Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 18:56:24 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> Cc: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDCon Doc BoF Notes Message-ID: <20020218185624.A11805@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <3C719161.5090803@pittgoth.com>; from darklogik@pittgoth.com on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:42:25PM -0500 References: <200202182315.g1INFpc93221@bmah.dyndns.org> <3C719161.5090803@pittgoth.com>
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Excellent summary, Bruce. If anyone out there feels like mucking with toolchains, a toolchain to convert mdoc to xml, and vica versa, would be an excellent target. On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:42:25PM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > Michael Lucas: Many of the > > problems can be summed up as, "It's not enough to write to be > > understood; you have to write so that you cannot be misunderstood". > > Hasn't Michael stated this many times over in the past ;) Should we add > it to the FDP primer? And I will continue to say it until a) people DO IT, b) I am hit over the head with a double-bladed axe by outraged -doc committers who are utterly sick of me. This is endemic in our docs, as well as in most technical writings these days. > > Generally accepted that many contributors to the Handbook (many of > > whom are not professional writers) will cause this problem. Maybe > > needs a copy editor? Murray: PRs pointing out specific problems are > > welcomed, even if there's no patch. I'm working on some PRs to point out the most egregious examples of this stuff, but it's a pain. The next edition of the Handbook needs a copy editor, period end. Copy editors expect to be paid, though... > > About this time, kicked out of the room by the next BOF. > > > You were kicked out of the room? Pretty... Well, they were scheduled to run from 9-10PM, and it was 9:15 already, so I can't blame them. :) All in all, a good BoF. Nik also suggested, after the Bof, having a "FreeBSD DocProj Summit" around USENIX. We could take all the docs, print them out, nail them to the wall, break out our red pens, and say "Okay, what the fsck are we going to *do* with this mess?" I think it's an excellent idea. Now if I can just get to USENIX... ==ml -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org my FreeBSD column: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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