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Subject: Re: Author Guide -- revised
From: Emma Jane Hogbin ####@####.####
Date: 13 Nov 2003 01:27:48 -0000
Message-Id: <20031113012651.GB5112@debian>

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:03:53AM +0000, John Levon wrote:
> Excellent document. Small markup problem:

Thank you.

> "4.1.2. Online Writing Resources
> In the "" section, you will find a list of resources"

It's just missing the file that it's supposed to be pointing to. This will
be fixed when the markup is added to the resources page.

> "The next chapter, Markup, will help you with the maintenance "
> Markup is not the next chapter.

Sentence deleted.

> Why do you not mention LyX at all (I admit I have a vested interest :) ?

The reasons are two fold:
	- it wasn't in the original document
	- it wasn't in the original document.

> " The header is: <?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"UTF-8"?>"
> Is this accidental mangling ?

db2html did it. *shrug* The final transformation from DocBook to ***
format is done by whatever stylesheets the LDP currently uses when I email
Greg and tell him that my document is ready to go live.

> Section A.2.2.1 seems to have a mangled bash command (extra newlines).
> In the CVS section too, and a couple of other places.

See above.

> B.2.1 could mention "cvs log".

You're right, it could. But it probably won't. More information on CVS
belongs in the CVS HOWTO, not in the Author Guide (in my opinion).

> "<para>Please, see<xref linkend="secao"> for more information."
> This should be:
> "<para>Please see <xref linkend="secao" /> ..."

Fixed.

thanks for your comments,
emma
PS I'm not updating the HTML file. The CVS has been updated.

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Emma Jane Hogbin
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