Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 14:06:57 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/52547: [patch] Cleanup of laptop article Message-ID: <20030523140657.4275dc72.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030523180624.GA65833@nitro.dk> References: <200305231720.h4NHK72A016136@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030523180624.GA65833@nitro.dk>
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On Fri, 23 May 2003 20:06:28 +0200
"Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> wrote:
> On 2003.05.23 10:20:07 -0700, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> > The following reply was made to PR docs/52547; it has been noted by GNATS.
> >
> > On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 01:45:04AM +0200, Simon L.Nielsen wrote:
> > > General cleanup of the laptop article :
> > >
> > > * Add id attributes to all sect1 tags
> >
> > This is far to be mandatory on a so little article.
>
> Hmm, from following the this mailling list I got the impression that the
> section id tags was a good idea on all books/articles, since it makes
> sensible filenames when doing html-split output ?
I'm going to agree with ceri (and keramida?) about this. Personally,
I think using id attributes in articles is a Good Thing™.
>
> This change was inspired by the 'Avoid redundant phrases' part of the
> "Writing style" section of FDP... Is I reading that section wrong, or is
> the FDP Primer just not updated with current pratice ?
The FDP needs a few touch ups here and there. Yet, busy as we are, we
simply cannot do it all. Even though we try, and a good handful of
us are zealots when it comes to FreeBSD and its documentation; we
are very likely to get behind.
>
> Thanks, for taking the time to comment so detailed on the patch! It
> helps me a lot in getting to know all the do's and don'ts about the
> documentation.
>
Education comes with time. While working through the PR base, you will
learn (as I did, and many before me) the traditions and standard practices
of the documentation project. Its a long road to walk, and true that
the FDP can teach you how to use docbook; mdoc(7) can teach you mdoc(7);
but they cannot just hand you experiance. Thats what the PR base gives
you.
Anyways, I've got a ton of work todo; both for FreeBSD && ${REALJOB}.
Take care,
--
Tom Rhodes
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