On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 10:27:25PM -0400, John Weiss wrote:
> during kindergarten.) So, "DocStyle" tends towards the shrill,
> because the volunteers wouldn't bother to listen to my polite
> requests. Sad but true.
I don't doubt that was true then, but I don't think we should a priori assume
n
On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 02:22:36PM -0700, Mike Ressler wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 10:33:36PM -0400, Larry Kollar wrote:
> >
> > > - The "put a (tm) after PostScript or we'll get sued" is also, shall
> > >we say, shrill. Unless the team has been warned repeatedly, the worst
> >
>
>
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Larry Kollar wrote:
> > specifically, Chapter 8 (page 95). Is this sort of thing what you had in
> > mind?
>
> Vaguely. But without numbered sections, and the body text shifted to
> the right. If I understand it, he's hanging the section numbers into
> the left margin.
The "m
> Check out the PDF file included with Peter Wilson's (who is my hero with
> his "ancient" and "bookhand" fonts) package "memoir" on CTAN,
> specifically, Chapter 8 (page 95). Is this sort of thing what you had in
> mind?
Vaguely. But without numbered sections, and the body text shifted to
the r
On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Larry Kollar wrote:
> internal (specification) documents these days. The current style sets
> headings in a sans font (like koma-script) and outdents them somewhat
> (which seems to be nearly impossible to do automatically using LaTeX,
> I've tried although I'm no LaTeXnician)
Mike Ressler wrote:
> I haven't toned the Postscript (tm) :-) stuff down yet. I agree it gets a
> bit pendantic - maybe I'll poke around on the Web and find out what common
> practice is.
In the commercial realm, accepted practice is to put the tm or R mark
(as appropriate) only after the *first
I must be half asleep ...
On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Mike Ressler wrote:
> I haven't toned the Postscript (tm) :-) stuff down yet. I agree it gets a
> bit pendantic - maybe I'll poke around on the Web and find out what common
^
pedantic
> practice is. Things like The Gimp should ha
On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, John Levon wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 10:33:36PM -0400, Larry Kollar wrote:
>
> > - The comment about "'dialog' is a programmer term" is a bit dated.
> >Even st00p1d Mac users[1] know what a dialog box is. To me, "popup"
> >is a menu or tooltip. (Not that I thi
On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 10:27:38PM -0400, Larry Kollar wrote:
> That's good to hear. Will it be "dialog box" or simply "dialog," or has
> that been resolved yet?
just "dialog" I think. Brvty s good ;)
I'm not particular though.
> The CVS from Thursday evening.
ok
regards
john
--
"Premature
John Levon wrote:
> > [everyone knows] what a dialog box is. To me, "popup"
> > is a menu or tooltip.
>
> actually, this will get changed. the doc team agreed some time ago to
> standardise on "dialog". In other words, I agree completely ;)
That's good to hear. Will it be "dialog box" or simp
On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 10:33:36PM -0400, Larry Kollar wrote:
> - The comment about "'dialog' is a programmer term" is a bit dated.
>Even st00p1d Mac users[1] know what a dialog box is. To me, "popup"
>is a menu or tooltip. (Not that I think it will get changed, but
actually, this will
CVS'ed the docs and started looking through them yesterday.
I *love* the quote from "Shoe" to begin with! The kids ran into the
computer room, wondering what was so funny -- then they didn't get the
joke. (Actually, the joke's on me, using one for a living.)
I read through DocStyle, and have tw
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