Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 19:17:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Harris <dannyboy@dannyboy.eyep.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/19186: Semi-overhaul docs.html Message-ID: <200006102317.TAA01072@dannyboy.eyep.net>
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>Number: 19186
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Semi-overhaul docs.html
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Jun 10 16:20:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Daniel Harris
>Release: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
docs.sgml rev 1.82
>Description:
Various fixes, nits, etc. Executive Summary:
Standardize: Remove "This is" type verbiage.
Tweak FAQ blurb.
Fix run-on under Additional Resources.
Add trailing slash to link to Wolfram Schneider's page.
Hinrich Eilts's manpage viewer seems to have vanished, remove dead link.
A couple was/were fixes.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
(drumroll)
--- docs.sgml.orig Sat Jun 10 19:03:42 2000
+++ docs.sgml Sat Jun 10 19:02:56 2000
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
<h2><a href="news/press.html">FreeBSD in the Press</a></h2>
- <p>The press about FreeBSD.</p>
+ <p>Articles in the press about FreeBSD.</p>
<a name="y2kbug"></a>
<h2><a href="y2kbug.html">Year 2000 Compatibility</a></h2>
- <p>This is the FreeBSD project's current statement about its Year 2000
+ <p>The FreeBSD project's current statement about its Year 2000
compatibility.</p>
<a name="newsletter"></a>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
<h2><a href="news/qnewsletter.html">FreeBSD Real-Quick (TM) Newsletter
(RQN)</a></h2>
- <p>A monthly (sometimes bi-weekly) newsletter containing recent
+ <p>A monthly (sometimes bi-weekly) newsletter announcing recent
developments in the FreeBSD arena. Subscribe to freebsd-announce to
receive this newsletter via e-mail.</p>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
<h2><a href="handbook/index.html">The FreeBSD Handbook</a></h2>
- <p>This is an evolving, comprehensive on-line resource for FreeBSD users.
+ <p>An evolving, comprehensive on-line resource for FreeBSD users.
Please address comments and contributions to <a
href="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG"><tt><freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG></tt></a>.</p>
@@ -72,9 +72,8 @@
<h2><a href="FAQ/FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a></h2>
- <p>If you have a question, chances are that someone else has the same
- question. The most common of these have been compiled here in a brief
- question-answer format.</p>
+ <p>If you have a question, chances are that someone else has had it too.
+ The most common of these questions (and answers) have been compiled here.</p>
<p>&i.new; We now offer a <a href="&base/ru/FAQ/">Russian translation</a>
and a <a href="&base/zh/FAQ/">Chinese translation</a> of the FAQ.</p>
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@
<h2><a href="tutorials/">Tutorials</a></h2>
- <p>Here lie assorted documents on various aspects of FreeBSD, FreeBSD
+ <p>Assorted documents about various aspects of FreeBSD, FreeBSD
software, and hardware. If you have comments or would like to
contribute a document, please contact us at <a
href="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org</a>.</p>
@@ -95,9 +94,9 @@
<h2>Additional Resources</h2>
- <p>www.FreeBSD.org is not the only place to get information on FreeBSD and
- various independent efforts have also produced a great deal of useful
- information on FreeBSD:</p>
+ <p>www.FreeBSD.org is not the only place to get information on FreeBSD;
+ various independent efforts have also produced a great deal of useful
+ information about FreeBSD.</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="mailto:mckusick@mckusick.com">Kirk McKusick</a>, one
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@
<li><p><a
href="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+FreeBSD.html">The
- Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO</a> - this document describes how to use
+ Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO</a> describes how to use
Linux and FreeBSD on the same system. It introduces FreeBSD and
discusses how the two operating systems can cooperate, e.g. by
sharing swap space.</p>
@@ -221,13 +220,7 @@
-->
<p>This service is provided courtesy of <a
- href="http://wolfram.schneider.org">Wolfram Schneider</a>. There
- is <a
- href="http://late5.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/bsddocquery.pl">another
- script</a> available with the manual pages for FreeBSD 2.0 and XFree86
- release 3.1, courtesy of <a
- href="http://late5.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de/user/eilts.html">Hinrich
- Eilts</a>.</p>
+ href="http://wolfram.schneider.org/">Wolfram Schneider</a>.</p>
<a name="44doc"></a>
@@ -236,7 +229,7 @@
<p>If you like reading BSD manuals online, here is a hypertext version of
the 4.4BSD documents from <a
href="file:/usr/share/doc">/usr/share/doc</a>, where you would find
- the documents on a FreeBSD machine (if the doc distribution was
+ the documents on a FreeBSD machine (if the doc distribution were
installed).</p>
<a name="info"></a>
@@ -246,7 +239,7 @@
<p>If you like reading FreeBSD Info documents online, here is a hypertext
version of the Info documents from <a
href="file:/usr/share/info">/usr/share/info</a>, where you would find
- the Info documents on a FreeBSD machine (if the info distribution was
+ the Info documents on a FreeBSD machine (if the info distribution were
installed).</p>
<a name="source"></a>
@@ -270,7 +263,7 @@
<h2><a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">FreeBSD ezine</a></h2>
- <p>The FreeBSD 'zine is a monthly collection of easy to read (we hope)
+ <p>A monthly collection of easy to read (we hope)
articles written by FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.</p>
<p>Like FreeBSD itself, this documentation is the product of a volunteer
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