[Lazarus] FPDoc tracker

[Marc Santhoff]

Am Freitag, den 15.07.2011, 15:53 +0100 schrieb Hans-Peter Diettrich:
> I'm about to write kind of a content management system for the Lazarus 
> and FPC docs (FPDoc xml format). This system shall allow to track 
> changes to the source documentation, so that updates can be applied e.g. 
> to the FPDocs in other languages. I need such a CMS for updating my 
> personal documentation, that is widely different from the "official" 
> documentation. Another use may be the import of the Delphi 
> documentation, that in D7 was near perfect. [as far as legal]
> 
> The idea behind this CMS is:
> 
> The CMS is based on LazDE (see lazarus/doceditor), with some adds to 
> allow for remote control of the editor form(s).
> 
> Multiple versions of the docs are kept in separate directories, referred 
> to as *primary* (SVN, English) and *secondary* versions. On start of the 
> new project two instances of the LazDE editor form are shown, which 
> allow to show corresponding files (by unit name) from two directories.
> 
> Another CMS form contains two file lists, which can be populated by 
> selecting XML document directories (e.g. lazarus/docs/xml/), which then 
> are scanned for all files, including subdirectories. A dblclick on an 
> file opens both versions, from the two file lists, in the LazDE editor 
> forms.

Nice idea, but before starting work remember that some things are
already invented.

One example:
http://www.hl7.org.au/docs/Australian%20Patent%202001100012.pdf

That said, a standard to have a longer look at would be:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Information_Typing_Architecture

(assuming you are speaking german, english found there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Information_Typing_Architecture
)

HTH, SCNR and best regards,
Marc

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Marc Santhoff <M.Santhoff at web.de>