Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 00:06:11 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Cc: "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view Message-ID: <20000803000611.A38089@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <01cc01bffccc$aba92460$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER>; from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au on Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 07:57:33AM %2B1000 References: <DBB3921EFE2AD211A81500A0C9B5FE760579452C@msg04.scana.com> <06a801bffc9d$73c1a9c0$1600010a@pmr.com> <014e01bffcb8$7d46fed0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <20000802215841.A36147@mithrandr.moria.org> <01a201bffcc0$9f2c6370$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <2000080222 <01cc01bffccc$aba92460$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER>
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On Thu 2000-08-03 (07:57), Doug Young wrote: > Dunno if I posted info anywhere but the newbies list. I did get > feedback from some on the docs list complaining about the size of the > thing due to "too many pics", but since the number of pics was what > drew most if not all of the compliments You should post it to the docs list. > I see no reason to change from that concept. Its quite slow to load because > of the number of pics, & I don't know any way to reduce the size of the > thing from the current 13 odd Mb without removing the pics, so its unlikely > to ever be acceptable to traditional unix docs people in its present format. You're not dealing with "traditional unix docs people". If you take the step to thinking that the documentation project people are there to provide documentation to any and all comers, you're there. FreeBSD is about providing something for any and all, about tools that are well-defined and which together do anything you want. If you want less cryptic error messages, then send a problem report. It won't be arbitrarily closed because "hard-core unix users don't need nice error messages". > I'm working on a pdf format as part of the review so maybe that will prove > more acceptable to the "experts" .... can't see me doing anything with latex > or the like though. If you submit the HTML, I'll do the rest. It's one of the few things that takes almost no time, and gets results. I might need to change your pictures to "png" format, and use complex SGML stuff, but I'm pretty sure it'll be accepted. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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