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4 May 2024 11:12:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: PDF Docs - When???  
From: Steve Martin
Date: 3 Feb 2003 07:13:31
Message: <3e3e5ceb@news.povray.org>
Thorsten Froehlich wrote:

> The documentation that comes with POV-Ray as HTML is not the native format.
> nevertheless, the native format is a special subset of HTML with a few
> specific extensions that are then turned into HTML (I am not either going to
> discuss nor justify this process in detail).  But this is not the reason why
> the documentation isn't available in other formats yet.

<snip>

> 
> And in order to make it possible to get this done easily in a repeated
> process as the documentation is updated, tools have to be configured,
> written or modified to automate this process.  Doing this together with
> POV-Ray 3.51 (which will include bugfixed docs as well) takes a lot of time.
> 
> And real-life is rather important these days; making a living in the current
> economic climate simply has a much higher priority...

I too am chomping at the bit for a printable copy of the docs; however,
I realize all too well that this is a labor of love for you guys, and
how much real life intrudes on such side projects; I'd just like to
say "keep up the good work".

-- 
Steve Martin, CPBE CBNT


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