Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 14:27:02 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Kuri <jaykuri@oneway.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Volunteering to help with the Documentation project. Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961221140807.16910A-100000@oneway.com> In-Reply-To: <4749.850923688@time.cdrom.com>
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> I'm sorry that no one has gotten back to you by now - I was actually > sort of expecting one of the members of our newly formed docs team to > jump up and throw a bunch of stuff at you, but evidently the holidays > and a new team have combined to get you dropped in between the > cracks. :-( It's ok. Things have been hectic with the holidays and work, which is why it took me so long to reply to your note, I understand completely, believe me. =) > I think the first step for you would be to get ahold of the > /usr/src/share/doc hierarchy, if you don't have it already, as well as > the www collection so that you can look at what currently goes into > making up http://www.freebsd.org and what is most clearly missing. > A good way of syncing up with this stuff is to use cvsup > (ftp://freefall.freebsd.org/pub/CVSup) - it's fairly easy to set > up, and one of us can help you if you get stuck. I got CVSup installed and configured (got the /usr/src/share hierarchy this morning.) I will take a look at it more thoroughly this afternoon. I understand that the preferred format of the docs are SGML. I am familiar with LaTeX, as well as HTML, but not SGML. (which looks to me like a cross between the two) Can you reccommend any web sites/faqs/books on SGML? > Once you've done that, how about perhaps turning your existing ppp > document into a tutorial? I will try to get a feel for the formatting of the tutorials, and will work on this next week. I just wanted to say thanks for getting back to me, and I look forward to working with all of you. And now, I'm off to do the holiday shopping that I've been putting off... Have a good day, Jay --- Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught how not to. So it is with the great programmers.
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