Also, please do not forget that an em-dash () in LaTeX is "---". Please use "space, dash, dash, dash, space" to separate thoughts within a sentence.
Much like double quotes this applies to writers, but especially for editors. I've recently gone through and fixed up all existing copy. -ilya On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Jamin Day <jaminday+ubu...@gmail.com<jaminday%2bubu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Yes this is correct - double quotes should be written ``some text'', not > the standard way we are all used to. Whilst it would be good for writers to > do this as they go it is easy to forget (guilty of this myself), so as the > chapters are edited this is one of the things anyone editing (and anyone > translating) will have to be aware of and correct where necessary. > > Jamin > > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:59 AM, José Francis <6180339g...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Here you are: >> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/en/wiki/LaTeX/Formatting#Quotes >> I vaguely remember reading that on an Ubuntu wiki somewhere, recently, but >> I couldn't find it. >> >> --Ben [please ignore name attached to email account :)] >> >> 2010/1/9 Martin Lukeš <martin.merid...@gmail.com> >> >>> Hi guys! >>> >>> During translation I noticed a few strings which contains double quotes. >>> I thought that LaTeX wants *``this''* style, not *"this"*. >>> Here is grep for revision 61. >>> $ bzr revno ; find . -name "*.tex" -exec grep -H \" {} \; | sort >>> 61 >>> ./chapter3/chapter3.tex:the option "Install Ubuntu" and follow the >>> prompts. >>> ./chapter6/chapter6.tex:%"Note: Only one instance of Ubuntu's underlying >>> package management tool 'apt' is allowed at any one time. This is to prevent >>> potential problems such as accidentally installing two conflicting packages, >>> or removing a required package. All gui-based package management >>> applications, such as Ubuntu Software Center, Update Manager and Synaptic >>> Package Manager, rely on apt to manage your software. While one of these >>> programs is running, it will lock apt to prevent any other applications from >>> accessing it. If you encounter problems trying to update your system, make >>> sure no other package management programs are currently open." --jaminday >>> ./chapter6/chapter6.tex:%Will we have capability to have "tip boxes" or >>> "advanced tips" or similar in this document? I think having something like >>> the following paragraph in a tips box would be good here: >>> ./chapter7/chapter7.tex:% Mention aptitude and apt-get, and explain the >>> differences. Aptitude is actually "better" than apt-get - maybe we should >>> use that. - humphreybc >>> ./chapter9/chapter9.tex:Grab it from the Software Center by searching for >>> "GIMP." >>> ./chapter9/chapter9.tex:Install it from the Software Center by searching >>> for "VLC." >>> ./chapter9/chapter9.tex:Once again, available in the Software Center >>> under "Gnome Do." >>> ./chapter9/chapter9.tex:You can find it in the Software Center by >>> searching for "Cheese." >>> >>> >>> Could you remind me where I possibly read this? >>> >>> --- >>> Regards >>> Martin Lukeš >>> P.S.: Please keep the communication history >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: >>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> >>> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : >>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> >> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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