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Subject:Documentation and databases From:Carla Lotito <lotitoc -at- BERCLAIN -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 Feb 1996 16:58:49 -0500
Hello all!
I was following the thread on the moving target and read some comments about
having a database to create the documentation.
Database users, please enlighten some of us on:
* what programs you are using
* what you are putting in the database (procedures, definitions,
everything that goes in a manual?
* how you manage your screen captures with the database. Is there a
commercial program out there that manages all of this? (or do you all
have custom programs?)
* how do you compile the documentation from the database afterward (you
have text only and then import into Frame, etc?)
It seems to be a very interesting way of compiling manuals (at least it's a
good start) You could pick and choose chunks of text (SGML-like it seems)
and then create a whole.
