Re: Patches for Installation Manual, Chapter 1 (welcome.sgml)
"C.M. Connelly" <c@eskimo.com> writes:
> Enclosed please find a set of patches for the first chapter of the
> Installation manual (boot-floppies/documentation/en/welcome.sgml)
> and boot-floppies/documentation/urls.ent.
Ok -- thanks. I have some issues with it though.
> I also made some fixes
> and additions in urls.ent, and defined two entities that should
> probably be defined elsewhere: emdash and endash. (I don't
> understand why these entities aren't defined at a higher level;
> please suggest a better place for their definitions.)
Unnecessary. We already have &mdash and I think also ndash defined in
debiandoc-sgml. I'm going to deny this patch.
> Also note that the documentation build currently breaks while
> trying to build the Finnish docs. It looks like a whole slew of
> identifiers aren't defined in the SGML files.
All this has been fixed by me recently. Nice to see you found that
problem though -- that shows you have a clue how to build the stuff.
> My plan is to work my way through the entire manual, but I thought
> it would be a good idea to get some feedback before I get too
> involved. I'm especially interested in filling in some of the
> holes in the PowerPC documentation.
Agreed!
> The patches are probably larger than they could be because the
> whitespace has changed. Sorry about that. If there's some tool
> that formats SGML in a standard way that other folks working on
> these manuals are using, please let me know. I used Emacs' PSGML
> mode, and I'm not aware of any better tools that don't cost a
> fortune.
That's what I use to. You can use 'diff -b - u' or, rather,
'cvs diff -b -u'.
> +We are delighted that you have decided to try Debian, and sure that
> +you will find that Debian's GNU/Linux distribution is unique.
This is awkward language.
> +&debian; brings together high-quality free software from around the
> +world, integrating it into a coherent whole. We believe that you will
> +find that the result is truly more than the sum of the parts.
> +<p>
> +This chapter provides an overview of the Debian Project and &debian;.
> + If you already know about the Debian Project's history and the
> + &debian; distribution, feel free to skip to the next chapter.
Please do not indent. Note how the following PSGML setting is set:
sgml-indent-data:nil
I've committed your stuff and then modified it. See welcome.sgml
patches I made. Notably, your comments were a bit excessive and some
other stuff.
Please please please in the future avoid rewrapping paragraphs except
when you are really really editing deeply in a file. Otherwise it's
almost impossible for me to pick out what you did. I don't care if
that makes for uneven line breaks. Saving my time is more important
than line breaks being even.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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