From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Mar 31 07:41:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA29099 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 07:41:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA29088 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 07:41:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA05808; Sun, 31 Mar 96 15:41:15 GMT Message-Id: <9603311541.AA05808@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA024366915; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 08:41:55 -0700 Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 08:41:55 -0700 From: Sean Kelly To: harton@valleynet.com Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <315E024A.4EA4@valleynet.com> (message from Daniel Harton on Sat, 30 Mar 1996 19:55:54 -0800) Subject: Re: How can I help? Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Harton writes: Daniel> hello, what do I need to do to help with the handbook Daniel> project? Find the sections marked with a `*' in the handbook and write them! Be sure to post a message here (doc@freebsd.org) to ``claim'' the section---someone else might be working on it already. If none of the to-be-written sections appeal to you, suggest a topic! Then, write it. We're using SGML to do this, using a document type definition (DTD) based on linuxdoc. Don't worry if that doesn't mean anything to you. Basically, look at the source to one of the sections. See the effect of each SGML tag. Use the `sgmlfmt' command to format your document for HTML, LaTeX, plain ASCII text, or nroff to see how it looks. Then, make it available for review. You can do that by making the SGML source available for anonymous FTP or put the HTML version up on a web site. Then, revise it. Then, submit it. Then, bask in the glory of having contributed something to our mighty and growing handbook! -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/