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Conference vaxuum::online_bookbuilding

Title:Online Bookbuilding
Notice:This conference is write-locked: see note 1.3.
Moderator:VAXUUM::UTT
Created:Fri Aug 12 1988
Last Modified:Mon Jul 15 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:440
Total number of notes:2134

237.0. "Pointers to OLD Documents" by VAXUUM::UTT () Thu Dec 07 1989 10:22

  
  o Creating Online Documentation for the DECwindows Bookreader:

    AITG::DEEX1$:[WARNER.PUBLIC]CREATING_OLD.PS


  o Guidelines for Writing and Editing Online Documentation:
 
    4TRACK::DOC$GUIDELINES:ONLINE_WRITE_GUIDE.PS


  o Guide to Producing Online Documentation:

    BULOVA::DOCD$:[ONLINE]PRODUCING_ONLINE_BOOKS.PS

    CLOSET::KITS_:[DOCUMENT.V12.BOOKS]GD_PRODUCING_ONLINE.PS 


  o Coding Documentation Source Files for the DECwindows Bookreader:
  
    CLOSET::KITS_:[DOCUMENT.V12.BOOKS]WRITER_GUIDELINES.PS


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237.1Why 4 different documents?CRAYON::GENTThere is no poetry without madness -- DemocritusFri Dec 08 1989 08:317
    This might seem like a stupid question (or blatantly obvious),
    but could someone please explain the difference between these books?
    Why do we need 4 different sets of guidelines?
    
    Thank you,
    
    --Andrew
237.2why 4?DECWET::HUNTLiz HuntThu Feb 01 1990 19:576
.1>    This might seem like a stupid question (or blatantly obvious),
.1>    but could someone please explain the difference between these books?
.1>    Why do we need 4 different sets of guidelines?
    
    Anyone care to answer this one?  Is is just because the documents began
    as independent efforts?
237.3CREATING_OLD location moved...AISG::WARNERIt's only work if they make you do itMon Jun 18 1990 15:1426
	The location of CREATING_OLD has moved.

	The new location is:

		AISG::USER$W:[WARNER.PUBLIC]CREATING_OLD.PS
		AISG::USER$W:[WARNER.PUBLIC]CREATING_OLD.DECW$BOOK*

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RE: .2

	Yes, these documents came about independently. There wasn't much
available for some time, so different groups came up with their own things.
Anything written about the Bookreader is likely to be out of date pretty
quickly; my document doesn't include anything about LMF tags, for instance.
If I decided to update the document and include LMF tags, the LMF tags
themselves could go away...you see how it is...

The most up-to-date guide is included in the Writer's Toolkit Internal Notes.

My document (CREATING_OLD) deals with the process for someone who is doing all
the work alone. This is not the procedure recommended for books that
use production services. It might be useful for someone who is putting an
internal document online, or someone who just wants to understand the whole
process better.
237.4Document on online error messagesVIA::EPPESI'm not making this up, you knowMon Jun 18 1990 15:4710
I've put together a small document listing DOCUMENT error messages you might see
during an online bookbuild, and what you might try to get rid of them.  This
document is at:

	BOOKIE::USER2:[EPPES.PUBLIC]ONLINE_BUILD_MESSAGES.PS
			 "	    ONLINE_BUILD_MESSAGES.DECW$BOOK*

I hope you find this helpful.

							-- Nina
237.5File location updateHUMOR::EPPESI'm not making this up, you knowWed Apr 24 1991 16:488
I've moved to a new system, so the files I mentioned in .4 are now available in:

	PROSE::WRKD$:[EPPES.PUBLIC]ONLINE_BUILD_MESSAGES.PS
			 "	   ONLINE_BUILD_MESSAGES.DECW$BOOK*

They're probably a bit out-of-date, though...

							-- Nina