Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-forrest-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 24830 invoked from network); 3 Oct 2004 13:27:00 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Oct 2004 13:27:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 27541 invoked by uid 500); 3 Oct 2004 13:26:59 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-forrest-dev-archive@forrest.apache.org Received: (qmail 27502 invoked by uid 500); 3 Oct 2004 13:26:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@forrest.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: dev@forrest.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@forrest.apache.org Received: (qmail 27491 invoked by uid 99); 3 Oct 2004 13:26:59 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=10.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS,FORGED_RCVD_HELO,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (hermes.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [196.25.240.74] (HELO ctb-mesg2.saix.net) (196.25.240.74) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 06:26:58 -0700 Received: from sean.site (ndn-67-228.telkomadsl.co.za [165.165.67.228]) by ctb-mesg2.saix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB15D71B1 for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:26:53 +0200 (SAST) From: Sean Wheller Reply-To: sean@inwords.co.za Organization: In Words To: Forrest Dev Subject: Adding background info to forrest docs Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:24:56 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200410031524.56720.sean@inwords.co.za> X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N I think that a person who has had experience with cocoon will find it easier to get started customizing forrest. I went back and did some reading on pipelines, generating, transforming, serializing and matching from the cocoon project. That helped to fill in the gaps I had. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to add such background to the forrest docs. Like myself, many people will try forrest first and possible come across the same problem with understanding how things hang together. If people in dev agree I will create a brief background for first timers like me. -- Sean Wheller Technical Author sean@inwords.co.za http://www.inwords.co.za