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/etc/motd update
The existing /etc/motd breaks many of our document rules and has some weird language constructs. The current version in HEAD: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/etc/motd?view=co Here is a rewrite. URLs are now the only thing on a line, instead of inline and hard to locate. No contractions are used. Odd phrases are rephrased: Here is the proposed new version and a diff: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.diff Making it clear that commands are to be typed without quotes is a little difficult. This file is plain text, so no out-of-band highlighting is available. ANSI colors or bold could be used, but the terminal is not guaranteed to be able to display them. The only really clear way would be to put commands on a separate line, indented. That takes up more space, maybe not a big deal. The other issue is whether we should mention the search box on the web page, which is not very effective at finding things. Comments and suggestions welcome. ___ freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: /etc/motd update
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 02:23:00PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > The existing /etc/motd breaks many of our document rules and has some > weird language constructs. The current version in HEAD: > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/etc/motd?view=co > > Here is a rewrite. URLs are now the only thing on a line, instead of > inline and hard to locate. No contractions are used. Odd phrases are > rephrased: > > Here is the proposed new version and a diff: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.diff > Making it clear that commands are to be typed without quotes is a little > difficult. This file is plain text, so no out-of-band highlighting is > available. ANSI colors or bold could be used, but the terminal is not > guaranteed to be able to display them. The only really clear way would > be to put commands on a separate line, indented. That takes up more > space, maybe not a big deal. > > The other issue is whether we should mention the search box on the web > page, which is not very effective at finding things. > > Comments and suggestions welcome. My first thought was that it's definitely better, but too long since 25 rows of text won't fit on the default console. My second thought was that a better approach might be to replace most of the contents with a URL like: http://freebsd.org/getting-started-with-freebsd-11 and a reference to a local copy of the content a release time. That would allow unlimited formatting, let us target different user audiences, and let us improve the online version over time. -- Brooks pgpPfqQXQm1VI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: /etc/motd update
On Wed, 13 Aug 2014, Brooks Davis wrote: On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 02:23:00PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: The existing /etc/motd breaks many of our document rules and has some weird language constructs. The current version in HEAD: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/etc/motd?view=co Here is a rewrite. URLs are now the only thing on a line, instead of inline and hard to locate. No contractions are used. Odd phrases are rephrased: Here is the proposed new version and a diff: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.diff Making it clear that commands are to be typed without quotes is a little difficult. This file is plain text, so no out-of-band highlighting is available. ANSI colors or bold could be used, but the terminal is not guaranteed to be able to display them. The only really clear way would be to put commands on a separate line, indented. That takes up more space, maybe not a big deal. The other issue is whether we should mention the search box on the web page, which is not very effective at finding things. Comments and suggestions welcome. My first thought was that it's definitely better, but too long since 25 rows of text won't fit on the default console. My second thought was that a better approach might be to replace most of the contents with a URL like: http://freebsd.org/getting-started-with-freebsd-11 and a reference to a local copy of the content a release time. That would allow unlimited formatting, let us target different user audiences, and let us improve the online version over time. That would allow much more vertical space in the actual "intro" file, and clearer explanations: Type man man for an introduction to manual pages. Where should the intro file be stored? /usr/doc is not always present. ___ freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
