[FM Discuss] using Flossmanuals (was: request to start new manual for Mifos)

[Adam Monsen]

> 1. links do not render well in print
> 2. if a chapter is renamed or deleted you might make the link outdated
> 3. if the manual is translated, links have to be "translated" too so that
> they point to the correct language

Good points.

It would still be very useful for us to have cross-referencing. LaTeX,
MS Word, and other systems provide a means for cross-referencing
(including a way to print them), and the feature is quite useful in
documentation.

Can we request this as an enhancement? Part of the enhancement request
would be that the link would change with the link target. The Mifos
manual is likely to get very large.

> When you want to publish a draft, send an email to the list and someone with
> publish privileges will publish it. Typically this doesn't take long. We can
> talk more about adding privileges to a maintainer person if you think that's
> the right model for your group - see
> http://en.flossmanuals.net/FLOSSManuals/Maintainers.

Yes, we would like this. Would you mind making AnitaAnderson and
AdamMonsen maintainers for the Mifos manual?

> This may be a bug. Perhaps switch to source view and see if it still
> happens?

Could have been. We weren't able to reproduce it just now.

> Hm. As far as I know, you'd have to use the source view and use font size
> markup, which is probably not a good idea since I'm not sure how it would
> look in the resulting HTML and PDF, so your hand markup might get clobbered
> anyway upon output. Is it too small or too big? Maybe someone else on the
> list would have ideas for you.

6. Is there a way to build a true index, cross-referencing locations
in the text to specific words and phrases, like what you'd generally
see at the end of a textbook? (and like what appears in the most
awesome book "Conversation and Community: The Social Web for
Documentation")?

7. Is there a more convenient interface for the upload manager? Like,
a bulk upload, or a WebDAV frontend?

Thank you!!
-Adam