RE: [PHP-DOC] Livedocs Deployment to End Users (WAS: some gobblygook about theCHM)

> -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Coates [mailto:sean@caedmon.net] > Sent: 13 June 2005 17:16 > To: Gabor Hojtsy > Cc: phpdoc@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DOC] Livedocs Deployment to End Users (WAS: > some gobblygook about theCHM) > > Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > Who has no webserver on his machine nowadays? Especially if he is > > interested in PHP? Livedocs offers a lot more possibilities > also in an > > offline (ie without internet connection, with local webserver) > > setting, if used appropriately. > > You know.. I've been thinking about this. > > In order for something like this to work, we'd have to purge > most extraneous tools from the build chain. > > For example, livedocs does a /path/to/phpdoc/configure when > it ./build.sh which requires things like xsltproc > > So, now the questions: > 1) is there a way to configure the docs (and "build" > livedocs) without installing a bunch of libraries (especially > on cygwin).. I'm thinking that a pure PHP solution is the the > only reasonable expectation. > 2) if not, does anyone care to work on something that would > allow this OPTIONALLY? (Obviously, PHP scripts are going to > be slower than the native C (e.g. xsltproc), most of the time.) Is there any reason why the docbook sources aren't distributed ? Seems that would remove some dependancies, and allow other viewers to pull the book(s) direct. Jared