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Re: [Bug-gnupress] Thank you for offering to proofread "Using GCC"
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Lisa M. Opus Goldstein |
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Re: [Bug-gnupress] Thank you for offering to proofread "Using GCC" |
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Wed, 23 Apr 2003 09:50:44 -0400 |
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I will take sections 3 and 4, for "English Only" checking.
-Opus
Simon Law <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear volunteers,
>
> Thank you to the people from address@hidden who are volunteering
> their time. This is the first status update to the copyediting effort.
>
> I have prepared the second set of proofs: these incorporate
> changes from GCC's 3.3 CVS branch, and the patches whose change logs I
> have appended to the end of this message. You may find these proofs in
> PDF form at the following URLs.
>
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.001.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.002.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.003.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.004.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.005.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.006.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.007.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.008.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.009.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.010.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.011.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.012.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.013.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.014.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.015.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.016.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.017.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.018.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.019.pdf
> http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.020.pdf
>
> Currently, I have recorded the following volunteers:
>
> Ciaran O'Riordan
> James Howison Editing gcc.007.pdf and gcc.014.pdf
> Richard Kreuter
> Lisa Goldstein
> Stephen Compall Edited gcc.005.pdf
> Alexandros Papadopoulos Editing gcc.016.pdf and gcc.017.pdf
> Jack Nerad Editing gcc.001.pdf and gcc.002.pdf
> Paul Crable Editing gcc.001.pdf and gcc.002.pdf
> Rob Hughes Editing gcc.010.pdf
> Dan Colascione
>
> Currently, the following sections still need volunteers:
>
> gcc.003.pdf gcc.003.pdf
> gcc.004.pdf gcc.004.pdf
> gcc.005.pdf
> gcc.006.pdf gcc.006.pdf
> gcc.007.pdf
> gcc.008.pdf gcc.008.pdf
> gcc.009.pdf gcc.009.pdf
> gcc.010.pdf
> gcc.011.pdf gcc.011.pdf
> gcc.012.pdf gcc.012.pdf
> gcc.013.pdf gcc.013.pdf
> gcc.014.pdf
> gcc.015.pdf gcc.015.pdf
> gcc.016.pdf
> gcc.017.pdf
> gcc.018.pdf gcc.018.pdf
> gcc.019.pdf gcc.019.pdf
> gcc.020.pdf gcc.020.pdf
>
> We hope that each person edits two sections. I'd suggest that
> you pick a section that has not yet been edited, and do that. We aim
> for each section to be edited by two different people.
>
> I do not think that the GNU has an official style. However, GCC
> itself does have a small style guide which can be found in the
> "Spelling, terminology and markup" section of this webpage:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/codingconventions.html
>
> Once you are finished editing a portion, please e-mail the
> mailing list with the section you edited, and any corrections that need
> to be made. You may either send a patch directly against the Texinfo
> source [1]; or you may use standard errata notation like so:
>
> p. 15, line 10: "...something up with which we will not put."
> should read "...something we will not put up with."
>
> You may notice black boxes in the right margin. These boxes are
> inserted by Texinfo to show that a line is extending into the right
> margin. If the protrusion is not noticable, ignore it. If it is
> unsightly, please suggest an alternate wording that allows the line to
> wrap in a nicer fashion.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Simon
>
> -----
> [1] A tarball of the sources I used to generate the PDFs is available
> at http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfllaw/using-gcc/gcc.tar.bz2
>
> You will need to have checked out the GNU Press CVS repository.
> I have checked mine into the ~/gnupress directory. In order to
> build a DVI of the manual:
> bash-2.05b$ texi2dvi -I ~/gnupress/texpress -I . -I include gcc.texi
>
> To view the DVI:
> bash-2.05b$ xdvi -paper 7x9.25in gcc.dvi
>
> To build the PDF from that, use:
> bash-2.05b$ dvipdf gcc.dvi
>
> Patches I have applied (some don't have change logs):
> =====================================================
>
> 2003-04-17 Stephen Compall <address@hidden>
>
> * cppopts.texi: Specified behavior of -I with system headers when
> -nostdinc is passed.
> Changed @strong{Note:} to @strong{Please note:} to fix potential
> Info parsing problem.
> Various small grammar fixes.
> * invoke.texi: Added code tags around C constants and functions,
> as well as samp and option tags in appropriate places.
> Clarified units of `ggc-min-heapsize'.
> Fixed quote marks around "RAM".
> Various small grammar fixes.
>
> 2003-04-17 James A Morrison <address@hidden>
>
> * invoke.texi Eliminate extra white-space caused by
> @gccoptlist{ on its own line.
> Re-wrapped option lines that were too wide.
> Added @gol to options that didn't have them.
> Ensured there are two spaces between each option.
> (Dariwn Options): Realphabetize the list. Put all the Mac OS
> linker options in a @gccoptlist.
>
> Hey,
>
> I Needed to slightly alter the spacing on the licenses to make them
> fit. This patch is mostly simon's work. I made the minor change in
> standards.texi, if it's wrong, flame me. This patch will be going to
> gcc-patches with the diff against gcc.texi removed.
>
> Jim
>
> Hey,
>
> This one has already been sent to gcc-patches minus me removing the
> call for fixes in the contribution list. I don't think we need that
> in the published book, and it saves a couple more lines.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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[Bug-gnupress] Updated list of who took which sections to edit, Lisa M. Opus Goldstein, 2003/04/30