I would rather write my documentation inside a text editor than work or some other work processor. Here are a few small tools that I have put together to to be able to make pretty nice documents.
- rdiscount
- hpricot
- write your document in markdown using the markdown extension.
- run "rake" to build all of your documents. An html file will result, which is self contained and able to be emailed out. (except images)
- I would like to be able to include images in my single html file.
- Prettier. More looks.