[Geany] Geany Newsletter Vol. 2

John Gabriele jmg3000 at xxxxx
Thu May 26 18:05:31 UTC 2011


On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I made a version of the newsletter using asciidoc and generated HTML,
> PDF and text.
>
> See: {snip}
>

Given that:

  * the various markup formats and their tools can all easily produce
nice-looking html, pdf, and text output
  * people have their own preferences regarding doc markup formats
  * different people at different times may produce a given newsletter
  * no one ever has to go back and edit old newsletters

I don't think it makes much sense to debate which format to use.
Whomever is producing the current newsletter should decide which
markup format and tools they want to use. [The markup-languages page]
should simply provide requirements for the output (as it already does)
and provide guidance on how to produce a newsletter using the various
tools for those writers who don't have a favorite.

[The markup-languages page]: http://wiki.geany.org/newsletter/markuplanguages

That page might also provide some default newsletter css source for
those wanting to make their output look like one or another newsletter
(though, variety is the spice of life :) ).

If someone wants to contribute to a given newsletter but is unfamiliar
with the markup format that the producer is using, they should just
send in their content in whatever format they know and the producer
should do the conversion.

---John



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