[Python-Dev] LaTeX and Python doc contributions

2005-12-22 Thread Fred L. Drake, Jr.
Just a quick note based on some of the discussion on the Doc-SIG list: Some people are getting asked to convert their documentation contributions to LaTeX themselves, and that *is* a barrier to contribution. I've generally stated that I'm willing to perform conversion, making plain text / ReST

Re: [Python-Dev] LaTeX and Python doc contributions

2005-12-22 Thread skip
Fred Some people are getting asked to convert their documentation Fred contributions to LaTeX themselves... Who is asking this of potential contributors? I know you, Aahz and I have repeatedly told people on c.l.py that LaTeX knowledge is not necessary. Plain text is okay. What do we

Re: [Python-Dev] LaTeX and Python doc contributions

2005-12-22 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 12:23:03PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who is asking this of potential contributors? I know you, Aahz and I have repeatedly told people on c.l.py that LaTeX knowledge is not necessary. One comment on a bug to this effect was found. I don't think there's a point in

Re: [Python-Dev] LaTeX and Python doc contributions

2005-12-22 Thread Fred L. Drake, Jr.
On Thursday 22 December 2005 13:39, Facundo Batista wrote: Very interesting. What I don't know here is how to submit patches... Patches certainly isn't the right word for changes not described as source diffs. I cleaned up some text about that on python.org earlier. I mean, if they were in

Re: [Python-Dev] LaTeX and Python doc contributions

2005-12-22 Thread Fred L. Drake, Jr.
On Thursday 22 December 2005 13:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who is asking this of potential contributors? I know you, Aahz and I have repeatedly told people on c.l.py that LaTeX knowledge is not necessary. Plain text is okay. What do we need to do to squash this meme? As Andrew noted, it

Re: [Python-Dev] LaTeX and Python doc contributions

2005-12-22 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Fred == Fred L Drake, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Fred On Thursday 22 December 2005 13:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who is asking this of potential contributors? I know you, Aahz and I have repeatedly told people on c.l.py that LaTeX knowledge is not necessary. Plain text is