On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Tim Landscheidt <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Thomas Chung" <tchung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> I read Fedora Weekly News as plain text, and one thing that > >> has bothered me for some time is that while the headings in > >> the table of contents are numbered, the headings in the text > >> "body" are not. Besides, there are several lines à la > >> "[[Anchor(Marketing)]]" in the text whose presence looks un- > >> wanted. > > >> Would it be possible to correct these mistakes? I'd have > >> happily provided patches, but I have not found the script > >> used to convert the newsletter to plain text. > > > > Thank you for your feedback. > > However that's not a mistake but a feature of wiki. > > We're trying to accommodate both text email readers and wiki readers. > > Numbers in TOC is generated automatically by the wiki system. > > Anchors are there so wiki users and translators can refer to a section easily. > > For example, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue122#Marketing > > Yes, but anchors are of no use in plain text emails, and I > do not complain about the numbering in the TOC but of the > lack hereof in the body. To illustrate, the current issue > starts with: > > | = Fedora Weekly News Issue 122 = > > | [...] > > | 1. Announcements > | 1. Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04 > | [...] > > | [[Anchor(Announcements)]] > | == Announcements == > > | In this section, we cover announcements from Fedora Project. > > | https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list > > | Contributing Writer: ThomasChung > > | === Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04 === > > | PaulFrields announces in fedora-announce-list[1], > > | [...] > > I'd propose - in plain text emails - to leave out the > "[[Anchor(Announcements)]]" line, and change > "== Announcements ==" to "== 1. Announcements ==" and > "=== Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04 ===" to > "=== 1.1. Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04 ===". > > I think it is useful to provide the numbering in the body, > because it is the only way the reader can easily find the > section whose title he saw in the TOC. I see your point. We'll consider your feature request. Regards, -- Thomas Chung http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung _______________________________________________ Fedora-news-list mailing list Fedora-news-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-news-list
