[emacs-berlin] Fwd: Looking for a few expert proof-readers for the Emacs 26 Manual

Stefan Kamphausen ska2342 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 1 12:21:56 UTC 2018


Hi,


Thanks for pointing this out. I reached out to John and offered the use of
our software for this. Think of it as an automatic proof reader way beyond
spell checking.

Not sure if the FSF is open to accepting changes suggested by non-free
software, though.


Cheers,
stefan

2018-01-31 18:57 GMT+01:00 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus at gmx.de>:

> Hi everybody,
>
> enclosed an email from John Wiegley, seeking for people to check the
> Emacs 26 manual. Maybe some of us would like to participate.
>
> Thanks, and best regards, Michael.
>
>
>
> ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ----------
> From: John Wiegley <johnw at gnu.org>
> To: emacs-devel at gnu.org
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:32:52 -0800
> Subject: Looking for a few expert proof-readers for the Emacs 26 Manual
> Hi everyone,
>
> We've gotten a decent response so far from proofreaders for the upcoming 26
> manual. What would be nice is to have the eyes of both a general reader
> (who
> can spot confusing language) and an expert (who can spot inaccuracies) on
> each
> section.
>
> Would any of the developers here be willing to review one or more of the
> parts
> below (the lines indicated within each Pt section), to add more experts to
> our
> completion list?
>
> We also have 15 parts still with no proof-readers at all. If you have
> friends
> who might be interested in helping out, please let them know to send a
> message
> to emacs-manual-bugs at gnu.org!
>
> | Ch |  Pt | Title        | Page | Len | Checked By        |  Completed |
> # |
> |----+-----+--------------+------+-----+-------------------+
> ------------+---|
> |    |   1 | Preface      |    1 |   1 | Wesley Ellis      | 2018-01-29 |
> 3 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Adam Porter       | 2018-01-29 |
>  |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Michael Albinus   | 2018-01-30 |
>  |
> |    |     | Distribution |    2 |   3 | oldgaro           | 2018-01-30 |
> 1 |
> |    |     | Introduction |    5 |   1 | oldgaro           | 2018-01-30 |
> 1 |
> |  1 |     | The Organiza |    6 |   5 | Eduardo Mercovich | 2018-01-30 |
> 2 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | oldgaro           | 2018-01-30 |
>  |
> |  2 |   2 | Characters,  |   11 |   3 | Francis Wright    | 2018-01-30 |
> 2 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | oldgaro           | 2018-01-30 |
>  |
> |  3 |     | Entering and |   14 |   2 | Francis Wright    | 2018-01-30 |
> 1 |
> |  4 |     | Basic Editin |   16 |  10 | Joshua Branson    | 2018-01-29 |
> 2 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Francis Wright    | 2018-01-30 |
>  |
> |  5 |   3 | The Minibuff |   26 |  10 | Alex Branham      | 2017-12-10 |
> 1 |
> |  6 |     | Running Comm |   37 |   2 | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-20 |
> 1 |
> |  7 |   4 | Help         |   39 |   9 | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-19 |
> 2 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Anthony Brice     | 2018-01-31 |
>  |
> |  8 |   5 | The Mark and |   48 |   7 | Petteri Hintsanen | 2017-12-27 |
> 3 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-19 |
>  |
> |    |     |              |      |     | John Cummings     | 2018-01-20 |
>  |
> |  9 |     | Killing and  |   55 |  12 | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-19 |
> 1 |
> | 10 |   6 | Registers    |   67 |   5 | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-20 |
> 1 |
> | 11 |  7a | Chapter Begi |   72 |   9 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> |    |  7b | Interactive  |      |  11 | Justin Heyes-Jone | 2018-01-30 |
> 1 |
> | 12 |  8a | Chapter Begi |   95 |   9 | David Bonnafous   | 2018-01-30 |
> 3 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Ilja Kocken       | 2018-01-30 |
>  |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Kevin Li          | 2018-01-30 |
>  |
> |    |  8b | Syntax of Re |      |  14 | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-26 |
> 1 |
> | 13 |   9 | Commands for |  119 |   6 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> | 14 |     | Keyboard Mac |  125 |   8 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> | 15 | 10a | Chapter Begi |  133 |  11 | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-27 |
> 1 |
> |    | 10b | Reverting a  |      |  13 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> | 16 |  11 | Using Multip |  158 |   9 | Alex Branham      | 2017-11-30 |
> 2 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | John Cummings     | 2018-01-20 |
>  |
> | 17 |     | Multiple Win |  167 |   7 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> | 18 |  12 | Frames and G |  174 |  17 | Robert Pluim      | 2018-01-25 |
> 1 |
> | 19 |  13 | Internationa |  191 |  22 | Francis Wright    | 2018-01-27 |
> 1 |
> | 20 |  14 | Major and Mi |  213 |   6 | Giwrgos Kompioute | 2018-01-30 |
> 2 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Clemens Radermach | 2018-01-30 |
>  |
> | 21 |     | Indentation  |  219 |   3 | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-20 |
> 1 |
> | 22 | 15a | Chapter Begi |  222 |  15 | Petteri Hintsanen | 2017-12-25 |
> 3 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-21 |
>  |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Marcin Borkowski  | 2018-01-29 |
>  |
> |    | 15b | TeX Mode - C |      |  17 | Petteri Hintsanen | 2017-12-25 |
> 1 |
> | 23 | 16a | Chapter Begi |  255 |   9 | John Cummings     | 2018-01-20 |
> 1 |
> |    | 16b | Manipulating |      |  12 | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-28 |
> 1 |
> | 24 |  17 | Compiling an |  277 |  20 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> | 25 | 18a | Version Cont |  297 |  17 | R. P. Dillon      | 2018-01-30 |
> 1 |
> |    | 18b | Change Logs  |      |  13 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> | 26 |  19 | Abbrevs      |  328 |   6 | Alex Branham      | 2017-12-07 |
> 1 |
> | 27 |  20 | Dired, the D |  334 |  17 | Alex Branham      | 2017-12-04 |
> 1 |
> | 28 |  21 | The Calendar |  351 |  19 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> | 29 |  22 | Sending Mail |  370 |   9 | Will Korteland    | 2018-01-27 |
> 1 |
> | 30 |  23 | Reading Mail |  379 |  20 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> | 31 | 24a | Chapter Begi |  399 |  17 | Alex Branham      | 2018-01-08 |
> 1 |
> |    | 24b | Using Emacs  |      |  16 | Alex Branham      | 2018-01-08 |
> 1 |
> | 32 |  25 | Emacs Lisp P |  433 |   5 | Alex Branham      | 2018-01-02 |
> 3 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | R. P. Dillon      | 2018-01-30 |
>  |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Robert Pluim      | 2018-01-25 |
>  |
> | 33 | 26a | Chapter Begi |  438 |  17 | Jonathan Kyle Mit | 2018-01-30 |
> 1 |
> |    | 26b | Customizing  |      |  14 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> | 34 |  27 | Dealing with |  470 |  18 | Jonathan Kyle Mit | 2018-01-20 |
> 2 |
> |    |     |              |      |     | Alex Branham      | 2018-01-30 |
>  |
> |  C |  29 | Command Line |  507 |  15 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> |  D |  30 | X Options an |  522 |   7 | Maxime / vxid     | 2018-01-30 |
> 1 |
> |  E |     | Emacs 25 Ant |  529 |   3 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> |  F |  31 | Emacs and Ma |  532 |   3 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> |  G |     | Emacs and Mi |  535 |  10 |                   |            |
> 0 |
> | GL |  33 | Glossary     |  553 |  23 |                   |            |
> 0 |
>
> --
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