Hi David, Good question! Whether a word should be explained in the glossary or not is a choice of the author or editor. Personally I think switch is rather technical and does not need to be explained in a beginners' guide (just my 2 cents). Hannie
Op 18-09-13 17:05, David Manuel Pires schreef: > Hi, Jim and team > > I'm currently in the process of reviewing the "getting online" section > and noticed that at its very beginning (in the second paragraph) it is > used a *_\gls_* tag associated with the term router, meaning that if > someone needs to read an explanation of what a router is, when > clicking the word is directly pointed to it's definition in the > glossary, but there's no \gls tag associated with the term switch. Is > there any specific explanation for this or is this just something that > was forgotten? > > A definition of what a switch is should, IMHO, also be included in the > Glossary section and its respective tag included throughout the manual. > A possible definition could be something like: > /A switch is a computer networking device that that data from any > device connected to it and then transmits that data only to the device > for which it was meant./ > / > / > What do you think? > > Regards, > David Pires > > > On 16 September 2013 00:47, Jim Connett <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hey David and Carsten, > > The "getting online" section in the 13.10 Ubuntu manual is ready > for review. > > Two notes: > *GETTING ONLINE* > [[ isues ]] > Two screenshots in the margins next to "Establishing a wired > connection" (figures 3.2, and 3.3) that need to be moved to the > body of the text. Carsten, please make a note of this. > > I could not fully test the wireless section as I've Ubuntu > installed in a VM that connects through a wire. Please test the > latter portions of this section where it describes how to connect > to a hidden wireless network as well as how to change wireless > settings. > > Thanks > --Jim > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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