[Python-Dev] [Doc-SIG] that library reference, again (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Sat Jan 7 18:20:14 CET 2006

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

I haven't followed the thread, so many I'm repeating things.

Has anyone considered using e.g. MediaWiki (the wiki used for Wikipedia) for Python documentation ? I'm asking because this wiki has proven to be ideally suited for creating complex documentation tasks and offers many features which would make Python documentation a lot easier and more accessible: * people wouldn't have to learn LaTeX to commit doc-patches * it's easy to monitor and revert changes, discuss changes * there's version history available * new docs would be instantly available on the web * builtin search facility, categories and all the other nifty wiki stuff * it's one of the more popular wikis around and due to Wikipedia it's here to stay * conversion to XML and DocBook is possible, providing entry points for conversion to other formats (including LaTeX) * more following means more tools (over time) Just a thought.

anyone knows anything about support for semantic markup ?

(afaict, the current moinmoin wiki would solve 80% of the issues involved here; I'm aiming for those 80% plus 80% of the remaining 20%).

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