chapter 1

donwelty2013 · September 13, 2013, 3:38pm

I have a tendency to edit most everything I read at least subconsciously.  In part, I also wanted to make sure that the objective is to produce a better document rather than to mollify egos.  In part, I wanted to demonstrate my legitimacy as a writer editor.   Is there configuration management to control the day-to-day changes? <dev3_jjy>T-Mobile. America's First Nationwide 4G Network.</dev3_jjy> ------ Original message ------ From: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> Date: 09/13/2013 03:27 To: Jean Weber;Don Welty; Cc: documentation@global.libreoffice.org; Subject:Re: [libreoffice-documentation] chapter 1 <pre>Hi
I agree with most of that except

1.  Most non-mathematicians seem to mean xor when they say "or".  So for most people "A or B" excludes "A and B" happening a the same time.  
2.  without spaces on both side of  "/" it makes things a little cramped and difficult to read.  Also does;
Technical writers’/power users’
mean
writers’/power
so that writers and power are interchangeable there or should
"Technical writers"
be put in speech marks or something to keep the 2 words together and similarly with "Power users"?  I think it might be best to swap out the / and replace with an "or" or an "and/or"  

However, one of the advantages with wiki-editing is that
1.  People are free to re-edit later
2.  you can experiment and if it looks right then keep it, there is even a "preview" option that can help with experimentation
3.  people can look at the history to see changes and see how things are developing

So, i think just "go for it".  All your ideas have merit and almost all are things i either agree with or don't mind either way.  So it's almost always an improvement imo.  As Jean says, go for it  
Regards from
Tom  

mdmpsyd · September 13, 2013, 4:25pm

maybe it's just me but the following really complicates things.