From: Mohit Sindhwani <mo_mail@...>
Date: 2010-06-04T13:17:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Documenting Ruby 1.9: Ebook or Wiki?

On 4/6/2010 11:55 AM, Run Paint Run Run wrote:
>> I'd say wiki - if it's in Markdown or Textile, it could be easy enough to
>> wget everything and make it an acceptable PDF/ e-book style file every now
>> and then?
>>      
> Not really. They're quite distinct styles. An offline wiki is trivial,
> certainly, but it won't have the structure and coherency of a book.
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Of course, you're the project owner :P so you know best...
But, I'm of the opinion that even in a wiki, we could have a table of 
contents that would map roughly to chapters and sections so that the 
coherency is maintained.  Someone would need to help to keep the 
contents categorized into a hierarchy (something that books demand and 
wikis ignore) such that it is coherent.

I guess I'm really pushing for an "editable" e-book... that said, since 
the source is in git and Markdown (I wish it could be TexTile), changes 
can be made at source though the barrier is slightly higher..

Cheers,
Mohit.
4/6/2010 | 12:16 PM.