I did some editing and sent you a merge request. [/headsup]
Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Monday, August 22nd, 2022 at 7:16 PM, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > I wanted to share an update on the ebook. Editing is going a little > slower than expected, because the other volunteer editors were not > available. So I'm editing the ebook on my own. If anyone has technical > editing experience and wants to help, let me know. > > I have finished a rough first draft of the ebook. This is a copy/paste > of all the interview responses, and assembled into the ebook by > question, where each interview question effectively starts a new > "chapter." This should be a good way to organize the ebook. I'll write > some additional commentary for each question to set a context. In > "draft 2," I may also write some additional text to "weave" the > responses into more of a story. But for "draft 1," this is a good > start. > > The ebook project is here: > https://gitlab.com/freedosproject/freedos28 > > You can find the "draft 1" ODT and PDF here: > https://gitlab.com/freedosproject/freedos28/-/tree/main/draft1 > > You can find additional editing notes on page 2 in the PDF, describing > planned edits for "draft 2." For example, the table of contents will > get updated (it currently shows author names, the updated TOC will > likely include just the interview questions as "chapter" titles). > > I AM LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY REVIEW AND FEEDBACK. Do you see any obvious > errors? (I only did light editing in this draft. I'll do closer > editing in draft 2 - but don't assume I'll spot errors, let me know if > you see any problems.) For this round of editing and feedback, please > focus on text, not formatting. > > If you have a GitLab account, feel free to enter issues in the > project's issue tracker. Or you can email me with any fixes or edits > (please use the email subject "Edits for FreeDOS-28 book" so I can > keep them organized in my inbox, and so they don't get lost). > > ** If you responded to the interview, check that your text is correct. > > ** If you responded to the interview but don't see your responses in > the draft, I didn't mean to ignore you. Your interview probably got > lost in my inbox. Email your interview response to me again and I'll > include it in "draft 2." > > > Next step: late August to early September - second draft > > Goal to publish final version: mid September > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 1:45 PM Jim Hall jh...@freedos.org wrote: > > > Hi everyone > > > > I wanted to share an update on the FreeDOS 28th Anniversary Ebook. You > > may remember this is the book of interviews with FreeDOS developers > > and users. > > > > I've started a GitLab project for the ebook. You can find it here: > > https://gitlab.com/freedosproject/freedos28/ > > > > I've uploaded plain text copies of the interviews I've received so > > far. If you are interested in participating in the ebook, and > > ESPECIALLY IF YOU ALREADY RESPONDED TO THE INTERVIEW, please take a > > look at the project. If you responded to the interview, but you don't > > see your interview listed, THAT MEANS I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF YOUR > > INTERVIEW (I may have missed it in my Inbox, or it was caught by a > > spam filter, etc.) If your interview isn't there, LET ME KNOW so I can > > get your interview response added. > > > > If you want to contribute to the ebook, but haven't responded to the > > interview, this is your last opportunity to do so. You can find the > > list of questions in the GitLab project. > > > > I originally planned to have other technical editors help me with the > > editing process, but that didn't work out due to timing. So I will do > > the editing myself, with input from the community! I'll plan to edit > > everything in the open on GitLab. > > > > The first phase was to get everyone's raw interview responses into > > GitLab. The next phase is to organize the responses into a structure > > or format. I'll do those edits in LibreOffice, which is how I'll > > publish the ebook. Drafts will get posted as ODT and PDF files. > > > > The updated (expected) schedule is: > > > > July to early August - edit > > early to mid August - first draft > > community review opportunity > > mid to late August - second draft > > community review opportunity > > late August - final (published) > > > > Jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
