discuss: Thread: Linux dictionary

It looks great guys, congrats!! One tiny suggestion: can you add
id="letter" to the sections so that the URLs look like this:
	http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/h.html

instead of:
	http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/g12246.html

*is very impressed*

emma :)


-- 
Emma Jane Hogbin
[[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]]

I'm equally as impressed.  Wow, Binh, that must have been quite a job!

This document is definitely *newsworthy*!  

Tab

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 11:18, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> It looks great guys, congrats!! One tiny suggestion: can you add
> id="letter" to the sections so that the URLs look like this:
> 	http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/h.html
> 
> instead of:
> 	http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/g12246.html
> 
> *is very impressed*

-- 
Tabatha Marshall
Web: www.merlinmonroe.com
Linux Documentation Project Review Coordinator (http://www.tldp.org)
Linux Counter Area Manager US:wa (http://counter.li.org)

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On 23 Jul 2003, Tabatha Marshall wrote:

> I'm equally as impressed.  Wow, Binh, that must have been quite a job!
> 
> This document is definitely *newsworthy*!  

Yes yes, we (weekly news authors) got the hint ;-)

Tille.


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Tabatha Marshall wrote:
> I'm equally as impressed.  Wow, Binh, that must have been quite a job!

You better believe it! :) I think most people thought that I was never going
to follow through with it. I couldn't find too many people who were willing
to help me edit the thing (except Sam of course for whom I am eternally
greatful for his existence) but I think that has more to do with the size of
the project than anything. I admit that there were a couple of times during
editing  that I thought I was going to go over the edge and wanted to just
cut and slash the thing so that it wouldn't be so big. Anyway, I can't wait
until Martin gets the online database going (hint, hint, nudge, nudge, wink,
wink :-)). How's it going  Martin? :P

Thanks everyone,
Binh.

is that in any way related to the "jargon" or the french one:


 > http://www.linux-france.org/prj/jargonf/

?

jdd

-- 
<http://www.dodin.net>
Formation Linux débutants open

> is that in any way related to the "jargon" or the french one:
>
>
>  > http://www.linux-france.org/prj/jargonf/
>
> ?
>
> jdd

The entries in this dictionary are only related to Linux and if you're
wondering I did go through the entire 'Jargon' dictionary (as well as a heck
of a lot of other sites/books) looking for definitions but I must admit that
I had to throw out quite a lot. I have had a quick look through the French
dictionary but it seems a bit too general. Nonetheless, I will attempt to
collaborate with other similar projects once the database goes online.

Binh.

Comment: This is an excellent document and a wonderful addition to the LDP
         repertoire.

Suggestion: For the next update, you might want to consider adding links to
            certain entries to the appropriate LDP documents that deal with
	    the item being defined.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Binh Nguyen wrote:

> Tabatha Marshall wrote:
> > I'm equally as impressed.  Wow, Binh, that must have been quite a job!
>
> cut and slash the thing so that it wouldn't be so big. Anyway, I can't wait
> until Martin gets the online database going (hint, hint, nudge, nudge, wink,
> wink :-)). How's it going  Martin? :P

Whoa, whoa, whoa there !

I'm only just getting used to seeing myself promoted as database
maintainer in a brand new publication!  (Where did that come from, so
suddenly?)

I would respectfully remind folks that:
 a) this is a 'spare' time activity for me;  and
 b) I have a wife and a _Real Life_ outside LDP !
 c) I've only been involved in this for 24 hours or so - haven't I?
    (It's beginning to feel like a lot more.)

Having said that -- the database has been online since last night
(Wed.); I first had to do a lot of hand massaging of the the data I
unpacked from the tarball you sent me Binh, to get it into the shape I
wanted to import it into MySQL.  (I only wanted terms and definitions.)

