From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/39754 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Software manual template request Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:27:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <1786062481.20080331025335@gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206977379 19774 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2008 15:29:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:29:39 +0000 (UTC) To: Yatskovsky , mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Mar 31 17:30:10 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JgLxQ-00010A-Ls for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:30:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1EB1FC2F; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:29:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 31666-03-6; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:28:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3724A1FBEF; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:28:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF7421FBEF for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:28:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00017-02-6 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:28:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.93.161]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 686EC1FBCB for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:27:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: FROM adi-laptop.local (c-68-40-40-75.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [68.40.40.75]) BY tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 47F102F3.DBCCE.20211 ; 31 Mar 2008 11:27:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1786062481.20080331025335@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (DEB 882 2007-12-20) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:39754 Archived-At: On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone has a template for software manual? I have vague notion > about how it should look like, but, well, I'll know when I see it. > ;o) Most modern manuals have common design elements; I wish I had > an environment which captures the spirit. > > Needless to say, untouched LuaTex envinroment gives too much academic look. > > Can anyone kindly suggest something? Most of the manuals of GNU software are written using texinfo. The advantage is that it is easy to get HTML and info output. There is also docbook, which offers some features for documenting code. Both of them have fairly simple look, so it should be easy to create a ConTeXt module for them. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________