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From: David Merrill <david@lupercalia.net>
To: LDP Weekly News <news@linuxdoc.org>, Linux Weekly News <lwn@lwn.net>,
Michael Hall <mhall@internet.com>
Subject: LDPWN for 2002-01-22
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:46:14 -0500
LDP Weekly News
2002-01-22
by David Merrill
Wiki-Style Editing
Last week, I wrote that I hoped to have at least some Wiki-style text
editing available for authors by this week. Luckily, things went
pretty well and I am happy to report that Wiki editing is online and
ready for authors who wish to help beta test it. The three-day weekend
here in the United States, where we celebrated Martin Luther King Day,
was a big help. :-)
The online editing function resides in the LDP Database, our
interactive website for document management. However, the WikiText
itself is processed by a standalone utility, so you can use the easier
text-based format even if you don't want to use the online editing.
There are a couple of new features that have been added this week.
Most notable are two "namespaces" to help make interdocument linking a
piece of cake. If you want to link to another LDP document, you can
use its "short name". For example, a link to the Distributions HOWTO,
in WikiText, looks like this:
[[ldp:Distributions-HOWTO]]
The second namespace lets you make easy links into the Wikipedia. To
make those links, use:
[[wiki:Linux]]
Eventually, I plan to start mirroring a small subset of the Wikipedia
that deals directly with information relevant to Linux, to supplement
and complete the information already available from the LDP. Those
articles would give background information about basic concepts,
rather than the HOWTO type of information we already publish.
I still have some capabilities left to code that will make the whole
experience nicer. One feature that is glaring in its absence is the
ability to view, edit, and revert to prior versions of your document.
That should get coded this week. Another feature I'm working on right
now is the ability to edit very large documents without long delays,
by chunking each section into its own page.
I personally am using WikiText for my own documents, including the
Linux FAQ which I just took maintainership of a few weeks ago. If
you're an LDP author who has been struggling with DocBook, or if
DocBook was a hurdle keeping you from writing for the LDP, you really
should try the new online editing capability and/or the WikiText
utility, txt2db.pl.
There are undoubtedly still some bugs hiding in the code which only
real-world use will uncover. If you should hit on one, please report
it to me and I'll fix it ASAP.
New Documents
* VPN PPP-SSH Mini-HOWTO
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/ppp-ssh/
Version 1.0
Updated Documents
* BTinternet PPPd mini-HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/BTI-PPP/
Version 0.28, Matt Wright, matt@consultmatt.co.uk
* C++ Programming HOW-TO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/C++Programming-HOWTO.html
Version 41.0, Al Dev, alavoor@yahoo.com
* CVS-RCS- HOW-TO document for Linux (Source Code Control System)
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CVS-RCS-HOWTO.html
Version 21.8, Al Dev, alavoor@yahoo.com
* LILO, Linux Crash Rescue HOW-TO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO.html
Version 10.3, Al Dev, alavoor@yahoo.com
* Linux IPv6 HOWTO
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/
Version 0.17, Peter Bieringer
* Linux NETMEETING HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NetMeeting-HOWTO/
Version 1.2, Brent Baccala, baccala@freesoft.org
* Linux Touch Screen HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Touch-Screen-HOWTO.html
Version 2.1, Christoph Baumann, cgb@debian.org
* Linux+Win9x+Grub HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux+Win9x+Grub-HOWTO/
Version 1.0, Joel Rosen
* The Linux Gamers HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux-Gamers-HOWTO/
Version 0.9.7, Peter Jay Salzman, p@dirac.org
Unmaintained Documents
These documents have been abandoned by their maintainers and many of
them have not been updated in some time. If you're willing to become
the maintainer for one of them, please join the LDP discussion list at
lists.linuxdoc.org and post a message indicating your interest.
* Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Battery-Powered.html
Version
* Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Alpha-HOWTO.html
Version 0.11
* Enterprise Java for Linux HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Enterprise-Java-for-Linux-HOWTO.html
Version 0.2
* HOW-TO for inHouse IntraNet
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Netscape+Proxy.html
Version
* Installing Linux on ZIP disk using ppa ZIP Drive Mini-Howto
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Install-From-ZIP.html
Version 0.7
* LINUX PLIP MINI-HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/PLIP.html
Version 2.1
* Linux Benchmarking HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Benchmarking-HOWTO.html
Version 0.12
* Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Swap-Space.html
Version 1.42
* Linux Threads Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
http://www.linuxdoc.org/FAQ/Threads-FAQ/
Version
* Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini-HOWTO)
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Fax-Server.html
Version 1.0
* NFS-Root Mini-Howto
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/NFS-Root.html
Version 8
* News Leafsite mini-HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/News-Leafsite.html
Version 0.4
* SoundBlaster AWE 32/64 HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Soundblaster-AWE.html
Version 1.2
* Spanish Linux HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Spanish-HOWTO.html
Version 0.1
* The Ftape FAQ
http://www.linuxdoc.org/FAQ/Ftape-FAQ.html
Version 0.2
* The Hebrew HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hebrew-HOWTO.html
Version 0.4
* The LBX Mini-HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/LBX.html
Version 1.04
* The Linux ""Linux-DOS-Win95-OS2"" mini-HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2.html
Version 1.3.1
* The Linux 3Dfx HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/3Dfx-HOWTO.html
Version 1.16
* The Linux Busmouse HOWTO
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/unmaintained/Busmouse-
HOWTO/
Version 2.0
* The Linux Intranet Server HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Intranet-Server-HOWTO.html
Version 2.12
* The dosemu HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DOSEMU-HOWTO.html
Version
* Token-Ring mini-HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Token-Ring.html
Version 4.1
* UMSDOS HOW-TO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/UMSDOS-HOWTO.html
Version 1.2
* Visible bell mini-Howto
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Visual-Bell.html
Version 2.3
* X11-big-cursor MINIHOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/X-Big-Cursor.html
Version 2
* mini-HOWTO install qmail with MH
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Qmail+MH.html
Version 1.4
About the LDP
The Linux Documentation Project is developing free, high quality
documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. This includes the
creation of HOWTOs and Guides, and collaboration with other
documentation groups.
If you've always wanted to help Linux reach Total World
Domination(tm), but you're not a programmer, there's still something
you can do. Help the LDP!
The LDP keeps a page of resources for authors at
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--
David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net
Linux Documentation Project david@lupercalia.net
Collection Editor & Coordinator http://www.linuxdoc.org
Anyone wonder why the Microsoft SQL server is called the sequel server? Is
that because no matter what version it's at there's always going to be a
sequel needed to fix the major bugs and security flaws in the last version?
--Unknown