From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 780CF7E for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 08:33:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.21]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A04577D for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 08:33:44 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <9B190076-263A-4C51-AFA4-A1D7FD403BC3@holtmann.org> References: <20150801164142.653012af@lwn.net> <1438672367.9418.3.camel@ellerman.id.au> <9B190076-263A-4C51-AFA4-A1D7FD403BC3@holtmann.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Peter Huewe Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 10:33:02 +0200 To: Marcel Holtmann , Michael Ellerman Message-ID: Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Documentation List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi Am 4=2E August 2015 09:42:55 MESZ, schrieb Marcel Holtmann : >Hi Michael, > >>> Markdown in one of its many forms might be a good alternative here=2E= =20 >I'm >>> also somewhat attracted by Sphinx, which is designed for documenting >code >>> already and could probably be made to work well with our existing >kerneldoc >>> comments without a whole lot of trouble=2E The Sphinx idea, though, >is >>> hobbled by the inconvenient fact that I've not had the time to >develop it >>> far enough to even have a vague idea of whether it would make >real-world >>> sense=2E >>=20 >> I'd vote for Markdown=2E It's very unobtrusive, reads nicely as plain >text, and >> all the young kids know it from writing Github README=2Emd files=2E > >actually AsciiDoc might be something to look into as well=2E > I'm also in for AsciiDoc, as it also allows easy generation of Pdfs and ht= ml files, with chapters and all that fancy stuff=2E (Probably the reason why docbook was chosen back then, compared to the pla= intext files) Peter --=20 Sent from my mobile