On 23 Nov 1998, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Yes... do you think you'll be able to maintain it long-run? >
I'm able to maintain it as I have been, slow and steady progress. I started the tutorial before I got into programming, and now I find that Gnome is distracting. :-) Though I like doing the tutorial too, and will keep working on it. I don't want to be a bottleneck so I am always happy to give out CVS access to anyone who's contributed a little bit. (I have some very helpful editors that I can't keep busy, so more writers are needed...) > SGML has these facilities. In the preamble, or from the cmd line, or > whatever: > Thanks for the tips... > Hmm. Clarify, please! What do you see as the interrelationship > between the Install Manual, LIGS, and the Debian Tutorial? I can > conditionally give you pieces of the Install Manual for inclusion in > other documents.... Remember I'm going to start conditionally building > the Install Manual for different architectures. I'll look at LIGS more > closely (hadn't thought about that, doh!) and correspond with the > upstream person. > If we're targetting technically-inclined newbies (i.e. they've seen a computer but maybe not GNU/Linux), what I would like to see is a single document. I feel that the Install Manual doesn't have enough Getting Started, if you don't know how to use a text editor or don't understand mounting disks, for example. On the other hand the Tutorial at present doesn't have enough Installation, especially the PPP/network and X config nearly everyone will want to do even on single-user machines. Basically a LIGS - User's Guide merger, in LDP terms. On the other hand, this is awful for the experienced user; they will want the bare-bones to the point installation instructions, then maybe a quick reference (man/info pages work here IMO), perhaps the Sysadmin Guide. For now, one step at a time. I'm concentrating on the blank spots in the tutorial, and grandiose mergers can come later. Unless someone else is doing them, of course. :-) Which I am open to. Havoc
