Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:16:36 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Ladan?= <rene@freebsd.org> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FBSD Doc project <doc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: authors.ent and developers.ent ? Message-ID: <5096B104.1030602@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20121104174938.GD1343@glenbarber.us> References: <5095AF77.2070908@freebsd.org> <20121104165934.GB1343@glenbarber.us> <5096A354.9070701@freebsd.org> <20121104174938.GD1343@glenbarber.us>
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On 04-11-2012 18:49, Glen Barber wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 06:18:12PM +0100, René Ladan wrote: >> On 04-11-2012 17:59, Glen Barber wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 12:57:43AM +0100, René Ladan wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> author entities are defined both in authors.ent (with email address) and >>>> developers.ent (without email address). The latter is used in e.g. >>>> htdocs/administration.xml, resulting in cumbersome lines like >>>> >>>> <li>&a.name; <<a >>>> href="mailto:name@FreeBSD.org">name@FreeBSD.org</a>></li> >>>> >>>> where just >>>> >>>> <li>&a.name;</li> would be clearer. >>>> >>>> So would there be some way to merge these two files (both docbook-wise >>>> and content-wise) to avoid having to maintain two files and avoiding >>>> cumbersome lines? >>>> >>> I'm a bit baffled by this, to be honest. >> Oops.. > To clarify, I mean I am baffled by having two files that have very > similar purposes, not your email. :-) OK :-) >>> Perhaps we can merge these files together, and have each developer >>> entity consist of two lines, one for name only, one for name + email? >>> >>> Something like this, maybe? >>> >>> <!ENTITY a.gjb.name "Glen Barber"> >>> <!ENTITY a.gjb.email "&a.gjb.name <email>gjb@FreeBSD.org</email>"> >>> >>> This would allow us to keep the current multi-format entries, and >>> consolidate them into one file. >>> >>> Thoughts? >> That would be a start. What about an defining a third entity (not sure >> about the name...) >> >> <!ENTITY a.rene.hrefmail "&a.rene.name; <<a >> href=mailto:rene@FreeBSD.org">rene@FreeBSD.org</a>>"> >> > Would this be necessary? I think this is handled automatically by the > <email> tag we already use. That would even be better of course. René
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