Datatal AB - Gauffin, Jonas wrote:

> I ment online browsable html file. I do not think that a couple PDF's
> can replace a well written html documentation.
> An excellent example are mysqls documentation:
> http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/index.html
>

Hmm. That is exactly the kind of documentation packaging that I hate.
HTML doesn't cut it for me on that scale.

In any case you haven't seen the IBPhoenix docs for Firebird. To say:

'I do not think that a couple PDF's can replace a well written html
documentation.'

is wide of the mark. Obviously I am biased but in fact I had no part in
the creation of the docs, apart from some proof-reading. They are well
written, comprehensive and well-indexed. If there were awards for good
PDF documentation I think they would deserve a prize.

I know that they are not as easily available as they might be, but we do
have plans to make them more available in the near future at a cheaper
cost.

>>In the future there will also be Firebird docs to replace the Borland
>>ones; these will be available in PDF, HTML and maybe other formats.
>>But the process of creating these has just (re)started, so don't hold
>>your breath :-)
>>
>
>
> Make a subproject to firebird on sf.net for the documentation. I'll join
> it =)
>

It is already a sub-project and has been since shortly after the
Firebird project started. Unfortunately it has been rather quiet since
not long after that.


Paul
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Paul Reeves
http://www.ibphoenix.com
Supporting users of Firebird and InterBase