On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 10:46 -0800, Thomas Chung wrote: > 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. Since the wiki will export as DocBook, we might be able to use an XSLT transform to make a text version that numbers sections in this fashion. And by "we" I mean "I could do this if I can find a few hours of free time to try some experiments." No promises... -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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