have its advantages.

btw, I am going to spend some time today boning up on FrameMaker 
indexing and TOC capabilities, then start on a reference. Between 
01-cell-basics.lisp, Bill C's blog, the old doc at 
tilton-technology.com, and the test suite in cells-test, I think the 
intro thing is well-covered. It needs to be pulled together into one 
document, but there is more added value I think at this point in a 
reference, since that simply does not exist at all right now.

kt

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