[Typo3-doc] I want help to generate *.sxw-files to *.pdf

[Kasper Skårhøj]

Hi Elmar,

In fact, my rant was against Maik and not you, sorry for replying to  
your post.

> I have got the feeling you understant the MUST as critic on the  
> decision for a
> standard documentation format. But that was no critic. It was a  
> statement. It is
> a good decison.

I suppose we agree that the document standard for now is OpenOffice  
and that is the most free choice for all - despite what the majority  
are using of word processing software.

>
> The TYPO3 project tends to give full freedom in any aspect. In  
> result the
> deployment and configuration of TYPO3 is difficult in comparism to  
> competitors.
> If standards are missing people need to read much more  
> documentation, because
> everything works a little different. That rises the costs for the  
> customers.

I agree with you. There are two reasons:
a) We have been innovative and thus couldn't use standards in many  
cases. Eg: Templating concepts like smarty and XLST didn't exist in  
standardized form when we needed them many years ago. TemplaVoila:  
Innovative principle, no standard for such a thing, etc...
b) Yes, I/we do like to invent things. Personally I find joy and  
challenge in that. In many cases that has resulted in a non-standard  
solution where a standard one could have been applied. This is one of  
my "tendencies" but not one the project as a whole should look to as  
an ideal.

So lets use more standards. But not at the expense of innovation.

>
> I think TYPO3 needs MORE STANDARDS, without giving up the freedom  
> of choice. But
> a default standard should be definded for every importent aspect.  
> Only on a base
> of defined standards the components can interact easily.

Agreed.

We must migrate to standards where we don't use them yet. Of course.

- kasper




>
> Regards
>
> Elmar
>
>
> Kasper Skårhøj schrieb:
>> What is most reasonable and freedomsupporting; Asking people to
>> download and install Open Office regardless of their OS of choice or
>> asking people to buy a commercial office suite for only mac or  
>> windows?
>>
>> - kasper
>>
>>
>> On Jan 28, 2006, at 14:27 , Elmar Hinz wrote:
>>
>> Maik Wendelken schrieb:
>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot for the wonderful statements Lady's :)
>>>>>
>>>>> But not everyone has OpenOffice!
>>>>>
>>
>> Everyone has OpenOffice today! It is freely available for everyone.
>>
>> http://www.openoffice.org/
>>
>> In the TYPO3 community it is a MUST have, indeed, to produce   
>> standard
>> Documentation.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Elmar
>>
>>
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