[TriLUG] Documentation format question

[Rick DeNatale]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:38:18 -0400, Ben Pitzer <uncleben at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> I've started using a Wiki environment for documentation purposes at my data
> center.  It's got a simplified markup language, but if you really go into
> it, it can get pretty extended.  The most important stuff is easy, however.
> 
> I use PMwiki (http://www.pmwiki.org/), however I've heard MoinMoin
> (http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/), Twiki (http://twiki.org/), and TikiWiki
> (http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php) are popular.  PHPWiki needs alot of
> work, and has a much less professional interface.
> 
> As for the PDF printable feature, well, PMwiki does have a feature, but
> requires Adobe Acrobat's 'import from web' feature.  I don't think that it
> or any other wiki have the ability to generate PDF files on their own,
> although it is OSS written in PHP, so you might be able to do it on your
> own.  PMwiki even has a page written up about the feature that you request,
> and has a list of issues that must be addressed to handle it:
> http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Development/WikiBooks

I took a quick look at the four wiki implementations you mention, and
MoinMoin claims to have a plug-in to ouput LaTex format.

After looking at all those wiki's I had to go back and visit the
original http://c2.com/cgi/wiki
Ward Cunningham used to be one of the friends who I used to see at
least once a year at OOPSLA. We had lots of very interesting, and
usually slightly inebriated, late night discussions. It's amazing how
his wiki spark has caused so many flames.