Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-27 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, Sep 27 2013, Marco Patzer wrote: > More importantly I would like to see people actually contributing. +1 And it would be no problem for me (and for other contextman members) to apply contributed patches. Whoever wants to contribute without worrying about the VCS can send a patch here. -

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-27 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2013–09–26 Peter Münster wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26 2013, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > > Wouldn't it be better to move the manuals to github rather than keeping them > > on an svn server? > > Why? In my opinion, for the “3 commits per year” it doesn't really matter which version control system is

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-26 Thread Thangalin
+π from me. My preference would be BitBucket (slightly simpler than github and allows for free private repositories), but, either way, the result is the same: fewer steps to updating the manual. Moving away from svn to git is also a step in the right direction, IMO. One aspect of wikis that I tho

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-26 Thread Mica Semrick
@Peter github makes collaboration quite painless. Users can manage their own accounts. +1 for github from me too! On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Peter Münster wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26 2013, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > > Wouldn't it be better to move the manuals to github rather than keeping > t

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-26 Thread Peter Münster
On Thu, Sep 26 2013, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Wouldn't it be better to move the manuals to github rather than keeping them > on an svn server? Why? -- Peter ___ If your question is of interest to others as

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-26 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2013–09–26 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Wouldn't it be better to move the manuals to github rather than > keeping them on an svn server? +1 Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ If your question is o

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-26 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2013–09–26 Thangalin wrote: > I registered an account, but have not seen any confirmation. Supelec has problems with the mail system at the moment. So Taco doesn't get a notification if someone requests commit access. I cc'd him, so he should get notified that way. In case you still don't get

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-26 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, Thangalin wrote: Hi, I registered an account, but have not seen any confirmation. Kindest regards. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Marco Patzer wrote: On 2013–09–21 Marco Patzer wrote: I did not have the ConTeXt manual source code on hand, so I could not directly

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-26 Thread Thangalin
Hi, I registered an account, but have not seen any confirmation. Kindest regards. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Marco Patzer wrote: > On 2013–09–21 Marco Patzer wrote: > > > > I did not have the ConTeXt manual source code on hand, so I could > > > not directly modify it. > > > > http://

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-26 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2013–09–21 Marco Patzer wrote: > > I did not have the ConTeXt manual source code on hand, so I could > > not directly modify it. > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Improving_the_manuals > > Do not count on someone else to fix it. Create an account and fix > what you think could be improved,

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-21 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2013–09–18 Thangalin wrote: Hi Dave, > During a recent plane ride, I started to read the ConTeXt manual > to get a better understanding: > http://www.ctex.org/documents/context/cont-enp.pdf A more recent manual can be found at http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf > If anyone has plans to re

[NTG-context] ConTeXt Manual Errata

2013-09-18 Thread Thangalin
Hi, During a recent plane ride, I started to read the ConTeXt manual to get a better understanding: http://www.ctex.org/documents/context/cont-enp.pdf If anyone has plans to revise it, I have attached a file with corrections, specific comments, and general comments. I did not have the ConTeXt man