Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:18:13 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/56729: [patch] artciles/pr-guidelines: explain meaning of MFC Message-ID: <20030912111813.GA75659@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20030912103331.GA388@FreeBSD.org> References: <200309120920.h8C9KGZ8091585@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030912093107.GH635@unixpages.org> <20030912093846.GK76802@submonkey.net> <20030912103331.GA388@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 12:33:33PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2003.09.12 10:38:46 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:31:08AM +0200, Christian Brueffer wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 02:20:16AM -0700, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > This is already covered in the FAQ. I think if anything, a link should
> > > > > suffice.
> > > >
> > > > I agree that it doesn't need to be duplicated in that article (else we'd be
> > > > pretty much doing it in every article).
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps we should have a FreeBSD glossary, where all relevant acronyms and
> > > > terms are explained. This could then be easily included at the end of
> > > > printed works, etc. I'd be prepared to make a start on it, but I'd need
> > > > help for sure.
> > >
> > > Good idea, I'd also like to see something like this. I'm not very familiar
> > > with the docbook infrastructure, what would be the best way to implement it?
> >
> > I'm not sure yet. Doubtless there is already a method for doing it, but
> > I'll need to check what the relevant elements, etc. are when I get home.
>
> I also think this is a good idea.
>
> As for doing it, I would look at how the bookinfo.legalnotice entity is
> defined. Basically :
>
> The file doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/bookinfo.ent contains :
>
> <!ENTITY bookinfo.legalnotice SYSTEM "legalnotice.sgml">
>
> And then doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/legalnotice.sgml is the actual
> text which is just included using "&bookinfo.legalnotice;".
>
> I think it would be fairly simple to do something like this for a
> glossary.
Yeah, those are the lines I was thinking along.
My reference to "relevant elements" was that there are very likely <glossary>
elements or similar already, which we can make use of.
Ceri
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