Date: 24 Aug 1999 03:05:10 -0700 From: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) To: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DocBook formatting style? Message-ID: <vqcvha54hpl.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: Tim Vanderhoek's message of "Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:20:05 -0400" References: <19990822200737.A65807@ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com> <19990823141611.A1770@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <19990823172005.C42397@ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
* From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> * Ok. Hello? Fellow -doc readers? Please read the following quoted * paragraph. (Thanks). Comments welcome. * * >> Would you [encourage|discourage] me from writing new hunks of * >> documentation that use DocBook with a formatting style such that each * >> new sentence begins on a new line? The idea here is that this would * >> make future diffs clearer and easier to read. This would directly * >> make synchronization of translations easier. That sounds helpful. * [Nik's comment] * * > I can see how it makes the translations easier. I can also see how it * > makes editing the content after it's been written more complicated (no more * > M-q to refill the paragraph -- aargh). Refilling the paragraph after minor editing is a real pain for translators. Satoshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?vqcvha54hpl.fsf>