Obsidian for Writing Manuals

https://lemmy.world/post/1390409

Obsidian for Writing Manuals - LemmyWorld

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.

Check if makrdown formatting functionality is enough for you or not - it is pretty limited.

Do not forget to purchase proper obsidian license - your usecase is not covered by a free version.

Do not forget to purchase proper obsidian license - your usecase is not covered by a free version.

Can you elaborate on this? Are you referencing their "Publish" feature?

No. I mean the following: “Commercial Use Licenses are required whenever Obsidian is being used for work for a business with two or more personnel. Sole proprietorships or other one-person organizations do not require a Commercial Use License. Work for educational purposes does not require a Commercial Use License.

Commercial Use Licenses must be purchased on an annual and per user basis. Commercial users must purchase at least as many licenses as the number of people who will be using Obsidian.

You may use Obsidian commercially for free for 14 days to evaluate the app before purchase.”

see: obsidian.md/license

License Overview - Obsidian

A simplified summary of our licenses and terms. Obsidian is free for personal and non-profit use.

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@gelberhut @effingjoe if I am a freelancer who gets paid for work done using #obsidian this doesn't apply. Correct me if I'm wrong.
@tamowafy @gelberhut @effingjoe AFAIK you need to be working in a for-profit organization with 2 or more employees to need a commercial license for #Obsidian.
Agree.