Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:53:33 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, murray@stokely.org Subject: Re: Preface need update. Message-ID: <20081113185333.25a73ebf.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <491C39E7.7040609@gmail.com> References: <1226494693.1809.10.camel@localhost> <491B4F01.9020403@gmail.com> <2a7894eb0811121605k1310bf8avf7a69363fc504905@mail.gmail.com> <20081112200755.66c52a48.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <491C39E7.7040609@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:29:59 +0200 Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> wrote: > Tom Rhodes wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:05:55 -0800 > > "Murray Stokely" <murray@stokely.org> wrote: > > > > > >> Thanks Manolis. Maybe we should add a comment to the Makefile so that > >> when authors commit new chapters they remember to also update the > >> preface summary. Or alternatively, we could put some kind of one > >> sentence chapter description in <chapterinfo> of each chapter and pull > >> it out of each file dynamically when building the preface. I'd > >> probably recommend the low tech first suggestion as good enough. > >> > >> - Murray > >> > > > > Yea, because I forget this every time I add a new chapter. :( > > > > > > > To take this idea one step further, I suggest we add the following > comment to the Makefile: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To add a new chapter to the Handbook: > > - Update this Makefile, chapters.ent and book.sgml > - Add a descriptive entry for the new chapter in preface/preface.sgml > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Do you think this is good enough? Yes. And I need to look at the "changes since the third edition" data as well. :) -- Tom Rhodes
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