Advice on folder structure

[Lea Rush]

Hi Steve,

For shared text, I had planned to place the shared-text *.fm in each
PackageN.book, referring to the *.fm in each SUBPACKAGE folder. Would you
mind explaining the benefits of using text insets instead?

Thank you,
Lea


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Johnson [mailto:chinaski69 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:15 AM
> To: Lea Rush
> Cc: Frame Users
> Subject: Re: Advice on folder structure
> 
> The folder structure should be taken into consideration only WRT
> source control. In other words, when you branch from version 2.0 to
> version 3.0, you want all like files to move together so things like
> cross-references, figure references, and text insets move together in
> the same relative hierarchy.
> 
> For shared text, you want to use text insets properly. If you have
> boilerplate text (e.g., copyrights) that are used by multiple books,
> you might consider placing those outside your proposed directory
> structure.
> 
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Lea Rush <lea at astoria-pacific.com>
wrote:
> > Hello to the fonts of All Wisdom Framemaker,
> >
> > ;)
> >
> > Seriously, I’d like some advice. My company has three different software
> > packages, and the three share two common sub-packages. Up to this point,
the
> > common bits were part of the Details chapter of each individual manual.
I’d
> > like to break out the common bits into their own individual manuals.
Here’s
> > what I see as the eventual folder and file structure. Any advice
welcomed in
> > advance.
> >
> > MANUALS
> >
> > PACKAGEFOLDER1 – unique *.fm files and images for Package1
> >
> > PACKAGEFOLDER2 – same for Package2
> >
> > PACKAGEFOLDER3 – same for Package3
> >
> > SUB-PACKAGE1 – *.fm files for Sub-package1 with conditional text to fit
each
> > major package
> >
> > SUB-PACKAGE2 – samesame
> >
> > PackageBook1 – actual book file for package one
> >
> > PackageBook2 – etc.
> >
> > PackageBook3 – etc.
> >
> > My perceived benefit is that all the files in a given book are at the
same
> > folder level, and I think I remember the consensus on this list being
that
> > that is a good thing. Thoughts? Advice? Completely different paradigm
which
> > is eluding me?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Lea
> --
> ============
> Steve Johnson, dr_gonzo at pobox.com

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Lea Rush 
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