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<articleinfo>
<volumenum>2003</volumenum>
<issuenum>4</issuenum>
<publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
<pubdate>2003-05-13</pubdate>
<title>TLDP Weekly News</title>
</articleinfo>
<sect1>
<title>New documents</title>
<sect2>
<title>Fresh@LDP</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Our Spanish colleagues announced the arrival of <ulink url="http://genarin.hispalinux.es/LuCAS/Manuales-LuCAS/guia-rapida-newnat/Guia-rapida-de-Newnat.html.gz">the fast guide to NewNAT</ulink> (in Spanish), by Christian Conejero.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Submitted for review</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Your comments are wanted on the <ulink url="http://ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/Conference-Server-HOWTO.html">GNU/Linux Conference Server HOWTO</ulink>, by Franck Martin.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Updates</title>
<sect2>
<title>HOWTOs</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Alavoor Vasudevan sent in v16.4 of the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/C-C++Beautifier-HOWTO/">C-C++ Beautifier HOW-TO</ulink>, v10.9 of the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO/">LILO Linux Crash Rescue HOW-TO</ulink> and v5.7 of the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/">The Linux Kernel HOWTO</ulink>. He can now take a couple of days off :).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Ricardo Alexandre Mattar submitted v1.1.0 of the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Samba-Authenticated-Gateway-HOWTO.html">Samba Authenticated Gateway HOWTO</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Game-Server-HOWTO/">Game Server HOWTO</ulink> by Anders Jensen-Urstad was updated to v1.5.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Happenings in the LDP world</title>
<sect2>
<title>Editor for LinuxDoc/DocBook</title>
<para>
The discussion on <ulink
url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4310:200304:claiepedajakajhoajgg">One-page
replacement for LDP-Author-Guide</ulink> took an interesting turn when
Tabatha sent in <ulink
url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4346:200305:pjodbfhkoeponcdaajjl">her
views</ulink> regarding an online editor for LinuxDoc/DockBook.
Her requirements include prompting user for tags and
validating/processing the document at the backend. She also indicated
that someone was working on a PHP based tool for the same and that the
the <quote>form</quote> idea, where a user could enter the relevant
document information and then proceed to fill in the blanks until the
document is complete is the secret of success. Greg Ferguson, however
felt that it would be clunky and <ulink
url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4354:200305:loceblldbelajghaloeg">said
that he was not sure</ulink> how tables, code examples, graphics would
be handled and preferred the *easy* way of using a Sample-HOWTO.xml with
good old reliable <command>vi</command>.
</para>
<para>
Several people went on to discuss an alternative interface
and tools that might solve the problem of editing in LinuxDoc/DockBook.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Outage of LDP Services</title>
<para>
Several services of The LDP were <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4381:200305:fojaagooonmldaebjmei">affected</ulink> because of hard drive
problems. The CVS was back later on Thursday (2003-05-08).
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Request For Comments</title>
<para>
Rahul Sundaram, who is the author of the <ulink
url="http://www.tldp.org/FAQ/LDP-FAQ">LDP FAQ</ulink> and the <ulink
url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Deciding-Linux-HOWTO">Deciding If Linux
is right for you HOWTO</ulink>, sent in a <ulink
url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4384:200305:iankmjjljkgjdjagjcjl">general
update</ulink> and requested feedback on the documents that he
maintains. He proposes someone takes over the <ulink
url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DOSEMU-HOWTO.html ">DOSEMU HOWTO</ulink>
and the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Automount.html
">Automount HOWTO</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="feedback">
<title>Feedback and Contributions</title>
<para>Please help us create this weekly newsletter. Seen a site putting
in a story with a link to the LDP? Completed the translation of any
HOWTO? Know of any articles about the LDP published in newspapers or
magazines? We are curious ;-). You can help us by sending in links and
information at <email><ulink
url="mailto:feedback(at)en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</ulink></email>.</para>
<para>LDP Weekly News is edited by
Machtelt Garrels, Torsten Schlabach and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag
with help from several other people.</para>
</sect1>
</article>