Re: French installation document corrections
On 12 Feb 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > - use of <var></var> inside of <file></file> gives \tt and other
> > funny stuff at actual output (PDF, probably LaTeX/SGML interaction)
>
> debiandoc-sgml bug -- please file that.
I will (I am on the move for now, Hamburg was a nice city, CityNightLine
is a great way to travel). Meanwhile please see the attached sgml for
demonstration of the `var in file', `backslash' and `ellipsis' bugs.
Use debiandoc2latexpdf test1.sgml
> > - Because of French typography, when saying e.g. 'A:', it will be
> > seen as 'A :' on the final output.
>
> ditto. I don't understand this, you might clarify...
<file>A:</file> gets modified to ``A :'' (space after A) because
French typography (in latex) requires it.
> > - lilo.conf example has typsetting wrong (line break at wrong place,
> > funny characters).
>
> Hmm. Is this from what is in en/post-install.sgml ? If the SGML
Yes (Next Step, the English version also looks broken).
> We're using " in there -- maybe we should be using just "
> instead? Is it cahnging the quotes into guillamets (sp) ?
Yes, it does!
Additionnally, there are 3 too many dashes in the 5.3.2 Source Media and
Installation Stages ASCII table.
<!doctype debiandoc public "-//DebianDoc//DTD DebianDoc//EN">
<book>
<title>Testing the debian-doc system</title>
<author>Marc SCHAEFER
<email>schaefer@alphanet.ch</email></author>
<version>0.0 <date></version>
<abstract>We are testing the Debian GNU/Linux debiandoc
format.</abstract>
<copyright>(C) Marc SCHAEFER 2000</copyright>
<toc>
<chapt>Introduction to testing
<sect>Chronk
<p>Well, this is a <strong>simple</strong> test</p>
<sect1>Another
<p>And this is <em>another</em>.</p>
<p>Infact, we also can display <var>metasyntactic</var>
variables, <package>package</package>names, <prgn>program name</prgn>,
<file>file</file>, <tt>code</tt>, <httpsite>http sites</httpsite>,
such as <httpsite>/usr/doc/debiandoc-sgml/index.html</httpsite>.</p>
<p>And now, this is a <var>variable</var>, and this is a
<file>file</file>. And now this is a <var>variable that is a
<file>file</file>, oups</var>, and a <file>file that is a
<var>variable</var>, duh!</file>, bad.</p>
<p>Let's try a file that has a backslash embedded:
<file>A:\SUBDIR\A.EXE</file>. It bugs me.</p>
<p>Let's try ... a few ... ellipsis. Now let's try... another
ellipsis. And an <tt>ellipsis that is in tt...</tt> funny, no ?</p>
</sect></chapt>
</book>
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