[FM Discuss] CLI

[adam hyde]

hey tom...thats super! i dont think i fixed your log in...shall i delete
your account and you re-register?

adam


On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 01:33 -0400, TJB wrote:
> Ed, Andy and Adam, I will start editing the manual for format and
> consistency.  With about 40 chapters, it may take up to a week, I
> reckon.  I'll start Sunday.
> 
> Tom Boyle
> 
> 
> On 4/18/2009 6:00 AM, Andy Oram wrote:
> > Now that we're in less of a rush, I agree somebody should copy-edit the book. I'm probably too close to the material now. Maybe on Sunday I can proof the Glossary, though; thanks so much for taking responsibility for it, Ed. I'm not sure I'll have time for the Glossary because I'm leaving on Monday for a week-long trip.
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
> > To: FM Discuss <discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net>
> > Sent: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:14:56 -0400 (EDT)
> > Subject: [FM Discuss] CLI
> > 
> > I finished adding items to the CLI glossary. I deliberately did not
> > include terms specific to a particular editor or scripting language,
> > and well defined in that chapter. Please review my work.
> > 
> > I fixed some typos and other glitches, and noticed that the whole book
> > could use a good copy-editing. It is definitely not as clean as the
> > work we did on Circumvention. There are some inconsistent points of
> > style. I don't think I know what they all should be, so I am asking
> > for someone who knows the style to review them. Watch out for spaces
> > at the very beginning of paragraphs. They are an artifact of the
> > software.
> > 
> > When we come back to this book, I can see several places where we can
> > improve the presentation, and a number of other commands for possible
> > inclusion.
> > 
> > I would do more, but I have two other pressing projects on the OLPC XS
> > school server and on teaching math in Turtle Art through discovery
> > rather than lessons. I sent my iconized no-text TA tiles to Walter
> > Bender, and hope to make them publicly available soon.
> > 
> > The chat on the Web site is out. We didn't get anywhere near enough
> > chat during the CLI sprint and its followup, compared with talking
> > face-to-face in an onsite sprint. We didn't have the oversight I
> > thought we needed on getting chapters done and reviewed. When I left
> > off tonight, some of the file status selections seemed to be
> > inconsistent.
> > 
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