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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>

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 * 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


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