From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Please help get ready for proofreading of Emacs manual Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:33:22 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1505849920 25849 195.159.176.226 (19 Sep 2017 19:38:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:38:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: charles@aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 19 21:38:35 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1duOLp-0006PF-Et for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:38:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45053 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1duOLw-00058O-Mp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:38:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37607) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1duOH0-0001GW-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:33:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1duOGz-0002uz-W5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:33:34 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:51691) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1duOGo-0002hP-Hx; Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:33:22 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1duOGo-0003NK-0L; Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:33:22 -0400 In-reply-to: (charles@aurox.ch) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:218539 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > The following parts may not all need to be proofread: > Part 32 > The GNU Manifesto ..................................... 544 That's right. This is unchanged. > Part 33 > Glossary...............................................552 That one should be checked, if it has changed since Emacs 21. > Part 34 > Key (Character) Index ................................... 575 > Command and Function Index............................. 585 > Part 35 > Variable Index.......................................... 599 > Concept Index.......................................... 607 The indices need to be checked in two special, simple ways: * Looking for items that are too long (so they mess up the formatting). * Looking for items that are effectively duplicates. If they start with the same word and go to the same page, usually one should be deleted (but not absolutely always). Here's an artificial example: string constant ......................................42 string ...............................................42 Also, multiple pages for the same topic might mean one should be deleted, keeping the one that gives the full explanation of that topic. Also, there can be spelling errors in the index as anywhere else. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.