Re: Automating generation of static documents on github

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org> wrote:
> On 26/03/2015 17:23 , Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 3:01 AM, Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org> wrote:
>>> I'm not sure what you mean here Tab :) The index page there is neither
>>> ReSpec nor Bikeshed, it's custom-generated. Of the specs there, I believe
>>> one is Bikeshed, the others are ReSpec. The system supports both.
>>
>> I just checked the source of <https://specs.webplatform.org/>, and it
>> bears the fingerprint of Bikeshed - the headings, for example, have a
>> .settled class, and <span class=content> and <a class=self-link>
>> children.  Unless someone is *very carefully* reproducing all of
>> Bikeshed's quirks, it's definitely a Bikeshed-processed document.
>
> I can *absolutely* assure you that it is not Bikeshed. I hate an argument
> from authority just as much as the next folks but given that I wrote that
> code I think I can make that statement with a modicum of confidence.
>
> You do note correctly that a number of Bikeshed quirks are followed. There's
> a reason for that: the stylesheet was initially designed to work with
> Bikeshed documents. It was easier to get the markup to match that than to
> rewrite it.

Hahaha, all right, you win.

~TJ

Received on Thursday, 26 March 2015 16:48:05 UTC