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Re: single .html docs are great (was: Re: docbook?)



* 'Anubhav A.' <parv@xxxxxxxx> [01-08-2005 23:05]:

> in message <20050801141400.GB29135@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> wrote Paul Walker thusly...
> >
> > multiple-file output is needed too, I think. No point in loading
> > the whole multi-megabyte thing just to look up one particular
> > command. :-)
> 
> Save a plain text copy after preprocessing through w3m or lynx &
> collpasing white space.  :)

When I browse online documentation, I prefer it to be as easily
accessible as possible, in handy chunks (of course for the reason Paul
mentioned), and *not* having to save it, process it, and keep it
up-to-date.  That is best done in a central place.

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