Re: Handbook

[Ray Henry <rehenry-at-up.net>]

Bill

I seem to be locked out of the dropbox at the moment but will get this to 
Steve so that he can get a current version up for us.  Look for ex502.tgz.

Thanks for the offer to help.  Is LyX a good writer for you?

Ray


On Monday 27 May 2002 11:36, you wrote:
> Ray,
>
> If you need any help, I'll do what I can. May not be much, but I'll try.
>
> Also, are you using the tkemcex (not sure if that's the name) still?
> any chance of getting a copy of that?
>
> Thanks
> Bill
>
> > List
> >
> > As you may know, Henkka, Paul, and I have been working to migrate the
>
> various
>
> > chunks of EMC related infomation into a single documents module at
> > SourceForge.  We plan to use LyX as our primary writing, editing, and
>
> storage
>
> > format.  From these master documents we will release in several formats
> > including ps, pdf, and html.  We plan to continue to use the handbook
> > site
>
> at
>
> > www.linuxcnc.org as the primary html access point.
> >
> > The current site is a mix of stuff that we plan to sort into two manuals.
> > The first will be the handbook.  It will become a users manual and will
> > include overview, install, setup, and programming for typical machines.
> >
> > A second manual will be devoted to development.  It will set out the
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> details
>
> > of becoming a developer and then will dig into the structures and source
>
> code
>
> > that make the EMC what it is.
> >
> > As we work through this task, we will be looking for help.  We will also
>
> post
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> > a lot of questions to the list but would like to keep most of the
>
> discussion
>
> > on list so that we get the widest possible range of expertise.
> >
> > You should expect to see a lot of traffic with subjects like handbook
>
> info -
>
> > "topic."  Please join in wherever you are able to contribute.
> >
> > Comments?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Ray