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[Bug-gnupress] Updated list of who took which sections to edit
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Lisa M. Opus Goldstein |
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[Bug-gnupress] Updated list of who took which sections to edit |
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Wed, 30 Apr 2003 17:32:35 -0400 |
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I just went through the recent emails and updated Simon's list of who
took which section of the manual to edit. Did I miss someone new?
Ciaran, Richard, which parts are you doing?
If you are new to the list haven't signed up yet, please take a couple
of sections! General info at http://www.gnu.org/doc/doc-team.html.
-Opus
Simon Law <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> As you can see, these documents are split into 20 sections.
> Currently, I have recorded the following volunteers:
>
> Ciaran O'Riordan
> James Howison Editing gcc.007.pdf and gcc.014.pdf
> Richard Kreuter
> Lisa Goldstein Editing gcc.003.pdf and gcc.04.pdf
> Stephen Compall Editing 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.006.pdf and gcc.008.pdf;
will also look over 1 & 2.
> Rob Hughes Editing gcc.010.pdf
> Dan Colascione Editing gcc.016.pdf and gcc.017.pdf
Dave Fluri Editing gcc.011.pdf and gcc.018.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; 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.
>
> We do know there is a problem with the way the manual is typeset
> now. The PDFs have the wrong paper size and the text is jammed against
> the top margin. This will be rectified in the next series of proofs
> that are prepared.
>
> Simon
>
>
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