#730240 doc-base: request for epub format support

#730240#5
Date:
2013-11-23 05:23:36 UTC
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Hi,

It would be nice if doc-base could support the epub format
for doc-base documents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB

The similar bug for the OpenDocument Text format is found at:
http://bugs.debian.org/477306 (from A.D. 2008)
but there have been no action over 5 years.

Debian doc-base Manual section 2.3.2.2 (Format sections) needs update
too.

Addressing fundamental program design issues such as listing translation
documents  together to make it easy to see and providing localized
explanation texts are difficult but adding support for newer popular
format entries should not be too hard.  It's about time we take care
these.

I also think useless entry for SGML should be marked deprecated.

Regards,

Osamu

#730240#10
Date:
2013-11-23 20:20:54 UTC
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I will be glad to explore adding this.  It would be nice to be able to read
these documents on a reader device.

From what I recall from previous discussions, there are a series of tools
that generate the documentation in the various formats.  Would I be correct
in assuming that to address this, we would simply need to add this format
to the tools, causing them to generate these new types of files?

Robert

#730240#15
Date:
2013-11-23 20:20:54 UTC
From:
To:
I will be glad to explore adding this.  It would be nice to be able to read
these documents on a reader device.

From what I recall from previous discussions, there are a series of tools
that generate the documentation in the various formats.  Would I be correct
in assuming that to address this, we would simply need to add this format
to the tools, causing them to generate these new types of files?

Robert