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<li><em>To</em>: Nelson Ingersoll <<A HREF="mailto:ningersoll@codenet.net">ningersoll@codenet.net</A>></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: Re: Caution: Newbie online.</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: Henry White <<A HREF="mailto:henryw@gte.net">henryw@gte.net</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 07:58:25 +0000 (UTC)</li>
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<li><em>Resent-date</em>: 16 Nov 1999 07:59:26 -0000</li>
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One thing that would be a nice 'feature' is having the HTML
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output pass any of validators - weblint for example ;-)
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Henry White
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<A HREF="mailto:henryw@gte.net">mailto:henryw@gte.net</A>
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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Nelson Ingersoll wrote:
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> Gary -
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> I figure one thing which I can add to the Linux community, and thereby
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> the hundreds of others who have helped me over the last 14 years with free
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> or cheap software, is to do something for the community. Regarding Linux,
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> my goal is to help get Linux to the point that butchers, backers, and
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> candle-stick makers can install it and use it. Already I've found Linux to
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> be more forgiving and robust than Windows95/98/NT. I expected that. I am
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> pleased it was as I expected. But, of course I'm a geek and should be
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> expected to be able to install and understand enough about troubleshooting
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> to get it to work well enough that I can use it.
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> Point me at an "old LinuxDoc file" so that I can get an idea of what
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> you are talking about. I will certainly have to learn DocBook, but let's
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> start there and see what trips me first. (Failure is a more attentive
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> teacher than is success. <smile>)
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>
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> - Nelson Ingersoll
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> At 11/15/99 08:28 PM , you wrote:
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> > >>>>> "N" == Nelson Ingersoll <ningersoll@codenet.net> writes:
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> > N> Any thoughts from anyone where I might focus my waning years of
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> > N> talent for the benefit of Linux? (Gawd, you opened yourself up
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> > N> there Mac!)
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> >There's been talk of translating the old LinuxDoc files to DocBook,
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> >and perhaps your kind offer to do the actual gruntwork may be just
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> >what we need to push us through the transition. The work involves
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> >trying to port the docs, then sifting through to find the things the
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> >translator software doesn't like --- it may be an excellent way for
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> >you to get a chance to at least browse the whole opus of documents,
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> >and if you can then go over the docs to fix up content by adding the
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> >xref tags and other appropriate markup, it's a double bonus.
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> >I don't speak for the LDP, but to me, your offer sounds like a win-win
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> >situation. What sayeth the preachers?
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> >
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> >--
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> >Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@linux.ca>: office voice/fax: 01 519 4222723
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> >TCI - Business Innovations through Open Source : <A HREF="http://www.teledyn.com">http://www.teledyn.com</A>
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> >Canadian Co-ordinators for Bynari International : <A HREF="http://www.bynari.com">http://www.bynari.com</A>
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> >Moderator, Linux Education Group: <A HREF="http://www.egroups.com/group/linux-ed">http://www.egroups.com/group/linux-ed</A>
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