However, I've now split the term/definition data into thirty-odd tables
(the single data file was too big to import as one unit), following the
letter break-up and ASCII-alpha sort already adopted (i.e. Az.. precedes
aa..); but this is immaterial, as any type of sort can be made from the
database, once the data is in there.
(And I've now almost finished.  All 8900~ items.)

Each table has three fields -- glossterm; glossdef; attribution;
and the whole is editable online by approved dictionary editors at:

     http://startext.demon.co.uk/phpmyadmin/

which currently lives on my desk here at home.  Once we've got the setup
a little more polished, I'll move it all over to a faster machine
attached to a fatter pipe -- at the moment, we're just playing.  (And
it's only 24 hours old!)

Binh -- I've sent you a userID and password by separate e-mail -- could
you let me have a list of names and e-mail addresses of those you'ld
like to join you in co-editing, and then you can all start playing
whilst I get the XML/SGML generator and keyword-search pages written.
(Although if you know how to drive phpmyadmin, you can do any sort of
search you want -- as an editor.  You can even pull down the data to
your own site and post-process it there in any way you want, once you've
got access to the raw data.)  It's going to be a little while before we
can hitch it up to generating the markup for the LDP, so please don't
start hassling me for a complete publishing system *just* yet!

And anyway, I've still got a few tables to import.

Cheers,
-- 
Martin Wheeler   -   StarTEXT / AVALONIX - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England
####@####.####                http://www.startext.co.uk/mwheeler/
GPG pub key : 01269BEB  6CAD BFFB DB11 653E B1B7 C62B  AC93 0ED8 0126 9BEB
      - Share your knowledge. It's a way of achieving immortality. -

hmmm. I have a cocoon XML publishing server @
http://www.xml-dev.com:8080/cocoon/mount/docbook/ . And it is capable of
retrieving Data from mySQL as well.



In Peace,
Saqib Ali



                                                                                                                                             
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Binh Nguyen wrote:

> Tabatha Marshall wrote:
> > I'm equally as impressed.  Wow, Binh, that must have been quite a job!
>
> cut and slash the thing so that it wouldn't be so big. Anyway, I can't
wait
> until Martin gets the online database going (hint, hint, nudge, nudge,
wink,
> wink :-)). How's it going  Martin? :P

Whoa, whoa, whoa there !

I'm only just getting used to seeing myself promoted as database
maintainer in a brand new publication!  (Where did that come from, so
suddenly?)

I would respectfully remind folks that:
 a) this is a 'spare' time activity for me;  and
 b) I have a wife and a _Real Life_ outside LDP !
 c) I've only been involved in this for 24 hours or so - haven't I?
    (It's beginning to feel like a lot more.)

Having said that -- the database has been online since last night
(Wed.); I first had to do a lot of hand massaging of the the data I
unpacked from the tarball you sent me Binh, to get it into the shape I
wanted to import it into MySQL.  (I only wanted terms and definitions.)

However, I've now split the term/definition data into thirty-odd tables
(the single data file was too big to import as one unit), following the
letter break-up and ASCII-alpha sort already adopted (i.e. Az.. precedes
aa..); but this is immaterial, as any type of sort can be made from the
database, once the data is in there.
(And I've now almost finished.  All 8900~ items.)

Each table has three fields -- glossterm; glossdef; attribution;
and the whole is editable online by approved dictionary editors at:

     http://startext.demon.co.uk/phpmyadmin/

which currently lives on my desk here at home.  Once we've got the setup
a little more polished, I'll move it all over to a faster machine
attached to a fatter pipe -- at the moment, we're just playing.  (And
it's only 24 hours old!)

Binh -- I've sent you a userID and password by separate e-mail -- could
you let me have a list of names and e-mail addresses of those you'ld
like to join you in co-editing, and then you can all start playing
whilst I get the XML/SGML generator and keyword-search pages written.
(Although if you know how to drive phpmyadmin, you can do any sort of
search you want -- as an editor.  You can even pull down the data to
your own site and post-process it there in any way you want, once you've
got access to the raw data.)  It's going to be a little while before we
can hitch it up to generating the markup for the LDP, so please don't
start hassling me for a complete publishing system *just* yet!

