AW: [xwiki-users] .xar file for UserGuide available?

[Vincent Massol]

On Jun 8, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Klapf Hanspeter wrote:

> Well, I don't know... Of course, having dead links in the help  
> isn't nice, but would this behavior be different in pdf? An xar  
> would give anyone the possibility to extend the existing content,  
> but I don't know if anyone would do this.

I'd rather people contribute to xwiki.org. It's open for anyone to help.

> Because of its own space, I wouldn't mind "messing up" my  
> installation - a later removal would be possible too.
>
> I can work with either options. Choose the one you think more  
> people would use or the one which is less work.

Ok thanks. Will do some experimentations as I haven't tried the multi  
page PDF export yet.

-Vincent

>
> Thanks,
>   Hanspeter
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Vincent Massol [mailto:vincent at massol.net]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 08. Juni 2007 09:35
> An: xwiki-users at objectweb.org
> Betreff: Re: [xwiki-users] .xar file for UserGuide available?
>
>
> On Jun 8, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Klapf Hanspeter wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your fast reply!!
>>
>> I think a pdf-version would be better for print, while working on my
>> instance I'd prefer an xar.
>
> I'd like to better understand this.
>
> IMO a XAR is less usable because:
> 1) it requires you to install it in your wiki and you usually don't  
> want to have a xwiki user guide in your own wiki as your wiki is  
> not about xwiki (usually :))
> 2) it's harder because you need to navigate/open other windows  
> because you'll be working on one page while you'll need to check  
> the user guide at the same time
> 3) Beware that the user guide has external links to other parts of  
> xwiki.org which will lead to non-existing page when we export it  
> (like links to the Code Zone for example).
>
> OTOH, having a XAR is nice if you want to provide a user guide on,  
> your own wiki for your users. Only issue is that it'll be a generic  
> user guide and not a user guide adapted to your own usage of XWiki.
>
> WDYT?
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
>> The CodeZone-Application for download gave me this idea.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>   Hanspeter
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: Vincent Massol [mailto:vincent at massol.net]
>> Gesendet: Freitag, 08. Juni 2007 08:04
>> An: xwiki-users at objectweb.org
>> Betreff: Re: [xwiki-users] .xar file for UserGuide available?
>>
>> Hi Hanspeter,
>>
>> On Jun 8, 2007, at 7:52 AM, hanspeter.klapf at mag.linz.at wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> for some Environments (e.g. my Notebook) an local installation of  
>>> the
>>> UserGuide-Space on xwiki.org would be helpful. Is a .xar file
>>> available to import the documents in my own xwiki-instance?
>>
>> Yes that's a good idea and easy enough to do. However don't you think
>> a PDF version would be even better? (You won't have to import it in
>> your wiki and mess it up).
>>
>> We have added support for exporting several pages of a xwiki site to
>> PDF in XWiki 1.1M1 (but no UI yet) so I guess we could try this on
>> xwiki.org and see how it works.
>>
>> WDYT?
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Vincent