Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:55:14 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Rasmus Kaj <kaj@Raditex.se> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, doc@FreeBSD.ORG, dgl@bsdi.com, jim@cdrom.com, papowell@astart.com, wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG, ceren@magnesium.net, ryan@ryan.net, murray@bsdi.com Subject: Re: Indexing and glossary Message-ID: <20000627095514.B316@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <rqcu2egya5z.fsf@alumoklyuchevskit.e.kth.se>; from kaj@Raditex.se on Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 01:05:44PM %2B0200 References: <20000625195647.F470@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <rqcu2egya5z.fsf@alumoklyuchevskit.e.kth.se>
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On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 01:05:44PM +0200, Rasmus Kaj wrote: > >>>>> "NC" == Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > NC> In fact, we can probably take this a step further -- all the > NC> documentation projects are going to need a glossary, and why try and > NC> reinvent the wheel each time? > > NC> Someone (probably us) should start a free glossary project. Each > NC> documentation project can submit definitions to it, and can pick and > NC> choose definitions from other projects as necessary. Anyone want to > NC> pick this idea up and run with it? > > How would this new project differ from FOLDOC [1] (Free OnLine > Dictionary Of Computing) ? Dictionaries aren't quite the same as glossaries, although there are similarities. But. . . > Or might FOLDOC be a good project to join forces with on this? > > [1] http://www.InstantWeb.com/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?FOLDOC . . . they might be. Are you volunteering to contact them and see if they're interested? N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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