And anyway, I've still got a few tables to import.

Cheers,
--
Martin Wheeler   -   StarTEXT / AVALONIX - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England
####@####.####                http://www.startext.co.uk/mwheeler/
GPG pub key : 01269BEB  6CAD BFFB DB11 653E B1B7 C62B  AC93 0ED8 0126 9BEB
      - Share your knowledge. It's a way of achieving immortality. -


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Oh by the way, I forgot to mention that data from database can be imported
in to a XML document, and then Cocoon can publish in various formats (PDF,
HTML etc)...

In Peace,
Saqib Ali



                                                                                                                                             
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hmmm. I have a cocoon XML publishing server @
http://www.xml-dev.com:8080/cocoon/mount/docbook/ . And it is capable of
retrieving Data from mySQL as well.



In Peace,
Saqib Ali




                      Martin WHEELER

                      <mwheeler@startex        To:       Binh Nguyen
####@####.####
                      t.co.uk>                 cc:
####@####.####

                      No Phone Info            Subject:  Re: Linux
dictionary
                      Available


                      07/24/2003 04:54

                      PM







On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Binh Nguyen wrote:

> Tabatha Marshall wrote:
> > I'm equally as impressed.  Wow, Binh, that must have been quite a job!
>
> cut and slash the thing so that it wouldn't be so big. Anyway, I can't
wait
> until Martin gets the online database going (hint, hint, nudge, nudge,
wink,
> wink :-)). How's it going  Martin? :P

Whoa, whoa, whoa there !

I'm only just getting used to seeing myself promoted as database
maintainer in a brand new publication!  (Where did that come from, so
suddenly?)

I would respectfully remind folks that:
 a) this is a 'spare' time activity for me;  and
 b) I have a wife and a _Real Life_ outside LDP !
 c) I've only been involved in this for 24 hours or so - haven't I?
    (It's beginning to feel like a lot more.)

Having said that -- the database has been online since last night
(Wed.); I first had to do a lot of hand massaging of the the data I
unpacked from the tarball you sent me Binh, to get it into the shape I
wanted to import it into MySQL.  (I only wanted terms and definitions.)

However, I've now split the term/definition data into thirty-odd tables
(the single data file was too big to import as one unit), following the
letter break-up and ASCII-alpha sort already adopted (i.e. Az.. precedes
aa..); but this is immaterial, as any type of sort can be made from the
database, once the data is in there.
(And I've now almost finished.  All 8900~ items.)

Each table has three fields -- glossterm; glossdef; attribution;
and the whole is editable online by approved dictionary editors at:

     http://startext.demon.co.uk/phpmyadmin/

which currently lives on my desk here at home.  Once we've got the setup
a little more polished, I'll move it all over to a faster machine
attached to a fatter pipe -- at the moment, we're just playing.  (And
it's only 24 hours old!)

Binh -- I've sent you a userID and password by separate e-mail -- could
you let me have a list of names and e-mail addresses of those you'ld
like to join you in co-editing, and then you can all start playing
whilst I get the XML/SGML generator and keyword-search pages written.
(Although if you know how to drive phpmyadmin, you can do any sort of
search you want -- as an editor.  You can even pull down the data to
your own site and post-process it there in any way you want, once you've
got access to the raw data.)  It's going to be a little while before we
can hitch it up to generating the markup for the LDP, so please don't
start hassling me for a complete publishing system *just* yet!

And anyway, I've still got a few tables to import.

Cheers,
--
Martin Wheeler   -   StarTEXT / AVALONIX - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England
####@####.####                http://www.startext.co.uk/mwheeler/
GPG pub key : 01269BEB  6CAD BFFB DB11 653E B1B7 C62B  AC93 0ED8 0126 9BEB
      - Share your knowledge. It's a way of achieving immortality. -


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