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Is Obsidian a good tool to use for writing technical manuals? I would like to write an Operation Manual for municipality's water system. There will be embedded screenshots and some links to other sections of the document.

Ideally we could "publish" to offline html. The customer would also like a printed manual.

If Obsidian is no good, I would love suggestions on software you have used to write short manuals with pictures, preferably not Word.

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[–] effingjoe@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I am not the person writing a manual. Reading comprehension is key to having an intelligent discussion about any topic via text. Please pay attention.

Obsidian says that if I take my own personal meeting notes in Obsidian, that magically makes it commercial use. That is what I'm complaining about.

I explained why I chose Obsidian. I promise you very few people would use it without plugins. It's not terrible or anything, but just lackluster. Without plugins it becomes far less useful. If tomorrow they said they were removing the ability to use plugins, would you continue to use Obsidian without them? I doubt it.

It does matter because you made it about devs "needing" compensation. If you believe that, then it should translate to the people actually making Obsidian stand out: the plugin creators. No?

You have no idea what moving the goalposts means. I am just extrapolating from your own stance. I already said I'm abandoning Obsidian. You seemed to think that was crazy, but also don't seem to understand why Obsidian is hurt more by this decision than I am.

[–] laurelinae@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I am not the person writing a manual. Reading comprehension is key to having an intelligent discussion about any topic via text. Please pay attention.

I would like to write an Operation Manual for municipality’s water system.

Writing comprehension is key to having an intelligent discussion about any topic via text. Please pay attention.

Edit: Apparently I have no reading comprehension. I am sorry. I got confused at some point.

[–] effingjoe@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That isn't me! Holy shit. I am not the same person as the OP. How else can I say this? Look at the usernames.

[–] laurelinae@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Apparently I have no reading comprehension. I am sorry. I got confused at some point.

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