Re: [Bug-gnupress] Thank you for offering to proofread "Using GCC"

[Lisa M. Opus Goldstein]

I will take sections 3 and 4, for "English Only" checking.


-Opus






Simon Law <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear volunteers,
> 
> Thank you to the people from address@hidden who are volunteering
> their time.  This is the first status update to the copyediting effort.
> 
>       I have prepared the second set of proofs: these incorporate
> changes from GCC's 3.3 CVS branch, and the patches whose change logs I
> have appended to the end of this message.  You may find these proofs in
> PDF form at the following URLs.
> 
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.001.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.002.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.003.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.004.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.005.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.006.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.007.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.008.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.009.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.010.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.011.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.012.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.013.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.014.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.015.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.016.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.017.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.018.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.019.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.020.pdf
> 
>       Currently, I have recorded the following volunteers:
> 
> Ciaran O'Riordan
> James Howison           Editing gcc.007.pdf and gcc.014.pdf
> Richard Kreuter
> Lisa Goldstein
> Stephen Compall         Edited gcc.005.pdf
> Alexandros Papadopoulos Editing gcc.016.pdf and gcc.017.pdf
> Jack Nerad              Editing gcc.001.pdf and gcc.002.pdf
> Paul Crable             Editing gcc.001.pdf and gcc.002.pdf
> Rob Hughes              Editing gcc.010.pdf
> Dan Colascione
> 
>       Currently, the following sections still need volunteers:
> 
> gcc.003.pdf gcc.003.pdf
> gcc.004.pdf gcc.004.pdf
> gcc.005.pdf
> gcc.006.pdf gcc.006.pdf
> gcc.007.pdf
> gcc.008.pdf gcc.008.pdf
> gcc.009.pdf gcc.009.pdf
> gcc.010.pdf
> gcc.011.pdf gcc.011.pdf
> gcc.012.pdf gcc.012.pdf
> gcc.013.pdf gcc.013.pdf
> gcc.014.pdf
> gcc.015.pdf gcc.015.pdf
> gcc.016.pdf
> gcc.017.pdf
> gcc.018.pdf gcc.018.pdf
> gcc.019.pdf gcc.019.pdf
> gcc.020.pdf gcc.020.pdf
> 
>       We hope that each person edits two sections.  I'd suggest that
> you pick a section that has not yet been edited, and do that.  We aim
> for each section to be edited by two different people.
> 
>       I do not think that the GNU has an official style.  However, GCC
> itself does have a small style guide which can be found in the
> "Spelling, terminology and markup" section of this webpage:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/codingconventions.html
> 
>       Once you are finished editing a portion, please e-mail the
> mailing list with the section you edited, and any corrections that need
> to be made.  You may either send a patch directly against the Texinfo
> source [1]; or you may use standard errata notation like so:
> 
>     p. 15, line 10: "...something up with which we will not put." 
>     should read "...something we will not put up with."
> 
>       You may notice black boxes in the right margin.  These boxes are
> inserted by Texinfo to show that a line is extending into the right
> margin.  If the protrusion is not noticable, ignore it.  If it is
> unsightly, please suggest an alternate wording that allows the line to
> wrap in a nicer fashion.
> 
>       Thanks again.
> 
> Simon
> 
> -----
> [1] A tarball of the sources I used to generate the PDFs is available
>     at http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.tar.bz2
> 
>     You will need to have checked out the GNU Press CVS repository.
>     I have checked mine into the ~/gnupress directory.  In order to
>     build a DVI of the manual:
>     bash-2.05b$ texi2dvi -I ~/gnupress/texpress -I . -I include gcc.texi
> 
>     To view the DVI:
>     bash-2.05b$ xdvi -paper 7x9.25in gcc.dvi
> 
>     To build the PDF from that, use:
>     bash-2.05b$ dvipdf gcc.dvi
> 
> Patches I have applied (some don't have change logs):
> =====================================================
> 
> 2003-04-17  Stephen Compall  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * cppopts.texi: Specified behavior of -I with system headers when
>       -nostdinc is passed.
>       Changed @strong{Note:} to @strong{Please note:} to fix potential
>       Info parsing problem.
>       Various small grammar fixes.
>       * invoke.texi: Added code tags around C constants and functions,
>       as well as samp and option tags in appropriate places.
>       Clarified units of `ggc-min-heapsize'.
>       Fixed quote marks around "RAM".
>       Various small grammar fixes.
> 
> 2003-04-17  James A Morrison  <address@hidden>
>       
>       * invoke.texi Eliminate extra white-space caused by
>       @gccoptlist{ on its own line.
>       Re-wrapped option lines that were too wide.
>       Added @gol to options that didn't have them.
>       Ensured there are two spaces between each option.
>       (Dariwn Options): Realphabetize the list. Put all the Mac OS 
>       linker options in a @gccoptlist.
> 
> Hey, 
> 
>  I Needed to slightly alter the spacing on the licenses to make them
> fit.  This patch is mostly simon's work.  I made the minor change in
> standards.texi, if it's wrong, flame me.  This patch will be going to
> gcc-patches with the diff against gcc.texi removed.
> 
> Jim
> 
>  Hey, 
> 
>   This one has already been sent to gcc-patches minus me removing the
> call for fixes in the contribution list.  I don't think we need that
> in the published book, and it saves a couple more lines.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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