On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:18:56 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

>> A partly agree, but there is nothing to document yet on POV4, mainly
>> because it does not exist yet. A newsgroup is better to discuss things,
>> but it also means that all comments are scattered around in the
>> discussion tree. I'd like a place where we can collect all opinions and
>> possibly the consensus reached, if any. That would mean that there will
>> be several pages each discussing a specific topic that everybody can
>> alter, but with the 'restriction' that nobody alters somebody else's
>> comments. And where everybody preferably not even reacts to the other
>> comments, but plainly states their own point of view.
> 
> Exactly, I agree. The discussion is better on a newsgroup/forum/thing,
> and the ideas getting summarized in a wiki (minus flamewars :P).

Agreed. :-)

Jim

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> What is the "source files" of POV-Ray documentation? Docbook? A few 
> months ago I helped migrate all of BOINC documentation into a wiki, with 
> originals being messy HTML. While a few people were migrating pages 
> manually, I was writing a script, then I got all of it done in a few 
> days. So maybe I can help...

It's a custom syntax ... Jim Henderson has a copy of them so he can comment
if he has had time to look into it. I'm optimistic that an import can be
done, however less optimistic that the full metadata (e.g. index entries,
special cross-references and so forth) can be preserved sufficiently to
allow re-export.

If you want to have a go at it please co-ordinate with myself or Jim to
avoid duplication of effort;]

-- Chris

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