Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation]

2007-01-09 Thread John Mandereau
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > Graham Percival escreveu: > > Jean-Charles wrote: > >> All the documents that I have read about typography and "good use" > >> show examples introduced with a colon (:) throughout their content. > >> So I think it is normal French typography to do like this. > > > > To

Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation]

2007-01-08 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Graham Percival escreveu: > Jean-Charles wrote: >> All the documents that I have read about typography and "good use" >> show examples introduced with a colon (:) throughout their content. >> So I think it is normal French typography to do like this. > > To be honest, I'm not certain where the no

Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation]

2007-01-08 Thread Graham Percival
Jean-Charles wrote: All the documents that I have read about typography and "good use" show examples introduced with a colon (:) throughout their content. So I think it is normal French typography to do like this. To be honest, I'm not certain where the no-colon rule came from. I just check

Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation]

2007-01-08 Thread Jean-Charles
Le 08.01.2007 01:45, John Mandereau disait : Graham Percival wrote: Thanks, these look good. However, there are some problems with your other updates: 1. Wrapping paragraphs in texinfo is pointless, because texinfo ignores whitespace. Lines that are too long are annoying for people using

Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation]

2007-01-07 Thread John Mandereau
Graham Percival wrote: > Thanks, these look good. However, there are some problems with your > other updates: > > 1. Wrapping paragraphs in texinfo is pointless, because texinfo ignores > whitespace. Lines that are too long are annoying for people using > 80-character terminals, but other t

Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation]

2007-01-07 Thread Graham Percival
John Mandereau wrote: Done. I've also updated the French docs (tutorial and node names) in stable/2.10, and cherry-picked check-translation and French updates to master. Thanks, these look good. However, there are some problems with your other updates: 1. Wrapping paragraphs in texinfo is

Re: Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation]

2007-01-07 Thread John Mandereau
John Mandereau wrote: > Graham Percival wrote: > > For the backporting of docs, I'd just start by copying everything and > > trying to build it with stable. The skyline spacing docs obviously > > won't work (so remove them from the backported docs), but AFAIK there > > aren't any other new fea

Backporting doc changes to stable/2.10 [was: Re: Docs check-translation]

2007-01-04 Thread John Mandereau
Graham Percival wrote: > For the backporting of docs, I'd just start by copying everything and > trying to build it with stable. The skyline spacing docs obviously > won't work (so remove them from the backported docs), but AFAIK there > aren't any other new features in 2.11 that affect the doc