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TLDP Weekly News

Issue Number : 4
Publication Date : 2003-05-13

Table of Contents
1. New documents
1.1. Fresh@LDP
1.2. Submitted for review
2. Updates
2.1. HOWTOs
3. Happenings in the LDP world
3.1. Editor for LinuxDoc/DocBook
3.2. Outage of LDP Services
3.3. Request For Comments
4. Feedback and Contributions

1. New documents

1.1. Fresh@LDP


1.2. Submitted for review


2. Updates

2.1. HOWTOs


3. Happenings in the LDP world

3.1. Editor for LinuxDoc/DocBook

The discussion on One-page replacement for LDP-Author-Guide took an interesting turn when Tabatha sent in her views regarding an online editor for LinuxDoc/DockBook. Her requirements include prompting user for tags and validating/processing the document at the backend. She also indicated that someone was working on a PHP based tool for the same and that the the "form" idea, where a user could enter the relevant document information and then proceed to fill in the blanks until the document is complete is the secret of success. Greg Ferguson, however felt that it would be clunky and said that he was not sure how tables, code examples, graphics would be handled and preferred the *easy* way of using a Sample-HOWTO.xml with good old reliable vi.

Several people went on to discuss an alternative interface and tools that might solve the problem of editing in LinuxDoc/DockBook.


3.2. Outage of LDP Services

Several services of The LDP were affected because of hard drive problems. The CVS was back later on Thursday (2003-05-08).


3.3. Request For Comments

Rahul Sundaram, who is the author of the LDP FAQ and the Deciding If Linux is right for you HOWTO, sent in a general update and requested feedback on the documents that he maintains. He proposes someone takes over the DOSEMU HOWTO and the Automount HOWTO.


4. Feedback and Contributions

Please help us create this weekly newsletter. Seen a site putting in a story with a link to the LDP? Completed the translation of any HOWTO? Know of any articles about the LDP published in newspapers or magazines? We are curious ;-). You can help us by sending in links and information at .

LDP Weekly News is edited by Machtelt Garrels, Torsten Schlabach and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag with help from several other people.